Managing News & Articles
Posting timely news and evergreen articles — fields, categories, provider attribution and featured images.
The site has two kinds of editorial content, edited separately in wp-admin:
- News — timely announcements and updates. Archive at
/news/. - Articles — evergreen, educational content. These are WordPress's built-in Posts, relabeled Articles in the admin.
They're different things under the hood (News is a custom post type; Articles are the built-in Posts). See Custom Post Types.
News
Find it under News in wp-admin (the megaphone icon).
- Add New.
- Title and body — the standard editor.
- Featured image — shown on the news card and at the top of the post. See Imagery for sizing.
- Category — assign one or more from the News Category taxonomy to group related posts.
- Publish. It appears in the
/news/listing and on its own page.
Use News for announcements, recognition and events — anything tied to a moment. For evergreen health content, use Articles.
Articles
Find them under Articles in wp-admin (WordPress's built-in Posts, relabeled). The editor is the standard post editor, plus taxonomies in the sidebar that connect each article to the rest of the site:
- Add New.
- Title, body and featured image as usual.
- Classify it:
- Services — the service(s) it relates to (Obstetrics, Gynecology, etc.).
- Life Stages — relevant life stage(s) (pregnancy, menopause, etc.).
- Locations — a location, where relevant.
- Providers — attribute the article to the provider(s) who wrote it or are featured in it.
- Publish.
Why the taxonomies matter
Services and Life Stages build the topic clusters the SEO strategy relies on: an article ties to its service hub and the related life stages, so readers and search engines see how the content connects.
The Providers taxonomy attributes an article to a provider, relating articles and providers across the site. Attribution also supports E-E-A-T — naming the clinician behind health content is a real trust signal for medical topics.
For both
- Write a focused title and Yoast meta description. See SEO and Writing for the Web.
- Add real alt text to the featured image and any inline images. See Accessibility.
- One H1 (the title); use H2 and H3 in the body.