Overview
Dornsife departments, institutes, and units can use Dornsife WordPress to create and edit websites. This guide links to the resources available to help you create and edit a website in WordPress.
Contacting the Dornsife website project team
For any website-related questions, you can email webproject@dornsife.usc.edu.
Requesting access to WordPress
To request editing access to an existing Dornsife website:
To request a new Dornsife website:
Logging in to WordPress
Once you have been granted access, you can log into WordPress:
- Go to https://dornsife.usc.edu/wp-login.php.
- Click Sign on with USC Shibboleth.
- When prompted, enter your USC NetID and passphrase, and complete Duo authentication.
- The Dornsife website loads. In the upper left, hover over My Sites and then select the name of your department or unit.
Technical guides
Our technical guides explain how to use the WordPress interface and editor to create different parts of your website, and include step-by-step instructions and screenshots. We are in the process of adding video walkthroughs to the written guides in late 2025 and early 2026:
While most of our guides are in written form, we are in the process of creating video walkthroughs, which will be incorporated into the written guides referenced above in late 2025 and early 2026. You can view the ongoing collection of video guides here:
The best way to get familiar with the WordPress editor is to dive right in and create a practice page:
If you're starting off with a completely new, unpublished Dornsife website, know that your website has been preconfigured with two sample pages and a navigation menu to help you quickly get started. You can experiment with these sample pages:
If you were added to an existing Dornsife website that's already up and running, one way you can learn is by duplicating (copying) a published page. You can then use the duplicated page to experiment with edits. Edits to this page will not change the published page, so don't fear making mistakes:
Content and design guides
What if you're unsure how to organize your website information, or want to see some examples of what's possible with WordPress? Check out the following guide from the Dornsife Office of Creative Content:
You'll learn to:
- Write for the web to engage visitors without overwhelming them
- Ensure that, no matter how many pages you have, they are on-brand and cohesive
- And many more usability tips and best practices to make your website professional and compelling
For more content and design resources, refer to the website support hub:
Getting support
Help is available through many channels. You can:
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Request assistance
Email webproject@dornsife.usc.edu, whether your question is more technical or content-oriented.
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Ask a question or chat with other web editors on Slack
Email webproject@dornsife.usc.edu if you would like to join the dornsife-website-support Slack channel.
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Request a training session
Place a request, letting us know your availability, and we can provide a personalized WordPress orientation or refresher.
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Sign up for the Dornsife Download
The Dornsife Download is a newsletter that keeps web editors up to date with information about the USC Dornsife website.
Additional resources
USC's Office of Institutional Accessibility offers the following resources for learning more about web accessibility: