WordPress 5 Complete

Copyright and Credits

Dedication

About Packt

Contributors

Table of Contents

Preface

Section 1: WordPress

Chapter 1: Introducing WordPress

Getting into WordPress

What WordPress is good for

Starting the journey – what is a blog?

Understanding the common terms

Post

Categories and tags

Comments

Themes

Plugins

Widgets

Menus

Page

Home page

Users

Why choose WordPress?

Who should use WordPress?

Getting to know the WordPress family

Digging into WordPress – the features

Learning more

Learning more with online WordPress resources

Staying updated with WordPress news

Understanding the Codex

Getting support from other users

Using theme and plugin directories

Summary

Chapter 2: Getting Started with WordPress

Building your WordPress website – start here

The two worlds of WordPress – the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org

Pros and cons

Which one to use

Getting and installing WordPress

Installing WordPress through a web host

How to choose a web host for WordPress

Getting through the installation process

Installing WordPress manually

Preparing the environment

Installing WordPress locally

Downloading WordPress

Uploading the files

Finalizing WordPress's on-screen setup

Learning more

Installing WordPress through an auto-installer script

The wp-admin panel

Changing general blog information

Retrieving a lost password

Getting a Gravatar

Summary

Chapter 3: Creating Blog Content

WordPress admin conventions

Lists of items

Posting on your blog

Adding a simple post

Working in the block-based content editor

Understanding the editor interface

Creating your first blog post

Aligning blocks and building a post layout

Common post options

Categories and tags

Images in your posts

Adding an image to a post

Designating a featured image

Controlling default image sizes

Editing an uploaded image

Videos and other media in your posts

Adding videos to blog posts

Adding audio to blog posts

Limited editing possibilities

Using the block-based editor versus the code editor

Lead and body

Drafts, pending articles, and timestamps

Drafts

Pending articles

Timestamps

Advanced post options

Excerpt

Discussion

Working with post revisions

Changing the author of the post

Protecting content

Pretty post permalink

Discussion on your blog – comments

Adding a comment

Discussion settings

Submission, notification, and moderation settings

When to moderate or blacklist a comment

Avatar display settings

Moderating comments

Adding and managing categories

Summary

Chapter 4: Pages, Media, and Importing/Exporting Content

Pages

Adding a page

Parent

Order

Managing pages

Setting up a home page

Creating a placeholder home page

Enabling the custom home page

Customizing your home page

Media library

Creating an image gallery

Choosing a post or page

Adding images to Gallery

Importing/exporting content

Importing content

Exporting content

Summary

Section 2: Customizing WordPress

Chapter 5: Plugins - What They Are and Why You Need Them

Breaking down plugins – what are they?

Why use plugins?

Where to get plugins?

