The Your Profile Screen is accessible from both the main navigation menu under Users and by clicking on your name link at the top of the WordPress screen. Here you can specify your name and how it will be displayed on your site, your e-mail address (for administrative purposes), other personal information, and personal options.

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Your Profile and Personal Options #

The only pieces of information WordPress requires you to include in your Profile are your e-mail address and a nickname. It should be noted that WordPress requires your email address only for your blog’s administration purposes. The email address is never sent to any other site (not even to the people at WordPress headquarters), and it is never displayed on your site (unless you put it there manually). Only the other registered users of your blog have access to the e-mail address you provide. Also, remember that each user’s email address must be unique.

Note: it is possible for a theme to display your e-mail address (and the e-mail addresses of your other registered users) on your site, since the the_author_meta('user_email') template tag can be used for such purposes. This would be a poorly conceived theme, however, if it didn’t inform you of that before you downloaded it. None of the themes included with WordPress display any e-mail address anywhere on the public side of your site by default.

All of the other personal information asked for here is optional, and, again, it is never sent to any other site or person. It may be displayed on your site, however, depending on the theme you use, so you should test things out with your particular theme if you’re at all paranoid (and a bit of paranoia regarding your personal information is healthy). See the_author and related template tags for information on how to display this information on your site (and, consequently, how to ensure the theme you use does/does not display any of this information). Typically, themes only display the information you enter in the Display name publicly as field, however the Authors username is also often included in the URL (for Author Archives) and in the CSS classes for per-author targeted stylings.

Personal Options :

• Visual Editor – Checking this box Disables the visual editor when writing, and uses the plain HTML editor.
• Syntax Highlighting – Checking this box Disable syntax highlighting when editing code.
• Admin Color Scheme – Check this radio button next to the color scheme desired for the Administration Screens. The left two colors are menu background colors and the right two are roll-over colors.

• Keyboard Shortcuts – Checking this box Enables keyboard shortcuts for comment moderation. Keyboard shortcuts are designed to allow you to rapidly navigate and perform actions on comments. The Keyboard Shortcuts article describes the various shortcuts in detail.
• Toolbar – Check the box to display the Toolbar when you are viewing your site.
• Language – You can select the language you wish to use while using the Administration Screen without affecting the language site visitors see.

Name :

• Username – You cannot edit your Username because it is used as your Username during the login process. Even an Administrator cannot change your Username. Usually, no one else ever needs to see your Username.
• First name – Enter your first name in this text box.
• Last name – Enter your last name in this text box.
• Nickname – Enter the nickname as it is a required for every user. It may be the same as your User Name or it can be different. If you don’t supply a Nickname, then the User Name will be placed in this field.
• Display name publicly as – Select, from the drop-down, how your name is cited on your blog. This defaults to your first and last name. You can choose from several of the above pieces of information: Nickname, Login name, First Name, Last Name, “First Last“, or “Last First“. If you prefer “Last, First“, insert a comma after your last name in the Last Name text box above and choose the last option from this dropdown.

Contact Info :

• E-mail – All users are required to list an e-mail address in their respective Profiles. The E-mail address must be unique for each user. Your blog will use this address to notify you of new comments to your posts and for other administrative purposes. To reiterate what was said above, only other registered users of your blog will have access to this e-mail address. It is never sent anywhere.
• Website – Enter your website address.

About Yourself :

• Biographical Info – Enter a short description or profile of yourself here. This optional information can be displayed by your theme if so configured by the theme author. See the_author_meta('description') template tag.
• Profile Picture – Your picture in Gravatar is shown here. To change it, access to the https://en.gravatar.com/. See also Using Gravatars.

Account Management :

• Generate Password – You can click this button to generate a new password for the account. This will show you a new field with the generated password. If you choose to change this password, a checkbox will appear to confirm that you want to use a weak password. You can check this box to confirm that you want to use your own password instead of a secure one.
• Strength Indicator This indicates if the password you entered is Very Weak, Weak, Medium, or Strong (displayed in green). The stronger the password the more secure your login. Hint: The password should be at least seven characters long. To make it stronger, use upper and lower case letters, numbers and symbols like !”?$%^&).
• Log Out Everywhere Else – You can click this button to log out of other devices, such as your phone or a public computer.

Update Profile #

Remember to click this button to save the changes you have made to your Profile and Personal Options. After clicking this button you should see a splash message at the top of the screen saying User Updated. If you don’t see that message, then your changes are not saved!

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In contrast, pages are for non-chronological content: pages like “About” or “Contact” would be common examples. Pages live outside of the normal blog chronology, and are often used to present timeless information about yourself or your site — information that is always relevant. You can use Pages to organize and manage the structure of your website content.

