{"id":6556,"date":"2021-02-04T16:04:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T16:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colibriwp.com\/blog\/?p=6556"},"modified":"2022-09-30T13:39:04","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T13:39:04","slug":"wordpress-blogging-2021-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/colibriwp.com\/blog\/wordpress-blogging-2021-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"A to Z WordPress Blogging: the Full 2021 Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WordPress is ever-evolving and that\u2019s a good thing when there are other products out there challenging your place in the market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You need to adapt or die, no matter how big you are. Just look at Kodak.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, since 2018, the WordPress experience has changed. The classic editor moved to the Gutenberg experience or the Block Editor, which is now the default version.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But, looking at how many installs the Classic Editor plugin has, you realize that the previous WordPress users and not really ready to adapt and adopt&#8230;Change is hard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6593\" src=\"https:\/\/colibriwp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/classic-editor.jpg\" alt=\"classic WordPress editor plugin\" width=\"549\" height=\"299\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is why, in this guide, I\u2019m going to cover WordPress blogging in both the Default and Classic editor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hypothesis: you have hosting and domain figured out already :).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, here\u2019s the schedule for today:<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-shortcode-web-stories-embed web-stories-embed aligncenter\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 1.666667; --width: 360px; --height: 600px\">\n\t\t\t\t<amp-story-player>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/colibriwp.com\/blog\/web-stories\/how-to-blog-in-wordpress-in-2021\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/colibriwp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cover-photo-story.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twidth=\"360\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\theight=\"600\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"How to Blog in WordPress in 2021\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-amp-story-player-poster-img\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/amp-story-player>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<p>And if you&#8217;re more into video tutorials, we&#8217;ve got you covered:<\/p>\n<div class='embed-container'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WordPress Blogging in 2021 - Full Tutorial\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PbwBrUtY-PA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to choose a WordPress theme for your blog<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WordPress themes are the foundation of any WordPress site. Once you install a theme, you can use a predefined website layout that comes in the theme\u2019s package. The theme will define your:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Front-end page\/ homepage<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blog page<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sample page<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some themes might create some other pages as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These predefined layouts can cover a variety of niches: business, travel, food, health, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/colibriwp-work.colibriwp.com\/restaurant\/?_ga=2.246044484.153335746.1610960408-321085448.1599807125\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s an example: a restaurant layout from the Colibri theme.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you install and activate a theme and choose a layout, all you have to do is insert your own content and copy. And you\u2019re done.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want a more customized approach, most themes allow you to personalize the design. You can change the colors, typography, structure, etc. You can even add your own code (HTML and CSS). It all depends on your needs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of the premium themes out there come <\/span><b>with a page builder<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which can give you even more options. An example: pre-design website section layouts (features, team, portfolio, etc), that can be dragged and dropped to your site.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But this can be a subject for a future article.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a nutshell, your theme can come with different customization options. If they\u2019re packed with a page builder, the experience can get really exciting and the sky will be the limit for your website\u2019s design. If you want many customization options, this means that you might need to buy a theme, because the free plans usually don\u2019t offer many personalization options.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where can you find WordPress themes?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/themes\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/wordpress.org\/themes\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From here you can go to the website of each page and see which are the features, pricing plans, design options, and more.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6610\" src=\"https:\/\/colibriwp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/WordPress-theme.jpg\" alt=\"WordPress theme -Mesmerize\" width=\"800\" height=\"565\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What to analyze when choosing a theme?<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Latest update<\/b>: make sure that the theme has been updated in the last 6 months, else it might crash and have bugs. WordPress is continuously improving, and each update needs to be incorporated into the themes and plugins in the ecosystem.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Reviews: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">read how others work with the theme, if they loved it or not, which were the best and worst features.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Simple layouts: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">don\u2019t go with a complex design. Complex can mean trouble in the design world. Also, if you look at giants such as Google and Apple, their design is all about simplicity and making it easy for the end-user to find what they are looking for. Build your site with the audience in mind. You must help them achieve their goals on your site with ease.