Appearance
Editor
The Editor menu allows you to edit the individual CSS and PHP files which make up your Theme. Normally once a theme is installed and configured on your site, there's no need to make any changes within here. Extreme care should be taken with this ...
Background
The Background menu option is another theme specific menu. It allows you to choose a background image for your site. Clicking the Background menu option will take you to the Background Image panel in the Customizer. You can select one of your ...
Header
The Header menu option will only be available if your current Theme is making use of this option. It allows you to choose an image (or if your theme supports it, a video) to display in the header area of your site. Clicking the Header menu option ...
Managing Menu Locations
After you create a menu, you also need to tell WordPress where to use it. This is where the Manage Locations tab on the Menus page comes in. After clicking the Manage Locations tab on the Menus page, you will be shown a page similar to below, with a ...
Deleting a Menu Item
To delete a menu item click on the down arrow next to the menu item name to view the options panel for that item and then click the Remove link. After making your updates, click the Save Menu button at the top or bottom of the screen.
Adding a Custom Link Menu Item
Use the Custom Links panel to add a custom link to your menu, such as a link to an external website. Simply type in the website URL in the URL field and the menu name in the Link Text field. Click the Add to Menu button when done. Use the same steps ...
Adding a New Menu Item
By default, only the Pages, Custom Links and Categories panels are shown. If you’d like to add Posts, Tags or Post Formats as menu items, you simply use the Screen Options tab at the top-right of the screen to enable these panels as well. To add a ...
Editing an Existing Menu Item
Your current list of menu items resides in the right-hand column on the menu screen. If there are multiple menus on your site, there will be a dropdown list displayed at the top of the page that enables you to select the menu that you would like to ...
Adding a New Menu
Depending on the current Theme being used, your site may make use of more than one navigation menu. Sometimes you might have multiple menus in your site header, other times you may even have menus located in the sidebar or footer of your site. To add ...
Updating the Menu
If your theme supports custom menus, you can make modifications to them from the Menus option. Menus can contain links to Pages, Posts, Categories, Custom Links or other content types.
Widgets
Widgets are independent sections of content that can be placed into any widgetized area provided by your theme. Although these widgetized areas are commonly called ‘Sidebars’ and are quite often located in the left or right-hand column, they can be ...
Customizing your Site
Using the Customizer, you can modify certain parts of your website. When you click on the Customize menu option you’ll be shown the various theme options that you can change. Depending on the theme that is currently in use, you may see more or less ...
Adding a new Theme
You’re able to add new themes to your site right within the WordPress Dashboard. At the top of the Themes screen there is an Add New button. Click this button to search and add new themes into your site. After clicking the Add New button, you’ll be ...
Previewing and Customizing your Theme
As well as the ability to preview a theme, you can also update various theme settings all while previewing the changes live. The options that you can change will be dependent on the individual theme. For the currently active theme, clicking the ...
Selecting your Theme
The overall appearance of a WordPress site is controlled by the Theme. Although there is a default theme that comes installed with WordPress, most people will either download a new theme, purchase one, or have one custom designed and built. There are ...
Appearance
The various Appearance menus allow you to change how your site looks and behaves. If your site has been setup for you by a third party then it’s more than likely that you won’t need to change any of the settings in here. Depending on the theme that ...