Finding new plugins

Installing a plugin – how to go about this

Auto-installation

Manual plugin installation

What to do after plugin installation

The must-have pack of plugins

Backing up

Enabling Google Analytics

Caching

Search engine optimization

Social media integration

Jetpack

Comment spam

Working with Akismet

Summary

Chapter 6: Securing your WordPress Website

The principles of WordPress security

The best practices for WordPress security

Using strong passwords

Keeping your WordPress updated

Keeping your theme and plugins updated

Avoid installing unneeded plugins

Installing an SSL

Security plugins and which ones to get

SSL plugin

General security plugin

Other plugins to consider

Setting up secure user accounts

User roles and abilities

Administrator

Editor

Author

Contributor

Subscriber

Managing users

Enabling users to self-register

User management plugins

Summary

Chapter 7: Choosing and Installing Themes

Finding themes

WordPress Theme Directory

Main types of themes

Finding more themes

The factors to consider when choosing a theme

The structure of a theme

Factors to consider when choosing a theme

The purpose of the theme

Theme licensing

Up-to-date themes only

Themes that are customizable

Themes with a responsive structure

Support, reviews, and documentation

Installing and changing themes

Adding a theme from within wp-admin

Downloading, extracting, and uploading

Summary

Chapter 8: Customizing your Website Appearance/Design

Menus

Adding a menu

Displaying a menu

Widgets

WordPress Customizer

Site identity

Colors

Header Media

Background

Widgets

Homepage settings or Static Front Page

Additional CSS

Scheduling your design changes

Customizer previews

Optimizing for mobile and working with AMP

How to enable AMP in WordPress

Summary

Chapter 9: Developing your Own Theme

Setting up your design

Designing your theme to be WordPress-friendly

Three paths to theme development

Building a theme from the ground up

Building a theme with a framework

Building a theme with a starter theme

Converting your design into code

Examining the HTML structure

Examining the CSS

Converting your build into a theme

Creating the theme directory

Naming your directory and creating backup copies of your build files

Preparing the essential files

Adding a screenshot

Create a screenshot

Uploading your directory

Activating your theme

How to create basic WordPress content

The functions.php file

The <head> tag

The header and footer

The sidebar

Main column – the loop

Creating template files within your theme

Understanding the WordPress theme structure

Breaking it up

The header.php file

The footer.php file

The sidebar.php file

Your four template files

Archive template

Single template

Page template

Generated classes for body and post

Other WordPress templates

Creating and using a custom page template

Making your theme widget-friendly

Going back to our sidebar

Working with the functions.php file

Adding some widgets

Additional widgetizing options

Enabling a menu in your theme

Making your theme editable in the WordPress Customizer

Creating a child theme

Creating the new theme directory

Creating the style sheet

Using your child theme

Sharing your theme

Summary

Chapter 10: Social Media Integration, Podcasting, and HTTPS

Integrating social media

Making your blog social media friendly

Setting up social media share buttons

Setting up social media APIs integration

Setting up automatic content distribution to social media

The Jetpack plugin

The Revive Old Posts plugin

Setting up social media metrics tracking

Podcasting

Creating a podcast

Recording yourself

Making a post

Podcasting plugins

Using a service to host audio files for free

HTTPS – what, why, and how?

What is HTTPS?

Why HTTPS is important for a modern WordPress site

How to set up HTTPS

Summary

Chapter 11: Developing Plugins, Widgets, and an Introduction to REST API

Plugins

Building plugins from scratch

Plugin code requirements

A basic plugin – adding link icons

Naming and organizing the plugin files

Writing the plugin's core functions

Adding hooks to the plugin

Trying out the plugin

Adding an admin page

Adding management page functions

Modifying the doctype_styles_new_regex() function

Adding hooks

Trying out the plugin

Testing your plugins

A plugin with database access – capturing searched words

Getting the plugin to talk to the database

Adding management page functions

Trying out the plugin

Building a plugin for the block-based editor

Learning more

Widgets

Custom tag cloud widget

Naming our widget

The widget structure

The widget initiation function

The widget form function

The widget save function

The widget print function

Custom widget styles

Initiating and hooking up the widget

Trying out the widget

Learning more

Bundling a widget with an existing plugin

Shortcodes

Shortcodes and the way they work

Types of shortcodes

Creating a simple shortcode

The WordPress REST API

What is the REST API?

Why use WordPress REST API?

How to get started with the REST API

Creating a plugin that uses the REST API

Summary

Section 3: Non-Blog Websites

Chapter 12: Creating a Non-Blog Website Part One - The Basics

The must-do tasks

Static websites

The process

Building your home page

Creating easy-to-grasp menus

Corporate or business websites

Picking a clean theme

Branding elements

Good navigation

Custom home page

Slider (optional)

One-page websites

Picking a one-page theme

Branding elements

High-quality images

Summary

Chapter 13: Creating a Non-Blog Website Part Two - E-Commerce Websites and Custom Content Elements

E-commerce stores

Is WordPress a good platform for an e-commerce store?

Getting a good e-commerce plugin

Plugin installation and initial setup

Setting up the main store pages

Your store location

Shipping and payments

Adjusting your store design

Adding products

Stats – orders, coupons, and reports

Video blogs and photo blogs

Exploring themes for video and photo sites

Getting plugins for video and photo blogs

Social networks

Installing a social network

Designing your social network

Extending the functionality

Introducing custom post types

Registering a new post type

Adding labels

Adding messages

Creating book template files

Registering and using a custom taxonomy

Customizing the admin display

Summary

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