wordpress tutorials for beginners
WordPress :-is an
open source Content Management System (CMS), which allows the users to build
dynamic websites and blog. WordPress is the most popular blogging system on the
web and allows updating, customizing and managing the website from its back-end
CMS and components. This tutorial will teach you the basics of WordPress using
which you can create websites with ease. Each of these sections contain related
topics.
System Requirements for WordPress
Database
− MySQL 5.0 +
Web Server
−
WAMP
(Windows)
LAMP
(Linux)
XAMP
(Multi-platform)
MAMP
(Macintosh)
Operating
System − Cross-platform
Browser
Support − IE (Internet Explorer 8+), Firefox, Google chrome, Safari, Opera
PHP
Compatibility − PHP 5.2+
Download WordPress
When you open the link https://wordpress.org/download.
WordPress Installation
Create Store Database
WordPress requires MySQL database. So create a new empty
database with user/password (for example, user as "root" and password
as "root").
Then, you can continue with the installation process as
discussed further.
Set Up Wizard
It's very easy to set up WordPress into your system. The
following steps describe how to set up WordPress locally on your system.
Step (1) −
Extract the downloaded WordPress folder and upload it into your web server or
localhost.
Step (2) − Open
your browser and navigate to your WordPress file path, then you will get the
first screen of the WordPress installer as shown in the following screen. In
our case, the path is localhost/< Your_wordpress_folder >.
WordPress Installation
Select your language for the WordPress and click on
Continue.
Step (3) − In this step, you can view the information needed for the database before proceeding with WordPress installation.
Click on Let's
go!
Step (4) − Here,
you have to enter the information about the MySQL database.
Database Name −
Enter the database name which you have created in MySQL database for WordPress.
Username − Enter
the user name of your MySQL database.
Password − Enter
the password which you had set for MySQL database.
Database Host −
Write the host name, by default it will be localhost.
Table Prefix − It
is used to add prefix in the database tables which helps to run multiple sites
on the same database. It takes the default value.
After filling all information, click on Submit button.
Step (5) −
WordPress checks the database setting and gives you the confirmation.
Click on Run the install
Step (6) − Enter
administrative information.
WordPress
Installation
It contains the following fields −
Site Title −
Enter the name of the site which you are going to create in WordPress.
Username − Enter
the username as per your choice while logging in the WordPress.
Password twice −
Enter password two times to protect your site.
Your E-mail −
Enter your e-mail address which helps to recover the password or any update.
Privacy − It
allows the search engine to index this site after checking the checkbox.
After filling all the information, click on the Install WordPress
button.
Step (7) − After installation being successful, you will get a screen of the stating success .
You can view your username
and password detail added in
WordPress.
Click on Log In button.
Step (8) − After clicking on login, you will get a WordPress Admin Panel .
Enter the username and password which you had mentioned
during installation as shown in step 6 and click on the Log In button.
The WordPress Dashboard is a first screen which will be seen
when you log into the administration area of your blog which will display the
overview of the website. It is a collection of gadgets that provide information
and provide an overview of what's happening with your blog. You can customize
your needs by using some quick links such as writing quick draft, replying to
latest comment, etc. Each of these categories are discussed in the following
sections −
Wordpress Dashboard
Dashboard Menu
The WordPress Dashboard provides navigation menu that
contains some menu options such as posts, media library, pages, comments,
appearance options, plugins, users, tools and settings on the left side.
Screen Options
The dashboard contains different types of widgets which can
be shown or hidden on some screens. It contains check boxes to show or hide
screen options and also allows us to customize sections on the admin screen.
Welcome
It includes the Customize Your Site button which allows
customizing your WordPress theme. The center column provides some of the useful
links such as creating a blog post, creating a page and view the front end of
your website.
Quick Draft
The Quick Draft is a mini post editor which allows writing,
saving and publishing a post from admin dashboard. It includes the title for
the draft, some notes about the draft and save it as a Draft.
