{"id":9729,"date":"2024-01-09T15:58:13","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T20:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/marcom-dev\/?page_id=9729"},"modified":"2025-09-23T15:22:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T20:22:52","slug":"add-or-edit-a-post","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/marcom\/resources\/web-services-standards\/wordpress-help-and-how-to\/add-or-edit-a-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Add or Edit a Post"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The process for adding and editing posts is similar to pages, but posts are best for time-based content like news articles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Create a New Post<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>From the dashboard, choose Posts &gt; Add New.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"162\" height=\"146\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/marcom-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/253\/2020\/02\/new-post.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of dashboard nav link to add a new post\" class=\"wp-image-8357\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Enter a post title under \u201cAdd title.\u201d This should be descriptive but brief, as it will form the URL of your page by default.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/marcom\/resources\/web-services-standards\/wordpress-help-and-how-to\/using-the-block-editor\/\">Use the Block Editor<\/a> to add content blocks, update post settings, and preview, publish, or save a draft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Edit a Post<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To edit an existing post, you have two options:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the dashboard, choose Posts &gt; All Posts, then scroll or search through the list to select the post you want to edit. <strong>NOTE: You must use this option if your site has a mapped domain.<\/strong> Your site has a mapped domain if the URL for the front end is different from the dashboard, e.g. mysite.ufl.edu for the front end vs. ufl.edu\/mysite\/wp-admin for the dashboard.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>While logged into WordPress, navigate to the post on the front end (as a site visitor would) and choose Edit Post from the admin bar at the top of the browser window. <strong>NOTE: If your site has a mapped domain, this option will give you an error. You must use option 1.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/marcom\/resources\/web-services-standards\/wordpress-help-and-how-to\/using-the-block-editor\/\">Use the Block Editor<\/a> to edit your content blocks or add new ones, update post settings, and preview, publish, or save a draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The process for adding and editing posts is similar to pages, but posts are best for time-based content like news articles. Create a New Post From the dashboard, choose Posts &gt; Add New. Enter a post title under \u201cAdd title.\u201d This should be descriptive but brief, as it will form the URL of your page [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":9647,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page-sidebar-none.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-9729","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/marcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/marcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/marcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/marcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/marcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9729"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/marcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12045,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/marcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9729\/revisions\/12045"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/marcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/marcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}