WordPress with JAWS for Windows

Class Six

By
CathyAnne Murtha

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Introduction 

WordPress has users. Users have website access levels. From read-only to full administrator privileges.

 

Edit, manage, and  delete Users in the “All Users” Dashboard page.

 

Users and website visitors can leave comments. Manage Comments in the WordPress Dashboard. The “Comments” page will be familiar.

 

Contents

Introduction. 1

User Roles. 3

Add a User 3

Manage Users. 4

Edit Users. 5

View User Activity. 7

Delete Users. 7

Delete Multiple Users. 8

Change Multiple Users Roles. 8

Comments. 9

Manage Comments. 9

Comments Table. 10

Comment Links. 10

Spam Vs. Trash. 12

Conclusion. 12

 

 

 

User Roles

Users register on your website or are added by an administrator. Each user is assigned a role that determines their access level. Administrators have complete control. You assign roles based on a user’s responsibilities. You can change roles at any time.

 

Each role grants specific permissions.

 

WordPress default user roles are:

 

Add a User

Add a user from the Dashboard “All Users” page.

 

 

The Add New User page opens.

 

Configure the following:

 

 

The next three fields are optional:

 

 

Password and Role options are at the bottom of the page.

 

There are three ways to assign a user password:

 

 

Activate “Add New User” to create the user account.

 

If “Send User Notification” is checked, WordPress sends an email to the user.

Manage Users

Add and manage users from the “All Users” Dashboard page.

 

 

On the “All Users” page:

 

 

Manage users with the following controls:

 

 

Activate “Change” to apply the new role.

 

A Users table is at the bottom of the Content Area.

 

Navigate the table using JAWS table navigation or layered table commands.

 

Check some users or use the “Select All” checkbox.

Edit Users

Edit user information and roles with an “Edit” link on the “All Users” webpage “Users” table.

 

To edit users:

 

 

The “User Edit” page opens.

 

Configure the following:

 

 

The next three controls are completed by the user:

 

The remaining controls finish user edit:

 

Return to the “All Users” page to continue managing users.

View User Activity

Some user roles include writing and editing permissions. You can review a user’s published content from the “Users” page.

 

 

A new web page opens.

 

The page lists all posts and pages created by the selected user.

Delete Users

Delete users from the “All Users” page using the Username “Delete” link.

 

 

Confirm deletion. The user is immediately deleted.

Delete Multiple Users

Delete multiple users from the “All Users” page. Each user in the Users table has a checkbox. A “Select All” checkbox selects all users, including your administrative account.

 

To view users of a specific role, activate a role link at the top of the page. The Users table is filtered to show only users assigned to that role.

 

To manage spam accounts, filter by “Subscriber.” This role often includes bulk registrations and is easier to review and remove.

 

Select users by checking the box next to each Username.

 

To delete selected users:

 

 

A confirmation dialog opens. Confirm deletion. WordPress deletes the selected users immediately.

Change Multiple Users Roles

Change multiple user roles using the “Change role to” combo box. Each user in the Users table has a checkbox. A “Select All” checkbox selects all users on the page, including your administrative account.

 

To change users assigned to a specific role, activate a role link at the top of the page. WordPress filters the table to display only users with that role.

 

Check the box next to each Username to select users.

 

To update user roles:

 

 

User roles are updated immediately.

Comments

Comments let visitors respond to the content on your pages and posts.

 

Control comment settings in the All Pages or All Posts table using the “Quick Edit” link for each page or post.

 

By default, WordPress disables comments on pages and enables them on posts.

 

Use the WordPress Dashboard to view, approve, edit, or delete comments.

Manage Comments

Manage comments on the “Comments” page in the WordPress Dashboard.

 

 

Filter options are located above the Comments table. Navigate the filter list using JAWS list navigation or Navigation Quick Keys.

 

Select a filter to control which comments are displayed:

 

 

Manage multiple comments with the bulk action controls:

 

 

Activate “Apply” to confirm the action

 

Filter comments by type using the next set of controls:

 

 

Activate “Filter” to apply it.

 

Use table navigation to verify that the comment status has been updated.

Comments Table

Comments are in a table at the bottom of the Comments page. Navigate the table with JAWS table commands.

 

The table includes the following columns:

 

Comment Links

Use table navigation to focus on a comment name. Four action links are beneath each comment:

 

 

HTML stand for Hypertext Markup Language. It is beyond this trading course scope.

 

Two buttons are beneath the reply edit box:

 

 

The remaining controls are:

 

Spam Vs. Trash

In vanilla WordPress, Spam and Trash move comments into separate folders.

 

Trash comments are automatically deleted after 60 days. Change this duration in WordPress settings.

 

Spam comments remain in the Spam folder until you manually delete them.

 

Plugins can analyze spam comments to identify and block spammers.

 

Plugins can also automatically remove spam comments.

Conclusion

Add, edit, and manage some Users. When users log in, their User page opens.

 

Use caution when enabling Comments. Robots crawl the web and spam unprotected web content.