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Log Into WordPress and Add a Post

April 6, 2016 by Nancy Fields Leave a Comment

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If you’re like many of my clients, you’re spending the  majority of time running your business, so writing blog posts is not a high priority.

By the time you finally do have time to create a blog post you may have forgotten how to do this. You may have even forgotten how to log into your WordPress website.

Don’t be embarrassed. Don’t even apologize. Just follow these steps and you’ll soon be patting yourself on the back, celebrating your latest accomplishment.

How To Log Into Your WordPress website

Go to your home page. After your site name type in /wp-login.php.

1. Instead of seeing your home page you should now see your WordPress login page

2. Enter your username

3. Enter your password

4. Click Log In

login page WordPress.org website

How To Add a Blog Post

After you log in, you will be taken to the back end of your WordPress site — also called the Dashboard.

5. Click Posts

6. Click Add New

back end WordPress.org website Posts Add New

7. Give your Post a title

8. Add your text

9. If you want to add a picture click Add Media

10. Categorize your blog page (see below)

11. Create and add Tags so search engines find you (aka SEO)

12. When finished click Draft

13. Click Preview to see what your page looks like on the web

14. Click Publish when you are ready to have the world see your latest blog page!

back end WordPress.org website post area

What Are Categories In WordPress?

The best analogy I’ve ever heard was from Bob Dunn who said WordPress Categories are like signs in a department store: if you want to buy a toaster, you would go to Kitchen Appliances. Kitchen Appliances is your Category.

A new WordPress website has one Category called Uncategorized. If you leave your blog posts as Uncategorized Google will not know what’s in your posts. Categories also make it easy for visitors find related posts.

Adding Categories Is Easy

  1. In the Categories area (see #10 above) click +Add New Category
  2. Enter your Category name: remember think department store
  3. Click the Add New Category button
  4. Click Update (or Save Draft: see #12 above) to save your changes

And Tags?

Back to the department store and toaster analogy — if Kitchen Appliances is your Category, toaster is your tag.

  1. Enter relevant words into the Tag area (see #11 above)
  2. Click the Add button
  3. Click Update (or Save Draft) to save your changes

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