to the point where you want splitting.
The good news is you can add the same formula every time you want to split your documents and you can do it as many times as you wish.
8. Image editor
We have already discussed how WordPress has made it super easy to add images just by copy-pasting the URL of the specific media, what many people don’t know is that it also comes with the basic image editing features. They are definitely not as good as adobe photoshop or some other image editors available on the internet, but it can crop, flip, resize and rotate an image. So if you want to perform these basics functions on a given image, you don’t have to use another platform, because WordPress has this feature built-in too. To access the image editor you have to go to Media then click library then select the image to be edited and then navigate your way to Edit Image.
Many people go through the hassle using dedicated editors for making even some slight changes when all this can be done with WordPress. You can optimize the image according to your webpage, post, product, and more. Note that customized images along with blogs, products, and on web pages tend to increase the conversion rate too much extent.
9. Sticky post approach
We use sticky posts when we want certain things to highlight or when we want to make sure they are easily visible to us. Similarly, WordPress offers this option for the post you want to make more prominent or posts that have already done really good and have helped you make a lot of money and now you want more people to see, all you have to do is sticky post that particular thing to your front page. This will allow it to be the first thing your audience will see as soon as they will enter your web page. For this, you have to go to the post’s Public widget,
then click Edit link and finally check “Stick this post to the front page”.
10. Scheduling a post
Maybe you are done writing a really good blog but you don’t want to post it right away maybe its because it’s not the right time eg: your post is about Christmas and you have completed writing 5 days ago, to keep it relevant, you can schedule a post whenever you think the time is suitable. This is also present in publish panel. Click Edit present right next to Publish and it will show several options related to date and time, set the duration according to your feasibility and click ok.
Then a blue box will show “Schedule” button, click that for scheduling of your post.
11. Using Shortcuts
Using HTML requires a lot of coding and a lot of time. If your deadline is far, then you are good to go but let’s be real that doesn’t happen in the real world and anyway saving a little time is always favorable. All you have to do is use the following shortcuts and WordPress will auto-format it for you. E.g.:
- Ordered list: 1) or 2) and so on
- Unordered list: * or –
- – for horizontal line
- > for blockquotes
- # for h1 tags, ## for h2 tags and so on
- `..` for the code block
Moreover, Ctrl + letters like: C (copy) , b (bold), u (underline) , a (Select all), y (Re do), k (insert/ edit link) etc. Using these shortcuts helps to save a lot of time and efforts so don’t shy away from using them.
12. Increasing your Menu
Like other default features, WordPress also comes with certain things that can be added to menu eg: posts, custom links, categories, and pages. Menus help in navigation and can be accessed through Appearance and then clicking Menu.
Depending on the theme you have opted for and the plugin you have installed you can gain access to other things to add to your menu e.g.: tags and custom post types. For this, go to click Screen options after going to Menu and check those items that you want to display in your menu.
These were just 12 of the hidden features in WordPress, there are several more including Hidden Master Options Panel, Favicons, Close Comments that help you save time from responding to old posts that might be no longer relevant, similarly, “Favorite” Plugins and Themes allows you to select your favorite and the most suitable theme and plugin for you to be displayed all time. Also Default Image Sizes that gives you variety of option for a perfect image size including thumbnail, medium, large and full-size.
Wrap up
We hope that the above features will help you in easing some specific tasks in WordPress and brighten things up for you. With the increasing growth and continuous updates done by WordPress team, we are pretty sure that the list will increase more in the upcoming WordPress versions. If we find some other cool obscure features we will love to share with you, meanwhile, you can comment on any feature that you think we might have missed and can help people in their works!
Author
Madan Pariyar, a digital marketing strategist helping clients to resolve their website woes. When not busy with all things, you may find me occasionally watching movies, traveling and spending time with my family.
