WordPress is a free online publishing system. WordPress is meant to separate the technical back end code of a Web page from the actual content, to make publishing content easier. WordPress is very simple for authors to use once properly configured by a Web designer. Today, I will show the basics of how to use the WordPress editor to post articles. I will go over how to get to the editor, pick categories, basic formatting features, linking, adding photos, and a couple more important features.

The first step is to log into WordPress. To do this, go to www.your blog name goes here.com/wp-login.php. Once logged in, click on the “Write” tab to start writing a new post.The first step to a new post is to give the post a title. When giving a post a title, it is best to give a very descriptive title to help search engines index the post. The next step of creating a post is to give the post a category. This is done by scrolling down to the Categories section of the editor and check marking existing categories that match the content of the post. If there are not any categories that match, click the “+ Add New Category” link to create a new category (depending on your permissions, an administrator may have to create the category for you).

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