WordPress Help
Official documentation, learning resources, and contributor guides collected from WordPress.org.
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Theme Internationalization
Over 60 million people have chosen WordPress to power the place on the web they call “home”. People from all over the world create WordPress sites in different languages. While WordPress has translations for over 162 languages, you will be only able to see languages that are fully translated (62). If you do not see…
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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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Theme Troubleshooting
In this module you’ll learn about the basic troubleshooting steps that can be taken when something goes wrong with your WordPress theme. The lesson will focus on troubleshooting an existing install of WordPress when activating, changing, or updating a theme. Prerequisite Skills You will be better equipped to work through this lesson if you have…
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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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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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Themes/Plugins Relationship
In this lesson, you will learn how themes and plugins relate to each other as well as when and why you would want to use one or the other. Objectives At the end of this lesson, you will be able to: Fully understand what a theme is, what a plugin is, and the difference between…
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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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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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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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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…