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

01.
WordPress can
do way more
than blog.

Content Management System
(CMS)

02.
wordpress.com
and
WordPress
are different.

WordPress wordpress.com

03.
What's under the
hood matters.

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

FDI

yourdomain.com/subfolder/wp-admin

04.
Posts and pages
are where the
magic happens.

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

Stuff
Stuff Category
S1
S3
S2 S2
S1
S3

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

Posts

Posts

Pages

Pages

Pages

Posts Pages

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

post_id

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

07.
Plugins are a
double-edged
sword.

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

codex.wordpress.org

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

09b.
Where you
host matters.

09c.
Update.

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

10.
WordPress ONLY
works
if you do.

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

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

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

9 Steps to a WordPress website

9 Steps to a WordPress website

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

Questions!
Sé Reed
@sereedmedia
facebook.com/sereedmedia