WordPress Settings

by | Sep 15, 2014 | Settings | 0 comments

  1. Open new web site login page to login.
    1. For example, domain name/wp-login.php
    2. Login information is located in your host server account, and should have been emailed to you.
  2. Updates
    1. Check for update notices.
    2. Update software such as plugins before modifying other settings.
  3. Settings/General
    1. Open Settings/General
    2. Site title will appear as the title of your web page.
    3. Tagline will appear on your web page to describe what the site is all about.
    4. WordPress Address (URL) is the ‘home’ URL. This is the primary URL.
    5. Site Address (URL) is your directory where you WordPress core files are stored.
    6. Make adjustments to other fields as desired.
    7. Save changes.
  4. Settings/Writing
    1. Open Settings/ Writing
    2. Formatting gives you options to covert symbols to emoticons and to turn on html code editor if you choose not to use the visual editor when writing posts.
    3. Default Post Category allows you to indicate the default category
      1. Suggestion: Open and edit the ‘Hello World’ Post, then create a new category with the name of your website. Return to Settings/ Writing, and select ‘name of website’ as your default category. This will help you hide uncategorized posts that you do not want displayed.
    4. Drag-and-drop the ‘Press This’ icon to your browser bar if desired. Remember, it is good practice to cite reference links to the original article.
    5. ‘Post via e-mail’ allows you to email posts for display on your web blog.
    6. Select Save Changes
  5. Settings/Reading
    1. Open Settings/ Reading
    2. This page controls how your posts and pages will be displayed to those reading your web pages.
    3. Choose whether to list your blogs on the Front page of your web site or to show the same (static) page of information each time someone visits your web site. Many people create a page named “Home” to use as their Front page, and create a post named “Blog” for the Posts page. More about Posts and Pages can be found in the appropriate sections below.
    4. The remaining default settings are recommended. Showing a summary of posts is preferred.
    5. Save changes.
  6. Settings/Discussion
    1. Open Settings/ Discussion
    2. Adjust these settings as desired to control discussion and feedback from viewers.
    3. Pingbacks are communication between computers, and trackbacks are communication between people. Most of the trackbacks will be spam.
    4. Save changes.
  7. Settings/Media
    1. These settings control maximum image sizes for three different options.
    2. Save changes.
  8. Settings/Permalinks
    1. The ‘Post name’ is the seo friendly and can be used with WordPress version 3.3 or higher.
    2. Some like to use /%category%/%postname%/ to show structure of site. But this makes the URL longer.
    3. Some like to use the date in the custom field: /blog/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/ . However, old dates suggest articles are obsolete.
    4. Other options may be available if you already have plug ins like Hupso Share Buttons or Rotating Tweets.
    5. Save changes.
  9. WP Maintenance Mode

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