The WordPress News widget displays the latest news such as
latest software version, updates, alerts, news regarding the software etc. from
the official WordPress blog.
Activity
The Activity widget includes latest comments on your blog,
recent posts and recently published posts.
At a Glance
This section gives an overview of your blog's posts, number
of published posts and pages, and number of comments. When you click on these
links, you will be taken to the respective screen. It displays the current
version of running WordPress along with the currently running theme on the
site.
Following are the steps to access the general settings −
Step 1 − Click on
Settings → General option in WordPress.
WordPress General
Setting
Step 2 − The
General Setting page is displayed.
Following are the details of the fields on general settings
page.
Site Title − It
displays the name of the site in the template header.
Tagline −
Displays a short sentence about your site.
WordPress Address
(URL) − It is the URL of WordPress directory where your all core
application files are present.
Site Address(URL)
− Enter the site URL which you want your site to display on the browser.
E-mail Address −
Enter your e-mail address which helps to recover your password or any update.
Membership −
Anyone can register an account on your site after you check this checkbox.
New User Default Role
− The default role is set for the newly registered user or members.
Timezone − Sets
the time zone based on the particular city.
Date Format −
Sets the date format as you need to display on the site.
Time Format −
Sets the time format as you need to display on the site.
Week Starts On −
Select the week day which you prefer to start for WordPress calendar. By
default it is set as Monday.
Site Language −
Sets the language for the WordPress dashboard.
Step3 − After filling all the
information about general settings, click
on Save Changes button. It saves all your general setting information.
The writing settings controls the writing experience and
provides options for customizing WordPress site.
Following are the steps to access the writing settings −
Step (1) − To
change writing settings, go to Settings → Writing option.
WordPress Writing
Setting
Step (2) − The
Writing Setting page is displayed.
Following are the details of the fields on the page.
Formatting − This
field defines two sub options for better user experience.
The first option Convert emoticons like :-) and :-P to
graphics on display will turn text-based emoticons into graphic-based
emoticons.
The second option WordPress should correct invalidly nested
XHTML automatically corrects the invalid XHTML placed within the posts or
pages.
Default Post Category
− It is a category to be applied to a post and you can leave it as
Uncategorized.
Default Post Format
− It is used by themes to select post format to be applied to a post or create
different styles for different types of posts.
Post via e-mail −
This option uses e-mail address to create posts and publishes posts on your
blog through e-mail. To use this, you'll need to set up a secret e-mail account
with a POP3 access, and any mail received at this address will be posted.
Mail Server − It
allows reading the e-mails that you send to WordPress and stores them for
retrieval. For this, you need to have POP3 compatible mail server and it will
have URI address such as mail.example.com, which you should enter here.
Login Name − To
create posts, WordPress will need its own e-mail account. The Login Name will
use this e-mail address and should be kept as a secret as spammers will post
links redirecting to their own websites.
Password − Set
password for the above e-mail address.
Default Mail Category
− It allows selecting custom category for all the posts that are published via
Post by e-mail feature.
Update Services −
When you publish a new post, WordPress will automatically notify the site
update services in the box.
Step (3) − After
filling all the above information, click on Save Changesbutton to save your
information.
reading settings −
Step (1) − Click
on Settings → Reading option in WordPress.
Step(2) − The
Reading Settings page is displayed.
Following are the details of the fields on reading settings.
Front page displays
− This section is used to display the front page in any of the following format
−
Your latest posts
− It displays latest posts on the front page.
A static page −
It displays the static pages on the front page.
Front Page − You
can select the actual page you want to display on front page from the drop
down.
Posts Page − You
can select the page from the drop down which contains posts.
Blog pages show at
most − The number of posts to be displayed per page or site. By default, it
is set as 10.
Syndication feeds
show the most recent − The user can view the number of posts when they
download one of the site feeds. By default, it is set as 10.
For each article in a
feed, show − This section is used to display the post by selecting any of
the following formats −
Full Text − It
displays the complete post. It is set as default.
