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MagicPost includes a public blog at /blog. Posts live at /blog/POST-SLUG. You manage both posts and comments under Platform, Frontend Settings, Blogs Manager.

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Blogs Manager

The page is titled Blogs Manager: create and manage the posts that appear on your public blog. The list shows 10 posts per page, newest first.
  • Search posts… filters by text. The status menu offers All statuses, Published, Draft and Archived.
  • Each row shows the title, category (or Uncategorized), status, reading time in minutes, number of views, the comment count and how many comments are pending.
  • The star toggles Featured. Featured posts are pinned to the top of the blog listing.
  • Row actions are View on site, Edit post and Delete post. Deleting asks for confirmation and permanently deletes the post, its cover image if it was uploaded here, and all of its comments.
  • Comments at the top opens comment moderation, and New Post opens the editor.

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Create or edit a post

1

Open the editor

Click New Post, or Edit post on a row.
2

Write the content

Fill in Title (required, up to 255 characters), an optional Slug, an optional Excerpt (up to 500 characters) and the Body (required).
3

Add a cover image

Under Featured Image, upload a Cover Image. JPG, PNG or WEBP, up to 5 MB, 1200 x 630 recommended. Add Image Alt Text (up to 255 characters) for accessibility and SEO. Remove deletes the current image.
4

Organise it

Under Organization set the Category, Tags (comma separated, up to 500 characters in total), Author Name (required, defaults to your site name followed by “Team”) and Author Role.
5

Choose when it goes live

Under Publication set the Status: Draft, Published or Archived. Optionally set a Publish Date. Tick Mark as Featured to pin it.
6

Add SEO fields

Under SEO fill in Meta Title (up to 70 characters), Meta Description (up to 160), Meta Keywords (up to 255) and Canonical URL (a valid URL). Empty fields fall back to the post title and the excerpt.
7

Save

Click Create Post or Update Post. You return to the list.
Details worth knowing:
  • Leave Slug blank to generate it from the title. It may contain lowercase letters, numbers and dashes only.
  • The Body supports HTML and is rendered as written on the post page. Only paste HTML you trust. The reading time is calculated automatically.
  • Saving with status Published and no Publish Date publishes the post immediately. A post shows on the public blog only when its status is Published and its publish date is not in the future, so a future date schedules it.
  • Archived posts are kept but hidden from the public blog.

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Comments

Visitors can comment on a published post. New comments are saved as Pending and do not appear until you approve them. Replies to approved comments are supported. Open Comments from Blogs Manager. The page is titled Blog Comments: moderate, approve and remove comments left by your readers. Each filter shows its count. Use Search by author or content… to find a comment by name, email or text. For each comment you can use Approve, Mark pending, Mark as spam or Delete. Deleting permanently removes the comment and any replies to it. Back to Posts returns to the list. To slow down spam, the public comment form allows 5 comments per IP address every 10 minutes and includes a hidden field that only bots fill in. HTML tags are stripped from comments.