WordPress Help
Official documentation, learning resources, and contributor guides collected from WordPress.org.
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WordPress Glossary
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…
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Introduction to Plugins
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…
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Learn about WordPress origins and version history
WordPress was born out of a desire for an elegant, well-architectured personal publishing system built on PHP and MySQL and licensed under the GPL. It is the official successor of b2/cafelog. WordPress is modern software, but its roots and development go back to 2001. It is a mature and stable product. We hope that by…
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Customize permalinks
Permalinks are the permanent URLs of your posts, pages, categories, and other archive pages on your website. These URLs are permanent and should never be changed — hence the name permalink. Permalinks help to create a URL structure that is easy for both humans and search engines to understand and share. Permalink Types There are…
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FAQ Work with WordPress
Administration Can my posts have URL instead of /index.php?p=76? See: How long is the release cycle of WordPress? A major release of WordPress happens every 6 months or so. Suggest and vote on ideas for future releases at the WordPress Extend Ideas site. Also refer WordPress Versions for the chronologically listed versions of WordPress along…
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Upload to AWS S3
The standard upload method for submitting a video using the form is really the fastest way to get it online on WordPress.tv. However maybe you have lots of files that are too big or that still need a basic intro added, so a bulk upload might be more appropriate. In that case our AWS S3…
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Use Images
Working with Images Adding images in WordPress is very easy. All of your images will be stored and can be managed in the Media Library, but you can take several different paths to get there. The most common path is adding an image directly to a post or page. This automatically saves the image in…
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Set blog content visibility (Classic Editor)
Content visibility is about controlling who can see your blog content. WordPress allows you to control the visibility of your posts and Pages on an individual basis. By default, all posts and Pages are visible. There are several ways to set the visibility for your blog content. You can set it on a per post/Page…
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Posts screen
The Posts Screen provides the facility to manage all the Posts in a blog. Via this Screen, Posts can be edited, deleted, and viewed. Filtering, and searching, also makes it easy to quickly find Posts matching certain criteria. A powerful bulk edit feature allows Posts to be edited in bulk (en masse) allowing fields such…
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Use automated installation
Although WordPress is very easy to install, you can use one of the one-click auto-installers typically available from hosting companies. The most popular auto-installers, APS, Fantastico, Installatron, and Softaculous are described here. APS (Plesk) If you’re using the Plesk control panel, you have two options: one-click quick install or custom install which allows you to…