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Last is Site Language. You can select your language from<br />

the dropdown list.<br />

Once you’ve updated or change these settings, click Save<br />

changes.<br />

<strong>WordPress</strong> Writing Settings<br />

Next up are Writing Settings. From the left-hand<br />

navigation menu, click to open the Writing Settings page.<br />

All of the settings on this page apply to writing and<br />

publishing content for your site. The top section controls<br />

the editor <strong>with</strong>in the <strong>WordPress</strong> dashboard, while the rest<br />

control external publishing methods.<br />

In the first section, you’ll see options for formatting,<br />

including settings for default post category and default<br />

post format. When you make your selection in these<br />

dropdowns, new posts will automatically have the<br />

selected category or post format applied. Post formats<br />

are simply a way <strong>WordPress</strong> can format your posts,<br />

depending on if your theme provides styling for that<br />

particular format. We’ll cover more on categories in a<br />

later chapter.<br />

The next section is the Post via e-mail section.<br />

The Post via email settings allow you to send an email to<br />

your site <strong>with</strong> post content. To use this, you’ll need to set<br />

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