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Beginner Help with WordPress: Resources Worth Bookmarking

ByJudith Updated on Reading Time: 4 minutes
Resources to Help You Use WordPress

WordPress is one of the most popular website platforms, and almost every hosting company now offers the necessary managed WordPress services. Unfortunately, that means there is a ton of information to weed through.

Back in the day, you loaded up WordPress, a theme, and some plugins, and had a pretty decent website. Then, you had to add images and content and go from there.

Now, things are much more complicated. Not only how to use WordPress, but also how to keep up with everything that goes into running a successful website.

What does that mean for you? Be ready to learn, deal with frustration, and learn more—rinse and repeat. Forever.

WordPress Products and Services

Endless possibilities exist, from services to plugins and new full-site editing themes for your WordPress website. Everyone has a sales pitch — some are more credible and easier to use than others.

Check out my toolkit for a comprehensive list of WordPress products and services I trust, use, and recommend.

Trusted and Reliable WordPress Products and Services

As with most things, search, and ye shall find. However, with that comes information overload. So many resources, so much information — which are accurate and trustworthy? Which are worth your time and apply to what you want, need, or can do on your own?

WordPress Help from the Source

WordPress.org is a great starting point because its topics are neatly categorized by your interests and experience. Here’s the rundown:

  • WordPress Blogs: Development Blog and WordPress Planet is an aggregation of blogs about WordPress worldwide.
  • How-Tos and Documentation: including the most asked-for How to Install WordPress and How to Upgrade WordPress
  • Interested in functions, hooks, classes, or methods? Check out the new WordPress Code Reference.
  • Support Forum: If you are wondering whether something is possible or just need a little assistance from more experienced people who are willing to help, check out the forums. Here is where you can find out how to customize or edit WordPress. Try to seek out what you are looking for before jumping to the post and blurting out your questions. While searching, you may notice questions that go unanswered. When you see this, you can bet that the question has most likely been asked and answered before. So dig deeper!
  • Plugins: As of today, there are 74,000 free plugins.
  • Themes: 15,000 themes are listed; however, do your due diligence and check out the developer’s site to see how experienced they are and if they keep their themes updated, debugged, and supported. (I’m generally not a fan of “free,” so here’s a list of my favorite WordPress theme developers I trust and use for my sites.)

Digging in and learning will help you understand how WordPress works and the best practices necessary for a great-performing website. What comes next is constantly working on your website to ensure it is the best it can be. That effort never stops because technology doesn’t stand still.

WordPress and Marketing Newsletters

I receive so many newsletters, RSS feeds, and updates that I wonder how I keep up! Below are a few resources to help you on your WordPress and online business journey.

Top 10 Pages On This Site…

While discussing what is valuable, I thought I would share this site’s “Top 10” blog posts. Of course, being the most visited means they must be worth a read!

  1. How to Update to the Latest WordPress Version
  2. Where are WordPress Files Stored?
  3. 7 Online Side-Hustles You Can Start for Extra Income
  4. How to Organize WordPress Media, Pages, and Posts
  5. How to Troubleshoot and Recover Your Broken WordPress Site
  6. How to Set Up WordPress Categories and Tags (vs. Keywords)
  7. Kadence: My Favorite WordPress Theme
  8. WordPress Full Site Editing is Here
  9. Recommended WordPress Products and Services
  10. Quick and Easy WordPress Website Backup Tips

You are now armed with some great resources; I know you will need to rely on them. Bookmark this website (Ctrl+D) to get tips as needed.

Here’s to your success!

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