The following article will take you through the process of adding a blog (article) to your WordPress website.
Step 1
Login to your WordPress Dashboard
Step 2
Select Posts > Add New
Step 3
Add the Title of the article
Step 4
Add the Meta Description for the article.
Delete ‘Post Content’ and add an article excerpt (less than 160 characters).
Step 5
Add a Focus Keyphrase for the article (optional).
This helps guide you to improve the SEO of your article.
Step 6
Set the Post Format to Standard in the right-hand-side bar.
Step 7
Set the Author in the right-hand-side bar.
Step 8
Set the Template in the right-hand-side bar to ‘Default template’.
Step 9
Check out AIOSEO in the right-hand-side bar. This updates automatically to give you an overall analysis of your article.
Step 10
Check out the Permalink in the right-hand-side bar. This is the page URL for your article. This updates automatically and is where you will find your article once published.
Step 11
Select the appropriate Category for your article in the right-hand-side bar. Multiple categories may be selected and new categories may be added if necessary.
Step 12
Add Tags (optional). Add 1-2 relevant tags for your article in the right-hand-side bar.
Step 13a
Add a Featured Image for your article in the right-hand-side bar (Click on ‘Set featured image’).
Step 13b
Select an image from the Media Library or upload a new image. Note that to ensure optimal performance of your website, images should be no more than 800 px and be compressed.
Step 14
An Excerpt for the image is not required.
Step 15
In the Discussion section in the right-hand-side bar:
- Allow Comments – Not recommended
- Allow Pingbacks & Trackbacks – Recommended
Step 16
Select ‘Edit with Elementor’ at the top of the page.
Step 17
Select ‘Add New Section (+)’
Step 18
Select the Page Structure – Full width.
Step 19
Click on the ‘Widgets’ icon (9 dots).
Step 20
Click in the section that is to be added to, to make it active.
Step 21
Drag the ‘Heading’ widget into the active section.
Step 22
Highlight ‘Add Your Heading Text Here’ in the left-hand-side panel and add the article title.
Step 23
Click in the section that you are adding the copy to, to make it active.
Step 24
Drag the ‘Text Editor’ widget into the active section.
Step 25
Highlight the template copy (Lorem ipsum…) in the left-hand-side panel and add the copy for the article.
Step 26
Click ‘Update’ at the bottom of the page.
Step 27
Click on the 3 horizontal lines at the top left-hand-side of the page.
Step 28
Click on ‘Exit to Dashboard’.
Step 29
Click on ‘View Posts’ (‘W’ icon at the top left-hand-side of the page).
Step 30
Hover over the website name/ user name at the top right-hand-side of the page and select ‘Log Out’.
