To get started creating your first WordPress page, locate the Pages menu in the left-hand side of the WordPress Dashboard. You can either hover over the Pages link or click to expand it to reveal the submenu.
The Add New Page page can also be found from the + New link in the WordPress Admin Bar, also.
Click the Add New link.
Now you’ll see the Add New Page page where you can create your first page.
The first box is where you’ll want to enter the title of your page.
Next is the Page formatting section or page editor. This is where you’ll actually type the content of your page.
If you look on the right side of the box, you’ll see two tabs. There are two modes of editing posts: Visual and Text.
The Visual tab will bring up the visual WYSIWYG editor. WYSIWYG just means “what you see is what you get.” Here you’ll see a formatting toolbar with lots of options for formatting your pages. If you’re familiar with Microsoft Word or any other word processing software, most of these icons should look familiar.
If you click the Text tab, this will reveal a plain-text HTML version of the page editor. This version of the post editor is for editing the HTML code of your post. For most users, the Visual editor is the easiest way to write page content.
At the top of the right column on this screen you’ll see the Publish box. Here, your can save your page as a draft if you’d like to save it for later. If you click the Preview button, you can get a preview of how the page will look once it’s published.
The Status of the page will show if the page has been published, saved as a draft, if it’s pending review of if it’s been scheduled.
The next two links show the visibility of the page — or what visitors will be able to see your page. The Publish line shows whether the page will be published immediately or at a later date.
You can apply a theme page template using the box on the right, and change any sidebar options directly from this page.
Some themes have more advanced options on this page, and those will vary based on theme.
