To add a post, go to Posts→Add New. You can add content to your post just as you would for a page, typing (or copying-and-pasting) text.
One key difference between posts and pages is that posts must have a category. You can set this in the post settings on the right-hand side of your screen:
Using WordPress categories, with the category Blogging checked
Tip: Experienced with old-style website building and want to get hands-on with coding? You can use HTML in your blog post by adding a Custom HTML block or by editing a block as HTML. You can add CSS under Block→Advanced on the right-hand side.
With the proliferation of AI blogging, be sure to check out these guides & free tools of mine:
Free AI Article Writer Tool (AI-Powered) SEO Blog Posts
Free Blog Idea Generator Tool to Get Unlimited Blog Ideas
Free AI-Powered Blog Title Generator for Creative Headline Ideas
Free Keyword Research Tool for Bloggers, Writers & Content Marketers
Free AI Paragraph Rewriter Tool (to Reword Your Paragraphs)
Meta Description Generator to Write Smart SEO Descriptions
AI Blogging Guide: How to Use AI for Your Blog (Thoughtfully)
16 Best AI Blogging Tools to Use This Year
14 Best AI SEO Tools for Bloggers to Get More Search Traffic
23 Top AI Tools and Apps for Content Creators
15 Best AI Writing Tools for Bloggers and Writers
Adding Images to Your Post
It’s a really good idea to add at least one image to your blog post. Images argentina phone number resource to catch the reader’s eye and break up your post to make it more readable.
Free photos from sites like Pixabay and Unsplash work well for many blog posts. (Just make sure you’re only sourcing images from sites that allow these images to be freely used on blogs.)
For tutorials or software reviews, you could add screenshots. If you’re writing a tutorial for a recipe or DIY project, you may want to include your own step-by-step photos.
To add an image to your post, type /image and select from the options that appear. In most cases, the “Image” block will work best, but if you want to display text alongside the image, choose “Media and Text.” You might also want to create a gallery of images.
Screenshot showing how to add an image to a WordPress post using the Image block
Tip: If you’ve installed and activated the TinyPNG plugin that I recommended above, the plugin will automatically optimize your images as you upload them.
Customizing Your WordPress Theme
To add a post, go to Posts→Add New. You can
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