How do I find my way in the WordPress dashboard?

What do you need?

• An account on your website. You can read about logging in in how do I log in to my website.

Step 1: The dashboard

The first screen after logging in is called Dashboard. In a leflite website, there are intentionally few boxes here: ads from plugins and news from WordPress have been removed, and the screen has a maximum of two columns. At the bottom of each management page, it says Website developed by Lef Creative.

Step 2: The menu on the left

The menu is divided into groups with a gray heading. For each section:

Pages, Posts, and Media

• Pages: the static pages of your site, such as Home, About Us, and Contact.
• Posts: news and blogs, with a date and a category. You can read the difference in page or post.
• Media: all the photos, videos, and PDFs you have uploaded.

Builders and Popups

• Builders: sections that you create once and use on multiple pages.
• Popups: pop-ups that appear on your site.
• If you have activated a module, you will also find Frequently Asked Questions or Reviews here.

General options

Everything that applies to the entire website: logo, header, footer, company details, opening hours, a notification at the top of your site, and the emails from WordPress. At the top of the page, there is a row of buttons for quick switching. See everything about the General options.

Menus and Widgets

Under Menus, you can adjust the main menu, the mobile menu, and the other menus. Under Widgets, you fill in the footer and sidebars. In a standard WordPress, these are found under Appearance; in your leflite website, they are listed separately in the menu.

Forms and Yoast SEO

Under Forms, you will find your contact forms and the submissions. With Yoast SEO, you manage how your pages appear in Google.

Step 3: The top bar

At the top, there is a dark bar. On the left is the name of your website: click on it to view your site. If you are on your site and logged in, the same bar appears above your page, with a button to edit the page you are viewing immediately. On the right is your name; there you will find your Profile and Log out.

Don’t see a section?

• Missing Frequently Asked Questions or Reviews: they only appear when the module is turned on. You can turn them on under General options, on the module page, with Enable Frequently Asked Questions or Enable Reviews. See which modules leflite has.
• No Comments: comments under posts are turned off in leflite. In a webshop, you manage product reviews under the products.
• No Appearance, Plugins, Tools, or Settings: these technical components are hidden so that you do not accidentally change something that causes the site to malfunction.
• No Menus or General options: your account has a role with fewer permissions. See which role you choose for a user.

Developer mode

Administrators see the section Developer mode in their profile with the checkbox Enable developer mode. This will make the hidden menu items visible again. This is intended for us as developers. Only turn it on if we ask you to.

Not working?

• You see a completely different management interface: check if you are at the right address. A red bar over a development or staging environment means you are working on a test version.
• A menu item has disappeared: check if a module has been turned off, or ask an administrator what role you have.
• A page is not loading or you see an error message: refresh the page and log in again if necessary. If the issue persists, send us a screenshot via contact.

Frequently Asked Questions