Now, that you know how to navigate between the front-end and the back-end of your Wordpress website, let's take a closer look to the famous Wordpress dashboard.

The WordPress Admin Panel consists of three main components:

1. the WordPress toolbar

2. the Admin menu

3. the main Admin area

Here they are:

Let's take a closer look at each component.

1. the Wordpress toolbar

The Wordpress toolbar is an extremely simple, yet very powerful feature that can make your life a lot easier. Why?, Because it's always there at the top of your - front-end or back-end - screen (even when you scroll down) giving you quick access to a bunch of useful contextual tools.

In the dashboard view, you'll have:

• a Wordpress icon pointing to a few more or less useful WP links

• the site name which leads you to the front-end area

• the comment moderation count showing the number of comments held for moderation

• the "New" button that will allow you to create new posts, pages, media elements or Wordpress users

It looks like this:

Also, a conditional button will appear in the top-left corner each time when you have some sort of pending updates (Wordpress, themes, plugins, etc).