How the admin panel works in WordPress and how to use it correctly. WordPress for Beginners. Lessons from our team

Good day to all readers of the SEODID.NET blog! The topic of today’s conversation is the well-known WordPress site admin panel. You say, what’s so complicated about it? I agree, all of WordPress is so simple that you can figure it out without any hints. But advice never hurts, especially for those who can’t figure out where and what to look for the first time.

Good, WordPress admin panel It has long been translated into Russian, and this makes working with it much easier. But the administrator's capabilities in the console are very large, and all of them will come in handy at some point. In addition, the first time you still won’t recognize all the “tricks” and hidden functionality that comes with admin panel for the site on WordPress.

And one more thing - at the end of the article I will tell you how hide admin bar or move it to the bottom of the site. This is a mini-panel for everyone - both for users and for the site administrator, through which you can quickly get inside WordPress to work with it.

Well, with God! Once you are on your brand new website, by default a control widget will appear in its sidebar in the Twenty Fourteen theme template, which is also installed by default. You will see this picture:

Here you will also see the admin bar (correctly called the top panel), which is located at the top - it always appears there, because this is provided by the default WordPress settings. It is not always a convenient solution - it takes up space, and in many templates it can overlap the top menu. As in yours wordpress remove admin bar?

In all versions of WordPress, starting from 3.0, in which the admin bar is displayed, it is suggested to disable it. This is done in the settings on the admin page:

Uncheck the “Show top bar when viewing site” setting, and wordpress admin bar will disappear. The next solution is to insert the following line into the functions.php file:

Add_filter("show_admin_bar", "__return_false");

And the top panel will disappear. How are these methods different? The first disables the top bar in the WordPress CMS itself, and the second method only disables the theme template in which you insert this line. Decide for yourself which one you like.

Now let’s talk about how to move the top panel (admin bar) to the bottom of the page. If you don’t want to remove it, but it bothers you at the top, move it down and that’s it. This is also quite simple to implement - you need to insert the following piece of php code into the function.php file:

Function fb_move_admin_bar() ( echo ""; ) //in the console add_action("admin_head", "fb_move_admin_bar"); //when viewing the site add_action("wp_head", "fb_move_admin_bar");

Now it will be much more convenient for you to work with the site.

We've sorted out the top panel. Let's move on to the main topic of the article - what is the admin panel and how to work with the admin panel in WordPress. After you click on the “Login” menu line in the management widget, you will be taken to the WordPress console:

First, I'll update my version of WordPress to the latest. As of December 23, 2014, this is WordPress 4.1. Click the “Please update” sign, go to the updates page and update the engine with the “Update now” button. That's it, we have the latest version, and we can start analyzing the capabilities of the admin panel itself.

The first is the menu on the right. I will show on a clean site - without installed (except those installed by default) plugins, new templates and without any settings at all. Here's the menu:

The menu is a drop-down menu. That is, for each main point there are sub-points. For example, for the “Posts” item there are sub-items “All posts”, “Add new”, “Categories” and “Tags”. At first, you will have empty space everywhere except for the “All entries” item - there you already have one verification entry. How to publish a new post and generally work with the WordPress visual editor, I wrote in this article - .

The “Media files” item is your library of media files, which is also empty for now. This menu item has two sub-items - “Library” and “Add new”.

Let's add one picture to make it clearer how to do this. Click “Add New” and select the image on your computer that you have prepared for publication in a post or in an image gallery.

The picture is in the media library, and you can insert it into a post at any time. Don’t forget to include the meta tags “alt” and “title” - all search engines love polite treatment.

The same structure is used in the “Pages” menu item - there is a sub-item “All pages” and “Add new”. I already wrote how to add a page (link to the article is above) - just like a post, but you already know how to add an image.

