When you write a post in WordPress you don’t need to publish it right away. Here’s how to schedule the publication date and time anytime in the future.
WordPress
Currently we’re only covering installed versions of WordPress, but in future we’ll be adding tutorials on the hosted version at WordPress.com.
Videos are classified by WordPress 2.7 or 2.6 mostly because the admin screens look different, so if you don’t see a video on your topic, try looking in the other section or try the alphabetical listing.
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You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
WordPress 2.7 
You have WP 2.6 if your admin screen looks like this:
WordPress 2.6 
Administrators Only 
Requires a Plug-in 
Recently Updated
Browser Issues
You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
Schedule a post to publish at a future date and time
You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
Creating a link using images in posts or pages
If you want to link to an external site or somewhere on your own site, using an image, here’s how to do it in the WordPress text editor.
You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
Create a link within the text of posts or pages
If you want to link to external sites or other parts of your own site using text within posts or pages, here’s how.
You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
Change the colour of an individual text link
Normally you’d control the look of text links through your theme’s style sheet, but suppose you want one particular link to have it’s own unique colour. You can do this with a bit of CSS in your text editor.
You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
Backing up your database using the WP-DBManager plug-in
WordPress is run through a database and that’s also where all your posts, pages, categories etc. are stored. Backing up that database is made easier with a plugin, and WP-DBManager is a good one for that purpose (it also performs many other functions involving your database). You can download the plug-in here.
You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
Backing up posts and pages using the Export function
A full back-up of your WordPress installation takes a bit of work, but if you need a quick way to save at least your posts, pages, comments, categories, and tags, then the Export tool is the way to go.
You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
Using the Insert More button on the visual editor
When you have a lot of text in a post, you may not want it all showing up on the home page or other places where you list your posts. You can easily choose to have only a portion of the post show up, with a “Read more” notice for visitors to click on and [...]
You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
Create a very basic image gallery in posts or pages
If you’ve more than one or two photos for a post or page, you can easily create a very basic gallery of thumbnails for the images, using WordPress’s built-in gallery system.
NOTE: You won’t have a Gallery tab until you’ve “associated” images with a particular post or page. There are two ways to create that association: [...]
You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
Adjust the size of the text editor box for all users
The text editor box for posts or pages is set to just 10 lines when you install WordPress. While you can adjust the text box size for an individual post or page, if you want the box to always be larger for all users, you can change that default size – here’s how.
You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
Changing the default text editor size doesn’t work
If you’ve changed the default size of the text editor box in your admin settings, but it’s not taking effect, here’s why.
You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
Removing links from text or images
If you have a link that you want to remove from text or images in WordPress, here’s how to do it in the text editor of your posts or pages.
You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
Flowing text around images in posts or pages
If you want text in your posts or pages to automatically flow around images, this is how to do it.
You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
Unschedule a post so it will publish immediately
If you’ve created a post and scheduled it go live sometime in the future, and then you change your mind, here’s how to make it live – publish it – right now.
You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
Installing plug-ins automatically
Installing plug-ins, which give WordPress added features, was always fairly straightforward, but with WordPress 2.7, it’s very easy. Everything is done for you automatically through the admin panel.
Backing up your files using an FTP program
Backing up your database is one thing, but you also need to backup your theme and the content files you’ve uploaded, like images, videos, and documents. A common way to do that is through a file transfer program (FTP). Here’s what you need to do once you’ve accessed your server with the FTP program.
You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
Using the Auto Save function
WordPress is always automatically saving your posts or pages as you work on them – in case you forget to save or something crashes. When you see the Auto Save notification at the top of the page, what are your options?
You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
Create extra space between two paragraphs
If you need to create extra space between paragraphs in the visual editor of WordPress, you cannot simply hit the ‘return’ key more than once. Here’s a simple way to solve the problem.
You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
Breaking up lines within a paragraph
If you want to split up lines within a paragraph using the visual editor in WordPress, you know that hitting the return key just produces a new paragraph, so what to do? Here’s what:
You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
Change the default categories for posts or links
If you forget to assign a category to a post or a link, WordPress automatically assigns them to a default category. Here’s how to control those defaults.
You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
How to paste Word doc text into posts or pages
If you’re trying to get text from a Word document to place into a post or page, you need to go about it the right way or you could end up with a lot of hidden coding that bloats the size of your web page.
