Adjust the Post Settings
When working on your post, you’ll see the post settings in the sidebar on the right side of your screen
If you do not see the sidebar on the right, click the Settings icon in the top right corner to bring up the settings. This icon looks like a square with two uneven columns:
You can control the following aspects of the post here, explained in detail below:
- Under Summary, you will find the following options:
- Use Visibility to make the post public, private, or protected behind a password.
- Set the post to Publish immediately, schedule it for the future, or backdate it in the past.
- Select the Template that will control how the content of your post is presented. Single is the default template for posts.
- See and change the URL of the post.
- Stick the post to the top of the blog.
- Mark the post as Pending review for other users of your site.
- Change the author of the post to another user on your site.
- On already-published posts, a Switch to draft button will appear. Click this to revert the public post to a non-public draft.
- Delete the post by clicking the Move to trash button.
- Write an excerpt to describe the post.
- Access: Set your post to be visible to everyone, to anyone subscribed, or to paid subscribers only.
- Revisions: Using revisions, you can restore previously-saved versions of the post. This option will appear only after you have saved some changes on the post.
- Categories: Assign categories to organize your post.
- Tags: Add relevant tags to your post.
- Choose a featured image to represent the post.
- Discussion: Allow people to leave public comments on the post.