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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, which is included in the URL. 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 Post button on the right side of the toolbar (it appears at the top of your screen when you’re logged in to WordPress.com).
Simply click New Post and the post editor will slide down from the top of the screen:
First, select the type of content you want to share (text, photo, video, quote, or link):
Use the Write a Post tab if you want to include multiple images in your post (or if you want to write a text-only post). If you just want to quickly share a single photo, select the Post a Photo tab.
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 the post is ready, choose the blog you want to post to (if you have more than one) using the drop-down menu below the post editor:
When you’re done, hit Publish Post. Next you’ll have the option to view the post you just published.
The Dashboard Editor
You can also create and publish posts with the dashboard editor. It’s pretty much the same as the editor described above, but it also allows you to:
- Preview posts before publishing them
- Schedule posts to publish at a later time
- Add categories
- Use the writing helper
You can access the dashboard editor from Posts -> Add New.
Publish Posts by Email
Write your post as an email and publish it on your blog via the Post by Email feature.
See our documentation on the Post Screen for more details.
Go Back and Edit 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. Clicking Edit under the name of a post will take you to the dashboard editor, where you can make changes. To delete a post, click Trash.
See our documentation on the Edit Posts Screen for more details.
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.
Last modified: March 25, 2012
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