Basic Usage

History

WordPress was born out of a desire for an elegant, well-architectured personal publishing system built on PHP and MySQL and licensed under the GPL. It […]

Using Permalinks

Permalinks are the permanent URLs to your individual weblog posts, as well as categories and other lists of weblog postings. A permalink is what another […]

First Steps with WordPress

Note: This page refers to WordPress using the Block Editor. If you are on an older version of WordPress or using the Classic Editor User, […]

Contributing to WordPress

Thank you for contributing to the project we all love! Your participation is vital to the WordPress project. WordPress is a user-driven project, and all […]

Blocks

Blocks are the components for adding content in the new WordPress block editor. There are many different block types available for you to use. We will […]

Block Directory

Go back to the list of Blocks The Block Directory is a new way block editor users discover, test and install new blocks for their […]

Page/Post Settings Sidebar

The Post/Page Sidebar (also called Document Settings) is part of the WordPress Editor on pages and posts. Located on the right side of the Editor […]

Finding WordPress Help

WordPress help is never hard to find. There are many sites dedicated to helping WordPress users, including this support page and the always-helpful forums. With […]

Block-based Widgets Editor

The Block-based Widgets Editor brings the power of blocks to the Theme Customizer and Appearance > Widgets sections in the WordPress Administration Screens allowing you to add […]

First Steps with WordPress (Classic Editor)

Note: This page refers to WordPress using the older or Classic Editor. If you are on a new version of WordPress or using the block […]

List View

List View is a new tool to help you navigate between layers of content and nested blocks. It’s currently visible in the Top Toolbar and […]

Writing Posts

Note: In December 2018, WordPress 5.0 launched with a new editor. This article was written for the long-available editing experience in prior WordPress versions, which […]