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WordPress 5 Cookbook

You're reading from   WordPress 5 Cookbook Actionable solutions to common problems when building websites with WordPress

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838986506
Length 660 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Rakhitha Nimesh Ratnayake Rakhitha Nimesh Ratnayake
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Setting Up WordPress and Customizing Settings 2. Customizing Theme Design and Layout FREE CHAPTER 3. Using Plugins and Widgets 4. Publishing Site Content with the Gutenberg Editor 5. Managing Users and Permissions 6. Setting up a Blogging and Editorial Workflow 7. WordPress as an Application Framework 8. Improving Usability and Interactivity 9. Building E-Commerce Sites with WooComerce 10. Troubleshooting WordPress 11. Handling Performance and Maintenance 12. Improving Site Security 13. Promoting and Monetizing the Site 14. Other Books You May Enjoy Appendix

Setting Up WordPress and Customizing Settings

In this chapter, we will begin by focusing on the basic setup and configuration options that are built into the default WordPress Content Management System (CMS). We will be going through basic setups such as managing media files, discussions, privacy policies, and permalinks. Also, we will look at the process of setting up and using multisite environment features within WordPress. The goal of this chapter is to teach you how to prepare basic WordPress tools so that you can manage advanced tasks in the upcoming chapters.

In this chapter, we will learn about the following recipes:

  • Managing media files with the Media Library
  • Setting up the discussion process
  • Creating and managing a privacy policy
  • Customizing default WordPress emails
  • Configuring a Permalinks structure
  • Setting up WordPress Multisite
  • Creating a new site on a multisite...
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