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WordPress: Pages

Home » WordPress: Pages
Estimated Reading Time
15-20 minutes
Last UpdatedSeptember 26, 2019
Prerequisites

Department, or center, website must be running on WordPress.

Table of Contents
  1. Summary
    1. Details
  2. Managing Pages
    1. Pages Menu
    2. Pages List
    3. Quick Edit
  3. Creating Pages
    1. Ways to Create a New Page
      1. 1. Admin Menu
      2. 2. Existing Page
      3. 3. Admin Bar
    2. Customizing the Permalink (URL)
    3. Adding Page Content
    4. Screen Options
    5. Discussion
    6. Featured Image
    7. Page Attributes
    8. Publish

Summary

The ability to quickly and easily make (and edit) pages for a website is crucial, and thankfully WordPress makes this process very simple. This guide will cover the various aspects of page management and page attributes within WordPress.

Details

Length: 20 minutes
Updated: August 10, 2015
Required: Department, or center, website must be running on WordPress.

Managing Pages

Pages Menu

Once logged into WordPress you can see a list of all pages for a website by clicking on the Pages (or All Pages) link from the left side admin menu.

Screenshot of pages menu in wordpress

Pages List

On the Pages screen you will see a list of alphabetically arranged (unless the Order is set on a page attribute) list of all pages for the website.

Note that if there are many pages the list will likely be broken up into pages (1-30, 31-60, etc). To change how many pages are shown per page click the Screen Options button in the top right corner and enter a different number into the "number of items per page" box.

Screenshot to adding new post in WordPress

Quick Edit

For each page in the list there is the option of making a quick edit by hovering the mouse over the row for the page and clicking the Quick Edit link.

Screenshot to quick edit a post

From the Quick Edit panel you can make various changes to the publish settings and page attributes without needing to open the full edit screen, which can be a huge time saver when needing to make changes to multiple pages.

Screenshot of quick edit options

Creating Pages

Ways to Create a New Page

1. Admin Menu

Create a new page by clicking "Add New" under the Pages menu.

screen shot of pages menu

2. Existing Page

From the Pages list screen or when editing an existing page there is an "Add New" button at the top of the screen so multiple pages can easily be created in quick succession after setting a page title.

Screenshot of button to add new page from existing page

3. Admin Bar

Any time you're logged into WordPress the Admin Bar will be visible along the top edge of the screen and from there you can select "New" and then click "Page".

screenshot of add new page menu

Customizing the Permalink (URL)

By default WordPress will create a permalink based on the title of the page, however this can be customized. For pages with long titles this is especially important to keep the URL short and easy to remember if visitors are being directed to the specific URL. Once a Page title has been set the Permalink will display just below and can be edited by clicking the Edit button.

screenshot of option to customize the url

Adding Page Content

Once a new page has been created you will want to begin adding content. You can do this using the main visual editor pictured below. 

Note that you will likely want to click the "Toggle Toolbar" button near the right end of the editor buttons. This will show the second row of editor buttons and will most importantly expose the text format drop-down menu, which can be used to set heading sizes.

screenshot of textarea for new page

Screen Options

In order to follow some of the guide steps below the Screen Options will need to be checked for "Page Attributes", "Featured Image", and "Discussion".

screenshot of screen options

Discussion

The discussion panel controls whether comments and trackbacks are allowed on the page. Comments allow guests to leave messages on the page in response to the page content. Trackbacks are similar to contents, but are used to create links between websites when someone mentions the page from anther website. Generally comments are disabled for pages, but there are situations where having them enabled may be useful.

screenshot of discussion options

The discussion panel controls whether comments and trackbacks are allowed on the page. Comments allow guests to leave messages on the page in response to the page content. Trackbacks are similar to contents, but are used to create links between websites when someone mentions the page from anther website. Generally comments are disabled for pages, but there are situations where having them enabled may be useful.

Featured Image

If the website support it, a Featured Image can be added which is generally displayed as a banner across the top of the page.

screenshot to add featured option

Page Attributes

Parent: In order to group pages together you can set multiple pages to have the same parent page.

Template: If the website supports it, a custom page template can be set on a page-by-page basis. Generally the page template title will describe the intended functionality that it provides.

Order: Pages are usually ordered alphabetically, but you can choose your own order by entering a number (1 for first, etc.) in this field.

screenshot to add page attributes

Publish

Status: Can be set to "Draft", "Pending Review", or "Published".

Visibility: Can be set to "Public", "Password Protected", or "Private". Private pages can only be seen by those who are logged into WordPress.

Published on: Can be set to "Immediately" or a specific date.

Screenshot - to publish changes
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