How to Customize WordPress Website: Step-by-Step

If you found this article because you’re a first-time WordPress owner, this section is for you.

How to install a wordpress theme.

  1. Login to your WordPress dashboard. Click on Appearence >> Click on Themes. Select a Theme of your choice and Click on Activate.

How to Modify/Add CSS selectors on the theme:

  1. After you have selected your theme, Go back to the dashboard and click on Appearence > Customize
  1. You will now see a preview of your website on the screen and on the left hand side you will see a bunch of customizing options. Now click on Additional CSS
  1. After you click on this section you will see a text area where you can add your code to customize the color, font size, font-type etc. of your Website content.
  1. You will see that the commands given in the CSS text box area will automatically be applied to the website content.

How to use HTML tags to define blog posts:

  1. Create an ordered or unordered list on your blog post: Select a block and click on more options >> Select “Edit in HTML” and add codes. (Before- After images)
  1. Define content with H1, H2 and H3 tags (Before- After images)
  1. Define a new class that affects colour, typeface and font size and name this class .mystyle in adtional CSS text box >> add code – “”.mystyle{Font-weight: bold; color: orange; font-size: 24px;”
  1. Publish post >> Go to edit post >> Select Block >> Click on more options >> Click on Edit in HTML >> add code class=”mystyle” and click PUBLISH.

Follow these steps and customize your own website in just a few minutes. Stay tuned for more “How To” blogs.

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