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If you aren’t saving backups of your WordPress site regularly, get that set...

If you run a self-hosted WordPress site, making regular backups is absolutely necessary. A backup system is like the net underneath acrobats: you may never need it, but if that day comes when you do,...

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You know SEO is important, but you don’t know where to begin?

Your good-quality content in a WordPress site is an excellent foundation for a good Google ranking. But there’s a lot more you can do using a good SEO plugin. The most popular free SEO plugin gets...

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Schedule a blog post to publish itself at a future time

In the WordPress Admin, in the Publish metabox, the default is Publish Immediately. If you write a post and click the Publish button, the post will be live within a few seconds. But if you want,...

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Should you use Categories, Tags, or both?

There’s no harm in using both. Their usefulness is not for SEO, but for organization. Categories are intended for planned-out main topic areas and can be hierarchical. Tags are generally for smaller...

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WordPress’ revisions system allows you to “go back in time”

WordPress’ revisions system allows you to “go back in time” to an earlier version of your document if need be. While you’re writing or editing a post or page, WordPress automatically stores a copy of...

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In WordPress, the term “Page” has a specific meaning

In WordPress, Page has a specific meaning. A Page is a lot like a Post, but isn’t dated like a blog post, at least on the front end website, and isn’t organized by categories or tags. Instead, they can...

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Using Excerpts and the More Tag

Many themes display a list of recent blog posts or articles, showing only a few lines of text from each — a teaser. Depending upon the theme, this may be automatic; the first 55 words of the post (an...

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WordPress 4.3 brings some interesting changes

WordPress 4.3 was just released, and includes these changes: Menu management with instant previewing in the Customizer Site Icons for managing favicons and app icons Improved password handling for...

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Oh no, something’s gone missing from my Admin screen again

Everybody has to learn about Screen Options at some point in his WordPress journey, since there’s nothing very intuitive about the feature. On any Admin screen, it’s at the top right, a hanging tab....

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Normally, a child theme should be used when developing any website with a...

Normally, a child theme should be used when developing any website with a free or commercial theme. It’s actually a very simple process, although it changed slightly about a year ago, so recent...

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Googling for WordPress solutions #1

When you Google a couple of words describing the WordPress problem you want to solve, there will be a lot of results, many of them referring to long-outdated WordPress features. As the first step in...

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Googling for WordPress Solutions #2

There will be a lot of results from two sources: (1) The WordPress.org Support Forums, and (2) The WordPress.org Codex. The Forums tend to have very old discussions and unclear posts; I avoid them...

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Googling for WordPress Solutions #3

If at first you don’t succeed, and your search results don’t seem to have much to do with your problem, try phrasing your search different ways. Try to use the most common and accurate terms for the...

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What is WordPress?

Website software WordPress is software used to create websites. It started out as a platform for blogging and is still used on millions of blogs. But it has become an excellent content management...

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Requirements for Installing WordPress

Here’s what you’ll need to put together a self-hosted WordPress website. 1. An up-to-date computer with a decent Internet connection Please be sure that the computer you’re using is in good health. The...

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Installing WordPress

In this lesson, we’ll walk you through installing WordPress on your server, with the end result being a live, working WordPress website. An alternative: utilize a host company’s WordPress-quick-install...

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Finding Information and Help

In working with WordPress — or any type of website — there are times when we run into problems. We present this lesson in order that you be equipped from the start to troubleshoot any issues that come...

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WordPress Security Basics

WordPress security is a serious matter. Don’t ignore this issue! Like any popular Internet software, WordPress is subject to attacks by hackers. Any responsible person running a WordPress site needs to...

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The Admin Screens

This lesson provides an overview of the WordPress Administration Screens — the section of pages which serves as a control panel for the website, and which require a login to access. WordPress people...

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Configuration Settings

One particular set of Admin screens has some of the most important options which allow you to determine what your website looks like and how it functions: the section titled simply Settings, which...

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