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Understanding what's WordPress once and for all
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Getting your hands on WordPress
Making sense of basic internet terminology: hosting, servers, database, and the like -
WordPress content types: what are they and their differences
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How WordPress's admin dashboard is structured
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Making the right call: when to use a custom post type
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Posts, Pages, and Themes: making a sense out of it
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How to create content on WordPressThe most basic concept: appearance vs function (shared)
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Making the right call: when to use a page or a dynamic template
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A quick view on additional terms: glossary for beginners
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Editing your content on WordPress: editors
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Browsing through plugins and add-ons: the WordPress's ecosystem
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The most common types of rework people face for bad decisions
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How to develop an efficient websiteSite performance: making your pages faster to load (how to avoid creating performance issues early on)
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Making the right call: when to install a new plugin vs develop from scratch
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Different ways to create your content: WP's native editor, page builders, template, and custom content
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Understanding menus and widgets
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Making the right call: ways to use menus and widgets
Lesson 6 of 17
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Posts, Pages, and Themes: making a sense out of it
Tangible June 25, 2023
Many people struggle with making sense of the difference between posts and pages.
It’s very common for beginners to confuse and use posts as pages and pages as posts. This is relatively fine until more people join your team to manage your website with you or if you want to make changes to your website after a while. So, basically, it will become a problem for you.
(and for us, as agencies).
Let’s go through it and the options for each. You will remember and understand these basic components of WordPress and when to use each