Your site's name, its short description, and the addresses people use to reach it all live on one screen in your dashboard. Here's how to update them.

## Before you start

- An administrator account on your site.
- Access to the inbox for the administration email address you want to use, in case you change it.

## Steps

### Step 1: Open the General Settings screen

In the left sidebar of your dashboard, click **Settings**, then click **General**. The **General Settings** screen opens with your current details filled in.

![Open the General Settings screen](https://wordpress.supportpages.io/rails/active_storage/blobs/proxy/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTA1ODUsInB1ciI6ImJsb2JfaWQifX0=--3b17aa54197d13d6f22dadda323e64dcfa6b6f15/block_open-general-settings.png)

## Fill in your site details

- **Site Title** — the name of your site. Most themes show it at the top of every page.
- **Tagline** — a few words about what your site is about.
- **WordPress Address (URL)** — the address where your WordPress files live.
- **Site Address (URL)** — the address visitors type to reach your site. Most sites use the same address in both fields.
- **Administration Email Address** — the address WordPress uses for admin purposes. WordPress emails a confirmation link to it, and the change takes effect once you confirm it.

### Step 2: Save your changes

Click **Save Changes** at the bottom of the screen. WordPress confirms that your settings were saved, and your new title, tagline, and addresses are live.

![Save your changes](https://wordpress.supportpages.io/rails/active_storage/blobs/proxy/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTA1OTMsInB1ciI6ImJsb2JfaWQifX0=--b04d47e4bc33f08e7c98d7159461868cab573420/block_save-changes.png)

## Tips

- Keep the site title short — themes repeat it in the browser tab, in search results, and at the top of every page.
- If you change your site addresses, open your site in a new tab afterward to make sure both the dashboard and the public site still load.
- Your tagline is a one-line description, not a slogan. A plain sentence about what you publish works best.

## Summary

Everything that identifies your site — its title, tagline, addresses, and admin email — is set from the **General Settings** screen and saved with one button at the bottom.