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In this Post, I will discuss supreme ideas for WordPress Post layout
When I started using WordPress I realized creating Posts and/or Pages steps are exactly the same
If you learn how to create a post then it is the same for pages or the other way around.
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I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else. (Pablo Picasso) Click To TweetI am going to cover these few topics
As these are the thoughts that came to me when I started creating posts and/or pages.
Below I will discuss WordPress Post Layout so let me start with
How to change WordPress post layout?
1- After you login to your WordPress admin area
You can go to Posts and select Add New as shown below
Or you can go to edit an existing WordPress posts as shown below
2- Once you go inside your WordPress post whatever a new post or editing an existing one
You’ll need to scroll down all the way to the bottom of your content
According to your theme, your post and/or page will show the following
Header options
Most WordPress themes would show you this option
If you don’t see it, then your theme does not provide you with header options
Sidebar options
Again you may not see it in your WordPress theme
Just do your part and scroll down at the bottom of your post or page content
And see if it is showing any sidebar options or not
Content options
Some themes come with content options that help you enable few things like
Blog display whether you choose between displaying full content or an excerpt
Author bio where you display your name as the content writer or author
Post date where you display the post published date
Sometimes post date has negative impact
Especially if the blog post has not been updated for a long time, reader may exit and look for another up to date content so be very careful
Some themes come with footer options like having 3-4 columns in your footer area
What are the differences between posts and pages?
| Pages | Posts |
|---|---|
| Pages are created for the purpose of displaying static contents or very rarely updated contents like 1) About page 2) Contact Page 3) Privacy Policy and/or TOC page 4) Blog or Start Here page (this has to be a page and not a post) | Posts are created for what’s new or time sensitive contents (at least you should think about it this way) They show up in chronological order (latest posts show up first) usually on the Blog or Start Here page or any other page you decide to create it as static |
| In pages, you can add any page under a parent one leading to getting sub-pages where you can specify the order of sub pages by assigning a number from 0 to n sub pages will show up when you attach them to menu | In Posts, the parent feature is not available which proves that posts are not intended for parenting |
| No categories in pages | They can be grouped by using Category where you can assign any post to one ore more categories with a primary one. |
| No tags in pages | On the other hand, you can add tags to posts and not pages which helps in navigation to posts. You can also relate same contents together using tags |
| Sticky feature does not exist in pages as this proves that pages are always reachable from menu | Once you publish any post, you can select it to be sticky which means it will always show up on your home or blog page |
How to create Anchor links as known as Jump links?
This is a little bit tricky but I will break down
Anchor links (Jump links) are the ones which you see on most of my posts
Where I create headlines marked as links and when you click on any headline it takes you to its section
These are normal links like external links
But you point to the same post/page which you are creating Anchor link from
To do that select the whole text
Then clicked on hyperlink icon on editor section
You can find it under editor area in posts and pages as shown below
A hyperlink option screen will show up to help you select few parameters as shown below
You can select which post and/or page you want to link to
Also you can link to an external page by pasting the external link in the URL text field
Note the #difference-between-posts-pages at the end of the internal link to the same post
This pound sign (#) with any text after it acts as a marker
You have to label your area you want to jump to with this code right above it
I did that by going to Text editor as shown below
Text editor shows all the HTML code written behind the scene
Then I went to the code where I have the part I want to jump to and I added this code
<div id=”difference-between-posts-pages”></div>
Remember, I tried the Anchor tag <a id=”difference-between-posts-pages”></a> and it gave me really hard time
Until I realized that it does not work and keeps WordPress removing them
It does not only make your post navigable but it really helps users read your posts as they may not go through all the post from start to end
Users may need to read few sections they need to.
How to create table layout inside posts and pages?
Sometimes tables are essential if you do comparisons in your posts and this feature is not available in WordPress
So the workaround is to use either HTML table code generator which you control your number of rows and columns
Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea. (Robert Half) Click To TweetAlso you can write the contents there and click on Generate button and the HTML code for your table will be generate for you
Click on copy to clipboard
Then put this code in Text editor section under your desired place where you want to display your table.
This video below shows how to add any HTML code to your posts and/or pages
The other solution is to install certain plugin for creating tables for you
It is called TablePress (this is the most used ones)
But there are so many plugins which can create tables for you
Feel free to search by using Keyword Table under Add New Plugins
How to insert a graph inside posts and or pages?
Charts and graphs are useful if you write scientific or statistical posts
But for WordPress this is not an issue
Just go to the Add New Plugins page and type Chart under the Keyword text field and you will find so many
Try WordPress Charts and Graphs Lite and see if it works for you.
What can TinyMCE plugin do for your post layout?
TinyMCE plugin is one of the oldest plugin in the world of WordPress plugins
You may have noticed that Posts and Pages editor lack the capability to select Font Types and Sizes
This plugin can to help you design posts and/or pages more like Word documents
You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea. (Earl Nightingale) Click To Tweet1- If you are writing your post in word document
Make sure to save it as a draft first (don’t rush publishing it)
2- Make sure your blog post has a title even if you already copying your blog post URL as your title
3- Convert your headline titles to H1 or H2
Depending on how long they are you can span them on 2 lines
4- Convert all your subtitles and make them as H3
5- Always start your content with Introduction
6- Make sure you have conclusion or summary
7- Remind your readers at last line with something like “If you like this post, don’t forget to share it”
Write your own wordings but don’t be shy to ask about sharing
8- Always fill up your title and meta description under Yoast SEO Plugin
If installed, you will find it at the bottom of the post itself
9- Make sure to select the Post category
10- Add few tags to your post to indicate what it is about (few keywords and no keywords stuffing)
Bonus tips after you publish WordPress post
1- Add feature image
I recommend to play around the file size to be around 70 KB and dimension 600 x 400)
2- Make sure to optimize your post images in sizes for fast loading of your posts
Dimensions should less than or around 700 pixel width
Larger than that will be missing when browsing from your mobile phones
3- Optional – I recommend to add Better Click to Tweet quotes to add inspirational or notes for users to tweet
4- Wait for at least half an hour and come again read your post before you hit the publish button
5- After publishing your post, If you have a Start Here page
Make sure to update it if your post is useful in the learning path
I recommend you read my article How to write a blog with great writing style
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