Essential WordPress Tutorials for Beginners: How to Manage, Edit, and Customize Your Blog with Confidence

So you’ve installed WordPress.
Now what?

If you’ve opened the dashboard and felt lost — you’re not alone.

This guide is for absolute beginners who want to learn the most important WordPress tasks:
Writing posts, editing pages, managing comments, changing themes, and more.

Let’s walk through the basics — step by step — so you can run your blog with confidence 🧑‍🏫💡

🧭 1. The WordPress Dashboard: What You’re Looking At

Once you log in to yoursite.com/wp-admin, you’ll see:

• 📄 Posts – write and manage blog articles
• 🧾 Pages – create static pages (About, Contact, etc.)
• 🎨 Appearance – customize your theme
• 🧩 Plugins – add/remove features
• 🧑‍💼 Users – manage who can log in
• 💬 Comments – approve, delete, or reply to blog comments
• ⚙️ Settings – control how your site works

📌 Pro Tip: Use the “Screen Options” tab (top right) to hide unused widgets.

✍️ 2. How to Add a Blog Post

1. Go to Posts → Add New
2. Enter your title
3. Use blocks to add paragraphs, images, headings, etc.
4. Set a featured image (right-hand sidebar)
5. Choose a category
6. Click Publish

📌 Need writing help? Read: Writing Tips for Bloggers

📄 3. How to Create Pages

1. Go to Pages → Add New
2. Add a title (e.g., “About”)
3. Use blocks for content
4. Publish

Use for:

• 🏠 Home
• 📬 Contact
• 👤 About
• 📃 Privacy Policy
• 🧭 Sitemap

📌 Example: Contact Page Optimization

🧩 4. How to Manage Plugins

1. Go to Plugins → Add New
2. Search for a plugin (e.g., “Rank Math SEO”)
3. Click Install then Activate
4. To remove: Go to Installed Plugins → Deactivate → Delete

📌 Keep your plugin count low for faster performance.

🎨 5. How to Customize Your Theme

Go to Appearance → Customize to:

• Upload your logo
• Change colors and fonts
• Edit header and footer
• Adjust homepage layout

Each theme has different options, but most follow this structure.

📌 We recommend using Blocksy for full control and speed.

🧭 6. How to Create Menus

1. Go to Appearance → Menus
2. Create a new menu (e.g., “Main Menu”)
3. Add pages, posts, or categories
4. Assign it to a location (like “Header” or “Footer”)
5. Save

📌 Tip: Use Max Mega Menu plugin for advanced menus.

💬 7. Managing Comments

• Approve or delete comments from Comments section
• Mark spam using Akismet or Wordfence
• Reply directly if needed

To reduce spam:
Use reCAPTCHA v2 with Contact Form 7 or comment box.

🧰 8. Widgets & Sidebars

Go to Appearance → Widgets or Customize → Widgets
You can add:

• Search bar
• Recent posts
• Categories
• Custom HTML or text
• Newsletter sign-up box

📌 Clean sidebars = better user experience.

🧼 9. How to Clean Up Your Site

Remove:

• Default sample post (“Hello World”)
• Default sample page
• Unused plugins or themes
• Unused categories or tags

📌 This makes your blog lighter, faster, and more professional.

✅ Final Thoughts

WordPress may look complex at first — but it gets easier with practice.
You don’t need to learn everything. Just the essentials.

Focus on:

• Writing and publishing
• Basic design
• Staying organized
• Using helpful plugins

📌 Next up: Having issues with WordPress? Let’s fix them in our → Troubleshooting & Fixes Guide