In addition to the common “About” and “Contact” pages, other examples include “Copyright”, “Disclosure”, “Legal Information”, “Reprint Permissions”, “Company Information” or “Accessibility Statement”.

In general, pages are very similar to posts in that they both have titles and content. WordPress Theme template files maintain a consistent look throughout your site. Pages, though, have several key distinctions that make them different from posts.

What Pages Are

• Pages are for content that isn’t specifically time-dependent, or which isn’t “blog content”.
• Pages can be organized into pages and subpages.
• Pages can use different page templates, including template files, Template Tags and other PHP code.
• More sophisticated themes may provide a wider range of adjustments or display options for individual pages.
• It’s quite possible to make a website using WordPress which only contains pages.

What Pages Are Not

• Pages are not posts, so they don’t appear in the time-structured views within a blog section of a website.
• Pages by default do not allow taxonomy (categories, tags and any custom taxonomies) associations. You can enhance it via plugins.
• The organizational structure for Pages comes from hierarchical interrelationship, not from a system of categorization. (e.g. Tags or Categories.)
• Pages are not files. They are stored in your database, just like posts.
• Although you can put Template Tags and PHP code into a Page Template file, you cannot put these into the Page or Post content without using a WordPress Plugin. But be careful: integrating PHP code directly into page or post content may introduce a security problem, or an unexpected error on your website.
• Pages are not included in your site’s “feeds”. (e.g. RSS or Atom.)
• Pages and Posts can be interpreted differently by site visitors and by search engines. Commonly, search engines place more relevance to time-dependent site content – posts – because a newer post on a topic may be more relevant than a static page.
• A specific page (or a specific post) can be set as a static front page. Websites which are set up in this way usually have a secondary page defined on which the latest blog posts are displayed.

Creating Pages #

To create a new Page, log in to your WordPress installation with sufficient admin privileges to create new pages. Select the Pages > Add New option to begin writing a new Page.

Organizing Your Pages #

Just as you can have subcategories within your Categories, you can also have subpages within your Pages, creating a hierarchy of pages.

For example, a WordPress site for a travel agent may feature an individual Page for each continent and country to which the agency can make travel arrangements. Under the Page titled “Africa” would be subpages for Cameroon, Lesotho, Swaziland and Togo. Another parent Page “South America” would feature subpages of Argentina, Brazil and Chile.

The structure of the pages on the site would then look like this.

• Africa
  • Cameroon
  • Lesotho
  • Swaziland
  • Togo
• South America
  • Argentina
  • Brazil
  • Chile

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1. Go to Administration > Pages > Add New screen.
2. In the right menu, click the “Page Parent” drop-down menu. The drop-down menu contains a list of all the Pages already created for your site.
3. Select the appropriate parent Page from the drop-down menu to make the current Page a child Page.
4. Add content to the subpage.
5. Click Publish when ready.

When your Pages are listed, the Child Page will be nested under the Parent Page. The Permalinks of your Pages will also reflect this Page hierarchy.

In the above example, the Permalink for the Cameroon Page would be:

http://example.com/africa/cameroon/

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Changing the URL of Your Pages #

To change the URL part (also referred to as “slug”) containing the name of your Page, use the “Edit” button under the Page title on the Edit screen of the particular Page, accessible from Pages tab of WordPress Administration Screen.

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Creating a List of Pages #

WordPress is able to automatically generate a list of pages on your site within the sidebar or footer, for example, using a Template Tag called wp_list_pages(). See the wp_list_pages page for information on how to customize how WordPress displays the list of pages on your site.

There are also WordPress Plugins that will help you display a list of Pages within in Posts and in other areas of your WordPress Theme.

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Page Templates #

Individual Pages can be set to use a specific custom Page Template (a WordPress Theme PHP template file, e.g., my-custom-page.php) you create within your Theme. See Custom Page Templates for instructions on how to create a custom template file for a Page. This new Page Template will then override the default page.php Page Template included with your Theme.

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The Dynamic Nature of WordPress Pages #

A web page can be static or dynamic. Static pages, such as a regular HTML page that you might create with Dreamweaver, are those which have been created once and do not have to be regenerated every time a person visits the page. In contrast, dynamic pages, such as those you create with WordPress, do need to be regenerated every time they are viewed; code for what to generate on the page has been specified by the author, but not the actual page itself. These use extensive PHP code which is evaluated each time the page is visited, and the content is thus generated upon each new visit.

