How to Create an Admin Page for WordPress

WordPress is the most popular open source blogging platform currently available. We rated it #4 on our list of the Top 40 Programming Languages for 2020. With more than 200 million downloads, it’s clear that WordPress has hit a nerve with programmers and website owners around the world.

But aside from the interesting language and framework ties, WordPress also comes with a steep learning curve. Its default user interface is not only confusing but overloaded with features. As a result, even experienced developers can find themselves struggling with the platform. That’s why we’re here today – to help you master WordPress administration in no time so you can focus on coding with peace of mind.

Why an Admin Page For WordPress?

As the name indicates, the WordPress admin area is where users with superuser privileges can perform all kinds of configuration tasks on the platform. These tasks range from changing the appearance of your site to adding and removing plugins (i.e. apps that extend the functionality of WordPress) and themes (i.e. the look of your site) to configuring the settings for your site’s email notifications.

All of these features can be accessed via the WordPress dashboard, which is the default screen you’ll see when you log in to the platform. However, the dashboard is not only a jumble of buttons and links – it’s also a highly sensitive area of WordPress, meaning you must be careful what you input here.

If you’re not yet familiar with WordPress, the dashboard is a good place to start. It will introduce you to the basic functions of the platform and also give you a good idea of how regular users interact with the software. One thing to keep in mind is that your dashboard will be entirely different from the one described below. Its layout, buttons, and options will change depending on your theme – so be sure to check out the documentation and look at the screenshots of other users’ dashboards before making any decisions.

How to Create an Admin Page for WordPress

If you’re looking to create an admin page for your WordPress installation, you’ll first need to establish what its main purpose will be. Will it be a guestbook where visitors can leave messages for your site’s owner? A tool for sharing documents with your team? A portfolio where you showcase your work?

The name of your admin page will also influence its design. Do you want something brief and to the point – like ‘Admin’ or ‘Site Management’ – or do you want to go for a longer, more elaborate name – like ‘Site Customization’ or ‘Site Content Management’?

If you want to create an admin page for your WordPress site, you’ll first need to establish what its main purpose will be. Will it be a guestbook where visitors can leave messages for your site’s owner? A tool for sharing documents with your team? A portfolio where you showcase your work?

The name of your admin page will influence its design. Do you want something brief and to the point – like ‘Admin’ or ‘Site Management’ – or do you want to go for a longer, more elaborate name – like ‘Site Customization’ or ‘Site Content Management’?

Once you’ve chosen a name for your admin page, it’s time to move on to the next step: establishing its location in the WordPress admin area. To do this, click on the ‘Files’ icon in the dashboard’s top-right corner and then click on ‘Add New’.

A popup window will open up, letting you know that you’re in the right place. You can either click on the ‘+’ sign to add a new ‘sub-page’ (i.e. a part of the site accessible via a link on the main page), or you can use the text box provided to enter the address of an existing page. In this case, we’ll use the text box to enter the address of the ‘About’ page we created on our site earlier in the week. When you save the page, it will be added to the WordPress menu system (the list of links on the top-right corner of the dashboard).

WordPress menus can be accessed via the ‘Appearance’ panel in the dashboard. To do this, click on the ‘Settings’ icon in the panel’s top-right corner and then click on ‘Appearances’.

Here you can change the look and feel of your site via a variety of options. However, before making any design choices, it’s important to remember that the dashboard’s layout will change depending on the theme you’re using. So, if you’re not sure what this panel is in relation to, take a quick look at your site’s theme’s documentation before making any decisions.

Taking the Next Step

Once you’ve added an admin page to your WordPress site, it’s time to move on to the next step: establishing its primary purpose. To do this, click on the ‘Page’ icon in the menu bar and then click on ‘About This Page’.

A new page will open up in your WordPress admin area. Its main purpose is to give you a good idea of how visitors will interact with the page – similar to the dashboard, the purpose of this page is more to show than it is to tell. As a result, keep the page short and sweet. You can add a few lines of copy to give visitors more information about what the page is and why they should visit it. Once you’ve written the text, click on the ‘Save Changes’ button.

One thing to keep in mind is that WordPress makes it highly flexible to organize your content as you see fit. As a result, you have the flexibility to add, remove, or re-order the content as you see fit. Once you’ve added a second page to your WordPress site, you have the flexibility to add, remove, or re-order the content as you see fit – so long as you’ve kept the URL (the web address for the page) the same. As a result, the order in which you add content to your pages is not important as long as you can remember the URL for each page.

Use This Guide to Configure Your WordPress Site

Now that you’ve got an admin page set up, it’s time to move on to the next step: making modifications to the configuration options for your WordPress site. To do this, click on the ‘Tools’ icon in the panel’s top-right corner and then click on ‘Options’.

The WordPress options screen is where you can make many changes to the platform, from the fonts used to the colors for the text and backgrounds. In this case, we want to make the following changes:

• The font used for the page
• Choose a different background color for the page
• Increase the font size

To change the font used for your WordPress site, simply click on the ‘Select a Font’ button and then choose a different font from the drop-down menu. Once you’ve made your selection, click on the ‘OK’ button.

If you want to change the background color for your page, click on the ‘Colors’ button and then select a different color from the color options provided. Remember: Colors for the dashboard and the menu are different, so make sure you select the right color in the ‘Colors’ option.

To increase the font size for your WordPress site, simply click on the font’s settings button (the three horizontal lines symbol) and choose a larger font size from the drop-down menu. Once you’ve made your selection, click on the ‘OK’ button to save your changes.

Make Sure You Backup Your WordPress Site

WordPress is a powerful tool, and one of the things that makes it so popular is its amazing community of users and developers. Because of this, many people don’t take the software’s simplicity seriously enough and end up making critical mistakes that end up breaking their site. To prevent any headaches down the line, it’s important to make sure you’ve backed up your WordPress site before starting any modifications.

To do this, click on the ‘Tools’ icon in the panel’s top-right corner and then select ‘Backup’.

A new window will open up, asking you to provide the URL for the site you want to backup. Simply copy and paste the address of your site into the field provided and then click on the ‘OK’ button.