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WordPress Complete, Sixth Edition - Sixth Edition

By : Karol Król
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WordPress Complete, Sixth Edition - Sixth Edition

By: Karol Król

Overview of this book

WordPress Complete, Sixth Edition is a practical guide for everyone who wants to start their journey as an online publisher, website owner, or even a website developer. It takes you step-by-step through the process of planning out and building your site, and offers loads of screenshots and examples along the way. It's also a beginner's guide to theme and plugin development. This book begins with the basics of WordPress, followed by the different components that you as a developer will need to use to work swiftly and efficiently. The book starts by introducing WordPress to new readers in this field. You are then shown how to set it up, implement a blog, and use plug-ins and widgets. You'll use themes to make any website look and feel better and more original. You also learn how to create your own themes and perform testing to ensure your website is bug-free. You will also acquire some idea of how to use WordPress for non-blog-like websites. By the end of the book, you will feel confident enough to design high-quality websites and will be familiar with the ins and outs of WordPress

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Table of Contents (14 chapters)
Preface
Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Free Chapter
1
Introducing WordPress
Introducing WordPress
Getting into WordPress
Understanding the common terms
Why choose WordPress?
Getting to know the WordPress family
Digging into WordPress – the features
Getting familiar with the new feature list since 4.1
Learning more with online WordPress resources
Staying updated with WordPress news
Understanding the Codex
Getting support from other users
Using theme and plugin directories
Summary
2
Getting Started with WordPress
Getting Started with WordPress
Building your WordPress website – start here
Using WordPress.com
Installing WordPress manually
Installing WordPress through an auto-installer script
The wp-admin panel
Getting a Gravatar
Summary
3
Creating Blog Content
Creating Blog Content
WordPress admin conventions
Posting on your blog
Discussion on your blog – comments
Adding and managing categories
Summary
4
Pages, Media, and Importing/Exporting Content
Pages, Media, and Importing/Exporting Content
Pages
Media Library
Importing/exporting your content
Summary
5
Plugins - What They Are and Why You Need Them
Plugins - What They Are and Why You Need Them
Breaking down plugins - what are they?
Why use plugins
Where to get plugins
Finding new plugins
Installing a plugin - the how-to
The must-have pack of plugins
Summary
6
Choosing and Installing Themes
Choosing and Installing Themes
Finding themes
Some not-design-related theme basics
Installing and changing themes
Summary
7
Customizing Your Website Appearance/Design
Customizing Your Website Appearance/Design
Menus
Widgets
The WordPress Customizer
Summary
8
Developing Your Own Theme
Developing Your Own Theme
Setting up your design
Converting your build into a theme
Creating template files within your theme
Making your theme widget-friendly
Enabling a menu in your theme
Making your theme editable in the WordPress Customizer
Creating a child theme
Sharing your theme
Summary
9
Social Media Integration, Podcasting, and HTTPS
Social Media Integration, Podcasting, and HTTPS
Integrating social media
Podcasting
HTTPS - what, why, and how
Summary
10
Developing Plugins, Widgets, and an Introduction to the REST API
Developing Plugins, Widgets, and an Introduction to the REST API
Plugins
Widgets
Shortcodes
The WordPress REST API
Summary
11
Community Blogging
Community Blogging
Concerns for a multi-author blog
User roles and abilities
Managing users
User management plugins
Summary
12
Creating a Non-Blog Website Part One - The Basics
Creating a Non-Blog Website Part One - The Basics
The must-do tasks
Static websites
Corporate or business websites
One-page websites
Summary
13
Creating a Non-Blog Website Part Two - E-Commerce Websites and Custom Content Elements
Creating a Non-Blog Website Part Two - E-Commerce Websites and Custom Content Elements
E-commerce stores
Video blogs and photo blogs
Social networks
Introducing custom post types
Summary

Building your WordPress website – start here

The first decision you have to make is where your blog is going to live. You have two basic options when creating your site:

  • Do it at https://wordpress.com
  • Install on a third-party web server (usually hosted by an external company)

Let's look at some of the advantages and disadvantages of each of these two options.

The advantage of using WordPress.com (https://wordpress.com/) is that they take care of all the technical details for you. The software has already been installed, and it will be upgraded for you whenever there is an upgrade available. You're not responsible for anything else but the management of your content. A major disadvantage is that you lose almost all of the theme and plugin control you'd have otherwise. The other advantages and disadvantages are as follows:

  • WordPress.com will not let you...
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