wordpress insert media

In this chapter, we will study how to Insert Media in WordPress. Media files can be inserted to your Pages or Posts from libraries, from local storage or from URLs.
Following are the steps to Insert Media in WordPress.
Step (1) − Click on Posts → Add New in WordPress.

WordPress Insert Media

Step (2) − Click on Add Media.

WordPress Insert Media

Step (3) − You can select the files from the Media Library tab as shown in the following screenshot.

WordPress Insert Media

Information about the selected media file will be displayed on the right side of the screen under the Attachment Details. Click on Insert Post button, the image will be inserted into the post. In Attachment Details section, you will find information about the images such as URL, Title, Caption, Alt Text and Description
You can also insert an image directly from your system by clicking on Upload Files tab. Click on Insert into Post button.

WordPress Insert Media


                                          <<<   Back to WordPress Home

wordpress add media

In this chapter, we will study how to Add Media files in WordPress. WordPress allows you to add, all kind of media files like videos, audios and images.
Following are the steps to Add Media.
Step (1) − Click on Media → Add New in WordPress.

WordPress Add Media

Step (2) − Then, click on Select Files option to select the files from your local storage as shown in the following figure.

WordPress Add Media

Step (3) − Add Media files such as images and audios by selecting them and click open as shown in the following screenshot.

WordPress Add Media

Step (4) − You can view the list of media files added as shown in the following screenshot.

WordPress Add Media


                                          <<<   Back to WordPress Home

wordpress media library

In this chapter, we will learn about Media Library in WordPress. Media Library consists of the images, audios, videos and files that you can upload and add to the content when writing a Post or Page. Here you can view, add, edit or delete any media related objects if not needed.
Following are the steps to understand about Media Library.
Step (1) − Click on Media → Library in WordPress.

WordPress Media Library

Step (2) − You can view media files like images, audios, videos. Click on Add Media button.

WordPress Media Library

Step (3) − The Upload New Media page gets displayed. You can learn how to Add Media in the next chapter.

WordPress Media Library

Step (4) − You can view a bar as shown in the following screenshot.

WordPress Media Library

The various tabs that appear have the following functions −
List View − Displays the images and videos in list form.

WordPress Media Library

Grid View − Displays all images in the grid format as shown in the following screen.

WordPress Media Library

Filter the images and videos − Filters the images and videos.
Search Box − Helps to search a particular image by inserting the name into the box.

                                       <<<   Back to WordPress Home

wordpress publish posts

In this chapter, we will study how to Publish Posts in WordPress. Publish is used to make the post available to all the users wherein every user can view that particular post. Publishing a new post in WordPress is an easy process.
Following are the steps to Publish Posts in WordPress.
Step (1) − Click on Posts → Add New in WordPress.

WordPress Publish Posts

Step (2) − You will get the editor page of the Post as shown in the following screenshot. You can use the WordPress WYSIWYG editor to add the actual content of your post.

WordPress Publish Posts

Step (3) − Click on Publish button to publish your respective post.

WordPress Publish Posts

After clicking on publish, your posts get published for the user to view it.

wordpress preview posts

In this chapter, we will study how to Preview Posts in WordPress. Preview Post is to view the post before it is published to the user. It is safer to preview your post and verify how your post looks on the website. You can edit or change the post as per your need after previewing.
Following are the simple steps to Preview Posts in WordPress.
Step (1) − Click on Posts → All Posts in wordPress.

WordPress preview posts

Step (2) − You can view Post1 (Post1 was created in the chapter WordPress – Add Posts). When the cursor hovers on the Post, then a few options get displayed below the Post name. Click on the View option as shown in the following screenshot.

WordPress preview posts

Or else you can view your post directly while editing or adding post by clicking on the Preview button as shown in the following screen.

WordPress preview posts

Step (3) − You can view your post, when you click on View or Preview.

