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Posts Tab 

The Posts tab lets you create, manage, and edit the posts on your website. 

Media Tab

Add your site’s images, videos and audio files to the Media Library. 

Media Add New screen

The Media Add New Screen allows you to upload Media (Images, video, files, etc.) for later use in your posts and pages. This screen allows you to both add single items as well as perform bulk uploads, if you wish to add more than one media item to your Media Library.

Upload New Media

Uploading media from your local computer into the Media Library is quite simple. Two ‘uploader’ methods, Multi-File Uploader and Browser Uploader, are provided. The Multi-File Uploader is the primary method for adding media to the Media Library, but if doesn’t work then click the “Browser Uploader” link to use the Browser Uploader.

Media Upload screen

You will also see a message displayed at the bottom of your view that indicates maximum upload size for files, as set by your hosting provider. 

Multi-File Upload

Multi-File Upload

• Drag-and-Drop – If you are using a web browser that supports HTML5 then you will see an active upload area (indicated by a dashed border) where you can “drag-and-drop” files from your computer to this area to upload them to the Media Library. You can upload files one at a time, or you can add multiple media items by dragging and dropping a group of files in this area.

• Select Files – If drag-and-drop is not working for you, click on the Select Files button, which will launch a file browser that allows you to find and select (by clicking) the files you want to upload. Multiple files can also be selected by holding down the Ctrl key (Cmd key on a Mac) and clicking on each file you wish to upload. After all the files are selected, click on the Open button to begin uploading.

As your files are uploaded, a status bar will be displayed next to each one to indicate progress.

When the uploading is complete, a thumbnail of the media is displayed. Once your upload is complete, you may click on the Edit link to edit and save the information about that media files (see the Edit Media page for more information) if you wish.

You may also click on the ‘Copy URL to clipboard’ button to copy the URL of the file you uploaded.

Browser Uploader

Uploading via the Browser uploader:

• Browse – Click this button, and then from the File Upload window, find and click the file to upload, then click the Open button. The Media file name will be placed in the text box to the left of the Browse button.
• Upload – Once a Media file name is displayed in the text box to the right of the Browse button, click the Upload button to upload that Media. At that point the Media Library Screen is displayed.
• Cancel – If the Upload is not working or is taking a prolonged period of time, click the Cancel button to cancel the Upload process.

Media library

The Media Library Screen allows you to edit, view, and delete Media previously uploaded to your blog. Multiple Media objects can be selected for deletion. Search and filtering ability is also provided to allow you to find the desired Media.

Media Library provides two type of views. One is simple visual Grid View and another is conventional List View. Switch between these views using the icons to the left above the screen.

Edit Media

Overview

The Edit Media page is where you manage information about your media that is saved in the Media Library. To reach the Edit Media page, go to Media > Library and click the name of the media item or the Edit link that appears below the name on hover. You can also reach this page by clicking on the Edit link when adding new media to your site.

The data entered on the Edit Media page is often used by attachment pages and galleries if the theme or plugin chooses to display it, and the data is also used as the default values at the time an image is inserted into a page. Once the image has been inserted as an individual image, it becomes disconnected from the data in the media library and you can use the Image Details screen to update it on a per-image basis.

In addition to managing meta data such as title, caption, alt text, and description, there are also added controls for performing basic media edits such as rotating, scaling, and cropping images. For more information see the Edit Image section.

Edit media showing the options

Edit media page

Title

The name of the media. A title is displayed in the File column of the Media Library Screen and is often shown on attachment pages and galleries if themes or plugins are designed to display it.

Permalink

This is the URL of the media attachment page. There is also a link to view the attachment page. Next to this, there may be a button to edit the permalink—if there isn’t, you can change the permalink by activating ‘Slug’ from the screen options and changing the slug’s value.

Edit image button

(Image files only) allows you to make edits such as rotate, scale, and crop.

Caption

A brief explanation of the media.

Alternate text

The alt text for the image, e.g. “The Mona Lisa” to describe the media. Used for accessibility.

Description

An explanation of this particular media.

File URL

Read only display of a direct link to the media file.

Copy URL to clipboard:

Click to copy the URL of the file you are editing into the clipboard. 

Download file

Makes it easier for users to download their uploaded media by providing a download link on the attachment details screen and in the media modal.

Save meta box

Displays information about your media, such as the upload date, web address, file name, type, size, and dimensions. Also includes actions to Delete Permanently or Update any change you have made.

More edit media options

Screen options in Edit media page

Note: The following Meta Boxes may not be visible by default. You can enable them by clicking on the Screen Options tab at the top right of the Edit Media page.