Almost everything in WordPress is generated dynamically, including Pages. Everything published in WordPress (Posts, Pages, Comments, Blogrolls, Categories, etc…) is stored in the MySQL database. When the site is accessed, the database information is used by your WordPress Templates from your current Theme to generate the web page being requested.

An example of a static page might be an HTML document (without any PHP code). The problem with purely static pages is that they are difficult to maintain. Changes you make to your WordPress settings, Themes and Templates will not be propagated to pages coded only in HTML. The Page feature of WordPress was developed to alleviate this problem. By using Pages, you no longer have to update your static pages every time you change the style of your site. If written properly, your dynamic Pages will update along with the rest of your blog.

Despite the dynamic nature of Pages, many people refer to them as being static. They are actually called “pseudo-static” web pages. In other words, a Page contains static information but is generated dynamically. Thus, either “static,” “dynamic,” or “pseudo-static” may be validly used to describe the nature of the WordPress Page feature.

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How to use the Block Directory #

1. Type a keyword in the search field of the Inserter, like “team” or “staff”.

In the background, the system first searches the current site and if it doesn’t find a block, it also searches in the Block Directory, a special corner of the WordPress plugin repository, where single block plugins are available. If it finds blocks, they will be displayed in the inserter, including a preview section.

2. Decide which block to use and click the button “Add Block.”

In the background the single-block plugin is installed and activated, and the user can continue creating the team page.

3. If the first choice not work out, you can go back to the search and select a different one that also will be installed.

EXAMPLES OF TESTED SINGLE BLOCK PLUGINS:

• Apple Maps by 10up,
• an Event block by Automattic,
• simple User Profile Block by Ham.works,
• GuidePost by Nick Hamze (sorta brilliant).

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How to uninstall the block #

Installed block is the plugin. You can uninstall it from Plugins Screen.

Demonstration on how the Block Directory works

In this video shows you how the Block Directory works. It’s starts at 3:00 time stamp. Start it at the beginning if you are new to the block editor and need a refresher.

On Learn.WordPress.org contributors started creating workshop videos for self-study and scheduled discussion groups online. Check it out.

Resource Links:

• Introduction to the Block Directory (Video)
• Series: Introduction to Publishing with the Block Editor
• Single Block Plugins available through the Block Directory
• Proposed Block Directory guidelines

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The main WordPress Editor document has information about how to add blocks.

Common Blocks

• Paragraph
• Image
• Heading
• Gallery
• List
• Quote
• Audio
• Cover
• File
• Video

Formatting

• Code
• Classic
• Custom HTML
• Preformatted
• Pullquote
• Table
• Verse

Layout Elements

• 
  WidgetsPage Break
• Spacer
• Buttons (new 5.4)
• Button (deprecated)
• Columns
• Group
• Media & Text
• More
• Separator

• Widgets
  EmbedsShortcode
• Archives
• Calendar (new in 5.3)
• Categories
• Latest Comments
• Latest Posts
• RSS (new in 5.3)
• Search (new in 5.3)
• Social Icons (new in 5.4)
• Tag Cloud (new in 5.3)

• Embed
• Twitter
• YouTube
• Facebook
• Instagram
• WordPress
• SoundCloud
• Spotify
• Flickr
• Vimeo
• Animoto
• CloudUp
• Crowdsignal
• Dailymotion
• Imgur
• Issuu
• Kickstarter
• Meetup.com
• Mixcloud
• Reddit
• ReverbNation
• Screencast
• Scribd
• Slideshare
• SmugMug
• Speaker Deck
• TikTok (new in 5.4)
• TED
• Tumblr
• VideoPress
• WordPress.tv
• Amazon Kindle

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I have done the 5-minute installation. Now what? #

You’ve just completed the 5-Minute Installation of WordPress or the one-click install from your web host. So what is your next step?

Let’s take a step-by-step tour through your WordPress site and see how the different functions work and how to make your new site your own. During the first part of this tutorial, please don’t change anything within the program unless it is part of the tutorial. After following these steps, you’ll soon be changing everything.

Log In #

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Move, edit, and customize each block, and the editor will display visual elements the way they’ll look on your actual site. You can confirm that via the Preview button before you hit “Publish”.

New in WordPress 5.5: #

• Block Directory
• Preview enhancements
• How to move blocks on your document (Keyboard + Drag & Drop)
• Block Pattern
• Inline Image Editing

Note: We are working on the documentation and will upate this page, once the pages are available.

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The Editor’s Workspace #

With the release of WordPress 5.4, the block editor opens by default in Fullscreen mode when you “Add new post or page”.

How to access the Admin Menu? #

To access the Admin Menu, click on the WordPress logo on the top, note that this will make you leave the post or page.

