WordPress Help

Official documentation, learning resources, and contributor guides collected from WordPress.org.

  • Qué incluir en el archivo functions.php

    Descripción En esta lección, aprenderás que los temas de WordPress suelen incluir un archivo llamado functions.php, que es donde se pueden añadir características únicas y funciones personalizadas. Sin embargo, los plugins también están destinados a añadir características y funcionalidades a tu sitio. ¿Cuándo deberías usar functions.php para añadir tu código personalizado y cuándo deberías usar…

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  • Introduction To CSS

    Description In this lesson you will learn about CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) and how it is the code that determines how your web pages will look. CSS defines elements such as layout, colors and fonts. In this walkthrough you will learn what CSS is and how to use CSS selectors and styles with a WordPress…

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  • Pages Vs. Posts

    In this lesson, you will learn the difference between a page and a post. You will also learn how to know which to use and where to add and edit them. This lesson plan will walk you through the differences between posts and pages; covering how to work with them both in WordPress.   Objectives After…

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  • Troubleshooting Basics

    In this lesson you’ll learn about the basic troubleshooting steps that can be taken when something goes wrong on your WordPress site.  The lesson will focus on troubleshooting an existing install of WordPress and will not deal with issues during installation.  This basic troubleshooting will fix a lot of common issues avoiding the need to…

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  • Widget Areas

    What is a widget area? Why would you add one to your theme? This lesson demonstrates how to add widget areas to your theme and how to add content to these areas. Objectives After completing this lesson, participants will be able to: Describe the purpose and functions of widget areas Practice the steps of adding…

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  • What You Can Do With WordPress

    In this lesson plan, you will learn about the many ways WordPress can be used to create blogs, websites, systems, apps, and much more! Objectives After completing this lesson, participants will be able to: Identify multiple ways WordPress can be utilized. Prerequisite Skills Participants will get the most from this lesson if they have familiarity…

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  • What Is A Theme

    In this module, you’ll learn how a theme interacts with WordPress and you will look at the role of CSS within that WordPress theme. You will also explore the definitions of both a framework and a child theme and see how they work. Prerequisite Skills Basic knowledge of the names of web languages (HTML, CSS,…

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  • What is Open Source?

    In this lesson, you will learn the meaning of the term Open Source when referring to software, what the GPL software license provides, why WordPress is an open-source project, and how this is important for both the users of WordPress and the contributors to WordPress. Prerequisite Skills This is a general topic with no prerequisites.…

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  • Web Fonts

    Why Web Fonts? They make a huge impact on the look and feel of your website, as well as the overall readability. You will learn how to use these to make your website stand out. Prerequisite Skills Basic knowledge of HTML/CSS Basic knowledge of installing and activating WordPress themes Understanding of how folders and files…

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  • User Management

    Description In this module you’ll learn how to add, edit, and remove users within your WordPress website. This module will introduce the user roles that exist within WordPress, but will focus on the how-to of user management, and not the organizational philosophy behind deciding which users are assigned various roles and permissions. Objectives After completing this…

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