How To Write A WordPress Post

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Step-by-step: Writing Your First WordPress Article

Are you thinking about blogging on WordPress? The platform is super-easy to use once you learn its roundabouts. Today we are going to have a quick look at the right way to blog using WordPress. So allow me to introduce you to the WordPress interface and show you how to write your first article.
1. The WordPress interface

Once you log in to your WordPress account you will be shown your websites Dashboard. We dont really care about that now. What you need to do is click on Posts and then on Add New.
Adding a new WordPress post
That will create a new page where you can start to write your article.
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One of the reasons I love working with WordPress so much is because its so easy to use. Really, the first time I saw the Edit Post section it was so clear to me what I needed to do that I had no need to ask these guys for help. And I usually bother them a lot with my silly questions
The Edit Post section in WordPress
As you can see in the image above there are 5 main areas you will have to work with when writing your articles in WordPress: 1. Add Media button and Text editing menu 2. Publish section 3. Categories section 4. Tags section
1. Add Media button and Text editing menu
Add Media & Text Editing Menu
The Text editing menu is very straightforward. The options you can use include (from top left): Bold, Italics, Strikethrough, Bulleted List, Numbered List, Blockquote, Alignment (Left, Center, Right), Add/Remove Link, Insert More tag, Distraction Free Writing Mode, and the option to show or hideKitchen Sink. In the Kitchen Sink (or the second row of the screenshot) youll find: Paragraph options, Underline, Align Full, Text Color Options, Paste (as plain text or from Word), Remove formatting, Insert custom character, Outdent/Indent, Undo/Redo and a Help button. I wont insist on telling you what each of them does. I promise youll have lots of fun trying them out yourself.
WordPress is the easiest way to have your voice heard online.

CLICK TO TWEET
Oh, and by the way, the blue birdie is a plugin I use to add Tweetables (like the one above). If you like it you can get it from here (oh, I love it!). Use the Add Media button if you want to add photos, images or any visual elements to your posts. Its simple to use: click on the button, upload the file and complete some simple steps as shown below.
Attachment details
There are some important elements that you need to make sure are present for every media file that you insert into your post:
Title Caption Alt Text (this will appear if the media file doesnt load; it is a description of the file you added) Alignment (Left, Center, Right) Link To (you can choose from: Custom URL which I prefer, Media file, Attachment Page, or None) Size (Thumbnail, Small, Medium, Large, or Full Size)
Once all these fields are completed you can click on Insert into Post and the media file will be added in the specified area. Now that we know what these buttons are for, lets move on to the next section.
2. Publish section
WordPress Publish section
As you write your article dont forget to save your work from time to time. It was more than once that I lost all my work and some beautiful pieces of content because I wasnt careful enough to save my articles. Once saved, you can click on Preview to make an idea about how the article will look like once live. Did you publish the article too soon? Go to Status and put it back on Draft. If you dont want your article to be visible to the Public, you can make it Password Protected or even Private. Its all done in the Visibility section. The SEO check is there because of another plugin I installed on my website. Its called SEO by Yoast and yes, I do love it just as much as I love my Tweetables. And then, you can Trash your article if you think it deserves to be trashed. Im just saying. Or you canPublish it if you feel your article is good enough and ready to go live. (more about promoting your articles online in this guest post). 3. Categories section I wont bother you with another image because each website will have its own Categories. You can see the Categories Im using on the left side of the Blog page.
But to help you make an idea, here are some Categories I am using (remember, yours will be different, according to the kind of topics you write about): Freelancing, Copywriting, Internet Marketing, Social Media, etc. 4. Tags section
WordPress Tags section
Tags. A lot of people have no idea how to use them. But tags are basically keywords that you used in your article body. They are a way of telling your website what your article is about. The search engines will pick on that and they will, in turn, understand what your article is about. A quick tip: as it says in the image above, separate your tags with commas. For example, a series of tags could be: WordPress article writing, tips for WordPress, adding new WordPress article. This is correct. This is incorrect: WordPress article writing tips for WordPress adding new WordPress article. See the difference? Final tips Okay, so youre all set now to write your first article on WordPress. There are some other things you will learn on the way, but these are the basics of WordPress which allow you to start working with the platform. But before you start hitting your keyboard in the madness of the creative process, you may want to check some of the rules to writing great content for your blog. And because I know you will suffer from that disease called Writers Block, I wrote an article to help you come up with constant ideas for content. Yep, no more time for procrastination!
By the way how often do you write on your blog?

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Step-by-step: Writing Your First WordPress Article

1. The WordPress interface

Adding a new WordPress post

The Edit Post section in WordPress

1. Add Media button and Text editing menu

Add Media & Text Editing Menu

WordPress is the easiest way to have your voice heard online.

WordPress Publish section

WordPress Tags section

By the way how often do you write on your blog?

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