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Posts » New Post Screen

When creating a new post on WordPress.com, you may notice that you have a variety of boxes, also known as “modules”. These modules offer customizable options for publishing your post, such as adding Tags to entry or selecting whether or not comments are allowed on your post.

Editor

The Editor is where you type the content of your post. For more information on using your editor, please see this guide.

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Publish

The publish module includes your Post Status, Post Visibility, and when your post was published.

The Post Status shows whether a post is published or unpublished.

  • Published – The post has been published on your blog for all to see.
  • Scheduled – When the post’s timestamp is set in the future for automatic publishing. See Schedule a Post for more information.
  • Pending Review – The post has been submitted by a Contributor. It must be published by an Editor or Administrator before it is visible to blog readers.
  • Draft – An unpublished post. The post will not be visible to readers until the post is published.

You can learn more about changing your Post Visibility, including password protecting a post, here. You can also schedule a post by following this guide.

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Post Format

For themes that support post formats, you have the ability to select which format you’d like to use for each post. Learn more about formatting options here.

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Writing Helper

The Writing Helper helps you to finish your posts with our Copy a Post and Request Feedback tools.

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Discussion

The Discussion module is used to turn the discussion options on/off for the post. There are checkboxes for:

If you want to set the defaults for these checkboxes, you can do so in the Discussion Settings of the blog.

If you are editing a previously published post, the Discussion module would also show any comments for the post.

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For more information about working with the comments in this module, please see Discussion Module Comments.

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Likes and Shares

The Likes and Shares module is where you can enable or disable the Like button or Sharing buttons on your individual post. For information on modifying and activating your Sharing buttons, please visit your Settings > Sharing page.

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Excerpt

Some themes support using Excerpts, or summaries, of your post. To learn more about adding excerpts to your site, head on over here.

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Trackbacks

Trackbacks are a way of letting other bloggers know when you’ve linked to their site. This happens automatically between WordPress.com blogs. To learn how to send trackbacks to other blogs, please visit our support page on Trackbacks.

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Post Author

The Author module is used to change the author of a post. To change a post’s author, use the dropdown menu to select the new author and click Update or Publish to save the changes.

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Troubleshooting

If you’re missing one of the modules listed above on your New Post or Edit Post page, you may need to enable it in your Screen Options settings. This guide explains how to enable and disable the modules on your New Post page.

Last modified: May 31, 2012

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