Summary − It
displays the summary of the post.
Search Engine
Visibility − After clicking on the checkbox, Discourage search engines from
indexing this site, your site will be ignored by the search engine.
Step(3) − After
filling all the information, click on Save Changes button to save your Reading
Setting information.
Following are the
steps to access the Discussion setting −
Step (1) − Click
on Settings → Discussion option in WordPress.
Step (2) − The
Discussion Settings page is displayed.
Default article
settings − These settings are default to the new pages you create or new
posts. This contains three more settings. They are −
Attempt to notify any
blogs linked to from the article − When you publish articles then it sends
a notification (sends pings and trackback) to other blogs.
Allow link
notifications from other blogs (pingbacks and trackbacks) − Accepts pings
from other blogs.
Allow people to post
comments on new articles − You can allow or disallow other people to
comment on your article using this setting.
You can change the settings as per your will for individual
articles.
Other Comment
Settings − This setting has the following options –
Comment author must
fill out name and e-mail − When you check this box, it is mandatory for
visitors to fill their name and email address.
Users must be
registered and logged in to comment − If you check this box, only those
registered visitors can leave comments, if not checked anyone can leave any
number of comments.
Automatically close
comments on articles older than days − This option allows you to accept
comments only for a particular time period as per your wish.
Enable threaded
(nested) comments − When you check this option, visitors can reply or have
a discussion and get responses.
Break comments into pages with top level comments per page
and the page displayed by default − If your pages are getting a lot of comments
then you can split them into different pages by checking this box.
Comments should be displayed with the comments at the top of
each page − You can arrange the comments in the form of ascending or descending
order.
Email me whenever
− This setting contains two options, namely −
Anyone posts a comment − When you check into this box, the
author gets an e-mail for every single comment that is posted.
A comment is held for moderation − This is used in case you
do not want your comment to be updated before it's moderated by the
admin.Before a comment appears − This setting allows how your posts are
controlled. There are two more settings as followed −
Comment author must have a previously approved comment −
This can be checked when you want to approve a comment of an author whose has
commented and his e-mail address matches the e-mail address of the previous
posted comment. Otherwise the comment is held for moderation.
Comment Moderation
− Contain only a specific number of links that are allowed into a comment.
Comment Blacklist
− You can input your own spam words which you do not want your visitors to
enter into the comments, URL, e-mail etc.
Avatars − Avatar
is a small image that displays at the top-right-hand corner of the dashboard
screen beside your name. It is like your profile picture. Here you have a few
more options where you can set your avatar for WordPress site.
Avatar Display −
It displays your avatar besides your name when it is checked.
Maximum rating −
You have a four other options of avatars you can use. They are G, PG, R and X.
This is the age section where you select according to which type of audience
you want to display your posts.
Default Avatar −
In this option, there are few more types of avatars with images; you can keep
these avatars according to your visitors e-mail address.
Step (3) − Click
on Save Changes button to save the changes.
In this chapter, we will study about Media Settings in
WordPress. It is used to set the height and width of the images which you're
going to use on your website.
Wordpress Media
Setting
Step (1) − Click
on Settings → Media option in WordPress.
Step (2) − The
Media Settings page is displayed .
In this chapter, we will learn about Permalink settings in
WordPress. Permalink is a permanent link to a particular blog post or category.
It allows setting the default permalink structure. These settings are used to
add permalinks to your posts in WordPress. Following are the steps to access
permalink settings.
Here are a few settings you can make −
Common settings −
Check any of the radio buttons to choose your permalink
structure for your blogs
Default − It sets
the default URL structure in Wordpress.
Day and name − It
sets URL structure according to the date and name in your posts.
Month and name −
It sets the URL structure according to the month and name in your post.
Numeric − It sets
numbers in the URL structure in your post.
Post name − It
sets post name in the URL structure in your post.
Optional
These are optional. You can add custom structure for main
category or tag URL. If your text box is empty then default settings is used.
Here you have two options.
Category Base −
Add custom prefix for your category URL.
