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Getting started with WordPress

Despite being the most popular content management system on the web, getting started with WordPress can be fairly daunting. Once you have WordPress installed and you log-in (either by using WordPress.com or by having your web host install it for you), the video tutorials on the left should be able to help get you up to speed very quickly.

If you still have questions about working with WordPress, please use the search icon at the top of the site to see if another tutorial covers it, or join our Facebook Group or Slack Team to ask for help.


WordPress: How to change a username

WordPress: How to change a username

While adding and removing users in WordPress is fairly easy, changing a username is a bit more difficult. Here is how it’s done.

WordPress: Understanding user roles

WordPress: Understanding user roles

WordPress has a handful of different “roles” that you can assign to new users: Subscriber, Contributor, Author, Editor, and Admin. This video will explain the…

WordPress: How to add and remove users

WordPress: How to add and remove users

Here is a quick video showing you how to add and remove users on your WordPress site. When adding users, it’s also important to understand…

WordPress: How to select the right plugin for the job

WordPress: How to select the right plugin for the job

With well over 50,000 plugins available, it can be hard to sift through all of them to find what you need. Here are some tips…

WordPress: Working with plugins

WordPress: Working with plugins

There are tens of thousands of great plugins available for WordPress. This short video will show you how to manage them on your site.

WordPress: Configuring and using the Akismet plugin

WordPress: Configuring and using the Akismet plugin

Akismet is a very powerful anti-spam tool for WordPress to help keep your site free of spam. This short video will show you how to…

WordPress: Managing comments on your site

WordPress: Managing comments on your site

If you allow comments on your WordPress site (and you probably should), here are some tips for dealing with them and keeping everything clean. In…

WordPress: Working with the media library

WordPress: Working with the media library

The media features inside of each post and page are quite powerful, but you can also view that content inside of the main “media library”…

WordPress: Creating and editing pages

WordPress: Creating and editing pages

Working with pages in WordPress is very similar to working with posts, but there are a few differences. This brief video will show you what…

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Getting Started with WordPress

Understanding the dashboard

Working with settings

Choosing a theme

  • Widgets
  • Menus

Posts

  • Adding a post
  • Editing a post
  • Working with categories and tags
  • Adding images to a post
  • Creating a photo gallery within a post
  • Adding video to a post
  • Linking to other posts
  • Changing the author of a post

Creating and editing pages

Working with the media library

Managing comments

Plugins

  • Working with plugins
  • How to select the right plugin for the job
  • Akismet

Users

  • Adding and removing users
  • Understanding user roles
  • How to change a username

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