How to Add a Post to a WordPress site? You have to add posts, pages, and content to your WordPress site to drive more traffic. Adding posts is quite easy in WordPress and you can do that using the modern block editor or the classic editor. The editor has a lot of features and to add a feature within your post, you have to use the block in the Gutenberg or block editor. It has a powerful editing interface and does not disturb or hamper your site. You can add blocks and if required, you can remove any block.
How to Add Post Title?
You can add a post title in WordPress easily using the block editor. To add a post title click on ‘Posts’ and it will expand the submenus under it which are:
- All posts
- Add New
- Categories and
- Tags
To continue click on ‘Add New. When you click on it, it will take you to the editor and will provide you an area to add a post title that looks like this
Now, write the heading of the post in the field labeled as’ Add title’ as provided in the field indicated by an arrow in the rectangular field. While going to add a title in the field, make the first letter of every word in the upper case when the words are nouns, verbs, etc. But do not capitalize the first letter of preposition, conjunction, and articles( a, an, the). The heading or title should be comprehensive, compact, and exact in respect of contents.
How to Add subheadings?
When you are going to write a blog post, you have to add subheadings along with the main heading(<h1>) or title. As usual, the post title is written in h1 and the remaining subheadings are written in h2, h3, h4, h5, and h6 format. So, you can add the subheadings in h2 when you write the title in h1 format. Also, you can add other subheadings in the subsequent smaller formats if you want to add multiple subheadings under a particular subheading, nonetheless, you should use only a particular type of subheadings in the contents.
Suppose, you have written the title in h1 and want to add multiple subheadings to add various information in the content, then you should use only the h2 formats to add subheadings if they have no other subsequent subheadings under a subheading. In such kind of case, you can write the contents in the following manner:
Now, you can see in the above sketch that the content has multiple subheadings along with the post title and it is also clearly illustrated in the text sketch that all the subheadings have no subsequent sun headings. That’s why I have written each subheading in the h2 format.
Now, look at the following text to know how it contains the title and subheadings. The title is in h1 format. The first subheading in the content has only one subsequent subheading in h3 format because the parent subheading is in h2 format.
The second subheading is in h2 format and it has three subheadings and each one is subsequent to the former.
The third subheading is in h2 format and it has four subheadings, each lower one is under the higher one.
To add a heading to the content, click on the ‘Add block’ icon located in the upper left corner. Once the ‘Add block’ icon is opened, you can see various blocks on text, media, design, embed, widget, etc. To add a block in the content field, just click on the block and it will be added therein. How to find out a block? Also, you can find out a block by typing its name in the search field and clicking on the search icon. You have to learn a number of editing options, as you are going to provide a tutorial on How to add a post in WordPress.
To add subheading, click on the heading block and it looks like this:
Start writing heading in the space labeled ‘Write heading’. Once you have completed the heading, click on the ‘save draft’ button located on the upper horizontal toolbar and below the browser’s tab. Thus you can add various subheadings one after another. Adding several subheadings are required to add various information to a post.
Add Paragraph
You can add paragraphs in the post or page as and when you want to add them. To add a block for a paragraph in the content, just click on the ‘Add block icon to expand it. When it gets expanded, you can see various blocks for texts and you can add anyone of these by clicking on it. So, click on the paragraph block and you will be added space for a paragraph inside your post.
Also, you can add any text block as you like such as list, quote, preformatted, table, verse, pullquote, etc. Adding a list is a good practice to add important information in a form of a list. In such kind of cases, data are typed one after another. It looks like this:
This is an unordered list that does not use numbers. In order to add a list click on the listed block that you can find inside the block editor when it is expanded. Click on it to add it to the post. When you put your cursor in the blank space inside the post to add a list, it will show you the editing toolbar as above. Now, you can add an unordered list. If needed you can change it into an ordered list.
To turn it into an ordered list, just click on the symbol that contains two lines having numbers 1 and 2 and shows a label ‘convert to ordered list’ in the popup. Look below for a better understanding.
Once the unordered list turns into an ordered list, it looks like this. It adds numbers at the beginning of each text which is arranged in numerical order.
Similarly, you can add pullquotes, verses, and other text blocks if needed.
Add Image, Gallery, Audio, Video etc.
There are blocks for image, gallery, audio, video, and other elements in the media section of the block editor. Adding the image block, you can upload images into your content.
To upload an image, click on the image block from within your WordPress Block Editor and it may look like as follows:
Once you have clicked on the ‘image’ block, it shows you the above options to upload images onto your site. The ‘Upload, the option allows you to upload images to your site from your computer’s local storage. The second option which labeled as ‘Media Library’ lets you upload images to your site from your WordPress image gallery which contains all the images uploaded to your site. The third option labeled ‘Insert from URL’ is another way of displaying images from different sources.
Want to get free images for visual optimization of your post? There are many free stock image sites that offer royalty-free high resolution images.
Also, you can add Gallery which allows you to upload multiple images to your site by adding the Gallery block. It may look as above.
This file photo has been added as a cover in the media. To add a cover to your post, just put your cursor inside your post, click on the add block icon represented by plus and once it gets expanded you can see the various media tools like image, gallery, audio, video, cover, etc. You need to select ‘Cover’ because you have to add that.
Adding Texts inside the photo is a good practice to display more comprehensive data about the photo and you can do that by adding ‘Cover’ block inside your post, page or content
WordPress has made everything easy. No matter to worry. You can do and manage everything although you have no experience in coding.
Also, you can add ‘Media & Text’inside your post if needed. To add ‘Media & Text’ expand the block editor, go to ‘Media & Text’ and click on it to add it to your post or page. It may look like this:
Adding ‘Media & Text’ lets you add photos and describe texts.