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Responsive theme<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: your website needs to adjust perfectly to any device. This is no longer optional.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Browser compatibility<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: your website needs to load well on the most popular browsers out there: Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge, etc. This compatibility should be communicated on the theme\u2019s site.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Theme speed<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: if you want your blog content to be easily discovered by Google and your desired audience, this means that it should load really fast. Now, it\u2019s kinda difficult to check this on your own, but there\u2019s plenty of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/fastest-wordpress-themes\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">research<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> out there on the topic.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Translations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: if you will have a local blog, you won\u2019t be needing this feature. But if you want to go beyond the border, you\u2019ll need a translated website. You might wanna check if the theme is compatible with the most popular <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/search\/language\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">translation WordPress plugins<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Plugin compatibility:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> there are some WordPress blog plugins that are good-to-have that we\u2019ve talked about in a previous article of hours, chapter <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/colibriwp.com\/blog\/wordpress-blog-widgets\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8 Most Useful WordPress Blog Plugins<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. If you want to know if your particular theme supports a specific plugin, you can contact the theme\u2019s developer (on Facebook, contact page) and find out.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, let\u2019s say you\u2019ve chosen your theme:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s how you can install it:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='embed-container'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to install, set up and delete WordPress themes\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OF2Y8nl9UTY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WordPress Blogging &#8211; the Basics<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this chapter, we shall discuss some blogging concepts like:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blog listing and blog posts<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Comments<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blog categories and tag<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blog sidebar<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And more<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s roll!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WordPress Pages versus WordPress Posts<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By default, WordPress comes with two content types: posts and pages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Posts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are blog articles that are shown in reverse chronological order (newest content goes first).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Pages<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> contain static content, that does not change. Here are some pages examples: homepage, portfolio page, product page, about page, privacy policy, contact page, etc. Just think of all the pages an online store has. These pages are timeless, they do not care about any chronology.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Posts and Pages have their own menu items in the WordPress dashboard. <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6609\" src=\"https:\/\/colibriwp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/WordPress-posts-and-pages.jpg\" alt=\"WordPress posts and pages\" width=\"400\" height=\"206\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want to create a new post for your blog, just head over to \u201cPosts\u201d, and then select \u201cAdd new\u201d.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6595\" src=\"https:\/\/colibriwp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Creating-WordPress-posts.jpg\" alt=\"Creating WordPress posts\" width=\"800\" height=\"196\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you want to edit a previous post, just hover over its title and select \u201cEdit\u201d.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6597\" src=\"https:\/\/colibriwp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Edit-a-previous-blog-post.jpg\" alt=\"Edit a previous blog post\" width=\"400\" height=\"228\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, the moment you hit \u201cEdit\u201d there will be different interfaces depending on the Editor you are using: the Default or the Classic WordPress Editor. We\u2019ll get into the nitty gritty details a bit later.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WordPress Blog Listing and WordPress posts\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019ve probably noticed by now that a blog has two types of content pages:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A bigger page where you can see the most recent posts &#8211; <\/span><b>this is found under Pages in the WordPress dashboard. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This page will automatically pull your latest articles to its listing.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The posts themselves, with separate URLs, and can be found in <\/span><b>Posts, in the WordPress dashboard.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Technically, the first page is called the blog listing page. Below is an example of a blog listing page from the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/colibriwp-work.colibriwp.com\/bakery\/?_ga=2.21102459.153335746.1610960408-321085448.1599807125\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bakery template by Colibri<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6604\" src=\"https:\/\/colibriwp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/WordPress-blog-listing-page.jpg\" alt=\"WordPress blog listing page\" width=\"600\" height=\"515\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This particular template allows for articles to be shown in a two-column layout. Page builders allow you to change this default, maybe you want your latest post to be more prominent on the page, maybe you want a three-column layout, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>By default, the blog listings page displays:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post title.