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How to switch-off Fullscreen mode? #

To switch-off Fullscreen mode, use the 3-dot menu on the top right and un-check Fullscreen Mode.

Your choice will be stored in your browser’s local storage. If you switch browsers the choice for the view won’t be available and you have to set your preference again. The same is true when you switch computers.

Safari browser users will experience a reset of default settings once in a while because Safari itself is programed to delete local storage entries every now and then.

The core developers are discussing the best method to persist user settings and will take care of these inconsistencies in future releases.

For now, you may use the Blockeditor Fullscreen Mode Control plugin to change the default behavior, and persistently store the fullscreen option between devices.

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How Does the Block editor Work? #

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Blocks #

The WordPress Editor uses blocks to transform the way you create content: it turns a single document into a collection of discrete elements with explicit, easy-to-tweak structure.

The Block editor brings you an effortless page- and post-building experience. With blocks, you can quickly add and customize multiple media and visual elements that used to require shortcodes, custom HTML code, and embeds.

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The Anatomy of a Block #

Each block consists of a Block Toolbar, a Block Settings Sidebar and the Block Content. Depending on the block’s purpose the buttons of the Block Toolbar will change and so will be settings items in the Block settings sidebar. All the core blocks are divided into three sections: 1) Description in how a block works, and the items in the Block Tools and what you can change in the Block Settings Sidebar.

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Adding a Block #

There are many block types for you to choose from, which you’ll see organized by category and by most recent use. You can edit or move each block independently of other blocks, and individual blocks sometimes come with their own formatting settings for even greater control over layout and function.

Here are the ways to add a block.

Configuring a Block

Each block has its own settings. To find them, select a block: this will reveal a toolbar at the top of the block. You’ll also find additional settings in the sidebar to the right of the editor.

The settings at the top of the block usually include formatting options as well as the option to change the block type ([1] in screenshot below).

In the editor’s sidebar you can switch between settings for the current block ([2] in screenshot below) and settings for the whole document ([3] in screenshot below).

The Document Settings is where you can add tags and categories, choose a featured image, see and change the status of your post, and more — these are options that apply to the page or post as a whole.

You can click the cog icon at the top right of the editor to show or hide the settings column ([4] in screenshot above).

What if you’d like to change a block type? No problem: you can transform each block to another similar or related block type. For example, change a paragraph to a heading, a list, or a quote.

Removing a Block

To remove a block, select the block and click the three dots right above it. Among the settings there you’ll see the option to remove that block.

Shortcuts

A full list of shortcuts is available in the WordPress Handbook. (use your browser’s “Back” button to return to this documentation)

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

When will the WordPress Editor be available on WordPress.org?

It already is! The block editor is set as your default editor unless you installed the classic editor plugin

Does the Block editor allow editing posts and pages in the front-end?

No. It’s a representation of what site visitors see on the front-end of your site. However, the layout and visual experience in the editor are much closer to the way things look like on the public-facing side of your site.

How will my existing content look?

Your current content should look the same as it did before. If you edit an existing post or page in the new editor, all the content will be placed in a Classic Block, which will treat it the same way that the Classic editor did.

Why doesn’t my content look the same in the editor and on the site?

You may see some variation between your content in the editor and on the site, largely because of the way your theme displays different visual elements. Some themes will include styles to help the editor look more like the front of the site; others will not. If your theme includes a sidebar, for example, you won’t see it in the editor, which may affect the width of your content when it displays on the front of the site.

Why are some settings available on one of my sites, but not another?

Some settings in blocks — “wide” or “full-width” — need to be supported by your theme. While the same blocks will be present on different sites, the specific settings you can apply to those blocks might be a bit different based on your active theme.

Will I still be able to use the Classic editor?

To switch to the classic editor, install and activate the Classic Editor plugin in your site.

Do shortcodes still work?

Yes. The editor comes with a shortcode block, which you can use for shortcodes just like before. In the future many shortcodes will become their own blocks.

Is this editor accessible?

Our aim is for the WordPress Editor to be as accessible as previous editors if not more so. We want everyone to be able to use it. The WordPress Accessibility Coding Standards state that “All new or updated code released in WordPress must conform with the WCAG 2.0 guidelines at level AA.“ This will be no exception.

Do I need to use a particular theme for the new editor?

No. The block editor will work with all themes. However, only some themes might support specific layout features (like “wide” and “full width” content). Some blocks CSS might need small adjustments for a better display.

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You can add blocks from the top icon bar or from the empty block underneath the post title section, when you start a new page or post.

But there is more! You’ll find different ways to add blocks to your document in this article. First read about the inserter and its search functionality and then you learn the various ways to add blocks and also how to move blocks around your document.

