{"id":1726,"date":"2026-02-16T22:23:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T03:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/?page_id=1726"},"modified":"2026-06-07T16:18:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T21:18:47","slug":"how-to-create-a-simple-page-in-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/how-to-create-a-simple-page-in-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create a simple page in WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"    <section class=\"cc--component-container cc--hero-basic  hero-basic color-white\">\n\n<div class=\"c--component c--hero-basic\">\n        \n<div class=\"outer-wrapper\">\n    <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n        <div class=\"text-container\">\n            <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"f--field f--page-title \"><h1>How to create a simple page in WordPress<\/h1>\n\n<\/div><!-- f--field f--page-title -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"f--field f--text \"><\/div><!-- f--field f--text -->\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div><!-- c--component c--hero-basic -->\n\n    <\/section><!-- cc--component-container cc--section -->\n\n\n    <section class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text  rich-text\">\n\n<div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\">\n        <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n    \n    <div class=\"f--field f--rich-text \"><p>1. Visit your site\u2019s dashboard. For example if your subsite is RAMS, you would access the dropdown under \u201cMy sites\u201d at the top left of the screen, find your subsite and click on \u201cDashboard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1019\" src=\"\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/03\/step1-300x125.png\" alt=\"Find your subsite's dashboard\" width=\"602\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/03\/step1-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/03\/step1.png 545w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2. In the left column, mouse over \u201cPages\u201d and click on \u201cAdd New.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1018\" src=\"\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/03\/Step2-300x264.png\" alt=\"Mouse over pages and then click on Add New\" width=\"546\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/03\/Step2-300x264.png 300w, https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/03\/Step2.png 502w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0You can begin to create your content in the Visual Tab (WYSIWYG) as follows:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1023\" src=\"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/03\/Step3-1-300x100.png\" alt=\"Visual text area of KB article\" width=\"753\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/03\/Step3-1-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/03\/Step3-1-1024x341.png 1024w, https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/03\/Step3-1-768x256.png 768w, https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/03\/Step3-1-1536x511.png 1536w, https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/03\/Step3-1-1080x360.png 1080w, https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/03\/Step3-1.png 2042w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 753px) 100vw, 753px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>4. For a page which contains only simple text, on the right side of the New Page form you will need to update the \u201ctemplate\u201d in the \u201cPage attributes\u201d section to \u201cNo sidebar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1016\" src=\"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/03\/Step4-279x300.png\" alt=\"Select no sidebar in the page attributes section\" width=\"487\" height=\"524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/03\/Step4-279x300.png 279w, https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/03\/Step4.png 308w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>5. Next, you will need to click on the purple \u201cUse The Divi Builder\u201d button in order to preview your page with proper formatting.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1015\" src=\"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/03\/Step5-300x122.png\" alt=\"Purple Divi Builder button\" width=\"560\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/03\/Step5-300x122.png 300w, https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/03\/Step5.png 497w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>6.\u00a0Then click on the first card, \u201cUse Existing Content.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1014\" src=\"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/03\/Step6-183x300.png\" alt=\"Click on use the existing content button\" width=\"476\" height=\"780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/03\/Step6-183x300.png 183w, https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/03\/Step6.png 329w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>7. Then click on Build on the Front end.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1013\" src=\"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/03\/Step7-300x97.png\" alt=\"Click on build on the front end\" width=\"619\" height=\"198\" \/><\/p>\n<p>8. Then you can view your page in the Visual Builder.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1012\" src=\"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/03\/Step8-300x267.png\" alt=\"View your page in the visual builder\" width=\"638\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/03\/Step8-300x267.png 300w, https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/03\/Step8.png 668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you need to continue to edit your page double click within the text area and a simple formatting bar will appear:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1011\" src=\"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/03\/step8a-300x121.png\" alt=\"Simple formatting bar within visual builder\" width=\"585\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/03\/step8a-300x121.png 300w, https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/03\/step8a-768x310.png 768w, https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/03\/step8a.png 804w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>9. In order to save your draft or publish, click on the purple button with the three dots and then you\u2019ll have the option to save draft or publish.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1010\" src=\"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/03\/Step9-300x34.png\" alt=\"Click on save draft or publish.\" width=\"741\" height=\"84\" srcset=\"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/03\/Step9-300x34.png 300w, https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/03\/Step9-768x87.png 768w, https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/03\/Step9.png 904w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><!-- f--field f--rich-text -->\n\n    <\/div>\n    <style>\n        .cc--rich-text .c--rich-text:has(.inner-wrapper) {\n            padding: 0 !important;\n        }\n\n        .cc--rich-text .c--rich-text .inner-wrapper {\n            padding-right: 8%;\n            padding-left: 8%;\n        }\n\n        @media screen and (min-width: 768px) {\n            .cc--rich-text .c--rich-text .inner-wrapper {\n                padding-right: 12%;\n                padding-left: 12%;\n            }\n        }\n\n        @media screen and (min-width: 1024px) {\n            .cc--rich-text .c--rich-text .inner-wrapper {\n                padding-right: 10%;\n                padding-left: 10%;\n            }\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<\/div><!-- c--component c--rich-text -->\n\n    <\/section><!-- cc--component-container cc--section -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":992,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"page-category":[],"class_list":["post-1726","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to create a simple page in Wordpress - Rutgers IT Site Documentation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/how-to-create-a-simple-page-in-wordpress\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to create a simple page in Wordpress - Rutgers IT Site Documentation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/how-to-create-a-simple-page-in-wordpress\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rutgers IT Site Documentation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-07T21:18:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/it.rutgers.edu\\\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\\\/how-to-create-a-simple-page-in-wordpress\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/it.rutgers.edu\\\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\\\/how-to-create-a-simple-page-in-wordpress\\\/\",\"name\":\"How to create a simple page in Wordpress - Rutgers IT Site Documentation\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/it.rutgers.edu\\\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-17T03:23:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-07T21:18:47+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/it.rutgers.edu\\\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\\\/how-to-create-a-simple-page-in-wordpress\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/it.rutgers.edu\\\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\\\/how-to-create-a-simple-page-in-wordpress\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/it.rutgers.edu\\\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\\\/how-to-create-a-simple-page-in-wordpress\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Rutgers IT Site Documentation\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/it.rutgers.edu\\\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How to create a simple page in WordPress\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/it.rutgers.edu\\\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/it.rutgers.edu\\\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\\\/\",\"name\":\"Rutgers IT Site Documentation\",\"description\":\"A Rutgers IT Service\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/it.rutgers.edu\\\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How to create a simple page in Wordpress - Rutgers IT Site Documentation","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/how-to-create-a-simple-page-in-wordpress\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How to create a simple page in Wordpress - Rutgers IT Site Documentation","og_url":"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/how-to-create-a-simple-page-in-wordpress\/","og_site_name":"Rutgers IT Site Documentation","article_modified_time":"2026-06-07T21:18:47+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/how-to-create-a-simple-page-in-wordpress\/","url":"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/how-to-create-a-simple-page-in-wordpress\/","name":"How to create a simple page in Wordpress - Rutgers IT Site Documentation","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-02-17T03:23:33+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-07T21:18:47+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/how-to-create-a-simple-page-in-wordpress\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/how-to-create-a-simple-page-in-wordpress\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/how-to-create-a-simple-page-in-wordpress\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Rutgers IT Site Documentation","item":"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How to create a simple page in WordPress"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/#website","url":"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/","name":"Rutgers IT Site Documentation","description":"A Rutgers IT Service","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/992"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1726"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1817,"href":"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1726\/revisions\/1817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"page-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/page-category?post=1726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}