For people who will keep a website up to date: logging in, editing safely, managing your team, and getting help.
You’ve been given the keys to your organisation’s website. These guides cover what you need, in four stages: getting set up, editing content, managing your team, and getting help when something isn’t right.
New to websites altogether? Start with WordPress basics first.
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To Login to your WordPress website, follow these steps: In a browser window, navigate to the login screen at http://[your-domain]/wp-admin Replace [yo
Getting set up: your own login, never a shared one.
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Getting access to your WordPress dashboard is a simple task using our step by step guide Enter Login URL in Browser address bar The WordPress administ
Where everything is once you are in.
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If you can login to you WordPress dashboard, you can easily change your own password from the ‘Edit My Profile’ screen.
Set a strong password of your own straight away.
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A question we are often asked is “What is the difference between WordPress Pages and WordPress Posts?” Posts belong to a date in time Typically po
Editing: which kind of content you are working with.
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Login to the WordPress Dashboard How to: How to Login to your WordPress Website Access Page or Post Lists Pages and Posts are accessed from the Main W
Making changes and publishing them.
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In WordPress 5.0, the default editor changed from the Classic WordPress Editor to the Gutenberg Block Editor.
If the editor looks different from what you are used to.
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There are a number of simple ways to add links to your WordPress pages or posts.
Linking pages together, and to other sites.
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When providing images or videos for your website please consider the following guidelines Image License Most importantly, you must hold a license for
Sizing and naming images so pages stay fast.
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When you create a new page, post, prodict or other content type within WordPress, a new web address (often known as a permalink) is created automatica
Read this before changing a page's address, so links and rankings aren't lost.
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The easiest way to disable a Page, Post or other content on your WordPress website is to set the status to Draft.
Taking something down without deleting it.
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Login to your WordPress Dashboard How to: How to Login to your WordPress Website Navigate to Appearance > Menus If you are unable to locate this menu
Adding a new page to the navigation.
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Adding a new user in WordPress is very simple. You will need to be able to login to your WordPress dashboard and you will need to have create_user permissions.
Managing your team: giving a colleague their own login.
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Login to your WordPress Dashboard How to: How to Login to your WordPress Website Navigate to the user you wish to update Navigate to your site users u
Give each person only the access they need.
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You can usually safely delete a user but you should proceed with cautions and watch the prompts.
When someone leaves, without losing what they wrote.
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Sometimes we will ask you to send us your login credentials via onetimesecret.com.
Never email a password: share it this way instead.
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To speed up web browsing, your browser will download and keep copies of your webpage locally on your device.
Getting help: the most common "it hasn't worked", and the fix.
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When submitting a support request, we will usually need to have the URL of the webpage you need help with.
Send us the exact address of the page you need help with.
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Where to find the client portal and log in: for raising requests, paying invoices and managing your hosting and domains.
Where to raise requests and see their progress.