Details of the Post Screen Last Updated March 2026 The Post Screen is very similar to the Page screen with a few added features, including the ability to add categories or tags, ways to customize it for the News or Blog landing page, turning on comments and showing details about the author. Read more about these features below. On this page: Categories & Tags Display of Posts on the Landing Page Excerpt Featured Image Post Settings Status Discussion Post Author URL Slug AddToAny Categories & Tags Categories and Tags have to be enabled and configured before you can use them. Inform the COFA Web team if you would like to enable Tags or Categories. It is recommended to have no more than 7-10 categories. Readers can browse specific Categories to see all Posts in the Category. To add a new Category, click the “Add Category” link in this section. Manage your Categories by going to in the left column menu under Posts > Categories. Posts with similar Tags are linked together when a user clicks one of the Tags. Add new Tags to the post by typing the Tag into the box and hitting the Enter key. Display of Posts on the Landing Page The News or Blog landing page must be set-up by the COFA Web team. There are a number of choices that the web team will discuss with you, including how many posts to show on the landing page before pagination is added. By default the landing page will include the full content of each Post but, if you desire, it can be set-up to show a teaser excerpt and feature image instead. Once set-up, you will need to follow the below instructions. Excerpt If you prefer not to display the full content of your Post on your Blog or News landing page, you can have the COFA Web team enable Excerpts. In the Post Settings, click “Add an excerpt” and write a one to two sentence description of the post as a “teaser” to entice readers. If the excerpt is empty, WordPress automatically creates an excerpt using the first 55 words of the post followed by the ‘read more’ link. Featured Image You can add a featured image to appear below your post’s title header, just like in the example below. To do this, click the Featured Image button in the Page Settings, then choose an image from your media library or upload a new one. Rectangular images work best, and don’t forget to add alternate text and follow image optimization guidelines. Post Settings Status Public posts are visible to all website visitors once published. Password Protected pages are published to all, but visitors must know the password to view the page content. You also have the option to pin the post to the top of the blog. Discussion This area of the screen provides options to allow comments or allow trackbacks and pingbacks. Trackbacks and pingbacks are a method to notify other websites of updated content on your Blog. The WordPress Codex provides a summary of how trackbacks and pingbacks work. Sites are usually set-up not to allow comments by default. Post Author A list of content contributors that you can select to attribute as the post author. This section only shows if you have multiple content contributors to your site. URL Slug The URL is generated from your Post Title. You can manually change the URL by clicking the post link. However, it’s not recommended that you edit the URL once a post has already been published. AddToAny Check the box to enable social media sharing buttons on a post.
