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Stanko Metodiev,
WordPress Web Developer at DevriX
WordCamp Sofia 2013
WordPress – From
the Start

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➔ What is WordPress?
➔ Why WordPress?
➔ WordPress.org vs
WordPress.com
➔ How to install WordPress?
➔ A few WordPress Demos
Agenda

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Stanko Metodiev
● WordPress Web Developer @
DevriX Ltd
● WordPress Consultant @ Premium
WordPress Support
● Freelance – when I have time
● @metodiew
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Before we start
● Presentator newbie
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WordPress is…
● A simple blogging platform
● Designed for small sites
● Not really popular
● Wordpress
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No.

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What is WordPress
According to Wikipedia:
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…
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What is WordPress (2)
It was first released on May 27, 2003, by its founders,
Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little, as a fork of b2/cafelog
Matt Mullenweg Mike Little
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WordPress.org != WordPress.com
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WordPress.org WordPress.com
Open Source product SaaS
WordPress Foundation Automattic, Inc.
Requires a hosting Hosted for free
Fully customizable Fairly limited
Unlimited themes/plugins A set of predefined extensions

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Why WordPress?
● Open Source
● A powerful and flexible platform
● Over 70 000 000 websites online
● Tens of thousands free and premium
themes/plugins
● Ready for E-Commerce, Q&A, Forums, Social
networks, Groupons and more…
● Community
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Who uses WordPress
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WordPress as CMS
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Tweet URL

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Famous 5 min install
● Stop talking. Just show me!
● Famous 5 Minute Install
● Download Latest WordPress
● Upload to webserver
● Database, DB User and DB Pass
● Install WordPress
● Enjoy WordPress
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Demo
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Softaculous
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Softaculous - Step 1
Login to your cPanel
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Login to your cPanel

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Softaculous - Step 2
Select WordPress
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Softaculous - Step 3
Populate your data
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Softaculous - Step 4
Installation process
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Softaculous - Step 5
Your installation is done! Go to your WordPress and enjoy
it!
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Demo
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What else with WordPress?
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E-Commerce
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WooCommerce

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E-Commerce (2)
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Easy Digital Downloads

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Demo
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Forums
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Social Networks
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Demo
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Recap
● WordPress is free Open Source Blog Platform and CMS
● WordPress is easy to use
● WordPress is ready for almost everything
● The Community is Awesome!
● capital_P_dangit()
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Questions?
● Follow me on Twitter @metodiew
● Stanko Metodiev on LinkedIn
● metodiew on WordPress.org
● metodiew on GitHub
● Blogging at metodiew.com
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