There are two ways to create a new “News” Post:
- From the ‘News‘ menu in the left sidebar, select the ‘Add News‘ option to bring up the ‘Add News’ screen
- Select the ‘News’ menu left sidebar. On the News screen you will see the ‘Add News‘ button at the top, next to the News Title.
Editing a News Post
The ‘Add News’ Screen is divided into the News Content section and helpful Post Metaboxes to organize your News posts on the right-hand side.
Tip: Any edits you do to this screen, you must select Update or Publish in the ‘Publish‘ metabox for your post to save before exiting the screen. Otherwise all work will be erased
Content Section
Add Title: At the top, you will enter your post’s title. Your title will by default be the slug name / url link name. You can easily edit this once the page is updated and published.
Create/Edit Content: There are 2 ways to edit/create your content;
- Classic Editor
- Elementor Drag n Drop Editor
1. Classic WordPress Editor: This is the quickest and easiest way to post. Just start typing in the content box. What you see is how its displayed on your site. More info on how to edit with Classic WordPress Editor can be found HERE.
When done, select Update or Publish in the ‘Publish’ meta box on the right-hand side.
Please Note: You might have to save the page as a draft or publish the page first before you are able to enter into Elementor editor
- Click the three bars at the top left-hand side, next to ‘elemenator’
- Click on ‘Exit to Dashboard‘
Helpful guides that go into more detail about each editor:
- Elementor Editor – (preferred)
- Classic WordPress Editor
News Post Metaboxes
The news post meta box is a draggable box shown on the news editing screen in the right-side column. Its purpose is to allow the user to select or enter information in addition to the main news post content. This information should be related to the post in some way. The following are short descriptions of each metabox displayed on the default News Screen. Please note your news post metaboxes may be different depending on your roll or in different order.
Publish Metabox: After editing your News Post you will need to either Publish or Update the post to save it. You can find both of those options here. You can also delete the News Post entirely by selecting Move to Trash. A few other options this box includes: Status: (Publish, Pending Review, or Draft), Visibility (Public, Private, Password Protected), Revisions, Published Date and the option to change or set the publishing date.
Categories Metabox: When editing a News Post, you can add it to a category by checking the box next to the category name. By default the news post will have a ‘Uncategorized’ label. See More about Post Categories
Tags Metabox: Add new tags by typing the text for you tag then hitting the Enter or Return key on your keyboard. If the tag has already been created for a previous post or page, the Tags box will begin to auto-populate with matching tags. To remove a tag, click on the X to the right of the tag.
Post Attributes Metabox: Our template is the default template for all News Posts.
Share Counts Metabox: Shared Counts is a WordPress social media share buttons plugin. Sharing buttons increase traffic and engagement by helping readers share your posts and pages to their friends on social media. By Default this is always turned on for posts. You can opt-out of sharing features by checking the box.
Featured Image Metabox: Featured images (also sometimes called Post Thumbnails) are images that represent an individual News Post. See More about Featured Image