WordPress is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) built using PHP and MySQL. It allows users to build and manage websites and blogs without writing code. WordPress is very popular due to its ease of use, flexibility through plugins and themes, and SEO friendliness. It can be self-hosted on a web server by downloading WordPress.org or used through WordPress.com which hosts the site for a fee.

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Introduction to WordPress
WORKSHOP

2. Muhammad
Muhsin

3. 39% of the web is built on
WordPress.
FACT

4. BRIEF
⚡️ The most popular CMS in the world
👨💻 Created by Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little
💡 Open-source as an idea
💰 Free to use, modify, distribute, etc.
♥️ A community unlike any other

5. WordPress is a free and open-source
blogging tool and a content management
system (CMS) based on PHP and MySQL
which runs on a web hosting service.
DEFINITION

6. Free & Open Source
FREE as in Free of Charge
FREE as in Freedom to do anything with it
BREAKING IT DOWN
Blogging Tool & CMS
Use it to run a Blog
Use it to Manage Content on your Website, Portal or App, without really writing code.
PHP and MySQL
PHP – Programming language used to build WordPress
MySQL – the database used for running WordPress
Web Hosting Service
PHP being a server side script, you will need a server to run it

7. Why WordPress?

8. ✨ Popular for its ease of use 🚀

9. 🆓 Free as in Freedom 💰

10. 💯 Lighthouse is possible ⚡️

11. ⛑ Safe and secure 🔐

12. 🎩 Plugins and Themes 🥼

13. 🔎 SEO-friendly 👨🥼💻

14. vs
.org
.com

15. ● Need a Domain and Server
Dot Org
● Get Started quick and easy
● Get all of WordPress
Features for Free
● Almost free in terms of what
a basic blog would need
● Use any theme or plugin
you’d like
● Run by WordPress
Foundation
● Pay to use additional
features
● Run by Automattic
vs
Dot Com

16. Self Hosted WordPress
WordPress.org

17. Getting Started
● Local by WP Engine
● DevKinsta
● ServerPress
● XAMPP

18. Things we will discuss:
1. Installing WordPress locally
2. Posts, Pages, Attachments
3. Taxonomies - categories, tags
4. Themes, Plugins
5. Custom Post Types, Custom Fields

19. localwp.com

20. Download Local

21. Local app

22. /wp-admin

23. Frontend

24. Demo

27. Thank you! 👨 💻
@muhsinlk
Muhammad Muhsin
muhammad@rtcamp.com

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