Following are the steps to access the writing settings −
Step (1) − To change writing settings, go to the Settings → Writing option.
Step (2) − The Writing Setting page is displayed as shown in the following screen.
The following are the details of the fields on the page.
- Formatting − This field defines two sub-options for a better user experience.
- The first option Convert emoticons like 🙂 and 😛 to graphics on display will turn text-based emoticons into graphics-based emoticons.
- The second option WordPress should correct invalidly nested XHTML automatically corrects the invalid XHTML placed within the posts or pages.
- Default Post Category − It is a category to be applied to a post and you can leave it as Uncategorized.
- Default Post Format − It is used by themes to select post format to be applied to a post or create different styles for different types of posts.
- Post via e-mail − This option uses the e-mail address to create posts and publishes posts on your blog through e-mail. To use this, you’ll need to set up a secret e-mail account with POP3 access, and any mail received at this address will be posted.
- Mail Server − It allows reading the e-mails that you send to WordPress and stores them for retrieval. For this, you need to have a POP3 compatible mail server and it will have URI address such as mail.example.com, which you should enter here.
- Login Name − To create posts, WordPress will need its own e-mail account. The Login Name will use this e-mail address and should be kept as a secret as spammers will post links redirecting to their own websites.
- Password − Set a password for the above e-mail address.
- Default Mail Category − It allows selecting a custom category for all the posts that are published via Post by e-mail feature.
- Update Services − When you publish a new post, WordPress will automatically notify the site update services in the box. See the Update Services on the codex for the long list of possible services.
Step (3) − After filling all the above information, click on the Save Changes button to save your information.
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