WordPress admin dashboard is the place where you can manage all your activities starting from creating a simple post to managing multi-site network. Over the period of time the administrator interface of the self-hosted WordPress site has been improved a lot. When we write this article with the beta version of WordPress 4.2 there are quite a lot things you can do it in the front end with lot more ideas for improvements still can make users life easy.
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Basics of WordPress Admin Panel Interface
Once you installed WordPress on your domain successfully you can access your site’s administrative area (something like a control panel) by appending “/wp-admin/” or “login” to your site URL as below:
http://yoursitename.com/wp-admin/
http://yoursitename.com/login/
WordPress Admin Interface Screen
Admin interface consisting of below panels.
- Top admin bar showing options to view the site and few icons as a quick launch.
- Menu items with the mouse over fly out sub-menus.
- Display area shows the dashboard content based on the chosen menu.
WordPress Admin Toolbar
WordPress admin interface contains a simple top bar called admin bar having a few useful icons.
| Icon / Link | Sub-menu | Description |
|---|---|---|
| WordPress | · About WordPress · WordPress.org · Documentation · Support Forums · Feedback | Check details of the installed WordPress version. Resource Links to WordPress.org site. |
| Home | Visit home page of you site. | |
| Updates | View available updates for WordPress version, themes and plugins. | |
| Comments | Shows comments waiting for moderation. | |
| + New | · Post · Media · Page · User | Add new post, media file, page or user. |
| Username | · User Profile | View user profile and log out from the admin interface. |
| · Log out |
Menus and Sub-menus
There are certain menus appear by default with your WordPress installation and there will be new menus added based on your theme’s and plugin’s settings. Below are the details of menus available in the WordPress admin interface and what can you do with it.
| Menu | Sub-menu | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dashboard | · Home · Updates | Dashboard view showing quick links and available updates. |
| Posts | · All Posts · Add New · Categories · Tags | Create posts, categories and tags. |
| Media | · Library · Add New | Upload and manage files like images, videos, audios, PDF, etc. |
| Pages | · All Pages · Add New | Create pages. |
| Comments | Manage comments like approve, reject or delete. | |
| Appearance | · Themes · Customize · Widgets · Menus · Header · Background · Editor | Customizing themes, widgets, menus, etc. Editor allows you to edit core theme files. |
| Plugins | · Installed Plugins · Add New · Editor | Install and customize plugins. Editor allows you to edit plugin core files. |
| Users | · All Users · Add New · Your Profile | User management for multiple users. |
| Tools | · Available Tools · Import · Export | Site import and export options for site migration. |
| Settings | · General · Reading · Writing · Discussion · Media · Permalinks | Overall site settings to control the behavior. |
| Collapse Menu | Expand or collapse the menus to make the display area wider. |
Learn more on WordPress admin panel settings menu options.
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