Posts are what make your blog a blog — they’re servings of content that are listed in reverse chronological order on your blog’s front page.
Posts are always associated with a date. Sometimes, posts are confused with pages. See Post vs. Page for an explanation of the differences.
Publish a New Post
There are several ways to publish new posts. The easiest way is with the + New button on the toolbar (it appears at the top of your screen when you’re logged in to your WordPress website).
Simply hover over + New and the menu will slide down from the top of the screen:
Clicking on + New will take you to the Add New Post screen.
If you are on the WordPress Admin Screens you can also visit Posts > Add New on your sidebar to add a new Post.
The post editing screen is where you’ll be doing most of your blogging. If you’re writing a post and you’d like to format the text, click the kitchen sink icon to enable additional text formatting options:
When you’ve written your Post, hit Publish.
As well as writing and editing posts, you can:
- Preview posts before publishing them
- Schedule posts to publish at a later time
- Add categories and tags
- Assign a post format (Theme dependent)
- Add a Featured Image (Theme dependent)
You can also access the post editing screen from Posts > All Posts.
Editing Your Posts
To edit or delete a post (whether it’s a draft or has already been published), go to Posts > All Posts in your dashboard:
Here you’ll see a list of all of your posts. Click Edit under the name of a post to be taken to the post edit screen, where you can make changes. To delete a post, click Trash.
See our documentation on the New Posts Screen for more details.
Other Posting Methods
There are some other methods for posting to your blog. You can read more about these in the WordPress Codex. These are:
Video
Watch the “Writing and publishing a post” video from WordPress.tv.
Watch the “Saving and returning to draft posts & pages” video from WordPress.tv.