What is the Inserter? #

When ever you see the ⊕ you can click on it and get a list of blocks, in a little modal window. On top you see the ‘Most Used’ blocks. You can scroll down and open up other categories, like Layout, or Common, or Widgets, and find more blocks. In the inserter window you also find 3rd party blocks from installed plugins.

There are multiple ways to add a block, search and choose the block type you need.

• Inserter ⊕ right of an empty block
• Inserter ⊕ in the Top Tool Bar
• Inserter ⊕ in the center between blocks
• Slash command in an empty paragraph block
• 3-dots ( More options) Menu on Block Toolbar

See below for specific screenshots to identify the “Inserter” location

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Searching for Blocks #

From the inserter you can use the search box to search blocks by typing the beginning of a block name or a keyword for example, "image" or "heading", then a list of blocks that fit the search will show. Select the desired block with the mouse click, tap or arrow keys. When using the Slash command, you also get auto-suggested search result when you start typing.

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Inserter ⊕ right of an empty block #

Click on the Inserter icon ( Add block tooltip ) to search for a block to insert.

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Inserter ⊕ from the Top Toolbar #

Another way to add a block is by clicking on the Inserter icon ⊕ at the top left of the editor. (Top Toolbar)

The Inserter from the Top Toolbar also shows additional information per block and you can see a small preview of the block.

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Slash command #

Using the slash command invokes the Block Inserter including its search, so you don’t need to interrupt your writing flow to hunt for your mouse to add a quote or a list via the keyboard.

Begin by adding a new paragraph; normally achieved by pressing Enter one or more times.

Then hit the “/” key and start typing the name of the block.

• “/l” gives you the List block as a choice. Selecting it and typing your first list item is really cool.
• Type “/i” + for a list that includes the Image block.
• Type more letters to filter the list of blocks. e.g. “/image”.

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3-dot (More options) menu from the Block Toolbar #

Finally, you can click on the three dots just above a selected block (called the Block Toolbar) and choose to add a block above or below the current block.

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Moving Blocks #

Move handles

The up and down arrow icons on the left side of the block can be used to move a block up and down in your document.

Drag & Drop

You can drag blocks by clicking and holding the six-dot-grid near the top-left corner of each block. Notice the blue bars indicating where the block will be placed. Release the mouse button when you find the place to which to move the block.

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Comment Screen #

All comments on a WordPress website are displayed on the Comments dashboard in your WordPress admin area. It displays all comments by default

You can switch the view to see Pending, Approved, Spam, and Trash comments:

• Pending: comments submitted by your visitors, but won’t be visible on your blog posts unless you approve them.
• Approved: comments published and are publicly visible on your blog posts by all your website visitors.
• Spam: comments flagged as possibly unwanted or irrelevant, and aren’t visible to your site visitors.
• Trash: comments marked as unwanted and will be automatically deleted for good after 30 days.

Moving your mouse over to a comment will display the action links for it. You can approve a comment to make it visible to all your site visitors, or unapprove it to put it in pending status again.

You can also reply to comments. By replying to a specific comment, your reply will appear right under that comment. This is called “threaded” or “nested” comments.

You can also choose to edit anyone’s comments on your own site. The Quick Edit option opens a text area so you can edit the comment without reloading the page. Edit, on the other hand, gives you more options to edit the name, user email, and more.

Once a visitor submits his or her comment, WordPress follows your preferences and either hold the comment for your approval or posts it immediately.

If you see a comment marked as spam that’s actually a real comment, then you can mark it as Not Spam by hovering your mouse over it.

Comments in the trash section are comments that have been deleted by you. Any comment in the trash can be restored by clicking on Restore. Comments in trash remain there for 30 days after this time WordPress deletes them permanently.

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Discussion Settings #

Before you enable comments on posts or Pages, reviewing the options under Settings > Discussion can help make your life as a moderator easier. Use these settings to restrict comments and reduce the amount of spam you receive.

Notification #

If you link another site post on your site, Attempt to notify any blogs linked to from the post will enable your site to notify the website owners that you have linked to them. They can then choose to tell their users that another site linked to them through a trackback or pingback.

Just like the option above, you can enable your site to accept pingbacks and trackbacks from other websites by checking Allow link notifications from other blogs (pingbacks and trackbacks) on new posts.

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Comment Rules #

Allow people to post comments on new articles will enable you to disable comments if you don’t need comments on your websites.

Comment author must fill out name and e-mail prevents people from leaving anonymous comments.

Users must be registered and logged in to comment will only allow registered users of your site to post comments.

