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Blocks are the components for adding content in the new WordPress Block Editor. There are several blocks available within WordPress that you can easily add to your post or page, move within a post or page and search for. There are different ways to configure and work with these blocks. You can also install additional third…

If you’ve spent any time online, you’ve probably come across spam in one form or another. In general, spam is unwanted content posted for promotional, misleading, or abusive purposes. The same thing can happen in your site’s comment section. Comment spam often shows up as irrelevant messages, suspicious links, repeated keywords, or generic comments posted…

Comment moderation is a feature in WordPress that allows you to prevent comments from appearing on your site without your express approval. Moderation can be very useful in addressing Comment Spam, but it has more general applications as well. If you would like to learn more about comment spam, see Fighting Comment Spam. How moderation works WordPress…

In WordPress you can upload, store, and display a variety of file types (media). The most common file types are image, video and audio files, but other file types such as document files, spreadsheet files, and code samples (amongst others) can also be managed within WordPress. Media can be uploaded via the Media Add New…

Post Visibility Settings Once you publish a WordPress post (or Page), it is visible to the public (by default). In WordPress terms, this means a post with a Published status has a default visibility of Public, based on the settings in the Publish box of a Edit Post Screen. WordPress also offers two less public options for your post’s Content Visibility. Clicking…

Character Entities or Extended Characters In many WordPress sites, you will see odd symbols that will pop up from time to time. Often these symbols appear in navigation links. For instance, look at the the double left angle quotes («) and the double right angle quotes (») in this example: « « Previous Post Title    |    Next Post Title » »…

Introduction to Emoji Emoji are the ideograms or smileys 😃 used in electronic messages and Web pages. Originating in Japan on mobile devices, they are now commonly available on devices worldwide, ranging from mobile to desktop computers. Different operating systems have distinct methods of accessing emoji. Note that these methods work in most applications, not…

WordPress processes text entered in the Write Post Screen multiple times before the text is finally displayed on a web page within your WordPress blog. The processing of the text filters out the unwanted code and conforms the text to a form that the browser can interpret. Without attention to detail and familiarity with WordPress’s post content…

The WordPress revisions system stores a record of each saved draft or published update. The revision system allows you to see what changes were made in each revision by dragging a slider. The display indicates what has changed in each revision – what was added, what remained unchanged, and what was removed. Lines added or…

Tools → Export Exporting your WordPress data (posts, pages, custom post types, comments, custom fields, categories, tags, custom taxonomies, and users) is sometimes necessary and useful. If you are moving to a new host or just want a backup of your site data, then Exporting your site is the answer. Once the export file is…