When creating a new post on your site, you may notice that you have a variety of boxes, also known as “modules”. These modules offer customizable options for publishing your post, such as adding Tags to entry or selecting whether or not comments are allowed on your post.
Editor
Publish
The publish module includes your Post Status, Post Visibility, and when your post was published.
The Post Status shows whether a post is published or unpublished.
- Published – The post has been published on your blog for all to see.
- Scheduled – When the post’s timestamp is set in the future for automatic publishing. See Schedule a Post for more information.
- Pending Review – The post has been submitted by a Contributor. It must be published by an Editor or Administrator before it is visible to blog readers.
- Draft – An unpublished post. The post will not be visible to readers until the post is published.
Post Title and Permalink URL
The Title and URL of a post are related by default. When you initially type the title of your post, the post slug (used in the permalink/URL) is automatically created.
The post slug is the part of the URL after the date in a post’s URL. When the default post slug is created, all letters will be converted to lowercase, spaces will be exchanged with dashes, and any special characters will be removed.
You can modify the post slug by clicking the Edit button next to it. When you’re finished editing, click OK. After you are done making your changes don’t forget to click the Update button to update the post and save these changes.
This is especially handy if, for example, your page title is very long, but you would like a URL that people can remember more easily.
If your language uses a non-western character set, long post titles can break post slugs. To fix that, shorten the post slug to a single word.
Keep in mind that only the post slug can be changed. You cannot change any other part of the url such as removing the date.
Post Format
For themes that support post formats, you have the ability to select which format you’d like to use for each post.
Tags and Categories
Tags and categories allow you to group your posts together and take advantage of our Topics pages to connect with the WordPress.com community. You can learn more about adding tags andcategories to your posts here. For more information on the difference between tags and categories, take a look at our Categories vs. Tags support page.
Comments
If you are editing a previously published post, the Comments module shows any comments for the post. (By default we have disabled commenting as the majority of commentators are spam bots)
Likes and Shares
The Likes and Shares module is where you can enable or disable the Like button or Sharing buttons on your individual post. For information on modifying and activating your Sharing buttons, please visit your Settings > Sharing page.
Post Author
The Author module is used to change the author of a post. To change a post’s author, use the dropdown menu to select the new author and click Update or Publish to save the changes.
Excerpt
Some themes support using Excerpts, or summaries, of your post.
Troubleshooting
If you’re missing one of the modules listed above on your New Post or Edit Post page, you may need to enable it in your Screen Options settings.