Writing Settings. The Writings Settings control your WordPress writing experience. You can find the Writing Settings on the Settings -> Writing page. Writing Settings Formatting has two options. The first option will allow you to type emoticon symbols like the smiley face when you are writing. If this option is checked, the symbols will be converted into a graphical emoticon.
If the second option is enabled, WordPress will fix any of your invalid XHTML code. The Default Post Category lets you select the category to be applied to a post if you forget to assign categories before publishing. The Default Post Format lets you select the post format to be applied to a post if you forget to pick a post format before publishing. Note: The Default Post Format setting will only show up if your theme supports post formats. The Default Link Category is similar to the previous settings but is for your links.Learn more about links here. ↑ Table of Contents ↑ Press This Post by Email Help us improve: Reading Settings. The Reading Settings control how your blog is displayed to visitors. You can access it via your Settings -> Reading page. General Settings The Front Page Display setting allows you to choose what content appears on your blog’s front page. You can choose to have your latest blog posts or a static page that you have created in the Pages section of your blog.
(Your blog must have at least one static page for this setting to appear.) By default, your front page is set to display your latest blog posts, but you can change it to a static front page. Blog pages show at most lets you choose how many blog posts are displayed per page. Setting a higher number of posts to display on each page can potentially impact load times on your blog, since you will be loading a lot more data with each page.
Syndication feeds show the most recent lets you set how many blog posts will be sent out at once via your RSS feed (located at ↑ Table of Contents ↑ Enhanced Feeds. Privacy Settings. The Privacy Settings control who can and cannot view your blog. You can change your Privacy Settings via your Settings -> Reading page: Site Visibility Options Here, you will see three Site Visibility options: Allow search engines to index this site. – This is the setting used by most blogs. It allows everyone to read your blog and enables your blog to be included in search engine results and other content sites.Ask search engines not to index this site. – If you want all human visitors to be able to read your blog, but want to block web crawlers for search engines, this is the setting for you.I would like my blog to be visible only to users I choose – Select this option to create a private blog.
If you want others to be able to view your private blog (and add comments, if you’ve enabled them) you’ll need to invite them to be a viewer. Note: WordPress.com employees can access blogs for support and development purposes regardless of Privacy setting. ↑ Table of Contents ↑ Help us improve: OpenID. The OpenID Settings page is a place to configure the trusted sites that can use your WordPress.com blog as an OpenID login. OpenID is an open standard that lets you sign in to other sites on the Web using your WordPress.com account. This means less usernames and passwords to remember and less time spent signing up for new sites. How do I get an OpenID? If you have a WordPress.com blog, you have an OpenID already!
↑ Table of Contents ↑ How do I use my OpenID? Look for sites with sign in forms that look like this: Enter your OpenID – that’s the URL of your weblog: Click the button, and you will be redirected to WordPress.com. Click “Yes; just this time”, or “Yes; always” if you don’t want to be asked this question again for this site. You will be redirected back to the site and logged in, all without using a username or password! What if I’m not signed in to WordPress.com? If you try to use OpenID while you aren’t signed in to WordPress.com, you’ll get the following message: Help us improve: Media Settings. The Media Settings allows you to control how your media is displayed. These settings can be found on the Settings -> Media page. Image Sizes Image sizes allows you to change the maximum dimensions of images that are displayed on posts and pages. When setting a thumbnail size, the image will be cropped and resized to the setting.
Medium and large images will keep the dimension proportions, taking the maximum width and height into account. Some of the previous settings for defaults have been removed. . ↑ Table of Contents ↑ Limit Width You can use the ‘Limit Width’ option to specify specify the maximum size for the player. Image Gallery Carousel The Enable carousel option allows you to turn the feature on or off for the chosen site and select whether you’d like to use a tiled mosaic-style layout (a thumbnail grid layout is the default). The Background color option allows you to switch your site’s galleries to using a white or black background for the Carousel display (defaults to black).
General Settings. The General Settings let you change many of the items that control how your blog is displayed, such as the title, tagline, timezone, and date/time formats. Click Settings from the left hand menu in your Dashboard to access these settings. Changing your Site Title and Tagline The first setting you will see is Site Title. The Site Title is displayed in the title bar of a web browser and is displayed in the header for most themes.
Your Site Title will also appear in the following locations: Admin Bar — blog menu (top left) when viewing your blogAdmin Bar — main menu (top right) when viewing the blogs linked to your accountMy Blogs on the WordPress.com home pageThe sender’s name when your followers receive notifications Your site title can be anything you’d like; it doesn’t have to be the same as your blog’s URL or your username. Tagline is next and is a short description or catchy phrase to describe what your blog is about. . ↑ Table of Contents ↑ Timezone Date Format Time Format Week Starts On. Domains Settings. You can make changes to your domain(s) by visiting Store → My Domains in your Dashboard. Getting a Custom Domain If you’d like to replace your site’s WordPress.com address (such as yourgroovysite.wordpress.com) with a custom domain name, please see the Add a Domain page. ↑ Table of Contents ↑ Changing Your Primary Domain You can switch back and forth between your custom domain and your default .wordpress.com URL by updating your primary domain.
To do so, simply click on the radio button next to the URL you’d like to appear in the navigation bar when someone visits your site. Then, click Update Primary Domain. Renewing or Canceling a Domain If you are trying to renew or cancel a domain you can do so on the Store → My Upgrades page. Custom DNS By clicking on the Edit Domain button on your Domain Settings page, you can add custom DNS records to your domain. Domain Administration Help us improve: We're always looking to improve our documentation.
