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Each post in WordPress is filed under one or more Categories. This aids in navigation and allows posts to be grouped with others of similar content. Each Category may be assigned to a Category Parent, allowing you to set up a hierarchy within the Category structure. In creating Categories, recognize that each Category Name must…

The Toolbar is an area of the screen just above the site that lists useful administration screen links such as add a new post or edit your profile. The Toolbar contains links to information about WordPress, as well as quick-links to create new posts, pages and links, add new users, review comments, and alerts to…

Terminology Introduction The developers created WordPress as a weblogging  (blogging) system. A blog, as defined in the Codex Glossary, is “an online journal, diary, or serial, published by a person or group of people”. Many blogs are personal in nature, reflecting the opinions and interests of the owner. But, blogs are now important tools in…

Twenty Nineteen is the new default theme for WordPress Version 5.0. At the core of Twenty Nineteen is its simple, sophisticated typography. The theme’s aesthetic is minimal and non-prescriptive, allowing it to work well in a variety of applications. For example: it is effective as an minimal, typography-driven blogging theme, but can also be adapted for…

WordPress vs. WordPress.com People are often confused about the differences between WordPress and WordPress.com. WordPress is the free, Open Source web publishing software project, owned by no one individual or company. WordPress.com is a hosted blogging service run by a company called Automattic. WordPress WordPress (sometimes called “WordPress.org” or “self-hosted WordPress” for disambiguation purposes), is…

WordPress uses a concept of Roles, designed to give the site owner the ability to control what users can and cannot do within the site. A site owner can manage the user access to such tasks as writing and editing posts, creating Pages, creating categories, moderating comments, managing plugins, managing themes, and managing other users,…

User Privacy and your WordPress site Depending on your national or international privacy regulations (such as the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation which may be applicable to you) you may be required to display a privacy policy disclosing your collection and sharing of personal data. Personal data includes things like your users’ name, email,…

A Search Page is a WordPress Page with a custom Page template to give users more information for searching your site. How to create it? Follow these steps to create a search page. How to test it?

This document is designed to offer definitions of various terms, exclusive to WordPress, that users may not be familiar with. If you are a contributor, please don’t add definitions for generic terms (API, PHP, JavaScript, etc…). Absolute Path (also known as a full path) The complete location of a file or directory within a computer…

Introduction Plugins are ways to extend and add to the functionality that already exists in WordPress. The core of WordPress is designed to be lean and lightweight, to maximize flexibility and minimize code bloat. Plugins offer custom functions and features so that each user can tailor their site to their specific needs. For instructions and…