WordPress 5 Cookbook

Actionable solutions to common problems when building websites with WordPress

Rakhitha Nimesh Ratnayake

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9781838986506
• eBook ISBN: 9781838988814
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Computer Science
• Subtopic: Digital Marketing
• Index: Computer Science

Explore built-in WordPress features and the power of advanced plugins and themes for building modern websites using exciting recipes

Key Features

• Build custom features and extend built-in features in WordPress with custom coding and plugins
• Get to grips with extending WordPress as an application framework
• Manage non-functional aspects of your website such as security, performance, and maintenance

Book Description

WordPress has been the most popular content management system (CMS) for many years and is now powering over 30% of all websites globally. With the demand for WordPress development and skilled developers ever-increasing, now is the best time to learn WordPress inside out.

This book starts with simple recipes for configuring WordPress and managing basic platform features. You'll then move on to explore how to install and customize WordPress plugins, widgets, and themes. The next few chapters cover recipes for content and user-management-related topics such as customizing the content display, working with content types, using the new Gutenberg editor, and customizing editorial workflow for building advanced blogs. As you advance, you'll learn how to use WordPress as an application framework as well as a platform for building e-commerce sites. This WordPress book will also help you optimize your site to maximize visibility on search engines, add interactivity, and build a user community to make the site profitable. Finally, you'll learn how to maintain a WordPress site smoothly while taking precautions against possible security threats.

By the end of the book, you'll have the tools and skills required to build and maintain modern WordPress websites with the latest technologies and be able to find quick solutions to common WordPress problems.

What you will learn

• Install and customize WordPress themes and plugins for building websites
• Develop modern web designs without the need to write any code
• Explore the new Gutenberg content editor introduced in WordPress 5 (Bebo)
• Use the existing WordPress plugins to add custom features and monetize your website
• Improve user interaction and accessibility for your website with simple tricks
• Discover powerful techniques for maintaining and securing your websites
• Extend built-in WordPress features for advanced website management

Who this book is for

This book is for beginners who want to build powerful modern websites with minimum coding knowledge and intermediate web developers who want to extend the basic features of WordPress to cater to advanced modern website technologies. Although prior experience with WordPress is not required, familiarity with basic PHP, HTML, and CSS is necessary to understand the concepts covered.

Preface

Now powering over 30% of all websites, WordPress has been the most popular content management system (CMS) for the past 7 years and shows no signs of slowing down. With the demand for WordPress development and developers increasing everyday, now is the best time to learn everything about WordPress.

This book starts with recipes for configuring WordPress and managing basic features. You'll then explore the main components of developing a website, such as the installation and customization of WordPress plugins, widgets, and themes. As you progress through the chapters, you'll cover content and user management topics such as customizing the content display, advanced content types, using a new Gutenberg editor, and building an advance blog with custom editorial workflow. You'll learn how to use WordPress as an application framework and build e-commerce websites. This WordPress book helps you to optimize your site to maximize visibility on search engines, add interactivity, and build a user community to make the site profitable. Finally, you'll learn how to maintain a WordPress site while taking precautions against possible security threats.

By the end of the book, you'll have developed the skills required to build and maintain modern WordPress websites with the latest technologies and will be equipped with quick solutions to common challenges in using WordPress.

Who this book is for

This book is for developers looking to build powerful modern websites with minimum coding knowledge and intermediate web developers who want to extend the basic features and functionalities of WordPress websites. Though prior experience with WordPress is not required, familiarity with basic PHP, HTML, and CSS is necessary to understand the recipes covered.

What this book covers

Chapter 1, Setting Up WordPress and Customizing Settings, begins by focusing on the basic setup and configuration options that are built into the default WordPress C...

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright and Credits
• Dedication
• About Packt
• Contributors
• Preface
• Setting Up WordPress and Customizing Settings
• Customizing Theme Design and Layout
• Using Plugins and Widgets
• Publishing Site Content with the Gutenberg Editor
• Managing Users and Permissions
• Setting up a Blogging and Editorial Workflow
• WordPress as an Application Framework
• Improving Usability and Interactivity
• Building E-Commerce Sites with WooComerce
• Troubleshooting WordPress
• Handling Performance and Maintenance
• Improving Site Security
• Promoting and Monetizing the Site
• Appendix
• Other Books You May Enjoy