Glossary

This post is the part of WordPress Glossary terms. Autosave is another term in WordPress glossary which is used in all WordPress tutorials. Let’s check about Autosave.

Autosave:

Autosave is the feature in WordPress which automatically saves the changes you made in posts and pages.  Changes you made are automatically saved in every few seconds.

Autosave option is automatically enabled in every post and pages and this feature can’t be disabled.

When internet connectivity is lost during the content modification, WordPress can’t access your database to store the auto-saved content. In this case, WordPress takes the advantage of local storage feature in the browser to save the changes that made in the post. Now changes you made are stored in browsers local storage and can restore the backup of stored content once internet connection was established.

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This post is the part of WordPress Glossary terms. WordPress has so many terms that are used in all WordPress tutorials. WordPress newbie’s always confused about these WordPress terms and always looking for the correct answers to know more about WordPress and its glossary terms. So I decided to create a post which will explain about WordPress glossary terms and uses of the each and every term that used in WordPress tutorials. Attachment is another term in WordPress glossary and let’s discuss it.

What is an Attachment in WordPress?

The term attachment refers to the files that uploaded to your WordPress website. In WordPress, we can easily upload and display any type of files using add media option. The most common files that are uploaded to WordPress are image, video and audio files.

A file will automatically become an attachment to that particular post When a file is uploaded using the add media option from the post edit screen. If it’s uploaded using media library, that file will be unattached but may become attachment when it is inserted into any post.

How To Add Media Files in WordPress?

There are two ways to add media files from WordPress dashboard.

1. Using the add media option from the post edit screen – If a file is uploaded using the add media option from the post edit screen, that file will automatically become an attachment to that particular post.
2. Using add new option from media library – If it’s uploaded using media library, that file will be unattached but may become attachment when it is inserted into any post.

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WordPress has so many terms that are used in all WordPress tutorials. WordPress newbie’s always confused about these WordPress terms and always looking for the correct answers to know more about WordPress and its glossary terms. So I decided to create a post which will explain about WordPress glossary terms and uses of the each and every term that used in WordPress tutorials. Admin area is the first term in WordPress glossary and let’s discuss it.

What is an Admin Area in WordPress?

Admin area is the Administrator or owner area of a WordPress website. It provides access to several WordPress functions and tools. Admin area (dashboard) is the first visible screen when you log in to your WordPress website. Normally you can access this Admin area by adding /wp-admin at the end of your website URL.

For example www.example.com/wp-admin

Who can access admin area?

An administrator has full rights to access the all functions in the admin area for a WordPress powered website. Users with other roles such as contributor, editor and author have very limited access to the admin area.

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