Administration
Can my posts have URL instead of /index.php?p=76?
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How long is the release cycle of WordPress?
A major release of WordPress happens every 6 months or so. Suggest and vote on ideas for future releases at the WordPress Extend Ideas site.
Also refer WordPress Versions for the chronologically listed versions of WordPress along with the Change Log information on new features and improvements in each version. There are the future releases and links to their respective milestones in the bug tracker.
How do I turn on Permalinks, and what do I do about the errors?
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What are Roles for and what permissions do different Roles have?
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Why can’t I delete the uncategorized Category?
Deleting a category does not delete the posts in that category. Instead, posts that were only assigned to the deleted category are set to the uncategorized category. Also, all Pages are assigned the uncategorized Category.
The uncategorized category cannot be deleted, however you can specify your default categories for posts on the Settings – Writing screen of the Administration Screens.
Why is there no Page Template option when writing or editing a Page?
If there is no Page Template option when writing or editing a Page it may because there is no template file with the proper structure. For the Page Template box to be available to assign to a Page there must be a least one template file in your theme that has a structure at the beginning of the template file that looks like this:
<?php /* Template Name: My Custom Page */ ?>
Create a new PHP file with any name under the theme directory and put above codes into the file. You will see the Page Template box appears that includes “My Custom Page” option in the Page Edit Screen. For more detail about Custom Page Template, refer Page Templates.
How do I determine a Post, Page, Category, Tag, or User ID?
Sometimes it is necessary to know the ID of a particular Post, Page, Category, Tag, or User. To determine that ID, use one of these method:
- Look in your browser status bar for the ID:
- Visit the related list table screen in your Administration Screen. For instance in the case of Posts visit Posts->All Posts, for Pages visit Pages->All Pages, and for Categories visit Posts->Categories.
- Now hover your mouse over the ‘item’ you need the ID. In the case of Pages, hover over that particular Page’s title in the Title column and for Categories hover over the Categories Name in the Name column.
- Look at the status bar (at the bottom of your browser) and the you will find at the end of the line something like “post=123” or “tag_ID=67”. In these cases, 123 is the Page ID, and 67 is the Category ID.
Configuration
How can I change how the date and / or time is displayed?
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How can I control comments people make?
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What do the Discussion Options mean?
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How do I install plugins?
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Why are all the comments being moderated?
Go to the Settings > Discussion screen and make sure that Comment must be manually approved is unchecked. With that option selected, all comments are sent to the moderation queue to await approval.
Make sure that Hold a comment in the queue if it contains x or more links. is not blank and contains a number higher than zero. If this value is blank or zero, all comments containing links will be moderated.
If the option mentioned above is unchecked, the link moderation value is higher than zero, and you still have this problem, then upgrade the comment spam plugins you have installed. If this continues to be a problem, deactivate the comment spam plugins one by one to determine the culprit and contact the plugin author for help.
How do I disable comments?
First, uncheck Allow people to post comments on new articles on the Settings > Discussion screen. This will only disable comments on future posts.
Next, to completely disable comments, you will have to edit each past post and uncheck Allow Comments from the Edit Post screen. Use Bulk Edit to disable multiple posts at once.
- In the Posts_Screen, check the checkbox in the Table’s title to select all Posts in a given table.
- From Bulk Actions box, select Edit and click Apply.
- In the Bulk Edit Screen, select Do not allow option from Comments box
- Click Update.