Tag Base − Add
custom prefix to your Tags URL.
Step (3) − Once
you are done with changes, click on Save Changes button to save the permalink
settings.
In this chapter, we will study how to use plugins in your
WordPress site. Plugin allows to easily modify, customize or enhance WordPress
blog or post. The WordPress Plugin is a software that can be uploaded to expand
the functionality of the site. They add services or features to WordPress blog.
Plugins are used to make your work easier. Following are the simple steps to
add plugins.
Step (1) − On the
left side bar, Click on Plugins → Installed Plugins as shown in the screen.
Wordpress Plugin
Settings
Step (2) − The
following page appears.
In this section, you can view the already installed plugins.
Step (3) − Click
on → Plugins → Add New menu .
Step (4) − A list
of plugins appears that are used in WordPress. Here you can directly install
plugins from the available list or you can upload it by clicking on Upload
Plugin.
When you click on Upload Plugin you'll get the following
page.
Click on Browse, it goes back to the page where
you can select plugins from WordPress site. And if you click on Choose File,
you can add files from your system. Otherwise, you can directly choose the
plugin that you need and click on Install
now .
When you click on Install Now, the package starts to download
and gets installed. Then, click on Activate plugin to active that plugin to use
in WordPress.
After clicking on
Activate Plugin you'll get a message
as Plugin activated and you can also find the installed plugin in the list.
Below the plugin activated message, you can view few options
such as All, Active, Inactive and Update available.
When we click on Inactive, the plugins which are available
but are not activated gets displayed. You can activate this plugin by clicking
on Activate.
When you click on Update available, you'll get a list of
plugins that must be updated. Click on Update and you get a message as Updated.
Click on Bulk Actions and select any of the options. Click
on Apply button to update, delete, activate or deactivate each of the plugins
by checking the boxes.
In Search Installed Plugins you can just type your plugin
name in the text box that is already installed and click on the Search
Installed Plugins button.
When you click on the Search installed Plugin button you get
the following page with your respective plugin.
Step (5) − Click
on Plugins → Editor from the side bar.
Step (6) − The
following page gets displayed.
This page lets you edit your plugins. A few options are
explained.
Select plugin to edit
− Allows you to select a plugin from the dropdown and edit it.
Documentation −
Allows you to select the tools from the dropdown to edit the plugin.
Plugin files −
Allows you to select files from the list and edit accordingly.
Finally, after editing the plugin files, click on Update file.
In this chapter, we will study about how to Add Categories
in WordPress. Category is used to indicate sections of your site and group
related posts. It sorts the group content into different sections. It is a very
convenient way to organize the posts.
To access the
Category section, follows the mentioned steps −
Step (1) − Click
on Posts → Categories option in WordPress.
WordPress add
category
Step (2) − The
Categories page is displayed.
Name − Enter the
unique name of categories.
Slug − A word
chosen to describe your post. It is specified in the tags URL.
Parent − By
selecting the parent category from dropdown, you can set the particular
category as sub-category or can keep it as None.
Description − Add
brief description of your category. It is optional.
Step (3) − After
filling all the information about Categories, click on Add New Category button.
Step (4) − After
clicking on Add New Category, the new created category will get displayed on
the right side of the page.
In this chapter, we will study how to Add Pages into the
WordPress. Adding pages is similar to adding posts in WordPress. Pages are
static content and often do not change its displayed information.
Following are the
simple steps to add pages in WordPress.
Step (1) − Click
on Pages → Add New as shown in the following screenshot.
Step (2) − You
will get the editor page as seen in the following screenshot. The editor page
has two tabs, Visual and Text. You can insert text in either of these. Here,
we'll study about inserting text into Visual format.
Following are the
details of the fields on editor page of the Add New Page.
Title
It is used to write the title of the article, which is later
displayed on the page.
Permalink shows the potential URL for the page below the
title. The URL generates as per the given title.
