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WordPress 5 Complete - Seventh Edition

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WordPress 5 Complete - Seventh Edition

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

Installing a plugin – how to go about this

The steps for installing a plugin are simple:

  1. Find your plugin
  2. Download it to your WordPress site, either manually or through the automatic installer
  3. Install and activate it
  4. Configure it (if necessary)

There are two ways to get the plugin into your WordPress installation:

  • Install it manually
  • Install it directly from within wp-admin

The first option—installing plugins manually—generally requires a bit more effort than the second one, but sometimes it's the only way to work with certain plugins (mostly premium ones). The second option—installing from within the wp-admin—is generally quicker and easier, but it's not possible in all cases. You need to be on a server that's configured correctly, in a way that lets WordPress add files (we talked about installing WordPress and server configuration...