Thus adding ‘Media & Text’ allows you to add both the image and side-by-side textual description.
Also, you can add buttons, columns, groups, more, page breaks, separators, spacers, etc. Each design has its own role in editing posts and pages. You can add any editing design as per your requirement.
You can add buttons by adding the button design inside your post and it looks somewhat like this:
Now, add texts to the button, and don’t forget to save your changes. Thus you can add as many buttons as you like in your post. To add another button beside the added button, just click on the plus icon and another button will be added. Look whatever you like inside the button. Also, you can place a link if you want to add it inside the button. And, in most cases, the button contains links that when clicked lead to a different destination where the links reside. I have used buttons in my post which contain important information on SSL Certificate providers in the global market.
Add Widgets
You can add widgets to your post. The tools which you can add as widgets are as follows:
- Certain forms
- latest posts
- related posts
- comments
- search box
- Social sharing buttons
- Tags Cloud
- Archives
- Categories
- Calendar, custom HTML etc.
In WordPress, there are certain forms that you can use as widgets. You can place widgets in any place within your post or page. Also, you can move it toward the left, or right or place it in the middle while arranging it. Look below to see how I have added social sharing buttons as widgets in my post.
The social icons I have added here are Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WordPress, YouTube, LinkedIn, etc. You can place other social icons too if you like to make your post more socially optimized.
You can insert a search box inside your post if you like as I added now below. So, there are many widgets you can add to your post ad page.
Embed Videos from Third Party Sites
You can embed videos into your post and page from third-party sites. To embed a video, first of all, you have to set up your mind as to which video you want to embed because there are many third-party sites such as Twitter, YouTube, WordPress, Vimeo, etc. Select the type of embedding block and you will be provided space to insert the URL of the video. So, put the linked URL of the video and it will display a thumbnail of the video that visitors can see in the embedding block.
Directly uploading video into your WordPress site is not recommended especially if you are on the shared hosting plan because of fewer optimization opportunities. Here, in a single server, many sites are hosted that may affect site speed. That’s why embedding video from third-party sites like YouTube, Twitter, etc. are recommended. Embedding videos make it SEO-friendly and optimized for WordPress.
Set up Post Status and Visibility
You should check the post status and visibility setup before getting it published. You can set up post status and visibility by visiting settings>>post>>status & visibility. So, go to the settings icon and click on it. Under it, you can see both the post and block. You are going to set up various options for posts. So, click on the post and you can see the following options as in the screenshot.
Click on status & visibility to expand it. Once it gets expanded, you can see the following format.
You can make visibility either public, private, or password protected. Setting visibility in public lets everyone see it and it is recommended for blog posts that are published for everyone.
Setting post visibility at private allows you to see it if you are a post admin or post editor. Thus said, private is not recommended for blog posts which is made for everyone.
On the other hand, setting post visibility password-protected makes it more secure and none can see it without entering the password for that post. You should not check password-protected lest your post will not be visible to everyone.
Also, you can schedule your post to publish on the scheduled date by selecting it immediately. Once you clicked on it, it will show you the calendar as follows:
Now, you can set up a date and time to publish your post on a scheduled date.
Set up or Edit Permalink
You should know about what is a permalink and how to set up it, as you are going to learn How to add a post in WordPress from the beginning and what to do before getting it published. You can access the permalink of your post by visiting settings>>post>>permalink.
So, go to the right scroll bar of your windows and scroll down until you locate the permalink. Once you reached the permalink, click on it to make it expand. When the permalink gets expanded, you can see the URL Slug for your post or page. Place your cursor inside the URL Slug field and edit what you want to add or remove. Once editing is completed, close the button to save your work.
Check Category for Post
Also, you can assign a category to your post by visiting settings>>post>>category. Go to the settings icon and select post. When the post is selected, you can see the subsequent setting options under the post. Scroll down along the right scroll bar and locate the category. Open the category and it will show you the category you have already added to your site. The categories will appear mark the category that you like to assign to your post and close the button at the right end.
Also, you can add a new category if there are no categories at all. To add a new category, click on the ‘Add New Category’ and you will have space to add a category.
Add Tags in a Post
You can add tags in the tags field by visiting the tags from the settings under the post. To proceed further, scroll down along the right scroll bar and locate the Tags. Once you located the tags, click on it to open it and add tags in the space provided for that purpose. Look below in the following screenshot for more clarity.
Add Featured Image
Add a featured image in your post using the featured image button. The featured image gives attraction to your post. Looking at such kind of image, visitors can guess what your post is about. While setting up a featured images for a post, make it relevant, meaningful and appealing in outlook and feel.
Once the block for the featured image is opened, click on ‘set featured image’ and it will take you to the media wherefrom you can select an image from the library if already you have uploaded the image or you can select a file to upload it in your WordPress Media Library. Close the button when the image is uploaded properly and click ‘save draft’ to save your changes.
Add Excerpt
You can add an excerpt manually for a post in the excerpt field by visiting settings>>post>>excerpt. Try to make it short, relevant, and meaningful with respect to your post, page, or content.
Excerpt is used as post summary. If you use SEO Plugins for your site, you can add a post summary as SEO Meta Description for your post or page which appears as a rich snippet in the search engine result pages(SERPs).
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Set up Discussion for Comments
When visitors visit your site, its post, and pages, they may make comments. And, of course, comments allow visitors to engage with you. Comments are good when they are genuine and approved. But fake comments or spam may affect your site negatively and even it may bring your site under Google penalty. Considering the pros of it, you should check the option ‘allow comments. Also, you can check ‘allow pingbacks & trackbacks’ and I don’t recommend checking it.
To moderate comments, you can set up Akismet on your website. It moderates comments and will be helpful to prevent spam comments.