This comment can be deleted - you already understand how everything works here. The next point that offers us WordPress admin panel- "Appearance". Let's look at each one separately:

• “Themes” - already installed theme templates are displayed here - one of them is activated, and you are working on it. The rest can be activated at any time by replacing the existing theme. You can add new themes either from the WordPress theme repository or from your computer if you downloaded them in advance. Read more about this in my article.
• The “Customize” item is intended for editing basic settings - site name, description, indicating what will be displayed on the main page - recent posts or static text. Also here, depending on the theme template, you can assign which widgets will be displayed in the sidebar (in sidebars), in the footer, in the header, etc.
• “Widgets” - it’s clear that here you can manage your widgets - drag them to a new location, delete them and edit them. It’s simpler here - the widget can be dragged by holding the left mouse button to any sidebar and to any place in it. Similarly, widgets can be swapped with each other:

• “Menu” - in the new WordPress you will not have any menu. You should create it as you fill out the site. For example, you need the “WordPress News” category. To create it, go to “Posts” - “Categories” - “Add a new category”.

• After that, return to the menu tab and create a new menu. Come up with any name, for example – “Top Menu”, save it. Now select from the tab on the left those menu items that you want to display on the site pages. In our example, this could be “Home” and “WordPress News”.

Don't forget to specify where this menu should be displayed - "Main top menu" or "Additional menu on the left" for the current Twenty Fourteen theme. Your points may be different, but the principle is clear. Select the desired menu items, click “Add to Menu” and save the new menu with the “Save Menu” button. That's it, now a menu has appeared on the site pages:

• Item "Heading". Here you can do the same as in the “Customize” item. However, for each theme template, all items in the “Appearance” menu may be further different, except for the “Editor” item, in which you can edit all theme files if you know PHP. Therefore, configure them yourself.
• The next settings in the admin panel are “Plugins”. There are also three tabs here - “Installed”, “Add new” and “Editor”. How to add plugins - read the article - it also describes how to install a plugin from the admin panel.
• The “Users” item contains “All users”, “Add new” and “Your profile”. In the first paragraph, you can view and edit the data of all registered users of your site. The “Add new” item is clear, and in the “Your profile” item you have the opportunity to change admin panel design WordPress. This is done simply:

Check the box for the design you like and save the settings.

• The All Tools option offers data export or import, as well as the Publish tool. If everything is clear with the first two - you pack a database dump with records and pages, send it to your computer for subsequent downloading (you import data from another site in the same way), then the “Publish” item is implemented as follows:

Drag the “Publish” button while holding down the left mouse to the bookmarks panel of your browser. Now, to quickly create a publication, on the page you are interested in, select the desired text and click “Publish”. The text will appear in your drafts, and you can edit it as necessary and publish it. Convenient - fast and high quality. And you can publish the draft at any time - the main thing is that you saved the text, and you won’t need to look for it again.

• “General settings” item. There are many sub-points here, so let's dwell on each one. And if I already have a publication on the topic of some setting, then I will simply give a link to it - why write the same thing several times? So, website administration on wordpress, in principle, should start from here. Why? Here you edit the basic settings and set the type of links. Changing addresses later, when there are already many entries on the site, is too troublesome.
  1. “General” - site name, brief description, WordPress address (if your WordPress is not in the root, but in another folder, for example, http://site.ru/blog), website address (http://site.ru) , your email address, user role (author, contributor, editor, subscriber, etc.), time zone, date and time format, site language.
  2. “Writing” - “Publishing settings”.
  3. “Reading” - the main setting here is the same as in the “Appearance” - “Customize” or “Heading” items.
  4. “Discussion” - configure the parameters for displaying and publishing comments. Here you can select a default avatar for commenters.
  5. “Media File Settings” - here you must specify the sizes of uploaded images in which your WordPress will save them and display them in posts:

• Item “Permanent links” – “Permalink settings”. This is the most important functionality in the admin panel. Read about these settings here: .

I think he explained everything in sufficient detail. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask. I will answer them to the best of my knowledge. See you!

