✏️ Lesson Description (What you’ll learn):

In this lesson, you’ll get a guided tour of your website dashboard — the main control panel where you manage everything from pages to blog posts, images, menus, and more.

📄 Lesson Content:

🖥 What Is the Dashboard?

The WordPress Dashboard is the first screen you see after logging in. Think of it as your website’s control room — where all the editing and updating happens.

🧭 Main Parts of the Dashboard:

1. Left Sidebar Menu

This is your main navigation panel.

• Dashboard – Overview of site activity

• Posts – Where you manage blog articles

• Media – Your image, video, and document library

• Pages – Where you edit your site’s main pages (Home, About, Services, etc.)

• Appearance – Customize your site’s look (menus, widgets, etc.)

• Plugins – Tools that extend your site’s features (you can usually skip this unless told otherwise)

• Users – Manage who can log in

• Settings – Site-wide configuration (best to leave this alone)

✅ Client Tip: Most of the time, you’ll just use Pages, Posts, Media, and Appearance → Menus.

2. Top Admin Bar

Visible at the top of your screen.

• Hover over your Site Name to quickly visit the front end

• Click + New to quickly add a new page, post, or media

• Access your Profile or Log Out on the far right

3. Main Screen / Welcome Panel

The center of the dashboard often includes:

• Quick links like “Edit Homepage”

• Site health or updates

• Recent activity (like published posts)

You can customize this screen by clicking “Screen Options” in the top-right.