Title: Posts
Author: hanni
Published: December 4, 2008
Last modified: May 20, 2014

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#  Posts

#### Topics

 * [Publish a New Post](https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/posts/?output_format=md#publish-a-new-post)
 * [Editing Your Posts](https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/posts/?output_format=md#editing-your-posts)
 * [Other Posting Methods](https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/posts/?output_format=md#other-posting-methods)
 * [Video](https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/posts/?output_format=md#video)

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. Sometimes, posts are confused with pages.
See [Post vs. Page](https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/just-write-in-wordpress/posts-vs-pages/)
for an explanation of the differences.

#### 󠀁[Publish a New Post](https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/posts/?output_format=md#publish-a-new-post)󠁿

There are several ways to publish new posts. The easiest way is with the **+ New**
button on the toolbar (it appears at the top of your screen when you’re logged in
to your WordPress website).

Simply hover over **+ New ** and the menu will slide down from the top of the screen:

![the +new menu ](https://make.wordpress.org/support/wp-content/blogs.dir/21/files/
2008/12/page1.jpg "page1")

Clicking on **+ New** will take you to the **Add New Post** screen.

If you are on the **WordPress Admin Screens** you can also visit **Posts > Add New**
on your sidebarSidebar A sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area
used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content.
It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle
below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme. to add
a new Post.

![the posts menu on the WordPress admin screens with Add New highlighted](https://
make.wordpress.org/support/wp-content/blogs.dir/21/files/2008/12/post2.jpg "post2")

The post editing screen is where you’ll be doing most of your blogging. If you’re
writing a post and you’d like to format the text, click the kitchen sinkKitchen 
Sink When using the WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor in WordPress, 
you can expand the capabilities to allow more options. This expanded area is called
the "Kitchen Sink." icon to enable additional [text formatting options](https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/just-write-in-wordpress/visual-vs-html-editor/visual-editor/):

![](https://en.support.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/kitchen-sink.png)

When you’ve written your Post, hit **Publish**.

![the publish meta box](https://make.wordpress.org/support/wp-content/blogs.dir/
21/files/2008/12/post3.jpg "post3")

As well as writing and editing posts, you can:

 * Preview posts before publishing them
 * [Schedule](https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/just-write-in-wordpress/posts/schedule-a-post/)
   posts to publish at a later time
 * Add categories and tags
 * Assign a post format (Theme dependent)
 * Add a Featured ImageFeatured image A featured image is the main image used on
   your blog archive page and is pulled when the post or page is shared on social
   media. The image can be used to display in widget areas on your site or in a 
   summary list of posts. (Theme dependent)

You can also access the post editing screen from **Posts > All Posts**.

[Top ↑](https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/posts/?output_format=md#top)

#### 󠀁[Editing Your Posts](https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/posts/?output_format=md#editing-your-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:

![](https://en.support.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/all_posts.png)

Here you’ll see a list of all of your posts. Click **Edit** under the name of a 
post to be taken to the post edit screen, where you can make changes. To delete 
a post, click **TrashTrash Trash in WordPress is like the Recycle Bin on your PC
or Trash in your Macintosh computer. Users with the proper permission level (administrators
and editors) have the ability to delete a post, page, and/or comments. When you 
delete the item, it is moved to the trash folder where it will remain for 30 days.**.

![](https://en.support.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/edit-posts.png)

See our documentation on the [New Posts Screen](https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/just-write-in-wordpress/posts/new-post-screen/)
for more details.

[Top ↑](https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/posts/?output_format=md#top)

#### 󠀁[Other Posting Methods](https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/posts/?output_format=md#other-posting-methods)󠁿

There are some other methods for posting to your blog. You can read more about these
in the WordPress CodexWordPress Codex Living online manual to WordPress.org [https://codex.wordpress.org/](https://codex.wordpress.org/).
These are:

 * [Post using email](https://codex.wordpress.org/Post_to_your_blog_using_email)
 * [Post using the Press This bookmarklet](https://codex.wordpress.org/Press_This)

[Top ↑](https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/posts/?output_format=md#top)

#### 󠀁[Video](https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/posts/?output_format=md#video)󠁿

Watch the “[Writing and publishing a post](http://wordpress.tv/2009/01/15/writing-and-publishing-a-post/)”
video from [WordPress.tv](http://wordpress.tv/flavor/wordpresscom/).

Watch the “[Saving and returning to draft posts & pages](http://wordpress.tv/2009/01/14/saving-and-returning-to-draft-posts-pages/)”
video from [WordPress.tv](http://wordpress.tv/flavor/wordpresscom/).

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