To add text copy to your WordPress pages and blog posts, when using the classic editor, follow these simple rules:
Add text to Pages and Blog Posts
- Go to the Admin area, normally: /wp-admin and enter your user and password
- On the left menu go to: Pages to access all the pages OR Posts to access all the blog posts
- Select the page OR Select the post that you want to modify. Alternatively click “Add Page” button to create a new page OR click “Add Post” button to create a new blog post
- Modify the text copy
- Click on “Update” blue button on the right
Headings
If you need to use headings to diferenciate sections, use consecutive and descendant headings starting with h2, like: h2, h3, h4… do not use h1 as this heading is already being used as the title of the page:
Text
If you copy and paste text from other sources, be careful not to bring the format of the text when pasting it, as the resulting layout may be unpredictable. Use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Shift + V to paste unformatted text.
Paragraph and Line Break
To create a new paragraph, simply put the cursor at the end of a line and press the Enter key. To create a simple line break, press Shift and Enter keys.
Styles
Do not add inline styles such as: font sizes or colours as this will change the consistence in design with other pages. Add only: Bold, Italics and Lists by selecting a piece of text and clicking on the appropiate button:
Links
To add links to text, select a piece of text and click the “chain” button:
Alignments
To avoid inline styles do not use aligments buttons. For better readability do not use right aligments:
Shortcodes
Do not remove shortcodes between brackets such as for example: [buttons], [subpage] or [rows]
Quick text-only content Backup
Go to: Tools > Export > Select “All content” > Click on “Download Export File” button > Keep safe the downloaded XML file.
About Images
- Copyright: You must own the copyright for the images used on the website or you can purchase them online or you can get them copyright free.
- Sending: Images submitted from social media platforms or WhatsApp are reduced in size, so it is recommended to ask for the original images to be sent via email.
- Orientation: For web pages it is better to use landscape orientation rather than portrait.
- Dimensions: For image banners at the top of the page use a minimum width of 1600 pixels. For other images use a minimum width of 1000 pixels. The system should automatically resize the images depending on their placement.
- Names: Name your images using the description of what they represent and use only these characters: lowercase alphabets, numbers and do not use special characters or spaces, use dashes instead. The system should create the alt tags for the images automatically.
- Format: Use JPG for photos with 50% to 60% compression and PNG for logos.