Interface Styles

You can choose from two different dashboard interfaces for your WordPress.com site: default and wp-admin. This guide will show you how to switch between the two admin interface styles.

Style differences

WordPress.com provides two different views to manage your WordPress site:

• Default View: A modernized, user-friendly version of the classic WordPress experience with sleek post/page management, easy profile edits, built-in tips and resources for your site, and more.
• WP Admin: The classic WordPress dashboard experience with a black left sidebar that you’ll often find demonstrated in WordPress tutorials online.

You can complete all major tasks using either interface, so you can choose whichever interface style you personally prefer.

Set your interface style

To set the admin interface style used for all of your site’s users, take the following steps:

1. Visit your site’s dashboard.
2. Navigate to Settings → General.
3. Scroll down to the “Admin Interface Style” section.
4. Choose between “Classic style” or “Default style” options.
5. Click the “Save settings” button. Your admin interface style will update automatically in a few seconds.