Automatically close comments on articles older than _____ days will close comments on a post that have reached a set time. This is a good way to limit spam comments.

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Comment display #

Enable threaded (nested) comments _____ levels deep: will allow your users to reply to one another. A reply to a comment is shown “nested” underneath the original comments. You can limit how many levels (a reply to a reply) of replies your site will allow by changing the number of levels.

Break comments into Pages with _____top level comments per Page and the _____ Page displayed by default will change how your comments are displayed. You can set how many comments you see per Page and if the oldest or newest comments are displayed first.

Comments should be displayed with the _____ comments at the top of each Page will place newer or older comments at the top of each page.

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Comment administration #

Email me whenever … Anyone posts a comment and/or A comment is held for moderation will help you stay up to date on your comments. If you don’t check your site often.

Comment must be manually approved will help you moderate the comments published on your site.

Comment author must have a previously approved comment will help moderate the comments published on your site.

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Comment spam #

Hold a comment in the queue if it contains _____ links, Spam comments are designed to get users to click on links in order to drive traffic to other sites. As a result, many spam comments contain multiple links. Setting this option to hold all comments that contain 2 or more links will help catch more spam.

You can experiment with Comment Moderation and Comment Blacklist to catch spam that contains certain words or is posted from a particular IP address. Comments caught through blacklisting are not deleted but instead moved to your spam folder.

Because spam is pervasive on the Web, some of the comments you receive will most likely be spam. However, WordPress developers and administrators have already developed a number of successful strategies to help you prevent spam comments from appearing on your site. In addition to experimenting with different options in Settings > Discussion, you can install a WordPress Plugin like Akismet or make other changes to help you keep spam comments under control.

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Avatars #

The settings under “Avatars” control the images your site displays next to comments. For an introduction to Gravatars, read the WordPress Lesson about How to Use Gravatars in WordPress.

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Enabling Comments on Your Site #

Once you have decided on your discussion options, you are ready to enable comments. If you chose not to enable comments on all articles automatically, you can turn on comments for a specific post or Page in several ways.

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Turning on Comments for a Single Post or Page #

On the post or page you wish to add comments to, find the “Discussion” box, and check “Allow Comments.” (If you do not see the “Discussion” box on the Edit Page, click “Screen Options” in the upper right corner of the browser window. Make sure the box next to “Discussion” is checked.) Save your changes by clicking “Publish”, “Save Draft” or “Update.

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Turning on Comments from the Posts or Pages Screen #

Navigate to the Posts/Pages screen. In the list of pages or posts, find the one you want and hover your cursor over the title of the post. You will see several links appear underneath the title. Click “Quick Edit” and check “Allow Comments.” Click “Update” to turn comments on for that post.

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Turning on Comments for Multiple Posts or Pages #

From the Posts/Pages screen, check the boxes next to the posts or Pages on which you want to enable comments. Select “Edit” from the “Bulk Edit” Dropdown box and click Apply. Then, select “Allow” next in the Comments dropdown box and finish by clicking “update.”

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Managing Incoming Comments #

Once you start receiving comments on your site, you can check the status of comments quickly by looking at the dashboard, the admin bar, or the left navigation menu. When you log in, the dashboard’s “Activity” box will show you the status of your comments. Hover over a comment to see your moderation options. From “Activity – Comments” you can approve, reply, edit, mark as spam, or trash comments. Alternatively, you can look to see if there is a number next to the comment bubble in the admin bar or “Comments” in the left navigation. This number represents how many pending comments require your attention.

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Moderating Comments with the Comment Screen #

WordPress makes moderating your users’ comments a simple process. The Comments Screen lays out the basic information about each comment and lets you decide what to do with it.

1. Commenter Gravatar
2. Commenter Name
3. Commenter Website URL
4. Commenter Email Address
5. Commenter IP Address
6. Time and Date Comment was submitted
7. Comment Text
8. Comment Moderation Options. You can approve, spam or trash a comment with one click. Reply, Quick Edit or Edit will open up a new screen for you to write a reply to the comment or edit the comment.
9. Post Name
10. Number of Comments on the Post, Link to View Post

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Bulk Edit Comments #

Like the posts and Pages screens, the Comments screen supplies a Bulk Action drop-down box. Select the comments you want to edit, and then select Unapprove, Approve, Mark as Spam, or Move to Trash from the drop-down and click “Apply.”