WordPress preview posts


                             <<<   Back to WordPress Home

wordpress delete posts

In this chapter, we will study how to Delete Posts in WordPress.
Following are the steps to Delete Posts in WordPress.
Step (1) − Click on Posts → All Post in WordPress.

WordPress delete posts

Step (2) − You can delete Post1 (Post1 was created in the chapter WordPress – Add Posts). When the cursor hovers on the Post, then a few options get displayed below Post1. Click on Trash option to delete the post.

WordPress delete posts

Step (3) − You can view your post lists to confirm if the above post is deleted.

WordPress delete posts

                                              <<<   Back to WordPress Home

wordpress edit posts

In this chapter, we will study how to Edit Posts on WordPress.
Following are the simple steps to Edit Posts in WordPress.
Step (1) − Click on Posts → All Posts in WordPress.

WordPress Edit Posts

Step (2) − You can view Post1 (Post1 was created in the chapter WordPress – Add Posts). When the cursor hovers on the Post, few options get displayed below the Post name. There are two ways to edit the Post i.e. Edit and Quick Edit.
Edit − Click on Edit option in Post1 as shown in the following screen.

WordPress Edit Posts

You can edit or change the content or title of the post as per your needs, and then click on Update button as shown in the following screen.

WordPress Edit Posts

Quick Edit − Click on Quick Edit option in Post1 as shown in the following screenshot.

WordPress Edit Posts

Here you can edit the Title, Slug and date of the posts and can also select the categories for your post as shown in the following screenshot and then click on Update button to confirm post edits.

WordPress Edit Posts


wordpress add post

In this chapter, we will study how to Add Posts in WordPress. Posts are also known as articles and sometimes referred as blogs or blog posts. These are used to popularize your blogs.
Following are the simple steps to Add Posts in WordPress.
Step (1) − Click on Posts → Add New in WordPress.

WordPress Add Posts

Step (2) − You will get the editor page of the Post as shown in the following screen. You can use the WordPress WYSIWYG editor to add the actual content of your post. We will study in detail about WYSIWYG editor in the chapter WordPress – Add Pages.

WordPress Add Posts

Following are the fields on the editor page of the Add Posts Page.
  • Post Title − Enter the title of the post, i.e., Post1.
  • Post Content − Enter the content of your post.
Step (3) − Click on Publish button to publish your respective post.

Wordpress Add Posts

Following are the few other options present in the Publish section.
  • Save Draft − It saves the post as a draft.
  • Preview − You can preview your post before publishing.
  • Move to Trash − Deletes the post.
  • Status − Change the status of your post to Published, Pending, or Reviewer Draft.
  • Visibility − Change the visibility of the post to Public, Private or Password protected.
  • Published − Change the publishded post date and time.

wordpress arrange category

In this chapter, we will study about how to Arrange Categoriesin WordPress. You can’t arrange categories directly in WordPress. Hence, you will need to install Category Order plugin to arrange the created categories in a particular way.
Step (1) − Click on Posts → Category Order in WordPress. The Category Order menu displays after adding the Category Order plugin. You can study how to install plugins in the chapter Install Plugins.

WordPress arrange category

Step (2) − In the following screen, you can see that the create categories section are not in order.

WordPress arrange category

Step (3) − Now, you can rearrange your categories by just dragging the categories as per your choice. Click on Order categories button to save the ordered categories.

WordPress arrange category
                                                 <<<   Back to WordPress Home

wordpress delete category

In this chapter, we will study about how to Delete Categories in WordPress.
Following are the simple steps to delete categories in WordPress.
Step (1) − Click on Posts → Categories in WordPress.

WordPress delete category

Step (2) − You can delete Category1 (Category1 was created in the chapter WordPress – Add Category). When the cursor hovers on the Categories, a few options get displayed below the Category name. Click on Delete button as shown in the following screen.

WordPress delete category

When you click on delete, you will get a pop message asking for confirmation to delete the particular category as shown in the following screenshot.

WordPress delete category

You can click on OK button and delete the category permanently.                             
                                       <<<   Back to WordPress Home