Key Features

• Learn how to build a WordPress site quickly and effectively, and how to create content that's optimized for publication on the web.
• Learn the basics of working with WordPress themes and plugins, and even create your own.
• Beginner-friendly layout and advice you can apply from day 1. Packed with screenshots and examples.

Book Description

WordPress Complete, Sixth Edition is a practical guide for everyone who wants to start their journey as an online publisher, website owner, or even a website developer. It takes you step-by-step through the process of planning out and building your site, and offers loads of screenshots and examples along the way. It's also a beginner's guide to theme and plugin development.

This book begins with the basics of WordPress, followed by the different components that you as a developer will need to use to work swiftly and efficiently.

The book starts by introducing WordPress to new readers in this field. You are then shown how to set it up, implement a blog, and use plug-ins and widgets. You'll use themes to make any website look and feel better and more original. You also learn how to create your own themes and perform testing to ensure your website is bug-free. You will also acquire some idea of how to use WordPress for non-blog-like websites.

By the end of the book, you will feel confident enough to design high-quality websites and will be familiar with the ins and outs of WordPress.

What you will learn

• What WordPress is, where to get it, and how to launch your website quickly using it.
• How to publish your first content (a blog post or article).
• What the most important sub-pages of a quality website are, and how to create them in WordPress.
• How to upload multimedia content such as images, audio, and video.
• How to install and work with plugins and widgets.
• Where to find quality themes and how to install them.
• How to develop your own WordPress plugins and themes.

About the Author

Karol Krol is a WordPress developer, PHP programmer, professional blogger, and writer. He has been building expertise in WordPress ever since his early years at the Silesian University of Technology (Poland), where he graduated with a master's degree in computer science. Early in his career, he worked as a freelance website developer for several years. Later on, he decided to shift his interest towards popularizing WordPress as the perfect solution for all web-based projects and devoted his time to growing his writing career.

Table of Contents

1. Introducing WordPress
2. Getting Started
3. Creating Blog Content
4. Pages, Media, Importing/Exporting Content
5. Plugins - What They Are and Why You Need Them
6. Choosing and Installing Themes
7. Customizing Your Website Appearance/Design
8. Developing Your Own Theme
9. Social Media Integration, Podcasting, and HTTPS
10. Developing Plugins, Widgets, and an Introduction to REST API
11. Community Blogging
12. Creating a Non-blog Website Part One – The Basics
13. Creating a Non-blog Website Part Two – E-Commerce Websites and Custom Content Elements