Options tab

The Settings Tab
The Settings tab is a resource on WordPress which can be used to fine-tune your personal blog settings. The Settings tab consists of 9 tabs which fall underneath it: General, Writing, Reading, Discussion, Privacy, Permalinks, Delete Blog, Spam Karma 2, and Anarchy. In general, these options do not change the look and feel of your blog, but how the blog works.

General
The General tab consists of some very basic configuration options for your blog. In this tab, you can set the title of your blog, as well as the Tagline, a descriptive blurb or phrase which shows up underneath the title. Another important option to consider in the General tab is the membership check box. When the box is checked, only registered users can comment on your posts. When unchecked, anyone who has an Internet connection and your blog's web address can make comments. Additional configuration options for the General tab include some basic time & date formatting, with calendar and date options.

Writing
The writing tab offers a few options which affect the way you write your blog posts. The first option allows you to change the size of the post box in which your posts are written; by increasing the size of the box, you will be able to see more of your writing as you are writing it. The second allows WordPress to automatically convert typewritten emoticons, such as :-), into images. An additional option allows WordPress to try and fix incorrectly nested code, for people who write posts the old-fashioned way. Finally, the Writing tab allows you to change the default category your posts fall under, as well as the default category for linked blogs.

Reading
The Reading tab affects what your readers will see when they visit your blog. For example, you can set your front page to be a list of your most recent posts (and adjust the number of posts that they see), or direct them to a static page, such as an About or Comments page. The second half of the Reading tab includes options for how your posts are syndicated in an RSS feed. The number of posts can be adjusted, as well as how much of each post the reader can see when looking at a feed. The final option can be used to change the encoding of your text, but it is recommended to leave this option at the default setting.

Discussion
The Discussion tab is mainly used for controlling the comments readers leave on your blog, as well as if your blog notifies other blogs when you link to them in a post (and vice-versa). The first two options turn this system (called pingbacks or trackbacks) on and off. The third option allows you to enable or disable commenting on your posts. Additionally, you can turn on and off email notification of new comments on your blog, as well as moderate comments which are deemed inappropriate or spam. If a comment is held in the moderation queue, it will not appear on your blog publicly until your approval is given. Finally, by setting the word filter-based blacklist, inappropriate comments can be marked as spam automatically.

Privacy
The Privacy tab is quite simple; by changing the privacy setting, you can determine whether or not your blog will show up in a list of results from a search engine query.

Permalinks
To avoid the use of complicated URLs for linking your blog, WordPress allows you to customize the way your URLs are displayed. A list of commonly-used options is available, or you can create your own structure.

Delete Blog
The Delete Blog tab allows you to permanently delete your blog. There is no turning back.