Adding and Editing Pages
Last updated: July 2, 2025
This help page will go over the two methods to add pages in Wordpress and three tools used to edit pages.
Two Methods to Add Pages
‘From scratch’ and ‘from duplicate’ are the two ways to add pages in Wordpress. Expand the sections below to learn the steps for each, and how they can help enhance productivity.
From Scratch
Add a page from scratch when a client requests a page or feature on a page that is not available in the preset layouts or the preset layouts do not compliment your design choices.
Written Instructions
Navigate to the WordPress toolbar located at the top of the screen.
Select “Pages” in the toolbar.
Select “Add New” button.
Select “Skip Layout” button.
From Duplicate
Add a page from duplicate when the setup of a page is mostly the same, but it will just have different content.
Adding a duplicate page keeps the layout consistent across pages which is a design best practice.
Play the video below or select the dropdown to view how to add a page from duplicate.
Written Instructions
There are two ways to duplicate a page:
Navigate to the WordPress toolbar located at the top of the screen.
Select “Pages” in the toolbar.
Hover over desired page to duplicate.
Select “Duplicate”.
Change Title and URL to match new page content.
OR
Navigate to the WordPress toolbar located at the top of the screen.
Select “Pages” in the toolbar.
Select desired page to duplicate.
Select “Duplicate” button in publish section. The duplicated page will automatically populate in your browser.
Change Title and URL to match new page content.
Three Tools of Editing
Preview, Revision History, and Front-end Navigation are three tools utilized to streamline the editing process and enhance productivity. Expand the sections below to learn what they are, how to use them, and how they can help.
Preview
The preview link is a temporary URL generated by the platform that allows users to view how their content will look once published without actually making it visible to the public.
Use the preview link by selecting the “Preview Changes” button in the Publish section of the page.
Use the preview link to review and make any necessary adjustments before officially publishing a post or page on the website. It’s a handy feature for ensuring that the content appears as intended.
Note: If a page preview is not reflecting your current page build, save the page as a draft to get an accurate preview.
Revision History
The revision history tracks who has changed what, and when, on a per-page basis. Any time the page is updated, a new ‘version’ is added to revision history that details the state of the page upon pressing ‘Update’.
Use revision history by navigating to the bottom of each backend page. While viewing revision history, users can choose to revert to the selected version of the page, undoing any changes made since then. BUT it doesn’t save work past the version being restored!
Use revision history to see who has made which edits, and when they made the edits. From revision history, you may also undo edits by restoring a previously published version of the page.
When undoing edits, you may not be able to revert back to the current version, so be sure you are selecting the intended version to restore.
Tip: Take a full page screenshot of the front end webpage before hitting Save. That way, if you accidentally remove the wrong row/column/element etc you can have a quick reference to how the front-end looked before you saved the changes.