001in this video we can take a look at some of the Handy tools that WordPress allows us to use in the creation of our WordPress website from the dashboard we can go to the Tools menu press this is a tool that allows you to easily blog about something you found online on another website you can use this tool for text images and even videos to then create a post on your website to install the tool drag the bookmarklet to your bookmarks bar or if you're on mobile click the button to open press this then add it to your bookmarks when you're online and find something you wish to post about simply select what you want to use such as highlighting the text and then use the press fist tool from your bookmarks to be taken
002to a wordpress page that contains a mini editor it has the title a small description as well as a link to the full article remember to give credit to the original author too if there are images in the original post you can find them here as well selecting them will add them to your post on the right side you can change the format choose a category or even add tags once you're happy with the post you can publish save a draft or even preview what the post will look like on your WordPress site back at the tools screen you also have a categories and tags converter tool like the name says it will convert all of your categories into tags and tags into categories it's a good idea to leave this alone unless you really
003need to use it which is why it's not installed by default heading to the import screen of the tools category you also have a number of import tools which can allow you to import content from other blogging sites these include sites such as blogger tumblr or even another installation of WordPress to use these tools install the needed tool and then follow the instructions given finally the export tool will create an export archive an export archive allows you to save an XML archive to your computer which contains posts pages comments custom fields etc you can customize what you want to export by selecting them here you can use the export tool as a backup tool for your WordPress website this is one of the easiest ways to backup the content of your WordPress website but keep
004in mind however that it doesn't save the theme information such as your customizations and plugins for a more complete backup solution consider using the dot Easy auto site backup service with dot ez you can have a complete backup of your website for only one dollar and fifty cents a month this automatic backup option allows you to automatically backup your site as well as allows for easy web site restoration for more information you can head to this website or give us a call for help as you can see with dot ez and wordpress there are a few very useful tools available to help you in your wordpress website building journey we're almost through the WordPress website series so stay tuned for more helpful videos thanks for watching [Music] you [Music]