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Creating a Blog Post
How to create a website blog post from the Blog tab and what each publishing field is there for.
Open My Website, switch to Blog, and click New post. This opens the post’s settings screen, where you fill in its details and save it. Saving takes you straight into the full-screen design editor to lay out the body.
The Main Post Fields
- Title: the public post title and the starting point for a suggested slug.
- Slug: the end of the post URL. Use Generate if you want Work Planner to build one from the title.
- Author: the name shown on the post metadata. Leave it blank if you do not want to show a named author.
- Status: choose Draft while writing, Published now to make the post live, or Scheduled to publish it later.
- Publish at: the publish date and time used when the post is published or scheduled. Drafts ignore this until you change the status.
- Featured image: the main image used on archive cards and other previews.
- Excerpt: the short summary shown on archive cards and often used in sharing previews. A post needs one before it will save.
- Feature this post: marks the post to appear first on the archive page.
Organising The Post
- Categories: use these for the broad topic the post belongs to.
- Tags: use these for more specific labels that help group related posts.
- SEO title and SEO description: override the default metadata for this one post when you want more control over search and sharing previews.
Writing The Body
The Post body card at the bottom of the screen says Save the post, then lay it out with blocks in the editor. When you choose Save post, the design editor opens with a heading and a paragraph to write over, in your brand’s colours and fonts. You build the rest there with blocks and ready-made sections, using images from the blog library, check it on computer and phone screens, and save it. Blog Post Editor walks through it.
A Safe First-Publish Workflow
- Save as a draft first: the design editor saves straight onto the post, so a draft lets you check the slug, excerpt, and body without making the post public.
- Preview before publishing: Preview in the design editor opens the post on your website with the body as it is, which is worth doing if the post uses several images or columns.
- Only schedule when the publish time matters: otherwise publishing now is simpler and easier to verify straight away.
- Publish from the settings screen: when the body is ready, go back to the post’s settings, change the Status, and choose Save post.
Related articles
- Blog Post Editor: a closer look at the settings screen and the design editor.
- Editing a Blog Post: updating a saved post later.
- Blog Categories: creating the category structure before you publish.
- Blog Media: uploading the featured image and content images.