Posts are quite similar to Pages. The Posts page displays a list of all the posts in a tabular form.

1. You can easily search for a Post based on the Post Title.
2. You can get a list of all the Published Posts or Draft Posts.
3. You can filter Posts based on dates and categories.
4. You can perform Bulk actions > Edit or Move to Trash by selecting multiple Posts from the list.
5. You can sort the Posts list based on Title, Date, Author, etc by clicking the Header columns.

SCREEN OPTIONS

Present on the top-right corner of the screen above the search bar, this option provides ways to customize the screen in a number of ways.

1. Hide or display the columns by checking / unchecking the boxes next to the title.
2. The pagination option allows you to choose the number of posts that you want to display per page.
3. View mode enables you to choose from the list view or excerpt view mode.

HELP

Next to the screen option is the help tab that provides an overview of the current screen and a brief explanation of the management of the post.

The Darlic block editor comes with a clean writing interface. At the top, you will enter your post’s title.

To add content, you need to add a block. There are multiple add block buttons on the screen that you can click to select and add a block. To know more about blocks you can check this link. (Block Post Link).

If you don’t want to use a mouse to click on the button, then you can use a keyboard shortcut by typing / to search and add a block.

ADDING FEATURED IMAGE

A featured image (also known as a post thumbnail) is the main article image that represents the content. They’re prominently displayed on your website on single posts, blog archive pages, as well as on the homepage of news, magazine, and blog websites.

You will find the option to add a featured image to your post in the right column under the Document settings.

ADDING EXCERPT

Excerpts are the summary of a blog post or article. Most WordPress themes can automatically generate the excerpt from the first few lines of your post.

However, this automatic excerpt may not always be meaningful or catchy. In that case, you may want to manually add an excerpt.

TURN COMMENTS ON/OFF

WordPress comes with a built-in commenting system that allows users to leave comments on your post. You can turn off comments for individual posts from the Discussion tab under the Document tab.

You’ll also see the option to allow pingbacks and trackbacks. These allow you and other blogs to notify each other when they link to an article.

However, it is mostly used for spam, so we recommend completely disabling pingbacks and trackbacks.

ADDING CATEGORIES AND TAGS

You can sort your posts into categories and tags. These help you organize your content into sections and topics.

They also help with SEO and make it easier for your users to find the content they are looking for.

The categories and tags meta boxes are located in the right-hand column, under the Document settings.

CHANGING AUTHOR

If you run a multi-author WordPress site, then you can also change a post’s author and assign it to a different author on your website.

You will find the option to change the author under the ‘Status and Visibility’ tab in the right column.

PUBLISHING OPTIONS

The default WordPress edit screen is divided into two columns. The left column is where you write content, and the right column has all post settings including publishing options.

Let’s take a look at publishing options in the right column.

1. Save the draft link allows you to quickly save changes you made to a Darlic post. The editor will also automatically save your changes as you write.
2. The preview button will open a live preview of your post or page in a new browser tab.
3. Once you are done editing your post, you can click on the Publish button to make your post go live.
4. Darlic gives you a few options to control the visibility of your post. The default option is ‘Public’ but clicking on it will show you options to make a post private or password protected.
5. Darlic also allows you to control when a post is published. The default option is to publish immediately, but you can also schedule your posts to publish later or even select a past date.
6. Checking the box next to ‘Stick to front page’ will make a post sticky or featured. This makes the specific post appear on top of other posts.
7. Pending review option will add a custom status next to your post as ‘Pending review’. This feature is particularly helpful on multi-author blogs where contributors can just save posts and not publish them.
8. If you want to delete a post, then you can click on ‘Move to trash’ button. WordPress will send the post to the trash. Deleted posts will remain in the trash folder for up to 30 days. After that, they will be deleted permanently.

EDIT SCREEN OPTIONS

WordPress allows you to show and hide panels from the edit screen. You can do so by clicking on the three-dot menu at the top-right corner of the screen and then clicking on the ‘Options’ button.

This will bring up a popup where you can check or uncheck the panels.

OTHER POST EDIT SCREEN OPTIONS

There are many other options on the post-edit screen. Most of them are related to the appearance of the post-edit screen and the editor itself.

Let’s explore them.

• When you click on the three-dot menu icon at the top right corner of the screen, you will see options to move the block toolbar to the top, spotlight mode, fullscreen mode, switch between the visual editor or code editor, manage reusable blocks, and keyboard shortcuts.
• Next to it, you will see a button with the gear icon. Clicking on it will show/hide the right document and block settings column.
• On the top-left corner of the screen, there are a few more buttons. First, from the right, you will see the block navigation button which allows you to quickly jump to a block in your post.
• Next, you will see the information icon. Clicking on it will show you post stats like the number of words, paragraphs, headings, and blocks.
• After that, you have Undo and Redo buttons which allow you to undo changes you made to your posts before saving or publishing them.
• Finally, you have the add block button which allows you to insert blocks to the post editor.

The default WordPress editor is quite powerful. We encourage you to explore it on your own when writing blog posts and pay attention to the individual block settings. Each block has different settings, and you’ll discover a lot of neat tricks there.