User Guide

This guide walks you through using your WordPress site — logging in, editing page content, managing images, viewing consultation requests, and answering common questions. Bookmark this page for reference.

Logging In

Go to https://hamedlaw.com/wp-login.php and enter your username and password. After login, you’ll see the Dashboard.

To return to the dashboard at any time, visit https://hamedlaw.com/wp-admin.

The Admin Bar

When logged in, you’ll see a black bar at the top of every page. From here you can:

Consultation Requests

When someone submits the form on the Contact page (or the Schedule a Consultation page), the request lands in two places:

  1. You receive an email notification at the address set under Settings → General → Administration Email Address
  2. It’s saved in the Consultations menu in the WordPress sidebar (envelope icon, near the top)

Viewing requests

  1. Click Consultations in the left sidebar
  2. You’ll see a list with the requester’s Name, Phone, Email, and the date submitted
  3. Click any name to open the full request details

Managing requests

Newsletter Subscribers

When someone enters their email into the “Stay In Touch” form on the Learn page, the email address is saved as a Subscriber and you get an email notification.

Viewing subscribers

  1. Click Subscribers in the left sidebar (envelope icon, near the top)
  2. You’ll see each email along with the page they signed up from and the date
  3. Click any row to see the full details

Exporting the list

WordPress doesn’t ship with an export tool for custom post types out of the box. If you ever need a CSV of all subscribers (e.g., to import into Mailchimp), ask your developer — it’s a one-line WP-CLI command.

Removing a subscriber

Hover over the subscriber row and click Trash. They won’t receive future emails (when you start sending them).

Note: this only stores the addresses. To actually send a newsletter, you’ll need to either copy the addresses into an email tool (Mailchimp, ConvertKit, etc.) or have a sending integration added.

Editing Pages

Most of the site’s editable content lives on individual Pages.

To edit a page

  1. In the left menu, click Pages
  2. Click the title of the page you want to edit (e.g., Home, Who We Are, What We Do)
  3. Scroll past the title field. Beneath the main editor you’ll see a section named for that page (e.g., Homepage Content, Who We Are Content)
  4. This section has tabs along the top, one per visual section of the page
  5. Click each tab to edit that section’s content
  6. When done, click Update in the top-right

Changes go live immediately on the public site.

What’s Editable Right Now

Page Editable Sections
Home Hero, Intro, Services (up to 4), Mission, Testimonial, Google Review, Featured Resources (up to 3), Consultation CTA
Who We Are Hero, Gray Intro Box, Beacon Section, Mission Section, Values (up to 5), Founder bio, Closing CTA
What We Do Hero, Practice Areas Accordion (up to 4), Empower Section, Success Heading, Process Step
Our Impact Hero, Quote Section, Success Stories (up to 3), Closing CTA
Learn Hero, Featured Item, News Cards (up to 3), Newsletter CTA
Contact Hero, Intro Content (heading + body shown above the consultation form), Form button label
Schedule a Consultation Hero only — the form copy comes from the Contact page so you only edit it once
Careers, Civil Rights Lawsuits Hero headline + optional highlighted word
User Guide (this page) Edit the content directly in the main editor

Field Types You’ll See

Tips

Site-Wide Settings

Some things on the site aren’t tied to a specific page — like the logo, the footer, and the social media links. These live under Appearance → Customize, which gives you a live preview as you edit.

Logo, Title, and Tagline

  1. From the dashboard, go to Appearance → Customize
  2. Click Site Identity
  3. Upload a new Logo, change the Site Title, or update the Tagline
  4. Click Publish in the top-left

Footer (Copyright, Social Links, Footer Navigation)

  1. Go to Appearance → Customize
  2. Click Footer
  3. Edit any of:
    • Copyright Name — the © symbol and current year are added automatically. Leave blank to hide the copyright line.
    • Social URLs — Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, X/Twitter, Vimeo. Leave a URL blank to hide that icon.
    • Footer Links — up to 4 text+URL pairs (e.g., Careers, Contact). Leave both fields blank to hide a slot.
  4. Click Publish

Managing Images

Uploading

  1. In the left menu, click Media → Add New Media File
  2. Drag files into the upload area, or click Select Files

You can also add images directly when editing a page — clicking any image field opens the media library.

Recommended Sizes

Supported File Types

JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, SVG.

Adding New Users

To add another user (for example, another admin):

  1. Go to Users → Add New User
  2. Fill in username, email, and a password
  3. Choose a Role:
    • Administrator: Full access (can do anything)
    • Editor: Can edit any page or post but can’t change site settings or install plugins
    • Author: Can create and publish their own posts
    • Subscriber: Read-only
  4. Click Add New User

Updating Plugins & Themes

WordPress core, plugins, and the active theme periodically have updates available. To check:

  1. Go to Dashboard → Updates
  2. Review what needs updating
  3. Click the relevant update buttons

Always preview your site after updating — occasionally an update changes behavior. If something looks wrong, contact your developer.

Backups

Before making big changes (especially to plugins or the theme), it’s worth having a backup. If you don’t have an automated backup system in place yet, ask your developer about setting one up.

Troubleshooting

Can’t log in

Page changes don’t show up

Image won’t upload

Not getting consultation request emails

Need Help?

Don’t worry about “breaking” anything — your edits to page content are saved separately from the site’s code. If something looks wrong, your developer can recover quickly. When in doubt, ask first.

This guide is updated as new features are added.