A short introduction to WordPress, presented by Sé Reed at WordCamp Orange County, June 2, 2012

1. Ten Things
You Should Know
About
WordPress Sé Reed
@sereedmedia
facebook.com/sereedmedia

2. 01.
WordPress can
do way more
than blog.

9. Content Management System
(CMS)

10. 02.
wordpress.com
and
WordPress
are different.

11. WordPress wordpress.com

12. 03.
What's under the
hood matters.

13. ▸ Open source software
▸ Theme-based design
▸ Plugin functionality
▸ Based on MySQL
▸ Written in PHP

21. FDI

22. yourdomain.com/subfolder/wp-admin

24. 04.
Posts and pages
are where the
magic happens.

25. Posts
▸ Dynamic
▸ Archived indefinitely
▸ Always in a category
• Blog topics
• Product types
• Photographs

27. Stuff
Stuff Category
S1
S3
S2 S2
S1
S3

33. Pages
▸ Static
▸ Not in categories
▸ Sub-pages
• Hierarchal groupings
parent>child>sibling

34. Posts

35. Posts

36. Pages

37. Pages

38. Pages

42. Posts Pages

43. 05.
Not all themes
are created
equal.
(Or equally.)

51. post_id

55. ▪ Evaluating a theme
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58. ▪ Free Themes
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59. ▪ Premium Themes
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60. 06.
Look for
options,
customize
your settings.

72. 07.
Plugins are a
double-edged
sword.

73. Evaluating plugins
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74. ▪ Recommended plugins
▸ Security/Spam
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▸ SEO
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▸ Backups
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75. ▪ Recommended plugins
▸ Social Media
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▸ Forms
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80. 08.
Documentation
is your friend.

81. codex.wordpress.org

83. wordpress.tv
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wpbeginner.com

wordpress.stackexchange.com

wordpresswings.com
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84. 09.
Back-up
your entire
set-up.*
*no, really.

85. 09b.
Where you
host matters.

86. 09c.
Update.

87. ▸ @wordpress for security notices
▸ Check for hacks:
sitecheck.sucuri.net/scanner

88. 10.
WordPress ONLY
works
if you do.

89. #3 Be patient
▸ Pace yourself.
You don't have to be
an expert on your first day.

90. #2 Don't load up
▸ Toomany plugins or theme
features can break or slow down
your site (and your motivation).

91. #1 Add content
▸ Contentis the ONLY reason
people visit your site
*AND the best way
to help them find it.

92. 9 Steps to a WordPress website

93. 9 Steps to a WordPress website

94. 9 Steps to a WordPress website
9. KEEP ADDING CONTENT!!!

95. Questions!
Sé Reed
@sereedmedia
facebook.com/sereedmedia