Login to WordPress
To simplify the update process, login to WordPress in another tab in your browser window.
Navigate to a detail page
View and fix broken links on your webpage by navigating to the detail page:
Option 1: Major issue categories appear at the top the dashboard display. Identify the type of issue (spell check) you want to work on, and click on the “X pages” link to view a list of affected pages. Select the page URL to open the details for that page.
Option 2: Use the Quick Wins panel to see a list of pages with issues. Click on a URL and it will take you to the details page. You can also filter the Quick Wins listing by issue type (such as Spell Check).
Review the issue
On your detail page, follow these steps to review and resolve the misspelling issue:
Step 1
Click on the Spelling icon and a panel will slide to the right to display the issues that were found.
Step 2
Click on the down caret to expand additional information on the misspelling. If more than one misspelling is present, close the caret to view another.
Step 3
This screenshot says the word “frontend” is misspelled and offers suggestions. You can use one of the suggested spellings or ask an AI how to spell “frontend”. The correct spelling is “front end”. FYI, when you clicked on the issue link to see more details, the location of the issue on the preview page was also highlighted.
Step 4 – fix the misspelling in WordPress
To fix the misspelling, click on the URL at the top of the detail page to open the published page in a new browser tab in the same browser session.
If you are already logged in to WordPress, the WordPress toolbar will display at the top of the page. Clicking on “edit page” or “edit post” will open the block editor so that you can fix the misspelling.
Tips
Proper names flagged as misspellings
If you see people, organizations, or scientific names flagged as misspellings, you have the option to gather a list of those words and email the Help Desk to request that the WordPress Support Team add them to the DubBot dictionary so they are no longer flagged.
A quick way to pull together a list of proper names is to download the Spelling Issues Summary Report from the Reports panel located on your site dashboard. This will download a spreadsheet that you can edit. Keep column A (words flagged as misspelled) and delete the other columns. Then edit column A to only include proper names you want added to the dictionary.
Misspellings caused by <span> tags
Many misspellings flagged in DubBot are the result of <span> tags. For example, let’s say you have the following text on a page:
We’re excited to announce our upcoming workshops. Complete the registration form to attend our sessions.
It may look fine on the page, but the HTML may reveal an inserted <span> tag, caused by improper pasting from an external source:
<p>We’re excited to announce our upco<span>ming workshops.<span>Complete the registration form to attend our sessions.<p>
DubBot may interpret “upco” and “ming” as separate words — and flag them as misspelled — because of the <span> tag.
You having the option to fix the issue by editing the HTML for the block and removing that <span> tag.
We’re here to help
Contact the WordPress Support Team through the OIT Help Desk at (208) 426-4357 or helpdesk@boisestate.edu.