Where to Learn More About WordPress
One of the most beautiful things about WordPress is the worldwide community of users and developers that provides support to beginners and experts alike.
There are tons and tons of forums, blogs, videos and books dedicated to WordPress. This evolving, open body of knowledge is what makes it possible to teach yourself WordPress.
It’s almost a guarantee that if you’re having an issue, someone else has had it too. If you can dedicate time to research, you can learn to fix it yourself or find someone with the answer.
One of the first places you should go is YouTube. If you type in your specific question or topic, there’s a good chance there are a number of how-to videos you can watch that will take you step by step through the process or solution.
But these following resources are super helpful as well.
WP Beginners
- Perhaps the most comprehensive blog on WordPress
- Can answer almost any question you might have on WordPress and provides highly reliable information
- Written in plain English, without technical jargon
WordPress.org
- Where you can download the CMS, its free themes, and free plugins
- Provides all kinds of guides to help with learning and troubleshooting
- If you’re having trouble with WordPress, a WordPress theme, a WordPress plugin, you can ask your question in their forums, and they help non-techies all the time
Of course, if you pay for the premium version for plugins and themes, you can just ask customer support.
Explore These Resources
Spend 5-10 minutes:
- Searching for an answer to a question in WP Beginners
- Checking out the posts in these three WordPress.org forums about fixing WordPress