WordPress admin conventions

In the wp-admin, you have the ability to manage a number of different types of content and content sorting types, including posts, categories, pages, links, media uploads, and more. WordPress uses a similar format for various screens. Let's explore them here.

Lists of items

For every piece of content in WordPress that you might want to manage, there will be a screen listing them. For example, let's have a look at what a list of posts might look like:

As you can see, the name of the post type is at the top, and the list of items has columns. Let's take a look at the important elements:

• Each item in the list shows its title. You can always click on an item title to edit it.
• If you...