Know Your WordPress Post Features

WordPress Post Screen – Options, Features, And Content Editor

WordPress will display different ‘Post’ screens depending on what you plan to do. For example, if you plan to create a new post, you will work inside the ‘Add New Post’ screen. If you plan to edit an existing post, you will be presented with the ‘Edit Post’ screen.

Both screens contain similar options, settings, functions, and features, but with slight differences to accommodate your purpose and workflow.

Let’s start with the main features so you can better understand how to work with posts in WordPress.

WordPress Post Features

The Post Screen contains several sections that allow you to modify and manage different post elements. These sections include:

1. Post Title: This section contains a text field where you can type in your post title.
2. Post Content Editor: The large, body area of the WordPress post editor screen is where you type or add in your content.
3. Post Publishing: This section is where you set your post status and visibility settings, set the publishing date, and browse your post revisions.
   Post Status
   Published – Published posts can be viewed online by your site visitors either publicly or privately (see “Post Visibility Settings” section below).
   Draft – A draft post is not visible to your site visitors or registered site users (unless they are administrators of your website).
   Pending Review – A post marked as pending review is like a draft post but needs to be reviewed and approved for publishing by a registered site user with Editor permissions.
   Post Preview – The Publish section also includes a Preview button that lets you preview your post content before your post goes live.
   Post Visibility Settings – You can set different visibility settings for your posts.
   Public – Setting a post to Public makes it visible to all website visitors after your post has been published.
   Password protected – Password-protecting a post makes your post content accessible only to users who have the password.
   Private – a Private post is only visible to you (if you are the site administrator) and/or other logged-in users with either an ‘Editor’ or ‘Administrator’ user role and permissions. You must be logged in to view a private post.
   Additional settings in the Publish section allow you to edit post publishing dates (for example, you can schedule the post to be published at a later date), copy your post to a new draft, or delete your post by moving it to the trash.
   Save Post Status – WordPress will autosave your post at regular intervals to ensure that your work is not lost. Or Save as Pending, if the post status is set to Pending Review. You can also edit when your posts get published. Click the Edit link above the Publish button and next to the ‘Publish immediately’ section, then specify the date and time to publish your post in the settings, and click OK. 

    

4. Post Format
5. Post Categories
6. Post Tag
7. Featured Image
8. Additional Post Functions