In this guide, I’m going to be covering the various general settings you can change for your WordPress website.
Settings
Here are the general settings in WordPress and a brief description of what they do.
Site Title
This is the title of your website, shown to search engines and shown in tab titles.
Tagline
This is the tagline of your website, shown to search engines and shown in tab titles.
WordPress Address (URL)
this is the address you want people to type in to reach your WordPress website.
Site Address (URL)
This is the address where your WordPress files are located.
Administration Email Address
The email address that site notifications are sent to.
Membership
Whether or not visitors are able to register on your website.
New User Default Role
This is the role assigned to new users by default.
Site Language
This is the language of your website.
Timezone
This is the timezone that times are displayed to you with.
Date Format
The format dates are displayed in.
Time Format
The format times are displayed in.
Week Starts On
The day WordPress considers the start of the week.
Recommended Settings to Change
When you start a new WordPress website, it’s important to change the timezone to your timezone. I often miss this myself, but it’s quite an important setting.
In Conclusion
Now that you know what the various settings of WordPress are and you set your timezone, you’re set to start learning the basics of the editor.