Every day people make a lot of purchases online or find the contact details of the desired company in search engines, so even small companies need a website to be competitive. But to make a website from scratch on WordPress yourself (if you are not a professional developer), you need to spend a huge amount of time and dig through a lot of material to create at least something similar to a website. And after 2-3 attempts you will really succeed. But for beginners there is a much simpler way - creating a website using online builders.

uKit is perhaps the simplest website builder in the niche. With its help, you can literally put together a decent business card website for a company, a personal online portfolio, or even a small product showcase in just 2-3 hours.

The ease of use of uKit in no way diminishes its functionality. Out of the box, adaptive templates from more than 40 different business topics, useful business widgets, and the ability to fine-tune the site for desktop or mobile are available. There is no need for additional installation of plugins and scripts.

You can edit your website in uKit immediately after registration, without hassles with choosing a hosting provider and setting up the engine. At the same time, the finished result of the work is visible immediately. Publishing and linking a domain takes place in a couple of clicks - and the site is available for viewing on the Internet.

Installing WordPress

We've decided on the name of the site, so it's time to move on to installing WordPress.

The easiest way, if you have chosen Sweb.ru, is in the control panel, go to the “Program Installation” section, and click “Install” next to the WordPress icon. Usually the same can be done on any other hosting.

The second method is manual installation.

We go to the site WordPress.org and download the latest current version of the program.

After downloading, you need to unzip the archive on your computer. In the figure below, the files that represent WordPress.

Now we need to upload these files to our hosting. To do this, it is better to use an FTP client, such as FileZilla (which is free). And with its help we upload files to the public_html folder or to the root directory of the domain, on any other hosting.

After successfully downloading the files, you need to create a database. In the control panel, go to the MySQL Databases section and click “Create a database”. In the window that opens, create a database name and password. You need to remember them, you will need them in the next step.

The next step will be to link the database with the files that we uploaded to the hosting. The database stores all site settings, articles, pages and other information.

To connect the storage location of our future publications with the skeleton of the site, you need to specify the database name, username and password in the wp-config.php file. The username is the same as the database name. See the picture below.

And now the last step, installing WordPress. In the address bar of your browser, write the address of your site, and you will be automatically redirected to the installation page my-site.ru/wp-admin/install.php, where you will need to specify the remaining settings, such as the site name, administrator login and password, as well as administrator's email.

Congratulations! WordPress installation is complete! We can move on.

Choosing a Theme for WordPress

Now we have reached the decisive step in the fate of your site. No, of course, in the future the theme or template can be changed, but it is better to immediately approach this issue thoroughly, so as not to redo half of the site and waste precious time. When choosing a theme for WordPress, there are two options: a free theme and a paid (premium) theme. We will briefly discuss these two approaches.

Free themes

In the administrative panel, in the “Appearance” section, select the “Themes” tab and then click “Add a new theme”.

Next, go to the “Characteristics filter” and check the box next to the “Adaptive design” field. After this, we will be shown WordPress themes with ready-made responsive design, which will allow us not to create a separate mobile version of the site and will save you a lot of time and effort.

The same can be done on the WordPress.org website by going to the “Themes” section. Only in this case, you will first need to download the theme to your computer, unzip it, and then use the “Download theme” function in the same section of the control panel and, after installation, click activate.

Premium Templates

After years of experience working with WordPress websites, I can assure you that it is better to buy premium WordPress templates. They are more functional, most often have several design options, are easy to customize, and in the future you will see for yourself that this choice is correct.

For example, you can buy a theme on themeforest.net. Almost all premium WordPress templates have a responsive layout, but there are a number of characteristics that a theme must meet in order to be comfortable to work with:

1) Translation into Russian
2) Visual Composer or Page Builder (built-in designer)

Choose a theme that suits you and move on to customization.

WordPress Setup

At the next stage, we will need to concentrate on the basic WordPress settings, which are necessary for the correct display of the site and indexing in search engines. You will also need to configure the configuration of the selected theme.

Go to the “Settings” section and select the “General” tab. Then, as shown in the figure, we enter the data.

