WordPress Glossary Of Terms

WordPress appearance is a menu selection that allows you to access all the aspects that design your website. Within the Appearance menu, you can access your theme and editor.

WordPress uses author to refer to anyone who can create, edit, and publish pages or posts on your website. Author is simply a user role on the website that designates what a user can or cannot do.

Blocks on WordPress are the components that make up your page’s layout. You can use blocks to customize the layout of your web pages and posts.

The editor on WordPress is what you’ll use to edit all the content on your website, including on all pages and posts. You’ll be using the block editor that allows you to customize the blocks that make up your pages and posts.

A blog is a hub on your website for publishing regular posts or articles that you can share on social media and with email subscribers.

A category on WordPress is used for grouping broad topics of your blog posts or pages. You can find it in your menu on your dashboard.

Comments on WordPress only appear for blog posts and only if you turn them on in the menu tab on your blog post editor page. You can view all your comments by clicking the comment tab on your admin dashboard.

Content on WordPress is anything you publish on your site from videos to blogs to pages and everything in-between.

Your admin dashboard is your control panel and hub for your WordPress website. From there, you can access your main menu bar and all the settings and controls you need to make your site.

A domain is the name people use to get to your website. For example, joesbigpatties.com is a domain name.

Discussion can be found in the settings menu of your dashboard. With the discussion settings, you can control things like comment settings and moderation.

A featured image is the main image used for a blog post or page and is selected from your media library. Your featured image is the image displayed on any social media shares, previews, and search engines.

The footer on your WordPress site appears at the bottom of your live pages and shows widgets that you select to display.

General can be found in the Settings menu of your dashboard. With general settings, you can customize the title of your website, tag, URL, and more.

Your header is everything at the top of your website above the main content of the page or post. For example, you can put a menu or identifying information like your website’s title.

A homepage is the main page of your website and is often the first page that visitors land on.

A landing page (sometimes called a cover page) is a simple page on your website that only has one purpose, often to encourage visitors to buy something.

Media can be found in the Settings menu of your dashboard. With your media settings, you can control everything from images to video, including archives and spreadsheets.

WordPress allows you to upload and edit images and other media for your website into the media library.

WordPress has two types of menus: admin and visitor. You can control the display and visuals of the menu your visitors see on your website, but you cannot control the admin menu.

On WordPress, a page (sometimes called web page) is an online document showing content on your website, like your homepage, contact us page, or about us page.

Patterns or block patterns are pre-designed block formats that you can insert onto your WordPress pages or posts. You can access patterns from your post or page menu by selecting the plus sign or toggle block inserter.

WordPress permalinks settings can be found in the Settings menu of your admin dashboard. With permalinks settings, you can design how your URLs appear in the browser.

Plugins are online applications or software that you can install on your website to perform certain functions or tasks. You can access and choose from plugins through your admin dashboard.

A post or blog post is text, video, or any other form of content that you publish on a regular basis for subscribers or visitors to your website.

WordPress post excerpt is an optional text display you can include with posts that gives readers an excerpt or sample of your post. The post excerpt will show up on social shares, search engines, and your blog.

WordPress post summary allows you to choose post visibility, publish date, template, and URL. You can use the post summary to schedule posts or lock posts for certain visitors.

Your post settings on WordPress allows you to select your categories, tags, feature image, excerpt, and more, along with allowing you to do more fine tuning of your blocks. You can access post settings from your post or page menu on the upper right hand side by clicking the notepad icon.

WordPress post tools is a toggle switch that allows you to select how you wish to interact with the blocks on your post or page. You can access post tools from your post or page top menu by clicking the pencil icon.

WordPress post visibility allows you to choose who can view your post or page and is accessed through your post summary.

With WordPress preview, you can view any page or post before you hit the publish button and see how it’ll appear on a desktop, tablet, or mobile device.

A privacy policy is a type of page on your website that details how your website collects, uses, and stores visitors information or data.

Privacy settings can be found in the Settings menu of your dashboard. With your privacy settings, you can control your site’s visibility, with options to make the site public or private.

WordPress reading settings can be found in the Settings menu of your dashboard. Reading settings allow you to manage how your blog posts appear and adjust your homepage settings.

WordPress admin screen options allow you to select what you see on your dashboard. You can find your screen options at the top of the admin dashboard home screen.

SEO or search engine optimization is the process of making your site rank well in search results.

WordPress settings allow you to access all your website setting menus like reading, general, and privacy. You can use your settings menu to customize the settings of your website.

Your website’s sidebar, if turned on and applicable, displays widgets and menus you select on any page or post.

WordPress site editor allows you customize the design and layout of your whole site based on its theme.

Tags can be found in the post menu of your admin dashboard and in your post and page edit view. With tags, you can categorize your website’s content by broad topics that make it easy for you and your readers to find information on your website.

A WordPress template determines how your page or post is laid out.

A WordPress theme is the visual display of your website. You can select from hundreds of pre-built themes to help you design your website.

WordPress’s toggle block inserter is the menu that allows you to add patterns, blocks, and media on your pages or posts. You can find the toggle block inserter on your page or post edit view in the upper left-hand side using the plus icon.

WordPress website tools allow you to work on your website’s health and other factors like importing and exporting.

URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator and is the sequence of characters that make up a web address.

Users are people who can log in to your WordPress site, often with the ability to make edits. They have certain roles like admin, visitor, or writer.

A widget is a application or component you can add to your website header, footer, or sidebar for a particular purpose like gathering emails or directing people to your social media pages.

WordPress admin is your online office to your website that allows you to control pages, posts, and settings.

Your WordPress writing settings can be found in the Settings menu of your admin dashboard. With your writing settings, you can manage how your blog posts are sent out, categorized, and more.