This document provides an overview of WordPress, including what it is, its origins and founders, and the differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org. WordPress is an open source content management system that allows non-programmers to create professional websites and blogs. It can be used to build blogs, traditional websites, or hybrid sites that integrate blogs into websites. WordPress.com offers free and paid hosting plans, while WordPress.org requires self-hosting on a separate web server.

1. Nadine Wildmann
Meeple Communications

2. WHAT IS WORDPRESS?
• Web publishing platform
• Easy to learn and use Content Management
System (CMS)
• Open source, community support
• Powerful blogging tool
• A way for non-programmers to create professional
websites and blogs
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THE WORLD OF WORDPRESS
WordPress.org
WordPress.com
Matt Mullenweg, founder and
open-source evangelist
Automattic, WordPress
company
WordCamp
 WordCamps are held around
the world, including Israel.

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WORDPRESS.COM VS. WORDPRESS.ORG
WordPress.com WordPress.org
Your
Computer
Your
Web Host
Your Website
Dashboard
Your
Computer
Your Website
Dashboard

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WORDPRESS.COM VS. WORDPRESS.ORG
WordPress.com
• Easier to use
• Built-in functions
• Limited customization
• Free, with paid upgrades available,
such as your own domain name
• Exportable to self-hosted WP
Free hosting and maintenance
WordPress.org / Self-
hosted
• Expanded functionality through
57,000 plugins
• External resources such as
commercial themes
• More control, more
responsibility
• You need to pay a web host and
manage hosting software
Best for businesses

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WORDPRESS.COM OPTIONS
FREE WordPress.com
• Domain requires .wordpress in it
• Ads are shown on your website
• Limited customization
• Only Forum Support
• Free Themes
• JetPack plugins
• JetPack analytics
PAID WordPress.com
• Your own domain
• No ads
• Several levels of
customization
• Live Chat Support
• Premium Themes
• Third party themes and
plugins
• Google Analytics
You can downgrade and upgrade plans
https://wordpress.com/pricing/

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TYPES OF WORDPRESS WEBSITES
Blogs
–Content is sorted by Category
–Created as Posts
Websites
–WordPress can create traditional websites with
static pages
Hybrids
–Blog is integrated into a website
–Mixed page types in menu

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WEBSITES

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BLOGS

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HYBRID

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HYBRID

13. WEB PAGES VS. BLOG POSTS
P A G E
• Static
• Updated rarely
• Accessed from main menu
• Do not include dates in
URL
P O S T
• Dynamically generated
• Displayed in reverse
chronological order
• Can show up in multiple
locations
 On the Home page
 On one or more Category pages
 In sidebars or sections of pages
 As full posts or excerpts
 With or without thumbnail images
• Excerpt links to full post
• Individual posts are normally
not accessed from main menu
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14. STATIC WEB PAGE
• Page is always the same. It gets edited as a page.
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15. SINGLE POST PAGE
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16. POST EXCERPT
• Title is linked
• May have a Read More link
• Generated by Read More link, or number of characters, or manually
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https://wordpress.com/support/excerpts/

17. HOW DO POSTS KNOW WHERE TO SHOW UP?
• WordPress default is the Home Page
 You can change the Home Page to a static page
• A Post will go to all pages of the Categories to
which it is assigned
 These are called Category or Archive pages
• Posts can show up in Widgets such as Recent
Posts
• There is always a Post Page of the post, but you
don’t need to link to it
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18. BLOG PAGE DYNAMICALLY CALLS IN POSTS
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POST LOCATIONS
Post Page
Displays the full Post
Category Page Displays multiple Posts
• Full posts
• Or post excerpts
Default is reverse chronological
order
Widgets • Recent Posts
• Popular Posts
• Others via plugins

20. POSTS BY CATEGORY
C A T E G O R Y : S O C I A L C A T E G O R Y : M O B I L E
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21. CATEGORY PAGE OPTIONS
S H O W S O M E O R A L L P O S T
I N F O
• Date, Time, Author,
Category, Tags, Comments,
Sharing
• Title, Excerpt or Full Post
I N T E G R A T E P O S T S I N T O
W E B S I T E
• Show no post info – no
date, no Read More
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23. ADD BLOCK
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https://wordpress.com/support/pages/

24. CHANGE BLOCK TYPE
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https://wordpress.com/support/pages/