Below, indicate the time zone, which day in the site calendar will be the first, date format and language. The selected site name will be displayed on the main page in the TITLE tag, and on other pages after a straight line. At the initial stage, we close registration on the site so that hordes of bots do not knock down registration on it.

Writing settings

In this section, you need to indicate only the main category for your publications. By default, this is the Uncategorized category. In the future, it can be renamed or replaced with another one.

Reading Settings

In this settings item, we choose what will be displayed on the main page: the latest blog posts or any other page. The first option is suitable for blogs or news sites, but for commercial and other sites, it is better to create the main page separately and make it the main page in this section. For the latest posts, you can create a separate News or Blog page.

Here we set how many records will be displayed on the records page, and whether the record will be displayed in full or will it be just an announcement. In addition, at the development stage, it is better to check the box next to “Ask search engines not to index the site”, and then remember to remove it accordingly.

Discussion Settings

The “Discussion Settings” section allows you to choose how comments will be published on your site, where notifications of new comments will be sent, which comments will be marked as spam and which will go to moderation, whether you can respond to comments from other users (tree comments ) And so on. If the traffic volume is more than 300 uniques per day, bots will systematically enter your site and leave spam comments. To protect yourself from them, use the Akismet plugin, it is free and automatically detects bot comments.

In principle, you can leave the default settings.

Media files

Permalinks

Here you need to choose how the URL of your pages and posts will be formed. Will it be a conventional language or will the link contain a date and name or only the name, will it be generated automatically or set manually.

Below you can set prefixes for categories and tags.

When creating a website on WordPress, the theme or template you choose is of great importance. Themes have a different set of settings and functionality. Go to “Appearance” - “Discussion Settings”.

Let's look at customizing the theme using the default Twenty Fifteen theme as an example.

Here you need to indicate the name of the site and a short description of what the site is about. Upload a logo that will be displayed at the top of the site, and also add a site icon (favicon) that will appear to the left of the site name in the browser tab.

If you want, you can set a background image for the top of the site; to do this, add an image in this settings item that is at least 954 pixels in height and 1300 in length.

Or you can leave the background white and add nothing.

Background image

The background of the entire site can be customized here. But it’s better to leave it in a neutral white color so that neither the pictures nor the bright background color distract attention from the main content of the site. A bright color or picture, of course, can be the background of the site, but this should be a thoughtful decision that organically complements the site design.

Menu

Create a main menu that will be displayed on all pages of the site. Use the main pages of the site or categories as tabs.

Here you can create an additional menu or a menu from links to social networks.

Widgets

Widgets are additional WordPress modules that are displayed in the sidebar or footer of the site. This could be the most recent or popular articles on the site, the latest comments, site search, etc.

Click “Add widget” and select the one you need from the list to install an additional module on your site.

Statistical Home Page

By default, all WordPress sites have a home page that displays the 10 most recent posts.

But you can create a home page separately and in this settings item select it as the main page, and also designate the page where the latest posts from the blog will be displayed.

Now I have my own website?

Yes, you can say that. But this is only the first step on a long path. Everything we have listed is just basic settings, which are the foundation for future actions.

We will definitely continue publishing on the topic of website creation and WordPress, following which you can bring your website to perfection!

Hello everyone, today I decided to tell you how to use WordPress, the most popular CMS. Step-by-step instructions with all the details for beginners, which, I hope, will help you understand all the intricacies and features. Let's start.

WordPress is one of the most popular content management systems. It is written in the PHP programming language and has millions of fans around the world. If you look at the statistics of all Internet sites, this is the CMS that uses the largest percentage of web resources.

The platform can solve assigned tasks, and if previously it was used only for creating blogs and information portals, now a huge number of a wide variety of projects work on WordPress. Starting from simple business cards and ending with entire thematic social networks.

In today's material we will figure out how to work in WordPress, add articles and categories, install plugins, templates, etc.

By the way, work in any content management system is carried out from the admin panel. It is inaccessible to ordinary users; full site management is performed from it. This instruction is for dummies and is intended, first of all, to teach you how to work with this panel.

