Once you’ve added
all your content to your Page or Post you have the option of Saving the Page as
a Draft or Publishing the page. Clicking the Save Draft button will simply save your Page/Post. This is handy if
you would like to come back at a later date to add more content or if you’re
simply not ready to publish yet.
Clicking the Publish button will save your Page/Post
and publish it on your website.
Clicking the Preview button
will show you a preview of the current Page/Post.
There are also several options available when
saving. By default the Status is set
to Draft but this can be changed by clicking the Edit link just to the right of Status: within the Publish panel.
- Pending Review means the draft is waiting for review by an editor prior to publication.
- Draft means the post has not been published and
remains a draft for you.
You can also change the visibility of the Page
by clicking the Edit link just to the
right of Visibility: within the Publish panel.
- Public is
the default and means the page is viewable to all. There is also an option to make the Post ‘sticky’. Sticky
posts are placed at the top of all blog posts and stay there even after new
posts are published.
- Password Protected allows you to assign a password to your page. Only people who have the password will be able to access the page.
- Private hides the content from the public completely. Normal users and visitors will not be aware of private
content. You will only see the private content when you are logged into your
WordPress blog.
Just below the Title for your content is the
full URL for your Page or Post. Clicking this will take you to the published
page, or if the page hasn’t been published yet, a preview of the page. Clicking
the Edit button next to the URL
allows you to change the Permalink (i.e. the URL) of the Page or Post. You
might decide to do this for improving SEO (Search Engine Optimisation). Most
times though, you’ll simply leave the default URL which WordPress automatically
generates based on your Page/Post Title.
By default, when you click the Publish button your Page/Post is
published immediately. To change this, click the Edit link just to the right of Publish immediately within the Publish panel. You can then select the
date and time that you’d like to
schedule your Page/Post to be published. You must also click the Publish button when you have updated the
date and time fields to publish at the desired
date and time.
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