Managing a WordPress Website

Accessing WordPress Dashboard

After the installation process is completed, you will be forwarded directly to WordPress administrator dashboard. Anytime later you will have to use one of the following URLs to access WordPress admin area:

• http://yoursite.com/wp-admin
• http://yoursite.com/wp-login.php

You will need to use WordPress administrator credentials you have entered during installation in order to access the dashboard.

If you forget the password, you may reset it by pressing the Lost your password? button.

Navigating in WordPress Dashboard

WordPress Dashboard is built to help you manage your site. You will find the Welcome to WordPress section at the top of the page. In this section, you can quickly access everything you need to start off with WordPress, like writing your first blog or adding an about page, or viewing your site, or managing widgets, comments, etc. If Welcome to WordPress is not there or you removed it unintentionally, go to Screen Options on your upper right-hand corner and then check Welcome.

You’ll find several other sections on the administrator home page:

• At a Glance shows which theme you are running, the number of posts and pages you have and other recent activity.
• Another section is the Quick Draft to be used when you want to add a quick post. However, you will not get the various formatting features that you will get in the posts section but this is a quick way of creating a draft post.
• Activity box shows latest posts and comments.
• On WordPress News box you can see latest news related to WordPress.

Over on the left of your screen, you have the main navigation bar that you will use to get around your WordPress dashboard.