Discussion Settings. The Discussion Settings are used to control how visitors and other blogs interact with your site. Default Article Settings In the Default article settings, there are three options. These settings are defaults for new posts or pages, which can always be changed individually on each article. This first two options deal with pingbacks and trackbacks. The first determines if your blog will send out pings and trackbacks to other blogs when you publish articles. The second determines if your blog will accept pings and trackbacks from other blogs. . ↑ Table of Contents ↑ Other comment settings has quite a few options, so lets explain them one at a time.
Comment author must fill out name and e-mail – When this setting is on, anyone leaving a comment will be forced to leave a name and a valid email address. E-mail Me Whenever The E-mail me whenever options control when you get notified about new comments. Before a comment appears has two different settings. Follow Blog Avatars. Delete Site. Deleting a site permanently removes it and you’ll never be able to reuse its WordPress.com address (such as yourgroovysite.wordpress.com). If that’s not what you want to do, you can instead: Change your site’s address and keep your contentDelete old posts and continue using the same addressEmpty your site of all its content for a fresh start and continue using the same addressTransfer your site to someone elseMake your site private so only people you invite can see it Permanently deleting your site If you’re sure you want to permanently delete your site, here’s how to do it: In your site’s dashboard, go to Tools → Delete SiteClick the dropdown menu and choose the option: Permanently delete my site’s address and all content.
Check the box that says I’m sure I want to permanently remove yourgroovysite.wordpress.com, and I am aware I can never get its content or its address back. Click the Delete yourgroovysite.wordpress.com Permanently button. . ↑ Table of Contents ↑ Troubleshooting Rate this: Settings. Screen Options. The Screen Options pull down tab is located in the upper right corner of your Dashboard. It can be used to show/hide dashboard modules on some screens and show/hide columns on other screens.
When you click on Screen Options, it will drop down an area with a list of the different things in the dashboard you can show or hide. Uncheck a box to hide something and check it again to show it. You can also change the number of columns for the modules. Most screens that have configurable modules have an option for one or two columns. Some pages will automatically show the number of the columns that fit within your browser. Here is an example of Screen Options to show/hide modules and change the number of columns on the Post Screen: On screens where you can show/hide columns, you can also change the number of items shown per page.
After you are done making changes, click Screen Options again and the pull down area will disappear from the view. Saving Screen Options Help us improve: Plugins. Plugins on WordPress.com On WordPress.com, we include the most popular plugin functionality within our sites automatically. Built-in plugin functionality includes (but is not limited to) the following: Premium Plan Upgrades: Business Plan Upgrades: ↑ Table of Contents ↑ Plugin Requests Uploading custom plugins is not supported on our service, but if there is one whose features that you feel would benefit users on WordPress.com, then please let us know in the ideas forum! Help us improve: We're always looking to improve our documentation. Modules. Modules are boxes that can be moved around on the screen, closed to save space, or hidden completely.
See Screen Options for instructions on hiding or showing modules. Open/Close Modules We can close modules until they are needed and to save space in the interface. Move your mouse to the upper right corner of a module and click the triangle that appears. The module will close to a single bar. Click the triangle (or anywhere on the bar) again to open the module back up. ↑ Table of Contents ↑ Move Modules You can use drag and drop to move most of the modules around the screen.
As you drag the module, notice the dotted gray box that also moves. When the box is showing in the correct location, let go of the mouse button, and the module will be saved in the new location. List of Modules The modules that can be moved and closed are: Help us improve: We're always looking to improve our documentation. HTTPS. Why use HTTPS If you sign in to WordPress.com via a non-secure Internet connection, like a public Wi-Fi connection at your local coffee shop, your account may be more vulnerable to hijacking. To keep the bad guys out, we recommend using HTTPS. ↑ Table of Contents ↑ Enabling HTTPS To enable HTTPS you need to head on over to the Users –> Personal Settings screen. Once there you want to check the box that says “Always use HTTPS when visiting administration pages” and then press the Save Changes button at the bottom of the page. When you log back in, you’ll be rolling with SSL encryption. Frequently Asked Questions Does it slow down WordPress.com ?
How do I get those annoying security warnings to go away? These warnings are actually quite normal. When you connect to your Dashboard over an HTTPS connection, we use an SSL certificate to encrypt your connection. Most security systems should have a way to add a permanent exception so you will never see the warning again in this instance. Mac: Email Post Changes. Sites with multiple authors can take advantage of collaboration and team work. Our Email Post Changes feature makes it easy to keep track of changes being made to your site’s content. To enable it, head to Settings -> Email Post Changes in your Dashboard. Click the check box for Enable to turn on the feature. Select the users that should be notified whenever a post changes. The user’s display name, username, and email address are all shown. If you want to notify someone, or maybe a a group of people via an email list, you can type in additional email addresses in the text field. Make sure to only add one email address per line.
Not only can you be notified of changes to your posts, but also pages, media, menus, Custom DNS, Custom CSS, and Feedbacks Email Post Changes will only watch published items by default, but if you’d like to keep an eye on drafts you can do that as well. After you have configured all of the settings, click the Save Changes button at the bottom of the page. Dashboard Menu. If you have a theme that supports the Custom Menus feature, you can create and arrange a group of navigation links for your visitors to find the important parts of your site faster.
Most Custom Menus will show in the header area at the top of your site (the main navigation area), though this location can vary from theme to theme. With some themes, you may have the option to create and display multiple custom menus in different places on your site, such as the footer or special sidebar areas. Creating a custom menu allows you to do the following things: Change the order of pages in your menu, or delete them! This video shows the basic steps for creating your first custom menu, and you can read more about each feature (plus advanced tricks) below. To create a custom menu, go to Appearance → Menus in your dashboard. To create a new menu, click the create a new menu link, then just type in a Menu Name (to help you remember what it is), and click the Create Menu button. ↑ Table of Contents ↑ Custom Post Screen Example.
Changing a Blog Address.