If you use WordPress regularly, you probably have a good idea of what works how.
However, it requires a bit of "digging" to get full access to WordPress functionality. The truth is that there are many "hidden" WordPress features - some more hidden than others.
In today's post, I'm going to reveal 10 of these hidden WordPress features so you can get the most out of the world's most popular CMS.
I want to clarify - this post is primarily aimed at WordPress beginners. But even if you know this system well, you can still learn something new or at least refresh your memory about not so commonly used features.
View settings
Let's start with the view settings first - that's the key to unlocking other cool stuff you'll find out about later!
Now, by default, each WordPress screen displays only the most commonly used features. However, in the top right corner of many WordPress screens, you'll see an on-screen "View Settings/Screen Options" button.
Click to open a drop-down menu that unlocks all hidden features on the screen. From here, by checking a checkbox, you can choose what is displayed on your home screen, on the admin panel.
Help /Help
If you encounter any problems, you will see the Help/Help button next to the View Settings/Screen Options button. This is visible on every screen in the WordPress admin.
clicking on it opens another drop-down menu explaining the key parts of the screen. It also contains direct links to the official documentation or the WordPress support forum.
Stick your posts
If you want to stick a post on the homepage of your block because it is important, popular, informative, etc., you need to open the post in question for editing, in the right part of the screen select the "Publishing" section , click on "Accessibility" and tick the " Stick the post on the homepage " checkbox.
This will stick your post on the homepage.
Publication Schedule.
If you don't want to publish an article or post immediately, but would like to do so at some point in the future, you can specify another date and time for publication. This is done by going to the now familiar "Publishing" section, "Publish to" clicking on "Edit" and selecting which date at what time your article should be published. Then click the "OK" button. You must also click the "Update" button for the changes to take effect.
Create links in text.
In the old versions of WordPress, to create links, you had to highlight the text, then click on "Insert/Edit Link" in the editor above, insert the link you want, and so on.
All this has changed in WordPress 4.5, thanks to the new Inline Linking feature. Simply copy the URL, then paste it directly over the highlighted text and create the link automatically.
Easy insertion of media content
Similarly, with copy/paste you can embed media in your posts just by pasting a supported URL. This way, you can very easily add multimedia content to your posts - video, photos, galleries, documents, audio, slideshows, social media posts, etc.
Insert link ...
And done! The media is embedded.
Does this work with every URL? No, of course not. WordPress will only embed URLs from sites that are whitelisted. To see which sites are currently supported, this here is the official list .
Quick content formatting.
Want to save time when formatting content? WordPress has several quick formatting commands you can use. Just type them directly into the visual editor and WordPress will automatically format the content for you. Here's the list of shortcuts available to date:
# for h1 tags, ## for h2 tags, ### for h3 tags, and so on.
* to create a simple list.
or 1) to create numbered lists.
> About Blockquoting.
- For a horizontal line.
`..` For the code block.
Splitting content into multiple pages
If your content is very long and doesn't read in full, consider splitting your post into multiple pages. This is often more convenient when presenting content to users, especially for those who don't like to read long posts.
To split a post into multiple pages, you need to enter Text Editor mode - the tab is located in the top right corner next to Visual Editor.
Then, add the following HTML tag at the point you want your content to split from:
You can do this in an unlimited number of places, allowing you to split the content into as many pages as you want.
Configuring the Menu
Menus have been a part of WordPress for years. They can be accessed from the left sidebar - Appearance > Menus.
By default, WordPress allows you to add posts, pages, external links and categories to your menus. However, you can also add other menu items - like tags, for example.
Depending on the theme and plugins you have installed, you may also find specialized menu items such as Projects, Project Categories, etc.
To access this feature, click Appearance > Menus > View Settings in the top right corner, remember! Next, check the boxes for the items you want to add to your menus.
Hidden panel with all settings
The last hidden feature for WordPress is also for the most advanced.
Did you know there's a hidden panel with all the settings tucked away in your WordPress admin panel? In fact, there are no direct links to it, so it's easy to see why so many users don't know about it.
To access it, you need to enter the following address in your browser address bar www.yourdomain.com /wp-admin/options.php .
This is where all the main settings are located. With this in mind, great care must be taken when accessing this screen - because it is easy to do more harm than good.
You can configure many of the WordPress options here - URL, time format, blog name, site description, etc. You can also customize many of the hidden features listed today, including standard image sizes, auto-closing blog comments, and default post category.
That's the end of today's list of hidden WordPress features. With each core update, more and more features are introduced, so expect this list to grow in the future!