Learn how to Create a Page in WordPress and start customizing your site to the look you want.
Login & Look at the Options on the Left Hand Column
Under the “Pages” Tab, click “Add New”
Fill in the Basic Information
Fill in the (1) Title of the Page, (2) The information you would like on the page. Depending on your theme, you may have some (3) Template Options you can set as well. Some themes also have the (4) Featured Image Section – If your theme has those, then you can do that part too.
Publishing Options
Look at the top box in the right corner or your screen. This is usually where the Publish Settings can be found for your page. Here is an explanation of the basic Publishing Features you can customize:
- “Save Draft” – Use this option is you are not ready for this page to be seen on your website yet. This is good to use while you are working on it and do not want to lose your changes. Save the draft often.
- “Preview” – Once you have saved the draft at least once, the PREVIEW button becomes available. This lets you see how the page will appear on your site, without publishing it and making it live where others can see it too.
- “Status” – You have three options in this part. (1) Draft – saved, but not published, (2) Pending – this lets the website owner or other authors know that this page is finished and is waiting on approval before it can be posted (Once the page is is published, you will see a third option in that drop-down box, “Published,” which means the page is “live” and can be seen by site visitors). ** When you have selected the Status Option you desire, click the OK button.
- “Visibility” – You have three options here. (1) Public (can be seen by all website visitors), (2) Password Protected (can only be seen by those with a WordPress login & password for your site), or (3) Private (can only be seen by the author of the page). Choose the option you desire, then click OK.
- “Scheduling” – Scheduling options are found beside the Calender Icon. The default option is to publish the page immediately after pressing the “Publish” button. You can change the date and time of page publication with this setting. Set it to the date and time you desire and click OK.
- “Publish” – After clicking the Publish button, your page is now “Live” and can be seen using the options you specified. If you set this page to become active at a future date, you can view it in its draft form, but will not be “Live” until the specified date and time. **IMPORTANT: When scheduling pages to appear in the future, you must click the Publish button or they will not appear at the date and time you requested.
Once you have published, then your page creation is done. 🙂