To open the control panel, go to yoursite.ru/wp-login.php, enter your credentials and log in. After this, you will be transferred to the console (this is the admin panel). If this did not happen, and you were redirected to the main page of your site, then you probably should have noticed a dark stripe at the top. To go to the control panel (CP), click on the corresponding button.

Installing a theme

Templates, or themes as they are also called, are the visual component of your WP website. There are a lot of them. The very first place where you can find templates is Appearance – Themes. This is where you will see the current list of installed themes. The best thing is that you can install a theme at any time by clicking just a couple of buttons. To do this, find the “Add New” button and go to the catalog.

To install any template, you need to click on the corresponding button. After this, the theme files will be uploaded to your admin area. It will appear in the “Themes” section. From there you can activate it.

There are thousands of different themes to choose from. Each of them can be installed and tested if desired. Pay attention to the “Customize” button. It is with its help that the initial setup of the template for WordPress is carried out.

How to create a category

If you make a blog, then all your posts must be grouped into categories. Otherwise, your readers will simply get confused in a huge number of different types of posts. To create them, go to “Posts” - “Categories”.

On the left you will see the interface for creating these same categories. On the right, those already created will be available.

Pay attention to the “Parent Category” tab. With its help you can create subcategories. For example, by creating a subcategory “Rock” in the “Music” category, where the latter is a child of the “Music” category, and not a separate category. This is convenient when the website has dozens or hundreds of different categories.

Adding an entry

Once we have set up the template and categories, we can start creating our first post. To do this, we need to go to the “Posts – Add New” section, where we will spend the bulk of our time working on content.

As you can see, there is nothing complicated here. We need to enter the title of the post and its content. Select a category in the lower right corner and click on the “Publish” button.

Now your post will appear in the list of posts and will be displayed on the main page of your blog. If you have not completed the article and do not want anyone to see it in this form, then click the “Save” button, which is located just above. This way you will create a draft that no one but you has access to.

Adding a page

When working with a website, you will definitely need pages. Unlike posts, pages are static and do not appear in the list of posts. To go to them, direct links are usually used, which webmasters place in the menu or somewhere else. As a rule, the pages contain a variety of information. You can post an “About Blog” page and tell us what inspired you to create your own website.

So, to make a page, you need to go to “Pages – Add new”. Otherwise, everything works there the same as when adding records.

Please note that when creating a page, you do not have the option to select a category. You also don't have to publish it right away. The “Save” button will allow you to make a draft so you can return to editing it later.

How to add widgets?

Posts can be displayed not only on the main page. Using widgets, you can customize the display of posts in the sidebar, i.e., sidebar. You can place a large number of all kinds of widgets there. To configure widgets, simply go to Appearance - Widgets.

To place a widget in the sidebar area, simply drag it using your cursor. In the same way, you can customize their order.

As you can see, my theme has only one area for widgets - the sidebar. However, in your case there may be more. For example, usually there is an area for widgets at the bottom of the site - the footer, and also at the top - next to the logo. Installation in other areas is similar.

Conclusion

I hope this short guide helped you understand the basics of working with a content management system. Adding posts, categories or pages is quite simple, you just have to try and after a couple of minutes you will learn how to do it and understand the interface. It’s not for nothing that WordPress is considered one of the simplest CMS.

If you want to learn all aspects of the practical use of this platform, I can recommend it. In it, you will not only consider all these issues in more depth, but also learn how to use WordPress to the maximum, and even get a return on it in the form of money. Interested? Just follow the link and sign up, the number of places is strictly limited.

Good day, dear readers of my blog. So I tell you everything about creating websites, ways to sell them or otherwise make money on blogs. And yet we still haven't discussed the most important thing. I realized that I never told you about the key point that makes all the work easier, simpler and more accessible for every beginner.

Today we will talk about the WordPress CMS. You will learn everything about this engine, we will identify the advantages and disadvantages of the program, I will spend a little time on what else is needed to create a website and give some tips to help you master the engine.

