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How to edit a page or post in WordPress

Changing a sentence, a photo or a link on your site takes a couple of minutes in the WordPress editor. Every save keeps a copy, so mistakes are easy to undo.

  • Time: About 5 minutes
  • You need: A WordPress login with Editor or Administrator role
  • Updated:

WordPress builds pages from blocks: a paragraph, a heading, an image and a button are each a block. Some LER sites use custom page sections for their designed areas. If a section won’t open in the editor, it’s one of those, and I’m happy to change it for you.

Before you start

  • Pages are permanent pages (Home, About, Services). Posts are blog articles.
  • Changing a page that’s also a menu link? The menu updates on its own unless you change the page’s address.

  1. Step 1: Find the page in Pages (or Posts)

    In the left menu, click Pages (or Posts for blog articles).

    The WordPress Pages list with the Pages menu, a page title and its Edit link circled
    WordPress 7.1: Pages, then click the title or Edit.

  2. Step 2: Open it in the editor

    Click the page’s title, or hover over it and click Edit.

  3. Step 3: Click the part you want to change

    Click any text to type over it. Click an image, then Replace in the toolbar to swap it. To add something new, click the blue + at the top left and choose a block, like Paragraph or Image.

    The WordPress block editor with the add block button and the Save button circled
    WordPress 7.1: the block editor with + to add blocks and Save.

  4. Step 4: Save your changes

    Click Save at the top right. On a new page or post the button says Publish. Then click the View link to check it on the live site.

Undo a change with Revisions

Changed your mind? In the right sidebar, open Revisions to see older versions, pick one and click Restore. WordPress keeps a copy each time you save.

Quick answers

I can’t click a section of the page.

Designed sections like headers, footers and some page layouts are built into your theme. Send me the change and I’ll make it.

My change doesn’t show on the site.

Your browser or a caching plugin may be showing an old copy. Refresh the page with Ctrl+F5 (Cmd+Shift+R on a Mac), or clear the cache in your caching plugin.

Official help pages

Checked against these pages on November 3, 2026.

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