WordPress Tutorial: Step-by-Step Guide to Creating a Blog Post

Follow this beginners guide and create your first blog post, with Anyssa Ferreira

Web designer and developer Anyssa Ferreira (@anyssa) co-founded Haste studio to develop websites, systems and plugins for WordPress.

She also organizes the WordPress São Paulo community and in 2015, she won the first Kim Parsell grant from the WordPress Foundation for her work to improve female inclusion in the WordPress community.

In this tutorial, Anyssa teaches you how to create a WordPress blog post. Don’t miss her tips!

How to Create a New Blog Post

Start off by going to the WordPress control panel, finding All posts and clicking on Add new. You can write directly into WordPress or copy content from a document.

Text Blocks

In WordPress, paragraphs each have their own text field, so you can edit and personalize each block individually.

The menu bar above each text block and the side menu include options that allow you to format your content: you can adjust the font, configure the text and add color.

The forward slash (/) allows you to open a text block selection window and to filter your actions.

Images

Image fields allow you to upload an image from your computer, or select an image file from your media library if you’ve already created one in WordPress. The photo caption allows you to describe the image or provide photo credits.

Final adjustments

Go to Document in the right hand menu. Define your post category and tag. Categories and Tags are ways to organize blog content by classifying it into subject areas.

Categories are very broad. Tags are more specific and related to the post.

Featured Image is the picture that will be shown in the listings and on social media when your post is shared. Choose an attention-grabbing image, something that’s visually interesting and a nice fit for your content.

Select the level of Visibility for your post. Is it public, private or password protected?

You can schedule the Date of publication by setting the date and time or choose to publish immediately. Posts are set to publish immediately by default.

And you’re done! Now all you have to do is click on Publish and you’ll be able to see your post. Congratulations!

If you enjoyed this tutorial and want to know more about how to create your personalized website, check out Anyssa Ferreira’s online course: Wordpress: Create a Professional Website From Scratch.

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