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will likely look different on your website than it will in the editor. I say similar because, according to the unique design of your website, the font-size, color, spacing, etc. The Visual editor will display your text and images in relationship to each other, similar to how they will appear on your website. You can select which editor you want to use using the buttons at top right of the content editor. There are two content editor modes, the “Visual” editor and the “Text” editor. This is a feature added via a premium plugin called Gravity Forms which I use extensively and is very powerful and easy to use. In the image below you will also see a button to “Add Form”. You can learn about uploading and inserting media in the article titled How to Add Images and other Media in WordPress. We will be focusing on editing text in this article.

The “Add Media” button at top left of the editor allows you to add and edit images, video, audio and other media. The content editor is the same whether you are editing a post or page, so the information below pertains to both. This will bring you to the “Edit Post” or “Edit Page” area for the post or page you want to edit. You can either click on the title of the post or page, or hover your cursor over the bottom of the title and options will appear, including “edit”. This will provide a list of your website’s posts or pages to choose from. If you are adding a new post or page,rather than editing an existing one, you may want read How to Add a New Post or Page before continuing below.

Login to your WordPress admin area and click on either “Posts” (if you want to edit a post), or “Pages” (if you want to edit a page) in the menu options on the left. To start at the beginning, or view the full index of articles in this series, go to A Simple WordPress User Guide for Beginners. Or if you prefer to watch videos, you may prefer to watch these WordPress Video Tutorials.

This is one part of a series of articles providing basic instructions for using WordPress. Read more in WordPress, WordPress User Guide 126
