Generally, the daily tasks associated with administering your WordPress site are quick and easy to do, freeing you to concentrate on the content, editorials, and stories you want to share with the world, and allowing you to get back to other activities.

Here is a quick look at the various activities involved in administering your WordPress site. Some of these may need to be done daily, while others can be done weekly, monthly, or less frequently. It depends upon your blogging activity level and the intent of your WordPress site. Your usage may vary. ;-)

Daily Tasks

Login and Write

Most people begin by logging into their WordPress site because they have news, information, or even a story to tell. They often head directly to the Write Post screen. That's where the post's title is set, the actual writing of the post happens, categories chosen, and any other minor details noted. With a simply click of the mouse on the Publish button, everything's live on the blogosphere!

If you have images to upload to your site, you can easily switch to the Manage > Files screen and upload images to your WordPress site. You can then either add these to your new posts, or visit the Manage > Posts panel and click Edit to edit the post in which you now wish to add an image. Again, click SAVE and it is released to the world.

Ah, but then there are those Drafts sitting at the top of the Write Post screen, just staring at you. Yes, it's time to clean house and send those drafts to the trash or out into the world. It's your choice. Since you once thought of them as things of importance, be sure to give them another consideration before deleting them. There may be something in there that you still want published on your blog.

With WordPress, you have a variety options for dealing with your posts. Just because you have five, 10, or even 15 posts written doesn't mean you have to release all of them today. In fact, many people work ahead, creating content for their blog, but what they do is set the Publish for a specific date in the future. When the day and time you select arrives, like magic, WordPress automatically publishes the post on your blog. You could be sleeping, on a business trip, or sitting on the sunny sands of a Caribbean beach sipping pina coladas next to that special someone.

Checking Comments

After you've cleaned up the content on your site, it's time to find out what other people have been saying about your blog entries. On the Manage > Comments panel, you can inspect the comments posted to your site. If a comment has been marked for moderation approval, it will be a lighter color than the rest of the comments. Simply click Edit Comment to access the comment. If it's fine, set it to be approved. If it's SPAM, select Delete Comment and it's gone forever!

The Moderation Panel will segregate the comments awaiting moderation from the rest of the comments if you've set your Discussion Options to moderate all comments. This allows for quick and easy comment moderation.

Determining which comments to keep and which to delete can be a challenge. Be aware that often nice comments like "I really like your site. Keep up the great work." and "It shows you put a lot of time and effort in this. Thanks." might be benign comments, or more likely comment spam. To help you determine and check on what might be comment spam, and how to increase your protection against comment spammers, the Codex has articles to help you out.

Users and Authors

If you have set your site set up to allow users to register and submit articles, stop by your Users panel to check on those who have registered and make any adjustments to their User Levels as needed.

If you do allow users to post articles, be sure to check the Manage > Posts for any newly posted articles in the the Drafts area awaiting your review and release.

Check The Dashboard

At this point your daily tasks are about complete. Your site is up-to-date and on its way to entertaining and educating the world. But there is one last task you might want to check. Stop by your WordPress Dashboard panel and check to see if there are any new activities going on in the WordPress Community, especially any announcements about upgrades.

While there, take advantage of your handy "To Do List" featured on the Dashboard called the Latest Activity. This lists your most recently released posts, the next batch of scheduled entries, recent comments, blog stats, and incoming links (referrers). This helpful information lets you know what has been released to the public from your site, what is next on the list, and shows you at a glance, the most recent comments.

The blog stats and incoming links give you different information. The Stats give you information about how many posts, comments, and categories are on your site. While this isn't really critical information, you can use it as a general scoreboard or counter. The incoming links information tells you who has pinged or trackbacked to your site. This helps your link popularity for your site and gives you an idea of who thought your site's material was worthy of praise.

And just in case you need a little guilt or prodding, if you look at the bottom of the page, guess what you'll see? That's right! It's your list of Drafts, waiting patiently for you to perfect and publish them.

Administration Tasks

As the administrator or site owner, there are a few more tasks you should add to your schedule. These do not have to be done daily, but they still need to be done on a regular basis. Many of these are outlined in the articles WordPress:WordPress Housekeeping and WordPress:WordPress Site Maintenance. In general they are:

Check and Install WordPress Updates
Check for Dead Links Throughout Your Site
Check in with WordPress for Changes and Information
Backup Your WordPress Site and Database
Update Your Site's Content and/or Look
Update Plugins and Themes
Check for Validation Errors
Optimize Your WordPress Site

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