WordPress is a free web template system that can be used by online writers or bloggers to publish their articles. If you are looking at content writing or blogging as your genre of work, then please note employers will ask you about your knowledge of WordPress. The website operates online and can be worked on if you have a good internet connection. The first user interface of WordPress is sure to confuse you. This has happened with all first time WordPress users. Hence, putting in simple words we have summarized the basics that you have to do, to publish your writing through WordPress.
Create your account
You can start using WordPress, by going to the official website and creating your own account. If you plan to publish with your name, you can use your personal details in the account. In case, you plan to publish on behalf of your company or startup, then its better to use that information while creating the WordPress account. You will need an active e-mail id to operate WordPress.
Adding a new write up
To add a new writing in WordPress, simply click on Add New option that comes right after Posts. This will open a blank sheet with head bar and some other optional tools along the sides. Before getting perplexed read teh next steps on how to manage this advanced page of WordPress.
Adding content
If your content is in word format, simply copy and paste it on the while long blank sheet WordPress will offer you. On top, there will be one headline bar where you can put the name of your write up in title case. Do not put too long a headline if you want your article to get promoted. Make sure that the content you added have no spacing or spelling error.
SEO settings
Going down on this you have to fill the SEO settings part where you have to put in two content – Title tag and meta desciption. You can keep the title tag exactly like your heading or alter a little. This will reflect as the name of the tab when your write up will open online. Next in meta description, put a brief about what you have written in the body of your write up. The meta description should be limited to 140 characters.
Featured Image
You can add a small featured image related to your article from the option that comes on the right hand side corner. The featured image will represent your work to all other websites. Its should be small in size in a range of 200X200 (recommended).
Categories
You can create categories (that appears on right side of the screen). If you are writing on food, your category can be food only. For an academic course, you can use education. It entirely depends on you what category you want your article to fall in. You have option of creating new categories. You can link one of your writeup to more than categories.
Tags
Add tags to your write up, so that people can see your work when they find on the web. If your topis of write up is ‘5 wild animals’, you can use tags like, jungle, forest, wild animals, school children and so on.
Draft/publish option
You can publish your writeup once done will all kinds kinds of editing from the right side blue ‘Publish’ button. Or, you can continue doing Save Draft, if you plan to publish your write up later. Save Draft saves all the editings that you do your write up in WordPress.
Add tags to your write up, so that people can see your work when they find on the web. If your topics of write up is ‘5 wild animals’, you can use tags like, jungle, forest, wild animals, school children and so on.
Draft/publish option
You can publish your writeup once done will all kinds kinds of editing from the right side blue ‘Publish’ button. Or, you can continue doing Save Draft, if you plan to publish your write up later. Save Draft saves all the editings that you do your write up in WordPress.