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Supporting Resources #

• Moderating Your Recent Comments from the Dashboard
• Comments are King (WordPress.tv talk by Matt Browne about fostering a community of commenters)
• Comment Moderation
• Comment Spam
• Spam FAQ

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Media consists of the images, video, recordings, and files that you upload and use in your blog. Media is typically uploaded and inserted into the content when writing a Post or writing a Page. Note that the Uploading Setting in the Settings Media Screen describes the location and structure of the upload directory (where your media files are stored). If you do need to upload Media, even if that Media is not related to a Post or Page, then you need to use the Media Add New Screen.

Visit the Media add new screen to install new media by clicking the Add New link at the top of this screen or Select Media > Add New from the left side menu.

Media library #

The Media Library Screen allows you to edit, view, and delete Media previously uploaded to your blog. Multiple Media objects can be selected for deletion. Search and filtering ability is also provided to allow you to find the desired Media.

Media Library provides two type of views. One is simple visual Grid View and another is conventional List View. Switch between these views using the icons to the left above the screen.

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Media library grid view #

In Media Library Grid View, thumbnails of image, Audio icons and Movie icons are arranged in the grid.

Filtering options #

At the top of Grid View, you can filter the media by media type and date:

All media items

This dropdown allows you to select, by media types such as Images, Audio and Video or Unattached to any Posts nor Pages, which Media are displayed in the Table of Media. By default, “All media items” are selected and all of your Media are displayed.

All dates

This dropdown allows you to select, by date, which Media are displayed in the Grid View. By default, “Show all dates” is selected and all of your Media are displayed.

To the right, is a Search box where you can enter a word, or series of words to search and display all the Media meeting your search words. The search results will be updated as you type.

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Delete media #

To delete media items, click the Bulk Select button at the top of the screen. Select any items you wish to delete, then click the Delete Selected button. Clicking the Cancel Selection button takes you back to viewing your media.

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Attachment details #

In Media Library Grid View, clicking an Image thumbnail, Audio icon or Video icon will display an Attachment Details dialog, which allows you to preview media and make quick edits. Any changes you make to the attachment details will be automatically saved. You can also delete individual items and access the extended edit screen from the details dialog.
Use the arrow buttons at the top of the dialog, or the left and right arrow keys on your keyboard, to navigate between media items quickly.

Attachment Details changes its appearance and information by media type. The left side of this dialog shows the Image, Audio player or Video player. The right side lists the following media file attributes and optional data. Some of them are editable from this dialog.

• File name – The name of media file
• File type – The MIME Type of media file
• Uploaded on – The date when media file was uploaded
• File size – The file size of media file
• Dimensions – (Image files only) The dimensions of image media
• URL – Read-only display of a direct link to the media file.
• Title – The name of the media. A title is often shown on attachment pages and galleries if themes or plugins are designed to display it.
• Caption – A brief explanation of the media.
• Description – An explanation of this particular media.
• Alt Text – (Image files only) The alt text for the image, e.g. “The Mona Lisa” to describe the media. Used for accessibility.
• Artist – (Voice files only) Singer, composer or producer of this media.
• Album – (Voice files only) Album title that includes this media.
• Uploaded By – author who uploaded the Media.
• Uploaded To – Title of the Post or Page that contains this Media. Click on the title to view that Post or Page in an edit Screen. If the Media was unattached to any Post or Page, this line does not appear.

At the bottom there are three link menus:

View attachment page

shows the media in a simulated view of how the image would look when displayed in your Theme.

Edit more details

displays the Edit Media Screen. See the Edit Media for details on editing Media information.

Delete permanently

deletes the media.

Also, image files has Edit Image button at the lower left

Edit image

(Image files only) allows you to make edits such as rotate, scale, and crop. See the Edit Image Screen.

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Media library list view #

In Media Library List View, a table lists all of your Media, by row. The Media are listed with the newest uploaded Media first.

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Table of media #

The table of Media contains the following columns:

• [ ] – This checkbox, when clicked (checked), ‘selects’ that particular Media to be processed by a Bulk Action.
• “thumbnail” – There is no column heading for “thumbnail”, but a small image of the actual media is displayed in this column
• File – Displayed in the form of a link, this is Title, the name of the media. Clicking the title link opens Edit Media Screen. See the Edit Media for details on editing Media information. Below the Title, the actual name of the file that holds this particular Media is displayed.
• Author – Displayed in the form of a link, this is the author who uploaded the Media. Clicking the author link causes all the Media authored by that user to be displayed in the Table of Media (thus allowing a Bulk Action to be applied to all Media for a given author).
• Uploaded to – Uploaded to describes the title of the Post or Page that contains this Media and the date of that Post or Page. Click on the title to view that Post or Page in an edit Screen. If the Media was unattached to any Post or Page, an “Attach” link will appear and when clicked this Media can be attached to selected Posts or Pages. For more detail about selecting, see Find Posts or Pages. If the Media has been attached to more than one Post or Page, only the details of the first Post or Page will be displayed.
• comment bubble – Each Media row has a comment bubble with the number of comments for that Media. If a Media has any comments, then the number of comments is displayed in a bubble. Clicking on a blue comment bubble causes the Comments Screen to be displayed to allow moderation of those comments.
• Date – The date the Media was uploaded.