Information for beginners

In the article about that, I talked about how the work on creating a website occurs. Ideally, a designer, layout designer and programmer work on it. The first draws a picture, the second turns it into code, the third creates a control panel so that anyone can use the portal, even people who don’t know the code.

Large companies also employ web editors, marketers, promotion specialists, content managers, a team of copywriters, a proofreader, a system administrator and a whole bunch of other people.

WordPress is a control panel and one of its main advantages is that it allows anyone to create a website themselves. Without the participation of any additional human resources.

If you want, the program will not hinder your creativity. You can do whatever your heart desires, but it will require knowledge. The great news is that even if they are not there at all or are at a minimal level, you will always find a way out of the situation.

What makes WordPress different from other platforms? Popularity. You will always find the answer on the Internet; someone will definitely help you cope with the situation for money or for free.

Advantages and disadvantages of the program

WordPress is the most popular CMS in the world. Hundreds of successful and popular blogs, online stores, video galleries and other types of sites were created on it. The program is absolutely free. You can use it for commercial purposes and not be afraid of legal prosecution.

Its use will not hinder your popularity, as is done with the unique specifics of the code.

The engine is ideal for dummies. You are not limited in your desires. It's like photoshop. If desired, even a beginner can cope with the task, but specialists will also find it interesting. You can easily develop your skills, as they say, without leaving the production process. Earn money and improve in the area that interests you.

I'm tempted to learn layout - improve your code knowledge and create your own scripts. If you like web design, experiment and post it, maybe there will be a layout designer who will be interested in making real electronic resources out of it. Writing is attractive - see how much the public likes the fruits of your labor and attract customers.

In terms of profit, the scale is also large. Whatever your heart desires is available to you. You can create templates with designs for sale, make websites for clients, use contextual advertising, participate in affiliate programs and any other methods of making money from your blog. There are no boundaries, and there will always be clients.

As I said, you can do without human resources to create your website. For example, if you don’t know how and don’t want to deal with design, you can use . Many complex problems associated with changing code are solved using simple plugins.

What it is? Let's say you want to add a beautiful slider or publish on the main page. You don't need to contact a person who knows html and css. You don't even need to know what these acronyms mean. Just download the plugin and activate it.

If you wish, you can have your own blog in an hour.

Flaws

Of course, there is no product without flaws. Even the best hotel on the shores of the Dead Sea can be covered in shit by someone. This is very often done by professionals with WordPress.

I perfectly understand good developers who have spent a lot of time on their own development. Just imagine, you probably consider yourself the best at something, right?

Suppose you cook barbecue perfectly: you come up with a unique sauce, spend a lot of time on the marinade, use certain firewood. At one of the picnics you find yourself a little later than the others, and some young man is already at the grill. He simply cooks good meat in 15 minutes and spends the entire evening claiming that he is a master and a super-cook.

It’s clear that someone will have complaints about your kebab, but the public likes his work. Whether you like it or not, it will piss you off. You spent a lot of time and all the “glory” goes to someone else.

There are no adequate problems with WordPress, especially if you are a beginner. Of course, it’s cool to know something perfectly, to be able to write websites from scratch, to have a team that will help you with the project. Undoubtedly, a carefully designed website will be many times better than what you create yourself using this engine, but this platform gives everyone a chance to try their hand and even achieve success.

What is needed to create a website

In addition to the engine itself, you will need hosting and a domain. I recommend you TimeWeb . There is a free text period and automatic installation of the CMS we need in Russian. If you want, in an hour you can. It will have a ready-made design template. He's not very attractive, but who cares?

I strongly recommend that you try the engine in action. Look at the inside of the process, at the portal from the inside. I assure you you will like it. You can read about what to do next on my blog. Simply go to the All Articles section and select a publication. Any of them will be useful to you.

Ways to study

If you want to understand the program and all the basics of building a website step by step as quickly as possible, I can offer you a free course “ Create a blog in an hour " You'll discover all the possibilities and understand the basics you need to take your first step online.

I wish you success. See you again and good luck in your new business.