Understanding WP Admin

Elementor is a complete website-builder solution that sits on top of the WordPress infrastructure, so you need to be familiar with WP (WordPress) Admin to work proficiently with Elementor.

This overview explains the most important points about WP Admin, especially those parts most heavily used in conjunction with Elementor.

Table of Contents

Top bar
Hosting Tab (Elementor Hosting users only)
Posts Tab
Media Tab
Pages Tab
Comments Tab
Elementor Tab
Templates Tab
Appearance Tab
Plugins Tab
Users Tab
Tools Tab
Settings Tab

WP admin contains a top bar and 13 standard tabs:

Posts
Media
Pages
Comments
Elementor
Templates
Hosting (Elementor Hosting users only)
Appearance
Plugins
Users
Tools
Asetukset

If you’re using certain plugins like WooCommerce or Yoast, additional tabs appear on WP Admin.

Starting at the top, let’s take a look at the top bar!

Top bar

You can use the top bar to visit the WordPress official website and your Elementor website, check out comments, create new pages, posts, add media, tweak Site Lock mode, and more. You can access your User Settings.

The top bar of WP Admin gives you access to the following:

WordPress logo	Click this to visit the official WordPress website.
Your site name	Click this to visit your Elementor website.
Comments	View the comments visitors left on your webpages.
New	Use the dropdown menu to create a new page, in addition to the media library, post, landing page, template or user.
Site lock	Indicates your page is inaccessible to visitors unless they have a code. For more details, see Site lock.
Support (Elementor Hosting users only)	Submit a support ticket or open support chat.
User settings	Access your user settings. This is located on the right-hand side of the top bar.

Hosting Tab (Elementor Hosting users only)

The Hosting tab gives you access to features connected to your website’s infrastructure:

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Hosting settings	Access your My Elementor website dashboard. For more details,
Backups	Save a copy of your website or access saved copies of your site.
Connect Domain	Link your website to your custom domain name.
Create Staging	Build a staging site where you test changes to your website before making them live.
Advanced Caching	Access the various advanced caching options such as clearing your website’s memory.

Posts Tab

The Posts tab lets you create, manage, and edit the posts on your website.

All Posts	See a list of all your site’s posts. Hover over a post, and select Edit with Elementor to edit the post.
Add New	Create a new post for your site.
Categories	Create, delete or edit your post’s categories. Categorizing your posts allows you to organize them more easily and helps you direct visitors to the information they’re looking for.
Tags	Create, delete or edit your post’s tags. Tags are a great way for search engines to find your posts.

Media Tab

Add your site’s images, videos and audio files to the Media Library.

Library	A gallery management tool for your website. The Media Library contains all the pictures and videos available to you.in your media library. Here you can view, edit captions and metadata, delete, and search for your media.
Add New	Click this to Upload media to your website.

Pages Tab

The Pages tab allows you to access all the pages on your site. You can create pages by clicking Add New, and edit them by selecting Edit with Elementor.

All Pages	A list of all your site’s pages. Hover over a post and select Edit with Elementor to edit the page.
Add New	Create and edit a new page by selecting Add New, and then Edit with Elementor.

Comments Tab

The Comments tab lets you moderate, editja delete comments on your website.

Elementor Tab

The Elementor tab contains settings and controls relevant to the Elementor plugin. It includes the following:

Asetukset	Control default types and allow data sharing in the General tab, connect to third-party software in the Integrations tab,control features in the Edistynyt tab, and activate/deactivate experimental features in the Features välilehti.
Submissions	Access information visitors submitted using your website’s forms.
Custom Fonts	Add or Edit your site’s custom fonts.
Custom Icons	Add or Edit your site’s custom icons.
Custom Code	Add sitewide Custom Code to your site, for example, Google Tag Manager (GTM).
Role Manager	Assign roles to people with access to your website. Boost website security by making sure people have enough access to complete their tasks but no more than that.
Tools	Maintain and debug your website, import and/or export a website kit.
System Info	Lists details about your site’s server environment. This information is often needed when debugging your site.
Getting started	View the video, Getting Started with Elementor.
Get Help	Clicking this takes you to the Elementor Help Center.

Templates Tab

Work more efficiently by creating and using templates and website kits.

The Templates tab features the following:

Saved Templates	Access templates you created and saved. These templates can be reused on this site or exported for use on other sites.
Popups	Access popups you created or create a new popup. These popups can be reused on this site or exported for use on other sites.
Theme Builder	Opens the Elementor Theme Builder.
Landing Pages	Access landing pages you created or create a new landing page.
Kit Library	Apply a website kit to your site.
Add New	Create a new template.
Categories	Create, delete or edit your post’s categories. Categorizing your posts allows you to organize them more easily and helps you direct visitors to the information they’re looking for.

Appearance Tab

Themes are the framework of any WordPress website. Therefore, all WordPress websites must have the theme. The Hello Theme was created by Elementor especially to work with the Elementor plugin.

Themes	Choose a theme for your website. We recommend Elementor’s Hello Theme.
Customize	Change site settings such as the site setting, menus and the header and footer. Many of these settings can be changed within Elementor.
Menus	Create links to your site’s pages to make navigation easier. Menus can also be created using the Menu widget.

Plugins Tab

Inside the Plugins tab, you can search, update, install, activate/deactivate, enable/disable auto-updates, and delete plugins.

Installed Plugins	Access a list of all the plugins you’ve added to your site.
Add New	Look for plugins to add functionality to your site.

Users Tab

The Users tab lets you add new users to your website and edit the permissions of existing users.

All Users	Access a list of people with access to your website as well as their level of access. These could be clients or team members.
Add New	Give someone permission to access your website.
Profile	Manage your personal information such as the language you work in and color scheme.

Tools Tab

Features to help you build and maintain your site.

Import	Move your website from it’s current location to this server.
Export	Move your website from this server to another one.
Site Health	Access a list of recommendations to speed up your site.
Export Personal Data	Create a zip file with a website visitor’s personal information. Some jurisdictions may require this capability.
Delete Personal Data	Erases all data you collected about a website visitor. Some jurisdictions may require this capability.

Asetukset Tab

The Asetukset tab includes settings tools like General, Writing, Reading, Discussion, Media, Permalinks, Privacy, ja Limit Login Attempts.

This tab controls basic functionality such as access to your site.

General	Access and edit basic information such as the site’s name and tagline.
Writing	Control the default category of posts and enable posting by email.
Reading	Control settings for your homepage how visitors will view post archives.
Discussion	Controls the interactions between website owners and visitors.
Media	Control the site’s image sizes.
Permalinks	Control the URL structure of your site. For more information,
Privacy	Allows you to set up a privacy policy page. Some jurisdictions may require this capability.
Limited Login Attempts