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WordPress for Education

By : Adam Scott
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WordPress for Education

By: Adam Scott

Overview of this book

WordPress is typically known as a platform for blogging. However, the versatility and simplicity of WordPress makes it the perfect solution for the needs of professional educators. WordPress for Education guides readers through the practical applications of WordPress in a classroom setting. Readers will gain an understanding of the WordPress platform and how it can be used to create powerful classroom websites. WordPress for Education guides educators through the process of setting up a typical class website, creating student blogs, and using WordPress to power a learning management system. WordPress for Education provides clear and practical examples for using WordPress within the classroom. It will empower educators to create useful and engaging e-learning websites. Through the examples given in the book, you will gain an understanding of how to use WordPress to build an engaging and easy to update e-learning website. You will also learn about a variety of WordPress plugins that extend its abilities and usefulness in an educational environment, such as creating student blogs, keeping track of classroom events, managing coursework, and developing a classroom social network.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Updating WordPress


The WordPress team regularly releases updates to the WordPress software. These updates contain bug fixes, improvements, security patches, and additional features. It is a good idea to make sure that you are always running the latest version of WordPress.

Note

Before updating WordPress, it is recommended that the user backs up the database as described earlier in the chapter.

When a WordPress update is available, an update notice will appear at the top of all WordPress dashboard screens as shown in the following screenshot:

To update WordPress, click on the Update Now link in the notification or hover over Dashboard in the WordPress left sidebar and select Updates. Clicking on the Update Now button will download and install the latest version of WordPress.