Introduction to the WordPress WCMS

by Gisle Hannemyr

[This chapter is currently just a stub.].

Table of contents

Introduction

Wordpress is undeniably the most popular open source WCMS platform. It has an abundance of themes and plugins available. Creating a blog-type website with Wordpress is a simple affair, and it does this job exceedingly well.

Plugins

https://wordpress.org/support/article/must-use-plugins/

Finding information about Wordpress

There exists many sources that provides documentation, tutorials and other information about Wordpress, including some well-written books. However, the most up to date information is on the web. The following links are the some starting points when looking for information about Wordpress on the web:

Resources for developers:

Final word

To understand how Wordpress works, you need to “speak” Wordpress. Like most complex tools, Wordpress comes loaded with some jargon. Mastering this jargon is part of learning to design websites with Wordpress.

All these technical terms may seem a little intimidating when you first are exposed to them, but after you've designed a few websites using Wordpress as your WCMS, you'll recognise them as your friends.

Last update: 2018-02-11 [gh].