WordPress Help
Official documentation, learning resources, and contributor guides collected from WordPress.org.
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Managing Widgets
Widgets provide a convenient means of adding content and features to a website and require no coding experience. This lesson will provide an introduction to finding and including widgets on your website. Objectives After completing this lesson, participants will be able to: Demonstrate how to use widgets included in the installed theme on a website Add…
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Managing Updates
In this lesson, you will learn about why updates are important and how to manage them in WordPress. Objectives After completing this lesson, participants will be able to: Identify any updates that are available for your sites’ themes, plugins, and core files. Install available WordPress core, theme, and plugin updates. Prerequisite Skills Participants will get…
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Managing Media
This lesson plan discusses the various ways that WordPress Media Manager handles media. Objectives In this lesson plan, you will learn how to upload and insert image files, document files, audio files, and video files. You will also learn how to re-size, format, link, and include these media files into your posts and pages. Prerequisite Skills A basic…
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Managing Comments
In this lesson, you will learn how your readers can communicate through comments and how to manage those comments on your WordPress site. Objectives After going through this lesson, students will be able to: Locate and change the status of comments left on their site. Prerequisite Skills You will be better equipped to work through…
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Managing Classic Theme Menus
Menus provide a list of links for website navigation. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to create menus for classic themes with links to pages and other content, how to place menus in various locations, and how to customize and manage menus. Objectives At the end of this lesson, you will be able to do the following with…
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Local Install
In this lesson, you will learn how to install WordPress locally on your own computer. Prerequisite Skills Participants will get the most from this lesson if they have familiarity with: Experience downloading and installing programs on their computer. Administrative access to their local machine. Familiarity with the file system of their computer. Objectives After completing this…
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How to Use Post Formats in Posts
What are Post Formats, how can you use them, and how do you develop Post Formats? This step-by-step walkthrough will give you an understanding of what Post Formats are and how to create your own. Prerequisite Skills Basic knowledge of HTML/CSS/PHP Basic knowledge of installing and activating WordPress themes Understanding of how folders and files…
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How To Find Theme Specific Documentation
Your theme is an important and powerful part of your website. Each theme is different and contains different functions. The first step to mastering your theme is knowing how to find your theme’s documentation. This lesson will equip you with techniques to help find where your theme’s documentation resides. Prerequisite Skills It is helpful to have a…
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Choosing And Installing Plugins
In this lesson, you will learn about the almost 35,000 free plugins in the official WordPress.org Plugin Directory, as well as thousands more in the commercial space. This lesson will give you the tools needed to thoroughly evaluate, install, and choose the most appropriate plugin(s) for your site(s) along with resources on how to get help with plugins. …
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Custom Post Types
Description In this module, you’ll learn about custom post types, what they are, when you should use them, and how to create your own to enhance your WordPress site. Objectives At the end of this lesson, you will be able to: Define custom post types in WordPress, Identify when and how should custom post types be…