WordPress – Manage the Writing and Reading Settings on the Frontend

Hi there! In this post, we’ll show you how to manage the WordPress writing and reading settings on the frontend. This can be really useful to create a frontend dashboard for WordPress where users will be able to manage their sites.

Normally, you need a lot of programming knowledge to create frontend admin pages like these. However, here we’ll show you how to display and manage the WordPress writing and reading settings on the frontend using the WP Frontend Admin plugin.

It allows you to display wp-admin pages on the frontend with a single click or with an easy shortcode. You can use the plugin to build beautiful frontend dashboards or web apps based on WordPress plugins.

Once you’re done installing and activating the plugin, follow these simple steps to display the WordPress writing and reading settings on the frontend.

1- Display the WordPress writing / reading settings on the frontend

You can easily display the WordPress writing and reading settings on the frontend without programming anything.

Note. In this example, we’ll show you how to display and configure the writing settings on the frontend, and then you can apply the same process to the reading settings.

Just follow these simple steps:

1. Go to Settings > Writing.
2. Click View on the frontend.

With these two simple clicks, WP Frontend Admin will create a frontend page where your writing settings will be displayed.

You can also use WP Frontend Admin to build frontend dashboards and web apps using any other page builder. Here are some examples:

• Elementor
• Visual Composer
• Gutenberg
• Divi
• Beaver Builder
• WP Page Builder
• Page Builder by SiteOrigin
• Oxygen
• Live Composer
• Brizy
• Etc.

You can display the writing or reading settings on the frontend using the following shortcodes:

Writing:

[vg_display_admin_page page_url="options-writing.php"]

Reading:

[vg_display_admin_page page_url="options-reading.php"]

Once you enter either shortcode, click Preview to display the writing or reading settings on the frontend and start configuring your frontend page.

2- Select your new frontend page’s basic info

WP Frontend Admin will display the WordPress writing settings on the frontend, and it’ll also display the Quick Settings panel on the left side of the screen. You can use this panel to configure your frontend admin pages easily.

Start by selecting the page’s basic information:

• Page title: Enter the new page title here.
• URL slug: Enter the URL slug using keywords only.
• Page template: You can select any of your available page layouts. We’ll select the Default template to keep using our theme’s settings.
• Add page to this menu: Select the navigation menu where you want to add this page.

3- Hide any unnecessary elements from your frontend admin pages

WP Frontend Admin allows you to hide any unnecessary elements from your frontend pages to give your users the fields they will need only. It’s really simple because you don’t need to program anything. You can hide any unnecessary elements by following these two simple steps:

1. Click Hide element.
2. Click the element you want to hide.

Keep in mind that you need to repeat these two steps with every element you want to hide from your frontend page.

4- Edit any of your frontend page’s texts

You can edit any of the texts from the admin pages on the frontend. With this, you can customize the pages even more. Just follow these three simple steps:

1. Click Edit texts.
2. Edit all the texts you want.
3. Click Stop editing texts.

5- Publish your new frontend page

Once you’re done applying the necessary changes, you can hit Save to publish the new frontend page.

This is how the WordPress writing settings will look on the frontend.

And this is how the WordPress reading settings will look on the frontend.

Take into account that only users with the manage_options capability will be able to manage the WordPress writing and reading settings on the frontend. You can follow this tutorial to learn how to assign that capability to other user roles.

As you see, it’s really simple to display and manage the WordPress writing and reading settings on the frontend using the WP Frontend Admin plugin. You don’t need to write a single line of code… just some clicks and you’ll be done. Use it to build beautiful dashboards and web apps.