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Title Page
Copyright and Credits
WordPress 5 Complete Seventh Edition
Dedication
About Packt
Why subscribe?
Packt.com
Contributors
About the author
About the reviewers
Packt is searching for authors like you
Preface
Who this book is for
What this book covers
To get the most out of this book
Download the example code files
Download the color images
Conventions used
Get in touch
Reviews
Section 1: WordPress
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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