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Post info (author, category, date, etc.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Excerpt.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A featured image.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some additional blogging settings can be done in the WordPress dashboard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just head over to <\/span><b>Settings -&gt; Reading<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By default, in WordPress, the homepage will show the latest posts. You can change that here. You can choose an already existing page or create one. You can also tell WordPress which is your desired posts page. Then you can decide how many posts to be shown in the blog listing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6607\" src=\"https:\/\/colibriwp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/WordPress-dashboard-Reading-settings.jpg\" alt=\"WordPress dashboard - Reading settings\" width=\"800\" height=\"507\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When installing the majority of themes, as I mentioned earlier, they\u2019ll create the Front Page and Blog for you. This means that they will override the WordPress default where the homepage will display the latest posts. <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6608\" src=\"https:\/\/colibriwp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/WordPress-dashboard-blog-settings.jpg\" alt=\"WordPress dashboard blog settings\" width=\"661\" height=\"212\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blog posts URLs<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s important that your blog URLs follow the same pattern. You can establish that pattern inside Settings -&gt; Permalinks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can decide that your blog article URL contains the post name, or the year of the post, or both. It\u2019s up to you. <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6592 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/colibriwp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Blog-permallinks.jpg\" alt=\"Blog permallinks\" width=\"800\" height=\"301\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More best practices on how to use WordPress permalinks, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/using-permalinks\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WordPress Blog Comments<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Comments are a great way to interact with your site visitors, but, most of the comments that you\u2019ll get will be spam.\u00a0 This is why we advise you to manually approve comments or just shut them off entirely.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can set up comments and comment moderations inside Settings -&gt; Discussion.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6590\" src=\"https:\/\/colibriwp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Blog-comments-settins.jpg\" alt=\"Blog comments settings\" width=\"800\" height=\"466\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you choose to allow comments, you can definitely use plugins to prevent spammy stuff.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WordPress Categories and Tags<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Categories and tags are ways of organizing posts, to make them easier to discover by both your readers and Google\u2019s bots.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Colibri, we group our articles into the following categories:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WordPress know-how<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn from<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UX &amp; Web Design<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marketing tactics<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and more.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6606\" src=\"https:\/\/colibriwp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/WordPress-categories.jpg\" alt=\"WordPress categories\" width=\"800\" height=\"390\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The categories show up underneath the blog article\u2019s title. We also show them in the sidebar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Categories are meant to classify in a broader way a series of blog posts. Categories can have their own sub-categories. If you feel that inside the main category, there are some important subsections, you can definitely define sub-categories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next, you\u2019ve got tags, they can get even more specific than categories. Consider them as micro-categories. This article for example has the \u201cWordPress know-how\u201d category. Now, every topic here can be a tag: \u201cWordPress categories\u201d, WordPress blogging\u201d, \u201cBlogging plugins\u201d, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Categories and tags help the end-user <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiralytics.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-dynamic-website-with-wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">navigate your website<\/a>, and this will help you rank better. More on the topic, in our previous article: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/colibriwp.com\/blog\/wordpress-categories\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to Deal with WordPress Categories Like a Ninja<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to Add the Blog to the Main Menu<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most of the themes come with a pre-built menu. Usually, the blog is there too. If not, here\u2019s how you can add the blog listing page to the menu. Here are the steps:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go to the WordPress Dashboard -&gt; Appearance -&gt; Menus.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under \u201cAdd menu items\u201d, you\u2019ll see the pages you created on your site (or the default ones created by the theme). Tick the blog pages and click on \u201cAdd to menu\u201d.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6585\" src=\"https:\/\/colibriwp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Add-the-blog-to-the-menu.jpg\" alt=\"Add the blog to the menu\" width=\"600\" height=\"324\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hit \u201cSave menu\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That was all!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want to dig more on the topic, here\u2019s an article on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/colibriwp.com\/blog\/wordpress-menus\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">creating a menu in WordPress<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The WordPress Blog Sidebar<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/colibriwp.com\/blog\/dos-and-donts-for-wordpress-sidebars\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WordPress sidebars<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are column areas, usually on the right-hand side of a website, that display information that is not a part of the main content. Some sidebars can be shown on the right, or even below the content of a page.