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General Settings
Site title
Tagline
WordPress Address (URL)
Site Address (URL)
E-mail Address
Membership
New User Default Role
Site Language
Timezone
Date Format
Time Format
Week Starts On
Save Changes
Changelog
This Settings General Screen is the default Screen in the
Settings Administration Screen
and controls some of the most basic configuration settings for your site: your site’s title and location, who may register an account at your site, and how dates and times are calculated and displayed.
General Settings
Site title
Enter the name of your site (or blog) here. Most themes will display this title, at the top of every page, and in the reader’s browser titlebar. WordPress also uses this title as the identifying name for your
Syndication
feeds.
Tagline
In a few words, explain what your site is about. Your sites’ slogan, or tagline, might be entered here. A tagline is short phrase, or sentence, used to convey the essence of the site and is often funny or eye-catching. The default tagline is an empty string.
WordPress Address (URL)
Enter the full URL of the directory containing your WordPress core application files (e.g., wp-config.php, wp-admin, wp-content, and wp-includes). For example, if you installed WordPress into a directory called “blog”, then the WordPress address would be
(where example.net is your domain). If you installed WordPress into your web root, this address will be the root URL
. WordPress will trim a slash (
) from the end. If you defined the
WP_SITEURL
constant in your
wp-config.php
file, that value will appear in this field and you will not be able to make changes to it from the WordPress administration screen.
Site Address (URL)
Enter the address you want people to type in their browser to reach your WordPress site. This is the directory where WordPress’s main
index.php
file is installed. The
Site address (URL)
is identical to the
WordPress address (URL)
(above) unless you are
giving WordPress its own directory
. WordPress will trim a slash (
) from the end. If you defined the
WP_HOME
constant in your
wp-config.php
file, that value will appear in this field and you will not be able to make changes to it from the WordPress administration screen.
E-mail Address
Enter the e-mail address to which you want WordPress to send messages regarding the administration and maintenance of your WordPress site. For example, if you allow new users to register as a member of your site (see Membership below), then a notification will be sent through e-mail to this address. In addition, if the option,
An administrator must always approve the comment
, is set in
Administration
Settings
Discussion
, this e-mail address will receive notification that the comment is being held for moderation. Please note this is different than the address you supplied for the
admin
user account; the
admin
account e-mail address is sent an e-mail only when someone submits a comment to a post by
admin
. The address you enter here will never be displayed on the site. You can send messages to multiple admins by using an email address which forwards email to multiple recipients.
Membership
Anyone can register
– Check this checkbox if you want anyone to be able to register an account on your site.
New User Default Role
This drop-down box allows you to select the default
Role
that is assigned to new users. This Default
Role
will be assigned to newly registered members or users added via the
Administration
Users
Users Screen
. Valid choices are
Administrator
Editor
Author
Contributor
, or
Subscriber
Site Language
The WordPress dashboard language.
Timezone
From the drop-down box, choose a city in the same timezone as you. For example, under America, select New York if you reside in the Eastern Timezone of the United States that honors daylight savings times. If you can’t identify a city in your timezone, select one of the
Etc GMT
settings that represents the number of hours by which your time differs from
Greenwich Mean Time
. Click the
Save Changes
button and the
UTC time
and “Local time” will display to confirm the correct Timezone was selected.
Date Format
The format in which to display dates on your site. The Date Format setting is intended to be used by theme designers in displaying dates on your site, but does not control how the date is displayed in the Administrative Screens (e.g. Manage Posts). Click the
Save Changes
button and the “Output” example below will show the current date in the format entered. See
Formatting Date and Time
for some of the formats available.
Time Format
The format in which to display times on your site. The Time Format setting is intended to be used by theme designers in displaying time on your site, but does not control how the time is displayed in the Administrative Screens (e.g. Write Post edit of timestamp). Click the
Save Changes
button and the “Output” example below will show the current time in the format entered. See
Formatting Date and Time
for some of the formats available.
Week Starts On
Select your preferred start date for WordPress calendars from the drop-down box. Monday is the default setting for this drop-down, meaning a monthly calendar will show Monday in the first column. If you want your calendar to show Sunday as the first column, then select Sunday from the drop-down.
Save Changes
Click the
Save Changes
button to ensure any changes you have made to your Settings are saved to your database. Once you click the button, a confirmation text box will appear at the top of the page telling you your settings have been saved.
Changelog
Updated 2024-08-24
Spacing/typos
Tagline default of empty string added
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November 5, 2018
June 8, 2024
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