WordPress Articles
What they are and how to create them effectively
WordPress Articles
You've just opened your new website, installed WordPress and opened your dashboard, but you don't know which of the many entries to use to create your blog.
In this article we will explore how to write a post on WordPress and how WordPress posts need to be structured to be effective.
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What are WordPress posts?
Articles in WordPress are dynamic elements, designed to provide the reader with detailed information on specific topics. This content appears in chronological order on your blog page, usually with the most recent post at the top.
An interesting aspect of WordPress is the ability to enable i comments on posts, encouraging interaction with the public.
Let's remember that when we talk about WordPress, we mean the version of the CMS (content management system) of WordPress.org, which is to be distinguished from the similar but substantially different WordPress.com. You can read more in depth this article.
How to write an article on WordPress step by step
First of all, after logging in to WordPress you will find yourself in the Dashboard.
In the left column click on ARTICLES -> ADD NEW
You will now find yourself inside the WordPress editor, called Gutenberg. This editor works in "blocks": each element, such as paragraphs, images, videos, titles is represented by a separate block.
This way you can drag and drop these blocks into the content, rearrange them and customize them with intuitive formatting tools.
Add the title
First thing to do, we need to enter our title: the title is an element fundamental because not only can it entice your readers to read the entire article, but it also tells Google what the subject, the theme, of your WordPress article is.
The title will be displayed as H1: this is of great importance for SEO, given that the H1 is considered the main title by search engines.
How to write an article on WordPress: first add the title
Add content
Once you've entered the title, let's move on to the content: you can immediately type some text in the line under the title
Or you can choose from the many elements that WordPress makes available for its articles. By pressing the + button you will have some more common elements available
And by pressing BROWSE ALL it will be possible to see all the available elements.
You can continue adding items by simply pressing the + button
Add the details
Once the content has been added, there are some steps left to do before publishing the article: now we will analyze the fundamental steps.
Schedule the publication date and time
In the right column, you can choose when publish the article. You can publish your WordPress articles immediately or do it to one future date and time. This feature is very convenient if you have a strong editorial plan with regular publications.
How to write an article on WordPress: publish immediately or schedule publication
Categories
In a WordPress article, a “category” it's one classification assigned to the article to organize and categorize it. Categories are a way to group articles based on the topics or areas of interest on your website.
For example, if your site is about cooking, you might have categories like “Pasta recipes” o “Sweets”.
By assigning a category to a WordPress post, you are indicating what the post is about. This makes it easier navigation for your site visitors, as they can search and find articles related to a specific topic by selecting a category of interest to them.
Categories also help search engines to better understand the content of the site and index it correctly.
How to write an article on WordPress: add a category!
Tag
In a WordPress article, a “tag” is a key word or short expression that describes more detailed the content.
Unlike categories, which are used to organize articles into broad subject areas, tags are more specific and provide additional details.
For example, if you have a travel blog and post about a trip to Paris, you might use tags like “Paris,” “Torre Eiffel,” “Coffee,” “Until,” etc., to identify the specific elements covered in the article.
Search engines can use tags for understand the content better of the article and index it appropriately in search results.
How to write an article on WordPress: add tags!
Featured image
This is the image that represents your WordPress post, and which will also appear when it share I'm social.
The ideal dimensions of a featured image also change depending on the theme used, but in general, for a clear image, we can recommend using the dimensions 1200X630 pixels.
In WordPress articles it is always good to add a featured image
Summary
Il “Summary” in an article WordPress is a content extract of the article. It is used to provide readers with a preview or general idea of the content of the article before reading it completely.
The summary is visible on the archives page, where other articles are listed, helping visitors decide whether they want to read the full article, and often also in the results pages of search engines or on shares of the article on social media.
We recommend using around 160 characters to write the summary of your WordPress posts. This length is enough to give a clear idea of the content without revealing too much or too little.
If you do not enter a summary, WordPress may generate automatically a summary based on the content of the article, but it is always best to personalize it to ensure it reflects the content of your article.
Publication
Once you have entered the title, content and all the ancillary details, you are ready to publish your first article by pressing the button PUBLIC top right!
Once your WordPress articles are published, you can choose whether to copy the URL for sharing, view the article live or simply close the window.
Conclusions
These are the basic steps on how to write an article in WordPress but the possibilities for customizing and adding elements are truly numerous.
To have a successful blog, it is essential to have an editorial plan and publish your content regularly.
We also recommend starting to study writing immediately SEO oriented, i.e. how to best serve your WordPress articles to search engines.
It is also important to avoid the so-called block or wall of text, i.e. an article without paragraphs and without spaces: attention span on the web is incredibly low, and an article composed only of text discourages any reader.
Usa i vari subtitles, H2, H3 and so on, lists numbered, bulleted lists, do not write sentences longer than a few lines and remember to leave a interspazio between one paragraph and another.
Insert into text link to external sources as well as links to your other articles, this helps to be discovered by search engines but also to create a good infrastructure, keeping the reader within your site.
Do you have more questions about how to write a WordPress post? Write it in the comments below!
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