WordPress Add Pages
WYSIWYG Editor
It is a WYSIWYG Editor, which is similar to a word processor
interface where you can edit the contents of the article.
Following are the options present of WYSIWYG editor −
Bold Button −
Used to bold your font.
Italic − Used to
italicize the font.
Word Strike −
Strikes through the content.
Bullet List −
Adds bullets to content.
Number List − Adds
numbers to the list of the content.
Horizontal Line −
Creates a horizontal line between sentences.
Left Align − Sets
the content on the left side of the page.
Right Align −
Sets the content to the right side of the page.
Justify −
Justifies the content of the page.
Add Link − Adds a
link to your content. When you click on this button, the following page gets
displayed.
Following are the fields present in the Insert/edit link.
URL − Enter URL
you want to link.
Link text −
Insert text you want to enter into the link.
Open link in a new window/tab − Open your link page into the
new tab or window. Check the box as required.
Or link to existing account − Links to an existing content
page by selecting the page from the given list. When you click on existing page
then you get a link created in the URL section .
Remove Link −
Deletes the particular link added for text or content.
Read more tag −
Adds Read More tag to your page.
Toolbar toggle −
Clicking on this you get another list of toolbar.
Paragraph −
Selects the headings as required for the text from the dropdown.
Underline −
Underlines the sentences.
Justify −
Justifies your content.
Text Color − Sets
color for words or sentences.
Paste as Text −
Pastes your text.
Clear Formatting
− Deletes selected content.
Special character
− Inserts special characters needed in your content.
Increase Indent −
Increases the indent of the page.
Decrease Indent −
Decreases the indent of the page.
Undo − Reverses
the most recent editing command.
Redo − Opposite
of undo, restores the most recent editing command.
Text Insertion
For writing the content of an article.
Publish
To publish the page to the user on the website.
Page Attribute
Page attributes module allows you to select the parents for
your particular page. You can also set order of the pages.
Parent − Allows
you to select parent page.
Order − Sets the
order of the page.
Featured Images
Includes the images in the pages.
Tag is a small information attached to the main content or
post for the purpose of identification. It tells the visitors what actually the
post is about. If the tag is mentioned properly then it helps to find the
content very easily.
Following are the steps to Add Tags in WordPress.
Step (1) − Click
on Posts → Tags in WordPress.
WordPress Add Tags
Step (2) − The
Tags page is displayed.
Following are the
details of the fields on Tags.
Name − Enter the
name of tags.
Slug − A word
chosen to describe your post. It is specified in the tags URL.
Description − Add
brief description of your tag. It gets displayed when you hover on the tag.
After filling all the information about Tags, click on Add
New Tag button.
Step (3) − The
new created tags will get displayed on the right side of the page .
In this chapter, we will learn to Add Links in WordPress
pages. Link is a connection from one resource to another. Adding links to your
pages or blog posts help you to connect to other pages.
Step (1) − Click
on Pages → All Pages in WordPress.
Step (2) − List
of pages created in WordPress will get displayed as shown in the following
screen. Select any of the pages to add links inside it. Here, we are going to
add links in About Us page.
Step (3) − Select
any of the sentence or word where you want to add link. Here, we will add link
to the word Lorem.
Step (4) − When
you click on the Insert/Edit link symbol then the following pop window gets displayed.
Following are the
fields present in the Insert/edit link.
URL − Enter URL
you want to link.
Link text −
Insert text you want to enter into the link.
Open link in a new window/tab − Open your link page into the
new tab or window. Check the box as required.
Or link to existing account − Add links to an existing
content page by selecting the page from the given list. Click on Or link to
existing account and the list of pages and posts gets displayed .
WordPress Add Links
After selecting the particular page or post from the list,
the links get created in the URL field as seen in the preceding screen. Click on Add Link.
Step (5) − When
you hover on the word Lorem then the link tooltip gets displayed .
Click on Update button to update the changes in
your page or post.
In this chapter, we will learn to Add Comments in WordPress.
