Adding Articles in WordPress

In this chapter, we will learn how to add articles in WordPress. Articles are also called posts and sometimes blog posts or blog posts. They are used to promote your blog.

Following are the simple steps to add an article in WordPress.

Step (1) – Click Articles → Add New Article in WordPress.

Step (2) – As shown below, you will get the edit page for the post. You can use the WordPress WYSIWYG editor to add the actual content of the post. We’ll learn more about the WYSIWYG editor in the WordPress – Adding a Page section.

The following are the fields on the Edit page of the Add Post page.

• Article Title – Enter the title of your article, i.e., Article 1 .

• Article Content – Enter the content of your article.

Step (3) – Click the Publish button to publish your article.

Below are several other options in the Publish section.

• Save Draft – Saves the post as a draft.

• Preview – Allows you to preview the post before publishing it.

• Move to Trash – Deletes the post.

• Status – Change the status of a post to Published, Pending, or Reviewer Draft.

• Visibility – Change the visibility of a post to Public, Private, or Password Protected.

• Published – Change the date and time a post was published.