Sortable columns #

Some column headings, such as the File, Author, Uploaded to, and Date headings, can be clicked to sort the Table of Media in ascending or descending order. Hover over the column title, e.g. File, to see the up arrow or down arrow. Click the heading to change the sort order.

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Page navigation #

Under the Screen Options, the number of Media displayed per page is determined. If more than one page of Media is available, two double-arrow boxes to move to the first and last page are provided. Also two single-arrow boxes are displayed to move one page backward or forward. Finally, a box showing the current page number can be used to enter a page to directly display.

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Screen options #

The Screen Options allow you to choose which columns are displayed, or not displayed, in the underlying Table. Clicking on the Screen Options tab shows a list of the columns with a check-box next to each column. Check the box for each column you want displayed in the Table, or uncheck the box to not display that column. In addition, the number of Media items to display in the Table of Media can be set. Click the Screen Options tab again to close the Screen Options.

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Search #

Above the Table, to the right, is a Search box where you can enter a word, or series of words, and hit the Enter key to search and display all the Media meeting your search words.

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Filtering options #

At the top of List view, you can filter the media by media type and date:

All

This dropdown allows you to select, by media type such as Images, Audio and Video or Unattached to any Posts nor Pages, which Media are displayed in the Table of Media. By default, “All” is selected and all of your Media are displayed.

All dates

This dropdown allows you to select, by date, which Media are displayed in the Table of Media. By default, “All dates” is selected and all of your Media are displayed.

Filter

Clicking this button applies the settings you select in the dropdown.

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Using selection, actions, and apply #

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Selection #

This Screen allows Bulk Actions to be performed on one or more Media selected in the Table. For Bulk Actions to be performed on multiple Media at once, those Media must be first selected via one of these methods:

• Select one Media at a time – To select a Media, the checkbox to the left of the Media entry must be checked (clicked). It is possible to keep selecting more Media by checking their respective checkbox.
• Select all Media in given Table – All Media in a given table can be selected by checking the checkbox in the Table’s title, or footer bar. Of course, unchecking the header or footer title bar checkbox will cause all entries in that Table to be unchecked (NOT selected).
• Reverse Selection – A Reverse Selection means checked items become unchecked, and unchecked items become checked. A Reverse Selection is accomplished by holding the Shift key on the keyboard and clicking the header or footer title bar checkbox.

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Actions #

Actions describe the process to be performed on particular Media. There are two styles of Actions that will be referred to as Bulk Actions and Immediate Actions. The follow describes these Actions:

• Bulk actions – These Actions can be performed on one, or more Media, at one time, if those Media have been previously selected. Bulk Actions are available, when appropriate, as choices in the Bulk Actions pulldown box, above the Table. The only Bulk Action allowed is Delete Permanently.
• Immediate actions – Immediate Actions are performed immediately, on an individual Media. Hovering the mouse cursor over the Media row reveals the Edit, Delete Permanently, and View options under the File column, in that Media row. Clicking on a Media Title will also initiate the Edit Action.

The available Actions are described below:

• Edit – This Immediate Action displays the Edit Media Screen. This Action can be initiated by click on the Media Title. See the Edit Media for details on editing Media information.
• Delete permanently – This Action deletes the Media. Delete Permanently is available both as a Bulk Action, and an Immediate Action.
• View – This Action presents the Media in a simulated view of how the image would look when displayed in your Theme. View is available only as an Immediate Action.
• Attach – In Unattached filtered view, “Attach” action is displayed. By clicking this link, the media can be attached to selected Posts or Pages. For more detail about selecting, see Find Posts or Pages.

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Find posts or pages #

Clicking Attach link in the “Attached to” column or “Media” column when Unattached filtered view appears Find Posts or Pages dialogue box. From this dialogue box, you can select a Posts or Pages that the media should be attached to. Follow the steps:

1. Search posts or Pages by keyword.
2. Select the post/Page one wants to attach the media.
3. Click the Select button.

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Apply #

After one or more Media are selected, and after a Bulk Action is specified, the Apply button performs the given Action on the selected Media.

• Apply – Click the Apply button to execute the Bulk Action, specified in the Actions pulldown, on the selected Media. Remember, prior to executing Actions, one or more Media must be selected, as described before.

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