The WordPress Dashboard is a first screen which will be seen when you
log into the administration area of your blog which will display the
overview of the website. It is a collection of gadgets that provide
information and provide an overview of what's happening with your blog.
You can customize your needs by using some quick links such as writing
quick draft, replying to latest comment, etc.
Dashboard can be categorized as shown in the following snapshot. Each
of these categories are discussed in the following sections −
Dashboard Menu
The WordPress Dashboard provides navigation menu that contains some
menu options such as posts, media library, pages, comments, appearance
options, plugins, users, tools and settings on the left side.
Screen Options
The dashboard contains different types of widgets which can be shown
or hidden on some screens. It contains check boxes to show or hide
screen options and also allows us to customize sections on the admin
screen.
Welcome
It includes the
Customize Your Site button which allows
customizing your WordPress theme. The center column provides some of the
useful links such as creating a blog post, creating a page and view the
front end of your website. Last column contains links to widgets,
menus, settings related to comments and also a link to the
First Steps With WordPress page in the WordPress codex.
Quick Draft
The
Quick Draft is a mini post editor which allows writing,
saving and publishing a post from admin dashboard. It includes the title
for the draft, some notes about the draft and save it as a Draft.
WordPress News
The
WordPress News widget displays the latest news such as
latest software version, updates, alerts, news regarding the software
etc. from the official WordPress blog.
Activity
The
Activity widget includes latest comments on your blog,
recent posts and recently published posts. It allows you to approve,
disapprove, reply, edit, or delete a comment. It also allows you to move
a comment to spam.
At a Glance
This section gives an overview of your blog's posts, number of
published posts and pages, and number of comments. When you click on
these links, you will be taken to the respective screen. It displays the
current version of running WordPress along with the currently running
theme on the site.
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