Log In
Add /wp-admin to the end of your site’s homepage URL to login to WordPress.
To save you time, bookmark your website’s dashboard. This will redirect you to the correct login page, [website URL]/wp-admin.
Do not bookmark the login page.
The website URL might change if we experience malicious site traffic.
WP Admin Section
The WP Admin section starts at Appearance in the Dashboard menu. It includes Appearance, Plugins, Users, Tools, and Settings. Depending on the plugins enabled, more options may be available in the WP Admin section. Also, a person’s user role determines what is listed in the WP Admin section.
Appearance
Customize
- Site Identity
Note: The Logo and Footer Credit are not in our theme. Site Icon is available but it is already set up within WDS. - Menus in Customizer
- Additional CSS
- Widgets
- Homepage Settings
Menu
Create a menu under Appearance (WP-Admin) or in Customizer (includes video tutorial). Don’t forget to select the menu location.
Note: WDS Menu locations: Site Navigation, Footer Menu, Audience (WDS 3.0), Horizontal Site Navigation (WDS 3.0), Quick Links Menu (WDS 3.0)
Plugins
Users
- Request Access to a Website includes information on
Settings
General
- Site Title and Site Tag Line are located on General.
Content & Media
Posts & Pages
- Edit Pages Screen: Quick Edit, Bulk Edit, and Configure the Screen
- Page
- Set the Homepage (Front Page): WP-Admin & Customize
- Page Settings (except Template)
- Page Visibility
- Page Attribute
- Excerpts
- Feature Images
- Post Categories
Media
- Add Media
- Accessibility
- An alt Decision Tree (W3C: Web Accessibility Initiative)
- Images Tutorial (W3C: Web Accessibility Initiative)