WordPress: The Missing Manual: The Book That Should Have Been in the Box, 3rd Edition

Length: 492 pages
Edition: 3
Language: English
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Publication Date: 2020-11-03
ISBN-10: 1492074160
ISBN-13: 9781492074168
Sales Rank: #30861 (See Top 100 Books)

Whether you’re a budding blogger or seasoned web designer, WordPress is a brilliant tool for creating websites–once you know how to tap into its impressive features. The latest edition of this jargon-free Missing Manual shows you how to use WordPress’s themes, widgets, and plug-ins to build just about any kind of site.

The important stuff you need to know:

Set up WordPress. Configure WordPress on your web host or get it running on your home computer.
Create your site. Get hands-on instructions for building all types of websites, from blogs to business sites with ecommerce features.
Jazz it up. Add picture galleries, slideshows, video clips, music players, and podcasts.
Add features. Select from thousands of plug-ins to enhance your site’s capabilities, from contact forms to a basic shopping cart.
Build a truly unique site. Customize a WordPress theme to create a site that looks exactly the way you want.
Attract an audience. Use SEO, site statistics, and social sharing to reach more people.
Stay safe. Use backup and staging tools to protect your content and avoid catastrophe.

The Missing Credits
Introduction
Chapter 1: The WordPress Landscape
	How WordPress Works
	What You Can Build with WordPress
	The Last Word
Chapter 2: Installing WordPress on Your Web Host
	Choosing a Web Host
	Preparing for WordPress
	Installing WordPress
	Keeping WordPress Up-to-Date
	The Last Word
Chapter 3: Testing WordPress on Your Computer
	The WordPress Stack
	Setting Up a Site with Local
	Managing Your Local Sites
	The Last Word
Chapter 4: Creating Posts
	Introducing the Admin Area
	Administration Practice
	Adding Your First Post
	Organizing Your Posts
	Working with Several Posts at Once
	How to Get High-Quality Web Addresses
	The Last Word
Chapter 5: Choosing and Polishing Your Theme
	How Themes Work
	Choosing a Theme
	Tweaking Your Theme
	Customizing Your Widgets
	Responsive Themes
	The Last Word
Chapter 6: Making Fancier Posts
	Simple Text Formatting
	Understanding Blocks
	Using the Essential Blocks
	Working with More Exotic Blocks
	Managing Your Blocks
	Creating Personalized Blocks
	The Last Word
Chapter 7: Adding Pictures, Videos, and More
	Adding a Basic Picture
	Working with the Media Library
	Adding Featured Images
	Embedding a Video
	Playing Audio Files
	Embedding Other Types of Content
	The Last Word
Chapter 8: Creating Pages and Menus
	Understanding Page Basics
	Showing Pages with a Menu
	Changing Your Home Page
	Creating Better Home Pages with Templates
	The Last Word
Chapter 9: Getting New Features with Plugins
	How Plugins Work
	The Jetpack Plugin
	The Last Word
Chapter 10: Comments: Letting Your Readers Talk Back
	Allowing or Forbidding Comments
	The Life Cycle of a Comment
	The Ongoing Conversation
	Making Comments More Personal with Gravatars
	Using Facebook and Twitter Comments
	Stamping Out Comment Spam
	The Last Word
Chapter 11: Collaborating with Multiple Authors
	Adding People to Your Site
	Working with Authors
	Building a Private Community
	Creating a Network of Sites
	The Last Word
Chapter 12: Attracting a Crowd
	Encouraging Your Readers to Share
	Keeping Readers in the Loop
	Search Engine Optimization
	WordPress Site Statistics
	The Last Word
Chapter 13: Editing Themes to Customize Your Site
	The Goal: More Flexible Blogs and Sites
	Protecting Yourself with a Child Theme
	Decoding the Style Rules in Your Theme
	Changing the Twenty Twenty Styles
	Editing the Code in Your Theme
	Changing a Twenty Twenty Template
	The Last Word
Chapter 14: More Tools for Professional Sites
	Disaster Proofing with Backups
	Better Performance with Caching
	Adding Ecommerce to Your Site
	A Final Grab Bag of Useful Plugins
	The Last Word
Index

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