Adding comments allows your visitors to have a discussion with you. Comments
are approved by the admin and then posted to be discussed further.
Following are the
steps to add comments to your blog posts.
Step (1) − Click
on Pages → All Pages in WordPress.
Step (2) − The
list of pages created in WordPress will get displayed as seen in the following
screen. Select any of the pages you want to add comments to. Here, we are going
to add comment in About Us page. Click on About Us.
Step (3) − To add
a comment on this page, click on Screen options present at the top right hand
corner
Step (4) − The
dropdown list of Screen Option gets displayed. Check the Discussion and
Comments box .
Step (5) − You
can now view the Discussion and Comments box at the bottom of your page.
In the Discussion
section, there are two options present −
Allow Comments −
Allows visitors to comment on your blog posts and pages.
Allow trackbacks and
pingbacks on this page − Allows visitors to give pings and trackbacks.
In the Comment section, you can add comments by clicking on
Add Comment button.
Step (6) − Click
on Update button after adding the comment box.
In this chapter, we will study how to View Plugins in
WordPress. It helps you to enable and disable WordPress Plugins. This adds the
unique features to an existing web site. Plugins extend and enlarge the
functionality of WordPress.
Following are the simple steps to View Plugins in WordPress.
Step (1) − Click
on Plugins → Installed Plugins in WordPress administrator.
WordPress View
Plugins
Step (2) − You
will see the list of existing plugins on your site as seen in the following
screen.
A table of Plugin and Description is displayed. Names of the
plugins are defined in Plugin column and a brief description about the plugin
is defined under Description column.
TOOLBAR
Following functions appear as Plugin toolbar options on the
page −
Active − Shows
the active plugins on the website.
Inactive − Shows
the installed but inactive plugins on the website.
Update Available
− Shows, if a new version is available or asks to update now.
In this chapter, we will study how to install plugins in
WordPress. It is really easy to install plugins. All the plugins are free to
download; the only condition is that a plugin must be in the WordPress
directory.
Following are the simple steps to Install Plugins in
WordPress.
Step (1) − Click
on Plugins → Add New in WordPress.
wordPress install
plugins
Step (2) − Enter
your required plugin name in the search box as shown in the following screen.
List of plugins which are relevant to the plugins name will get .
Select the required plugin you want to use. Here, we have
searched All in one SEO Pack plugin, which happens to be the first plugin as
shown in the preceding screen. Click on install now button to install the
plugin on your website.
Step (3) − The
plugins automatically start downloading and installing.
Click on Activate Plugin to activate the plugin on your
website, which makes your task much easier using this plugin.
Step (4) − Once
activated, you will see the installed plugin in the list of plugins .
In this chapter, we will study how to Customize Plugins in
WordPress without writing any HTML or CSS. It's usually a large addition for
multi-user sites. This new method allows you to customize your login page by
using the WordPress theme customizer (no coding skills required).
Following are the
simple steps to Customize Plugins in WordPress.
Step (1) − Click
on Plugins → Add New.
Step (2) − Install
and activate the Custom Login Page Customizer Plugin.
Step (3) − Click
on Appearance → Login Customize section.
Step (4) − Click
on Start Customizing button to proceed further.
Step (5) − It
will launch the built-in WordPress theme customizer. You can customize the
theme and make it look the way you want.
Click on the new Login Customizer tab in the side
panel. Login customizer page will get displayed. On the login customizer page,
you can customize your login page in the same way as you customize your
WordPress theme.
Step (6) − The
customized login page will appear as shown in the following screen.
Logo − Upload
logo of your choice to replace the default WordPress logo.
Background − Add
background image or you can choose a background color of your choice.
Form Background −
Select form background image or color for login form container of your choice.
Most of the selections in the customizer panel are
transparent. You can check all the selections in the customizer to adjust the
setting as per your requirement of your login page. Click on Save and Publish
button.
In this chapter, we will study how to Add users to your
WordPress blog or website. When users register on your WordPress blog or
website, you get an e-mail notification, so you always know when new users
register, and you can then get into your Dashboard and edit the users’ role.
