- The WordPress Dashboard is a first screen which will be seen when you log in, which will display the overview of the website.
- It is a collection of gadgets that provide information and an overview of what’s happening with your blog.
- You can customize your needs by using some quick links such as writing quick draft, replying to latest comment, etc.
Dashboard can be categorized as-
- Dashboard Menu
- navigation menu that contains some menu options such as posts, media library, pages, comments, appearance options, plugins, users, tools and settings on the left side.
- Screen Options
- The dashboard contains different types of widgets which can be shown or hidden on some screens.
- It contains check boxes to show or hide screen options and also allows us to customize sections on the admin screen.
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Welcome
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It includes the Customize Your Site button which allows customizing your WordPress theme.
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The center column provides some of the useful links such as creating a blog post, creating a page and view the front end of your website.
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Last column contains links to widgets, menus, settings related to comments and also a link to the First Steps With WordPress page in the WordPress codex.
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Quick Draft
- mini post editor which allows writing, saving and publishing a post from admin dashboard.
- It includes the title for the draft, some notes about the draft and save it as a Draft.
- WordPress News
- widget displays the latest news such as latest software version, updates, alerts, news regarding the software etc. from the official WordPress blog.
- Activity (NOTIFICATIONS)
- The Activity widget includes latest comments on your blog, recent posts and recently published posts.
- It allows you to approve, disapprove, reply, edit, or delete a comment.
- It also allows you to move a comment to spam.
- At a Glance
- gives an overview of your blog’s posts, number of published posts and pages, and number of comments.
- When you click on these links, you will be taken to the respective screen.
- It displays the current version of running WordPress along with the currently running theme on the site.