{"id":8287,"date":"2020-02-27T17:04:33","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T22:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/marcom\/?page_id=8287"},"modified":"2025-09-23T15:22:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T20:22:50","slug":"wordpress-dashboard","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/marcom\/resources\/web-services-standards\/wordpress-help-and-how-to\/wordpress-dashboard\/","title":{"rendered":"The WordPress Dashboard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Dashboard, or &#8220;backend,&#8221; is where you can make changes to your website content and features. The dashboard navigation menu (the black area on the left) allows you access to the site features you have permissions to edit, according to your user role.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/marcom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/02\/dashboard.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8291\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/marcom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/02\/dashboard-1024x509.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of the WordPress dashboard\" width=\"1024\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/marcom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/253\/2020\/02\/dashboard-1024x509.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/marcom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/253\/2020\/02\/dashboard-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/marcom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/253\/2020\/02\/dashboard-768x382.png 768w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/marcom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/253\/2020\/02\/dashboard.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Screen Options<\/h2>\n<p>Screen Options allow you to choose which modules are displayed on your WordPress administration screens. 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