Writing in the dashboard

Post settings

The Post settings panel beside the editor has three tabs. Everything here is optional except the status: a post with only a title and a body is complete.

Updated 26 October 2026

1 min read

Publish

SettingWhat it does
StatusDraft (private), Published (live now) or Scheduled (goes live later)
Publish atThe time a scheduled post goes live
CategoryOne per post. Posts without one are Uncategorised
TagsAny number. New tags are created when the post saves
URL slugThe last part of the address, such as my-first-post
Changing the slug of a live post creates a redirect from the old address, so links and search results keep working. Your site gets the old slug answered with slugRedirectedFrom set.

Google

How the post appears in search results and when it is shared. Leave a field empty and the post's own title and description are used.

SettingWhat it does
Search titleThe blue link in Google. About 60 characters show in full
Search descriptionThe two lines under it. About 155 characters
Focus keywordThe phrase the post should rank for. The SEO report checks it is used well
Canonical addressOnly when the post was published somewhere else first. It tells search engines which copy counts
Keep this out of search enginesThe post stays live but leaves your sitemap and asks search engines not to list it
KeywordsFor your own use. Search engines ignore them

The AI answers part of this tab is described in Summary and FAQ. The SEO report under it is in The SEO report.

Image

The banner image, its alt text, and the social image shown in share previews. See Images and alt text.