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WordPress 3.7 Complete: Third Edition - Fourth Edition

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WordPress 3.7 Complete: Third Edition - Fourth 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. Those times are long gone due to WordPress and the great opportunities it brings. 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. WordPress is a flexible and powerful tool that's ideal for creating both blog and non-blog websites. You can customize the features, incorporate your own design, and even write your own plugins with ease. Its versatility and ease of use have attracted a large, enthusiastic, and helpful community of users. "WordPress 3.7 Complete: Third Edition" is a practical guide for anyone who wants to start their journey as a web developer. This WordPress book takes you through a step-by-step process of planning out and then building your site. "WordPress 3.7 Complete: Third Edition" will take you through the complete process of building a fully functional WordPress site from scratch. You will learn how to create your first blog post, what the difference between posts and pages is, and how to use multimedia files to accompany your content and make it more attractive. Next, you will find out what plugins and themes are and how to use them effectively. "With WordPress 3.7 Complete: Third Edition" , you will learn all the ins and outs of WordPress and using it for publishing content on the Web. It provides easy-to-apply advice with tons of screenshots and actionable examples.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
WordPress 3.7 Complete Third Edition
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.packtpub.com
Preface
Index

The must-have pack of plugins


Even though there are over 27,000 plugins available in the official directory, you surely don't need all of them on your WordPress site. There is a small set that we might call the "must-have pack". And obviously my list of must-have plugins can be different from the next guy's, so please treat the following information more as guidance rather than as a written-in-stone necessity. That being said, I am honest here, and despite the fact that some of my blogs feature more than 25 plugins working at the same time, the essential must-have list consists of only seven plugins. All these handle a specific task geared towards making a WordPress site better and more functional.

Backing up

Let's start with this one as we've already gone through the installation process of one of the top backing up plugins—Online Backup for WordPress. Now, backing up is probably the most important task for any website owner, and I'm saying this in all seriousness. For instance, can you imagine...