WordPress - General Settings

WordPress general settings is used to set the best configuration settings for your site.

Following are the steps to access General Settings:

Step (1): Click on Settings > General option in WordPress.

Step (2): The General Setting page is displayed as shown in the following snapshot. 

Following are the details of the fields on general settings page.

Site Title: It displays the name of the site in the template header.

Tagline: Displays a short sentence about your site.

WordPress Address (URL): It is the URL of WordPress directory where your all core application files are present. 

Site Address (URL): Enter the site URL which you want your site to display on the browser.

E-mail Address: Enter your e-mail address which helps to recover your password or any update.

Membership: Anyone can register an account on your site after you check this checkbox.

New User Default Role: The default role is set for the newly registered user or members.

Timezone: Sets the time zone based on the particular city.

Date Format: Sets the date format as you need to display on the site.

Time Format: Sets the time format as you need to display on the site.

Week Starts On: Select the week day which you prefer to start for WordPress calendar. By default it is set as Monday.

Site Language: Sets the language for the WordPress dashboard. 

Step (3): After filling all the information about general settings, click on Save Changes button. It saves all your general setting information.