For this installment, I’m going to assume you’ve read Part 1 of this series. If you haven’t, and you have questions about logging in or text formatting options, go check out Just Beginning with WordPress Part 1.
After you’ve signed in and arrived at the WordPress Dashboard, click the downward facing arrow next to “Posts” on the left side of the screen. A submenu will appear. Click “Edit”. You’ll see this:
If the post you need to edit is at the top of the list, congratulations! If it isn’t on the first page, though and there are many pages of posts, you ‘ll want to use the “Search Posts” feature that’s circled in red in the image above. The search will look for whatever you type in the box next to it in post titles and the content of the post, so try to look for a “unique” word.
You can also filter the list by month/year of published posts and/or by category of the posts. These 2 dropdown boxes are located directly above the list of posts next to the “Bulk Actions” dropdown. Just choose the month and year the post was published and/or the category of the post and click the “Filter” button. If you know the post you will edit has or hasn’t been published, you can click the “Drafts” link or the “Published” link directly above the “Bulk Actions” dropdown box.
Once you’ve found the post you want to edit in the list, click the headline. This will take you to the “Edit Post” page.
As you can see, it looks alot like the “Add New Post” page. From this screen, you can change or format the text in the content window, add or remove categories and publish the post. Once you’ve made the edits, you can click the “Preview Changes” button above the “Publish” button. When you are satisfied, click the “Update Post” button and then you can safely navigate away from the page without losing your changes.
Have another post to edit? Lather, rinse and repeat.