Following are the
simple steps to Add Users in WordPress.
Step (1) − Click
on Users → Add New in WordPress.
Step (2) − You
can fill the user detail on the Add New User page. Fill in all the required
fields (as seen in the following screen) to proceed further.
Username (required)
− Enter the unique username, which you want to display on website.
E-mail (required)
− Enter the valid e-mail address. The user receives notifications from the site
at this e-mail address.
First Name − Enter
the user’s first name.
Last Name − Enter
the user’s last name.
Website − Enter
the URL for the user’s website.
Password (required)
− Enter the password.
Repeat Password
(required) − Repeat the same password as the previous password for
authentication.
Send Password −
Send password to the New User by e-mail checkbox. The user will receive an
e-mail with the new password.
Role − Select the
particular role from the dropdown, i.e., Subscriber, Contributor, Author,
Editor, or Administrator.
Click on Add New User button to add user to your
users list.
Step (3) − You
can view the user list to see whether the users have been added. A message will
be displayed as New User Created.
In this chapter, we will learn about Theme management. It
includes image files, templates, CSS stylesheets, etc. that can help to make
your website look great. This chapter discusses how to install, add new, or
customize themes in WordPress.
Following are the
steps for Theme Management.
Step (1) − Select
Appearance → Themes from the dashboard.
Step (2) − The
following screen will be displayed. Hover over any theme and click on Theme
Details.
Step (3) − When
you click on Theme Detail the following page appears. It consists of details
related to the theme. Details like version, description, tags etc.
If you want to add this theme to your page/website then
click on Activate, and if you want to just check the theme, then click on Live
preview.
If you click on activate then you get a pop-up message
as −
Step (4) − Click
on Customize.
Step (5) − On the
left side of the page, you can customize your theme. Any changes you make or
anything new you add is displayed on the right side of the page.
We will learn about customizing the appearance of the themes
in the next chapter i.e.; WordPress Customize Theme.
In this chapter, we will learn how to customize themes.
Customizing themes help you to give a new look to your website. Here you can
change background images/colors, add titles, and do much more.
Following are the
steps of Customize theme.
Step (1) − Click
on Appearance → Customize.
Step (2) − The
following screen will be displayed.
As can be seen, on the left side we have the customizing
section, and on the right side we have the theme you have chosen. So any
changes you make on the left side will be displayed on the right side of the
page. Here are a few options you must know −
Active theme − In
this section, you can change the current theme just by clicking on ‘Change’.
When you click on
‘Change’ you get a list of themes,
click on any of the themes, and then click ‘Save & Continue’. Your theme
will be saved.
Site Title &
Tagline − In this section, you can add the site title and tagline you want
to add to your website.
Add your title name in the ‘Site Title’ section. And your
tagline in the ‘Tagline’ box.
Colors − You can
change your header text color using this section. As you scroll through the
colors you find changes happening on the right side of your page. You can even
add a color of your own into the box that is situated in between ‘Current
color’ and ‘Default’.
Header Image −
Add a header image either by selecting from the suggestions or you can add an
image of your own by clicking on ‘Add new image’.
Widgets − Add
widgets to your site from here.
When you click on the
arrow mark the following image appears.
Here, there are two options −
First is the ‘Main Widget Area’, when you click on this you
get another list of widgets that are to be displayed in the footer area.
When you click on any of the widgets a dropdown appears
where you can edit more or add more. For example − If you want to add
categories then the following image appears.
In this image, as you can see, you can add your category in
the ‘Title’section. Check any of the
required boxes. If you do not want to add any, then say ‘Remove’. Same goes for
other widgets too.
Secondary Widget
− Here you must click on ‘Add a widget’ and you get a side bar with a list of
different widgets. Click on any and it adds up to your widget list.
If you want to add more widgets then click on ‘Add a widget’
again and you can add as many widgets as you want.
Static Front −
Select either latest posts or static front page for your site.