the side bar doesnt have the WP Admin button

vrobertsonfoundation · Member · Feb 28, 2017 at 12:49 pm
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Im trying to add categories to my menu, but I cant get to the dashboard because the side bar doesnt have the option of WP Admin

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jenlynnemc · Staff · Feb 28, 2017 at 1:52 pm
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Hi There,
To access your categories under the new interface you can go to My Sites – Settings – Writing and scroll down until you see Categories. Once you click on Categories you will then be able to add, change, set default, etc.

The new interface can do almost everything that the old Dashboard could, but there are still a few things that haven’t changed over yet. If you do need to access your Dashboard at some point you can add /wp-admin to your site and it will bring you there.
Hope this helps!
Thanks
fullarmorcentergs · Member · Mar 4, 2017 at 2:18 pm
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i do not see the tab across the tab that is reading
these are the tabs
General
Writing
Discussion
Analytics
SEO
Import
Export
I want to set a static front page and the reading tab is missing, is there some other place to set this static page.?
cowponycountry · Member · Mar 4, 2017 at 3:14 pm
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Okay, I am also following this. To add /wp-admin…?
dave2swords · Member · Mar 4, 2017 at 3:36 pm
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To get to the wp-admin menus, look here first!:
https://en.support.wordpress.com/dashboard/

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cowponycountry · Member · Mar 4, 2017 at 3:54 pm
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thanks Dave, but uh oh! When My Site comes up, I get nothing like that screen shot. I get Stats, publish, personalize nad configure. I don’t see any of those other cool options but I am using the free version, could that be why? I no longer get the dashboard I had when I started, not sure how to get back to that (can’t seem to find appearance, for example) and was interested in the /wp-admin thing.

Didn’t mean to hijack this thread but it was obviouisly relevant for me too!
themagicrobot · Member · Mar 4, 2017 at 4:09 pm
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@cowponycountry You’re describing the “My Site” dashboard. As described earlier in this thread just add wp-admin to your address to get to the “old” dashboard. Save this link in your browser favourites. https://cowponycountry.wordpress.com/wp-admin

@fullarmorcentergs Click on “Customize” in the “My Site” menu and scroll down on the left for static front page. Or you can access the “Reading” menu from the wp-admin menu as described above.
cowponycountry · Member · Mar 5, 2017 at 2:12 am
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the magic robot – THANK YOU SO MUCH!! Wow! I have saved that link to my favorites. Have not seen anything like that so, thanks for getting me there!!!!

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