WordPress Editor
The WordPress Editor
The WordPress Editor & Toolbar look very similar to other word processing programs. Just like Microsoft Word, you can add bold text, italic text, bullets, numbered lists, etc. just by clicking the buttons in the toolbar.
Below is a close-up of the toolbar at the top of the WordPress editor. If you are only seeing one row of icons, click on the “show/hide kitchen sink” button that is circled in green below.
The Add Media button above the editor allows you to upload photos and documents to your web page.
On the far right side of the editor you’ll notice 2 tabs at the top: Visual and Text. Most people should only use the Visual Tab. If you are seeing HTML code in the editor, you are probably in Text Edit mode and need to change tabs. Unless you are very comfortable editing HTML code, we recommend that you only use the Visual Tab.
A few special icons that you may not have see before are:
These 2 chain link icons are for creating & removing hyperlinks. These buttons are grayed out until you highlight a word that you want to format. You can click on the first icon if you want to create a new hyperlink. This could be to another page within your web site or to a page on another web site. A box will open up allowing you to specify the link. If you are linking to a different web site, make sure you click on the button that says to open the link in a new window. If you want to remove a link, just put your cursor on an existing hyperlink and click the broken link icon.
These 2 clipboard icons are for pasting text from another program. The “T” icon will strip all formatting from the text. The “W” icon is specifically for Microsoft Word and I highly recommend that you use this button if you are copying any text from Word. Microsoft adds a ton of formatting code behind your documents to make them look pretty, but this extra code can actually cause problems for your web site. This icon will retain the basic formatting (bold, bullets, etc.) but will remove all of the extra formatting code that your web site does not need.
