{"id":3905,"date":"2016-05-19T19:50:14","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T19:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2016\/05\/19\/change-timezone-2\/"},"modified":"2024-05-14T11:24:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T15:24:16","slug":"change-wordpress-timezone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/change-wordpress-timezone\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change Your WordPress Timezone"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this tutorial, we will show you how to change your WordPress Timezone<\/strong> via your WordPress Dashboard. This will allow you to display the time that Pages and Posts were published in your local timezone. Setting the timezone is important for ensuring your content\u2019s date\/time is appropriately set in items like meta data and RSS feeds.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Changing Your WordPress Time Zone<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Log into the WordPress Dashboard<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Click Settings<\/strong> in the navigation<\/em> menu, then click the General<\/strong> link.
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  3. Click the drop-down<\/em> menu next to Timezone<\/strong>, and choose a city in your timezone, or use the manual offset<\/em> option.
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  4. Click the Save Changes<\/strong> button. You are finished when you see a \u201cSetings Saved<\/em>\u201d message.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Congratulations, now you know how to change your Timezone in WordPress!<\/p>\n\n\n\n