Title: Post Editing Screen
Author: hanni
Published: December 22, 2008
Last modified: May 20, 2014

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#  Post Editing Screen

The **Post Editing Screen** is used to create new posts or edit existing posts. 
The default post screen (**Posts -> Add New**) will look similar to the following
image:

![](https://en.support.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/add_new_post2.png)

You will notice in the screenshot that the title of the screen is **Add New Post**.
If you were editing a previous post, the title would be **Edit Post**, but everything
else on the screen is essentially the same.

The screen is broken down into modules, each with their own purpose. The three most
important parts of the post screen are the Title of your post, the Editor (where
you type your content), and the Publish module.

The Publish module is very important because it’s where you save your posts, publish
them, and preview changes. The module will change depending on the status of your
post. Here is the default Publish module:

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

After publishing a post, the module will look like this:

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

Notice how the **Save Draft** button has been removed and the **Publish** button
has been replaced with **Update**.

Other documentation pages will go into more detail on each of the modules and different
areas. See Related in the table of contents area on this page.

#### Configuring the Post Screen

The **Screen Options** pull down can be found at the top right of the screen. When
you click on Screen Options you will see a set of modules that can be set to show
or hide. To make one of the modules show on the screen, just check the box next 
to it.

For more detailed information on screen layout see [Screen Options](https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/getting-to-know-wordpress/screen-options/)
and [Post Editing Screen Metaboxes](https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/just-write-in-wordpress/posts/post-screen/post-editing-screen-metaboxes/).

[#editing](https://make.wordpress.org/support/tag/editing/), [#posts](https://make.wordpress.org/support/tag/posts/),
[#writing](https://make.wordpress.org/support/tag/writing/)

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