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WordPress 5 Complete - Seventh Edition

By : Karol Król
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WordPress 5 Complete - Seventh Edition

By: Karol Król

Overview of this book

Back in the day, when you wanted to launch a new website, you either had to learn web programming yourself or hire a professional who would take care of the whole process for you. Nowadays, with WordPress, anyone can build an optimized site with the least amount of effort possible and then make it available to the world in no time. Here, in the seventh edition of the book, we are going to show you how to build great looking and functional websites using WordPress. The new version of WordPress – 5.0 – comes with a few important changes, and we tell you all about how to use them effectively. From crafting content pages using the block editor, and customizing the design of your site, through to making sure it's secure, we go through it all. The book starts by introducing WordPress and teaching you how to set it up. You are then shown how to create a blog site, start writing content, and even use plugins and themes to customize the design of the site and add some unique elements to set it apart. If you want to get more in-depth, we also show you how to get started creating your own themes and plugins. Finally, we teach you how to use WordPress for building non-blog websites. By the end of the book, you will be sufficiently skilled to design high-quality websites and will be fully familiar with the ins and outs of WordPress.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Section 1: WordPress
6
Section 2: Customizing WordPress
14
Section 3: Non-Blog Websites

Sharing your theme

If you want to turn your template into a package that other people can use, you just have to take the following steps:

  1. Make sure you have the rights to redistribute images, icons, photos, and so on, that you've included in your theme.
  2. Remove all unnecessary files from your theme's directory. Be sure you don't have backup versions or old copies of any of your files. If you do delete any file, be sure to test your theme to ensure you didn't accidentally delete something important.
  3. Make sure the comment at the top of the style.css file is complete and accurate.
  4. Create a Readme.txt file. This is a good place to let future users know which version of WordPress your theme is compatible with, and whether it has any special features or requirements.
  5. Zip the directory and post your theme's ZIP file on your own website for people to download...