Understanding WordPress Pages vs Posts and how Categories work are all essentials skills for using WordPress as effectively as possible. When you use Pages vs Posts properly it helps your readers find what they’re looking for and it helps you rank better in the Google search results…

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In this WordPress menus tutorial I’ll show you how to add a navigation menu to your WordPress site, how to choose which items are included on your menu (and which ones are not) and how adding Categories to your menu is the missing step that makes your categories work for your readers.

This is one of the most commonly asked questions about WordPress and it’s also one of the most commonly misconfigured. But having your menu configured to show your blog categories is one of the most effective ways to provide site navigation and tie your SEO efforts together…

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The WordPress Dashboard — aka the WordPress admin dashboard — is where you do everything with WordPress. It’s where you write posts, configure the site settings, change the appearance and even add new features and functionality to your WordPress site.

Some of the things you may do from your WordPress admin dashboard…

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