We’ll be posting a short video tutorial here every Saturday during Zero to Hero, to help out you visual learners. Today, we’ll walk you through publishing a post.
If you’re following the Zero to Hero 30-day blogging challenge, you’ve now introduced yourself, customized your blog name, and shared what motivated you to start blogging. If you’re still not totally comfortable with drafting and publishing a post, or if you’re not doing the challenge and need to know the nuts and bolts of publishing, today’s tutorial is for you. Let’s publish a post!
(Not sure what to write about? Try one of our prompts or challenges, or browse the WordPress.com topic pages for some inspiration.)
Have an idea in mind? Let’s get started.
Congratulations! You’re a published author.
One important note about Post Formats: These only change the visual design of your blog post (based on your theme) but don’t dictate the types of content you can include. Feel free to mix text, images, and other media, regardless of the post format you choose. Learn more about post formats
Looking for a little more help? Here are some other great resources for drafting and publishing new blog posts:
- Learn WordPress.com’s Get Published guide
- Support documentation for creating new posts
- Guide to the Visual Editor toolbar buttons
- Explanation of the differences between a post and a page
Is there a specific WordPress.com feature or task you’d love to see covered in video format? Let us know in the comments!
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Great! Thanks for this – am clearly a visual learner. Although I’ve already started my blog, there was still information to learn – I found the tips on using Post Formats very helpful – I’d avoided all but the ‘Text’ format, was good to know can mix and match with these.
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going to share for some friends who expressed an interest in blogging, thanks!
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Thank you very much , i need to upload a word document that i ‘ve been working for a long time for a book to be published as an art and literary work .
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No problem. You can easily upload your Word Doc to your media library, and create a download link to add to your posts/pages so others can download it, by following the instructions here: https://wordpress.com/support/uploading-documents/
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thank you jerry Bates for your advice
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Very helpful! Thanks for posting this.
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Thanks for this, I am a new blogger and I think I misused the hyperlink vs. tag options. That was helpful info.
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I love that you’re so helpful. I’m helping my son start on WordPress soon, and this kind of thing well be helpful to him…
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Thank you soo much!
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How do I post a blog based on a daily prompt?
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Daily prompts start the same as any other blog post, the only difference is that you will want to be sure to insert a link to the Daily Prompt post in the blog post you write. This will automatically create a pingback, and that is what makes a link to your post display in the link list below the daily prompt.
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This is great for new bloggers!
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Thank you!!! I am starting my new blog and I am soo thrilled!!!
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This is going to be a challenge!! but thanks for the info,I am playing catch up on Zero to Hero challenge and having lots of fun.. making mistakes tho..
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Seems so daunting and overwhelming all the tasks and technical features to do in this, but the information is helpful and I am underway.
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This a great idea to kickstart your blogging year.
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The video really helped because I’m a bloger too
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Try as I might, I couldn’t get that Zero to Hero badge/widget to appear on my site. Could you do a video of that? Thanks.
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No problem. Just add an Image Widget to your sidebar (Appearance>Widgets) and in the “Image URL” field, add this URL:
https://dailypost.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/zero-to-hero-badge.gif
If you want to link back to the Zero to Hero page (to encourage others to participate) add this URL to the “Link URL” field:
https://wordpress.com/dailypost/zero-to-hero/
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Jerry, where have you been all my life?! Many thanks – perfect!
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What a great, helpful video. WordPress can do some great things!
Cool!
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It was great tutorial
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thanks so much i really needed this atlist now i no what to do
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`wow wow !
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