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blog sidebars are used for different purposes. You can use them to help users better navigate the blog. You can customize them, based on the info of the article. You can have a different sidebar on the blog listing page, than on the blog articles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the Colibri blog, we have the same sidebar both for the blog and the posts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the moment we have 3 items:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A search bar &#8211; readers can look for a specific topic<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Categories listing &#8211; readers can choose to read articles from a particular category<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Banner &#8211; an image widget with a call to action to get the readers to try our product<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our sidebar has two purposes:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To help users find the articles they\u2019re more interested in<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To convert users into customers via the banner and call to action<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can also have social media items in the sidebar if your purpose is to get more followers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s a more in-depth article on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/colibriwp.com\/blog\/wordpress-blog-widgets\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">blog sidebar<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> issue: do\u2019s and don\u2019ts and how-tos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And here\u2019s how you can create a sidebar in under 2 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='embed-container'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to create a WordPress sidebar using Widgets\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CTglHRnZEmc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, it\u2019s finally time to create a blog article.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blink if you\u2019re still with me :).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remember this screenshot?<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6594\" src=\"https:\/\/colibriwp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Create-and-edit-WordPress-blog-posts.jpg\" alt=\"Create and edit WordPress blog posts\" width=\"400\" height=\"227\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019ll be taking our discussion forward from here.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WordPress Blogging in The Classic Editor<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you click \u201cAdd New\u201d you\u2019ll be prompted to a new window where you can start writing your article.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s look at some elements here:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Blog post title<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Make sure you create a catchy title for your article (but not clickbait)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Blog post slug or URL <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; the moment you type in the title of your article, WordPress will prepare a URL suggestion that can be edited.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>The text editor<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; it\u2019s that blank section of the site where you can start typing or pasting your text. One thing you should know is that you can\u2019t paste images.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6584\" src=\"https:\/\/colibriwp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Add-new-post-in-WordPress.jpg\" alt=\"Add new post in WordPress\" width=\"1499\" height=\"438\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Add Media<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; the moment you want to insert a video, an image inside the article, just head over here. You can upload all sorts of files here and access any previously uploaded files by name, by date, etc. you can insert Youtube and Vimeo videos by URL as well.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6587\" src=\"https:\/\/colibriwp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Adding-media-to-a-blog-post.jpg\" alt=\"Adding media to a blog post\" width=\"600\" height=\"223\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Basic text editing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; alignment, paragraph styles, and more can be edited from here.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6588\" src=\"https:\/\/colibriwp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Basic-text-editing-in-a-blog-post.jpg\" alt=\"Basic text editing in a blog post\" width=\"587\" height=\"54\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>HTML and CSS editing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; if you are a web design aficionado, you can make changes to your text if you change from \u201cvisual\u201d to \u201ctext\u201d.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6599\" src=\"https:\/\/colibriwp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/HTML-editing.jpg\" alt=\"HTML editing in WordPress\" width=\"800\" height=\"337\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Add categories and tags to your blog article<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; on the right you\u2019ll see a dropdown of categories. Assign one category per blog article. Tags can be added manually, and our recommendation is not to exceed 10 tags per article.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6586\" src=\"https:\/\/colibriwp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Adding-categories-and-tags-to-a-blog-article-in-WordPress.jpg\" alt=\"Adding categories and tags to a blog article in WordPress\" width=\"206\" height=\"350\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Add the blog article featured image<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; that\u2019s an image that represents the topic, it will show on the blog listing as well, and it will be the first image from your article. When you select \u201cSet featured image\u201d you\u2019ll be taken to the Media Library, where you can select an image or upload a new one.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6602\" src=\"https:\/\/colibriwp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Set-the-featured-image-of-the-blog-post.jpg\" alt=\"Set the featured image of the blog post\" width=\"349\" height=\"113\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Save or schedule your article <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; here you can save the post as a draft, schedule it for later, or even delete it.