Tours appear the first time you open a matching wp-admin screen. They highlight one control at a time and explain what it does.
Welcome splash
The first time you open wp-admin, a full-page welcome appears. It shows the PRC logo, PRC Platform, and WordPress, at enterprise scale. The splash uses a light gray background. In dark mode it uses a dark background and the white logo.
Choose Create a post or Create a chart, or click Skip for now. The splash does not appear again after you choose a path or skip it.
Release-note splash
When a release-notes post on the docs site includes a Splash Screen block, existing editors see that overlay the next time they open wp-admin. The block does not appear on the public post. The overlay shows the block copy, Read the release notes, and Skip for now.
Accounts created after that post was published never see that splash. New staff still get the first-login welcome.
Only one splash runs per wp-admin visit. Welcome still comes first if you have not finished or skipped it. After that, the newest unseen release splash runs. Older unseen splashes wait for later visits.
Bump the block Version after a material rewrite so eligible users see it again.
How a tour starts
A tour starts on its own when:
- You can edit posts
- You have not finished or skipped that tour
- You are on a screen the tour covers
Shipped tours:
- Welcome to PRC Platform — first wp-admin visit, then Create a post or Create a chart
- Release-note splashes — authored on docs-site posts; existing users see each unseen overlay after welcome
- Using the new lists — All Posts and other DataViews lists
- Create and send a campaign — Newsletters → Campaigns, then the campaign editor
The campaign tour continues in the editor after you create a draft. It never clicks Send or Publish.
Next can open or close the control the step is teaching (for example View options, or the email pattern picker). Skip still ends the whole tour.
Skip a tour
Click Skip or the close control on the popover. The tour will not start again on reload.
Restart a tour
- Press Ctrl+K (Windows/Linux) or Cmd+K (macOS) to open the command palette.
- Run Restart tour: and the tour title.
- The tour starts from the first step on this screen.
You must be on a screen the tour covers. Restart is not offered on other admin pages. The welcome splash can be restarted from any wp-admin screen.
Related
- Architecture — how plugins register tours and store progress