Discussion

Turn the ability to leave comments and/or trackbacks on the media attachment page on or off

Comments

List of current comments saved for this media file

Slug

the attachment page slug

Author

the Author for the media

Edit image

Edit image

Clicking the Edit Image button launches the image editor screen, giving you access to several useful image editing controls. The edits you make to your image are non-destructive and you can restore the image to its original (uploaded) specifications at any time. Here are the various controls available to you in this Edit Image mode:

Crop

To crop the image, first, click on the image and drag to make your selection. Once a selection has been made, then click the crop icon above the image to finalize the crop. You can use the Aspect ratio and Selection option to make further adjustments or use keyboard shortcuts to fine-tune your crop selection before clicking the crop icon.

Rotate left button

Rotate the image 90 degrees counter-clockwise.

Rotate right button

Rotate the image 90 degrees clockwise.

Flip vertical button

Flip the image upside-down.

Flip horizontal button

Flip the image left-to-right.

Undo/Redo button

Remove or restore your last edit. You can click as many times as you want in succession to “step” through the edit history.

Scale image

Proportionally scale the original image. For best results, scaling should be done before you crop, flip, or rotate. Images can only be scaled down, not up. The original dimensions are displayed as a guideline above the box for entering new dimensions. Click Scale button to display the new scaled image.

Also Restore Original Image button appears to allow you restore the change.

Restore original image 

If changes have been made to an image, the Restore Original Image pull-down allows you to discard any changes and restore the original image. Previously edited copies of the image will not be deleted. Press the Restore Image button to complete the action.

Restore original image

Image crop

Used in combination with the Crop icon, this tool allows you to make the following precise adjustments:

• Crop aspect Ratio: You can specify the crop selection aspect ratio then hold down the Shift key while dragging to lock it. The values can be 1:1 (square), 4:3, 16:9, etc. If there is a selection, specifying aspect ratio will set it immediately.
• Crop selection: Once started, the selection can be adjusted by entering new values (in pixels). Note that these values are scaled to approximately match the original image dimensions. The minimum selection size equals the thumbnail size as set in the Settings Media Screen.

Thumbnail settings

WordPress thumbnails are smaller, usually square, versions of your main image. They are automatically created each time you upload a new image. 

Pages Tab

The Pages tab allows you to access all the pages on your site. You can create pages by clicking Add New, and edit them by selecting Edit with Elementor.

Comments Tab

The Comments tab lets you moderate, edit, and delete comments on your website.

Elementor Tab

The Elementor tab contains settings and controls relevant to the Elementor plugin. It includes the following:

Templates Tab

Work more efficiently by creating and using templates and website kits. 

The Templates tab features the following:

Appearance Tab

Themes are the framework of any WordPress website. Therefore, all WordPress websites must have the theme. The Hello Theme was created by Elementor especially to work with the Elementor plugin.

Themes	Choose a theme for your website. We recommend Elementor’s Hello Theme. For more details, see What is the Elementor Hello Theme?
Customize	Change site settings such as the site setting, menus and the header and footer. Many of these settings can be changed within Elementor. For more details, see Configure Site Settings.
Menus	Create links to your site’s pages to make navigation easier. Menus can also be created using the Menu widget. For more details, see Menu widget.

Plugins Tab 

Inside the Plugins tab, you can search, update, install, activate/deactivate, enable/disable auto-updates, and delete plugins. 

Installed Plugins	Access a list of all the plugins you’ve added to your site. For more details, see Activate & deactivate plugins.
Add New	Look for plugins to add functionality to your site. For more information, see Install WordPress plugins.

Users Tab

The Users tab lets you add new users to your website and edit the permissions of existing users.

All Users	Access a list of people with access to your website as well as their level of access. These could be clients or team members.
Add New	Give someone permission to access your website. For more details, see Add a user.
Profile	Manage your personal information such as the language you work in and color scheme.

Tools Tab

Features to help you build and maintain your site.

Import	Move your website from it’s current location to this server.
Export	Move your website from this server to another one.
Site Health	Access a list of recommendations to speed up your site.
Export Personal Data	Create a zip file with a website visitor’s personal information. Some jurisdictions may require this capability.
Delete Personal Data	Erases all data you collected about a website visitor. Some jurisdictions may require this capability.

Settings Tab

The Settings tab includes settings tools like General, Writing, Reading, Discussion, Media, Permalinks, Privacy, and Limit Login Attempts.

This tab controls basic functionality such as access to your site.

General	Access and edit basic information such as the site’s name and tagline.
Writing	Control the default category of posts and enable posting by email.
Reading	Control settings for your homepage how visitors will view post archives.
Discussion	Controls the interactions between website owners and visitors.
Media	Control the site’s image sizes.
Permalinks	Control the URL structure of your site. For more information, see What are Permalinks?
Privacy	Allows you to set up a privacy policy page. Some jurisdictions may require this capability.
Limited Login Attempts