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6601\" src=\"https:\/\/colibriwp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/save-or-schedule-a-blog-post-in-WordPress.jpg\" alt=\"save or schedule a blog post in WordPress\" width=\"345\" height=\"293\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The moment you hit \u201cPublish, the article will go live. Still, you can make changes whenever you want via the \u201cEdit\u201d option.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6597\" src=\"https:\/\/colibriwp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Edit-a-previous-blog-post.jpg\" alt=\"Edit a previous blog post\" width=\"400\" height=\"228\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WordPress Blogging in the Default Editor (Gutenberg)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The moment you hit \u201cAdd new post\u201d or \u201cEdit\u201d, inside \u201cPosts\u201d you\u2019ll get to a window that looks like this:<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6596\" src=\"https:\/\/colibriwp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/edit-a-post-in-Gutenberg.jpg\" alt=\"edit a post in Gutenberg\" width=\"500\" height=\"296\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s take its elements one at a time:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Add title <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; add the article\u2019s headline<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Insert text <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; type or paste your desired text<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Basic text editing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; if you hover over your text you\u2019ll see the option to make your text bold, italic, you can align it, duplicate it. Basic, as I said :).<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6589\" src=\"https:\/\/colibriwp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Basic-text-editing-in-gutenberg.jpg\" alt=\"Basic text editing in Gutenberg\" width=\"400\" height=\"249\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Choose a block<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; if you want to add an image, a list, a Youtube video, insert a tweet, you\u2019ll be adding a block. This is why Gutenberg is called a Block editor. <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6583\" src=\"https:\/\/colibriwp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Add-blocks-in-Gutenberg.jpg\" alt=\"Add blocks in Gutenberg\" width=\"650\" height=\"533\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>HTML editing &#8211;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> if you click on the three dots in the upper right, you\u2019ll see some extra options. Here you can also switch to the Code Editor if you feel you need to go wild.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6603\" src=\"https:\/\/colibriwp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Settings-in-Gutenberg-and-HTML-editing.jpg\" alt=\"Settings in Gutenberg and HTML editing\" width=\"600\" height=\"331\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Adding categories, tags, and a featured image<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; head over to the upper right corner and go for the Settings icon. Here you can select or add a category, and also assign tags.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6598\" src=\"https:\/\/colibriwp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Guternberg-blog-settings.jpg\" alt=\"Guternberg blog settings\" width=\"500\" height=\"585\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Publish your blog article<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; you can do it from the previous settings or from the \u201cPublish\u201d button in the upper right corner.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6600\" src=\"https:\/\/colibriwp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Publish-a-blog-article.jpg\" alt=\"Publish a blog article\" width=\"600\" height=\"410\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hooray, your first blog post is out there!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That wasn\u2019t that hard, was it?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One more stone was left unturned: blog plugins. Promise it won\u2019t take long!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WordPress Blog Plugins\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m not going to insist too much on the topic because we\u2019ve covered it in our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/colibriwp.com\/blog\/wordpress-blog-widgets\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WordPress widgets and plugins<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> article.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m going to just wrap the info a bit for you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are tons of plugins out there that you can use for your blog. They can cover different functions:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Help with SEO \u2013 these plugins guide you in making some tweaks to your blog article in order to help them rank better.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prevent spamming<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lead generation (eg: pop-ups for newsletter subscription)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and more.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Myself, I\u2019m using 2 SEO plugins, a guest author plugin, a newsletter plugin and some plugins to optimize my images and prevent spam.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The article mentioned above will give you more information and provide you with 8 popular plugin recommendations for your blog.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And, I think we can call it a day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, if you liked this article, and you want to learn more about<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/colibriwp.com\/blog\/how-to-build-a-wordpress-website-in-2021\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">how to build a WordPress website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, make sure to subscribe to our<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCN3ZM-C7TJgklVfseVHamHQ\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Youtube channel<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and follow us on<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WpColibri\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Twitter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ColibriWP\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0[sibwp_form id=1]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress is ever-evolving and that\u2019s a good thing when there are other products out there challenging your place in the market. 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