Publish Your Post

In the top right of the screen, above the post settings, you’ll find several options for your new post:

From left to right, these options are:

  • Save draft: Save the latest version of your draft post.
    • If this shows Saved instead, it means the latest version of your draft has been saved successfully.
  • Preview: See what your post will look like on desktop, mobile, and tablet screens. Click the Preview computer icon to see how the changes will look on the live site.
  • Publish: Publish the post to your website.
  • Settings Icon: Show or hide the post settings.
  • Jetpack Icon: Show or hide additional options provided by the Jetpack plugin:
    • Shortlink: Copy a shortened URL of the page.
    • Social Previews: See how the page will appear on Google and social media.
    • Likes and Sharing: Enable the Like button and social media sharing buttons.
    • QR Code: Generate a QR code for the published page.
  • Ellipses Menu (the three vertical dots): Open additional editor settings.

Pre-Publish Checks

Clicking that Publish button is a proud moment — you’ve finessed a piece of content and are ready to share it with the world! Before the post goes live, you will have one more chance to double-check your settings before publishing. The settings you can adjust here are:

  • Visibility: Control how the post is viewed, with options for public, private, or password-protected.
  • Publish the post immediately or at a date and time in the future or past.
  • A suggestion to add tags to help users and search engines navigate your site and find your content.
  • Social Previews: Preview what this will look like on social networks and Google search.
  • Access: Allow the post to be viewed by everyone, existing subscribers only, or paid subscribers only.
  • Newsletter: Choose if you would like to send an automated email notifying subscribers of your new post.
  • Share this post: Share the post to your connected social media accounts.
  • Toggle on or off the option to always show these pre-publish checks.
The pre-publish check.

What Happens When You Publish

A post is different from other content types (like pages and portfolios) because several actions are triggered when you publish a new post on a public blog: