How to Change the Font Size in WordPress? Step-by-step guide!
Once and again when using WordPress we come across a matter of subject that makes us confused and lost. Although it has become one of the best online platforms for sharing contents online, there are still a lot of elements that are not as user-friendly as it seems. And that is where we come in to help the WordPress novices and beginners as much as we can to help improve our user’s experience online. And today we will be talking about the much-discussed query when it comes to WordPress. How to change the Font size in WordPress?
The font size usually helps to define the elements of your contents that you post. We being bloggers ourselves, we also come across the situations often when we want to change the font sizes of certain parts and text elements. But although WordPress comes with a Text Editor, it is a bit different than what we are used to. So today we will be explaining the step-by-step process when changing Font Sizes in three different ways.
Using the Heading Options in Text Editor!
Imagine that you are writing a blog about a certain subject matter and you come across a situation where you need to capitalize or add a heading. What do you do? Here is the basic and the easiest solution to changing font sizes in WordPress. By using the heading options, you can define certain titles and sub-headings separately with different font sizes. Using headings on your contents also improves the WordPress posts SEO.
For example, when adding a heading for a topic we usually use the Heading 2 option. Further down we use Heading 3 or Heading 4 to categorize the topic even more. To understand how the option usually works, go ahead and follow the step-by-step tutorial below.
Logging in with your credentials, you will start off with the Dashboard. Go the option and choose Posts and then Add New. You can also use this method to change the font size in older posts. Just select the Paragraph Block you want and then look for the block options to the right. If the options aren’t visible, click on the gear icon in the top right corner. Under the Text Settings, you should be able to find the font size option. You can just use the drop-down list below to select one of the four present font sizes.
If you want to change font size in WordPress to a specific amount then WordPress has you covered as well. Just input the specific font size into the field to the right of the drop-down menu. That’s all there is to it!
For those of you using the Classic Editor, changing the font size is similarly easy.
Either create a new post or open an existing one so that you will be redirected to the Text Editor. To change the Font size, you will see the option in Paragraph below the Add Media Button. Go ahead and click on it.
The drop-down menu for different Heading is displayed and you can choose from it. The Paragraph means the normal font size that is usually displayed when you post a content. Other heading options are to change the font size.
These sizes are controlled by your theme’s stylesheet file making sure that they match everything else on your site. And that is it, you now know how to change the font size on WordPress using the heading option.
Using A WordPress Plugin.
If you want better control over the font sizes and text formatting, using a WordPress plugin is more effective. A well-built plugin can make changing font size in WordPress a piece of cake. It gives you the option to choose the exact font size and the style of fonts of the contents you post. As the Heading Options does not allow this option, this method is more efficient and effective.
Starting off, download and activate the WordPress plugin-TinyMCE advanced plugin. If you have any confusions regarding the topic, check out our handy guide which answers any query regarding the topic.
How To Install a WordPress Plugin?
Now go to Setting option from your Dashboard and select TinyMCE Advanced. On this page, you will see all the unused buttons as well as the TinyMCE Editor Editor Tool Bar.
Go ahead and drag and drop the buttons for Font Size and Font Family on the toolbar. Once you do this, don’t forget to click on Save Changes.
Now you can go to the Text Editor and you will find the visual editor has been replaced with TinyMCE Advanced Editor. You can now use the options to change Font Size in WordPress.
This method gives you the freedom to choose the exact sizes, and you can choose fonts even smaller than the normal body font in WordPress.
Manually Adding CSS to change Font Size in WordPress
This is a more advanced method that all user’s don’t usually use. Although it is not feasible for every theme, you can use this method to define and change the fonts in themes that support additional CSS. Follow the steps below to accurately change the font size to your preference.
Select the option for Appearance and then select Customize. This will redirect you to the theme customizer.
There, find the option to add the Additional CSS. Once you do that, you will see the option to add codes.
p {
font-size : 16px ;
}
Copy and Paste the code above into the CSS editor. Edit the 16px with the font size that you want to display. Simply go ahead and save the changes by hitting Publish.
And you are done. Although this method has the drawback that it only applies to the theme that you are using now. This means that if you are using a different theme, you need to repeat the process over to display and change the font size.
Wrapping It Up!
And this sums up our post on the topic of How to Change Font Size in WordPress? We have listed out three different processes, that deals with the subject matter and explained each one thoroughly. We hope by now, you have understood the process and now can change the font size in WordPress with ease.
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