Summary: This page refers to WordPress using the Block Editor.
First steps with WordPress (Block Editor)
This page refers to WordPress using the Block Editor. If you are on an older version of WordPress or using the Classic Editor plugin, refer to this page. New update is coming. Immediately. Yes.
You’ve just completed the 5-Minute Installation of WordPress or the one-click install from your web host. So what is your next step?
Let’s take a step-by-step tour through your WordPress site and see how the different functions work and how to make your new site your own. During the first part of this tutorial, please don’t change anything within the program unless it is part of the tutorial. After following these steps, you’ll soon be changing everything.
Begin by logging into the administration area, or the back end, of your website. Visit your site’s login page by placing wp-admin after your domain name (e.g., http://example.com/wp-admin). Some themes provide a login link or form on the front end as well. Now login to WordPress using the username and password you created in the 5-minute install.
Take time to look at the site before you get into changing it and figuring out how it all works; it’s important to see how the WordPress Twenty Twenty-Two theme is laid out and how it works. Consider this the test drive before you start adding all the special features.
The layout you are looking at is defined by a WordPress Theme. It is the appearance of your website, styling the look of the site, and the framing of the content. The WordPress Twenty Twenty-Two theme features a “header” at the top with the title and tagline for your site. Below is your Menu, if you have one. The main middle section of the page is the content area.
Scroll down the page and you will see a search box, recent posts, and recent comments. These are called Widgets.
Notice the bar at the end of the page. This is called the “footer.” It says “Proudly powered by WordPress.”
For now, you only have one post. It is residing within a page that is laid out as your home page or the front page. If you click on the title of the post, it will take you to the specific page for that post. The first page or home page of your site features the most recent posts on your site. Each post title will link to the actual page of the post. Some Theme designers design their single post pages to look different from the home page.
In the single post, pay attention to the layout and notice what is different about the design elements. Is the header different? Smaller, larger, or a different color? Is there a sidebar?
All of these changes are created from a few files called template files. You can learn more about how they work in Theme Developer Handbook. For now, however, let’s get on with how the rest of WordPress works.
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This page refers to WordPress using the Block Editor.
First steps with WordPress (Block Editor)
This page refers to WordPress using the Block Editor. If you are on an older version of WordPress or using the Classic Editor plugin, refer to this page. New update is coming. Immediately. Yes.
I have done the 5-minute installation. Now what?
You’ve just completed the 5-Minute Installation of WordPress or the one-click install from your web host. So what is your next step?
Let’s take a step-by-step tour through your WordPress site and see how the different functions work and how to make your new site your own. During the first part of this tutorial, please don’t change anything within the program unless it is part of the tutorial. After following these steps, you’ll soon be changing everything.
Log In
Begin by logging into the administration area, or the back end, of your website. Visit your site’s login page by placing wp-admin after your domain name (e.g., http://example.com/wp-admin). Some themes provide a login link or form on the front end as well. Now login to WordPress using the username and password you created in the 5-minute install.
Test drive your WordPress site
Take time to look at the site before you get into changing it and figuring out how it all works; it’s important to see how the WordPress Twenty Twenty-Two theme is laid out and how it works. Consider this the test drive before you start adding all the special features.
The layout you are looking at is defined by a WordPress Theme. It is the appearance of your website, styling the look of the site, and the framing of the content. The WordPress Twenty Twenty-Two theme features a “header” at the top with the title and tagline for your site. Below is your Menu, if you have one. The main middle section of the page is the content area.
Scroll down the page and you will see a search box, recent posts, and recent comments. These are called Widgets.
Notice the bar at the end of the page. This is called the “footer.” It says “Proudly powered by WordPress.”
Take a Quick Trip Around
For now, you only have one post. It is residing within a page that is laid out as your home page or the front page. If you click on the title of the post, it will take you to the specific page for that post. The first page or home page of your site features the most recent posts on your site. Each post title will link to the actual page of the post. Some Theme designers design their single post pages to look different from the home page.
In the single post, pay attention to the layout and notice what is different about the design elements. Is the header different? Smaller, larger, or a different color? Is there a sidebar?
All of these changes are created from a few files called template files. You can learn more about how they work in Theme Developer Handbook. For now, however, let’s get on with how the rest of WordPress works.
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