The Settings option in the Menu of the Wordpress administrator Dashboard allows you to setup and configure many different aspects of your website or blog.
In fact there are so many different settings you could use that often it is difficult to remember what is actually available and more importantly where it is you have to go to change a particular setting.
With this summary review of the Wordpress settings you should be able to find the setting you are looking for that much quicker. Clicking around in the admin dashboard looking for a setting can waste a lot of time – better you know where you are going before you start!
General Settings
- Blog Title
- Tag Line
- WordPress address (URL)
- Blog address (URL)
- E-mail address
- Membership
- New User Default Role
- Timezone
- Date Format
- Time Format
- Week Starts On
Writing Settings
- Size of the post box
- Formatting
- Default Post Category
- Default Link Category
- Remote Publishing
- Atom Publishing Protocol
- XML-RPC
- Post via e-mail
- Mail Server
- Login Name
- Password
- Default Mail Category
- Update Services
- Pinging
Reading Settings
- Front page displays
- Blog pages show at most
- Syndication feeds show the most recent
- For each article in a feed, show
- Encoding for pages and feeds
Discussion Settings
- Default article settings
- Other comment settings
- E-mail me whenever
- Before a comment appears
- Comment Moderation
Media Settings
- Thumbnail size
- Medium size
- Large size
Privacy Settings
- Blog Visibility
Permalink Settings
- Common settings
- Optional
Miscellaneous Settings
- Uploading Files
- Store uploads in this folder
- Full URL path to files
- Other options
NOTE: You will also probably see options for configuring settings etc for any plugins you may have activated for your Wordpress site listed under the Settings option in the admin dashboard menu.
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When you start out learning Wordpress the number of settings and configurations options can be confusing and overwhelming. I found that by using a list like this when I started out it did actually make the learning curve that much shorter.
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