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WordPress Overview

WordPress is the world's most flexible content management system, and it is used by well over 43% of websites all over the globe. This WordPress Overview article provides details, including its advantages and benefits, and how one can use this tool in making a blog or in constructing complex business websites from scratch. Whether you're a beginner or an expert developer, this article will guide you in understanding the basics of WordPress and how you can exploit its power to establish a professional and dynamic web presence.

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  • WordPress: How to Add a Blog Post You can always add a blog post to your WordPress website at any time.
  • How To Install WordPress - WordPress Installation Guide WordPress started as a blogging tool but has evolved into a full content management system (and much more). We make it easy to install WordPress and other third-party scripts in your hosting account.
  • WordPress Tools: Change WordPress URL This article will explain how to change the Site URL or Home URL setting in WordPress using WordPress Tools. This may be useful if you have moved your WordPress site or are planning to do so.WordPress Tools is not available on
  • How to Disable/Delete Themes and Plugins in WordPress This article explains how to deactivate, change, or delete themes and plugins on a WordPress site without a dashboard.
  • Getting Started with WordPress A brief introduction to what WordPress is and why it is so great.
  • How to Restore a WordPress Site This article will explain how to use the tools available to back up or restore your WordPress site. This is highly recommended, especially if the site is malfunctioning or has lost data.
  • Manual WordPress Website Migration: How to Export/Import a WordPress Database How to manually migrate a WordPress site, from downloading current content to fixing permalinks and checking everything when finished; this guide will serve as a reference point.
  • WordPress Optimization WordPress is one of the most popular blogging/CMS applications at present. Here are some ideas for optimizing WordPress and reducing CPU consumption for this PHP script.
  • WordPress: Adding Links Adding a link in WordPress is simple and convenient. While more advanced users can use HTML, this article will explain how to use WordPress's editing tools to create links.
  • WordPress - How to Install a New Theme from the WordPress Dashboard These steps will help you install and select a WordPress theme for your blog.
  • How to Change WordPress Themes Directly in the Database You can update your WordPress theme from either your WordPress dashboard or your Control Panel. This article explains how to change a WordPress site's theme from within the database once logged in.
  • How to Install WordPress Without Automatic Database Creation Typically, our installer will automatically create a database for a new WordPress installation; however, this article explains how to install WordPress when Mojo is unable to do so.
  • WordPress: Reset your Password with phpMyAdmin This article explains how to reset a lost WordPress password using phpMyAdmin.
  • WordPress: Enabling XML-RPC This article will explain how to enable XML-RPC from within the WordPress Admin dashboard. XML-RPC needs to make posts from a desktop client.
  • WordPress: Installing Plugins These steps will help you select and install a WordPress plugin for your site. Inside the WordPress dashboard, select the Add New link from the Plugins menu. You can search for a plugin here.
  • How to Add WordPress Widgets Adding a Widget to WordPress is quick and easy. This article serves as a guide if you get lost when adding new or removing old widgets to your WordPress website.
  • How To Add Images and How To Upload Images to WordPress Posts and Pages Adding Images to a site built with WordPress is simple and straightforward. This article will explain how to add Images to a WordPress site if you get stuck or forget.
  • AI-powered WordPress Hosting Shared WordPress Hosting provides the same features and benefits as our Shared Hosting accounts, with the added bonus of being pre-installed with WordPress.
  • How To Login To WordPress Sites - WP Admin Access This article will explain how to log in to a website created with WordPress.
  • WordPress Self-Service Migration - How to Migrate Your WordPress Website For a limited time, we are offering free website migrations for qualifying WordPress websites within the first 30 days of signing up. This article explains the details and eligibility of this offer.
  • How To Use & Change Temporary URL with WordPress You may need to use a temporary URL to access your site before the Name Servers have propagated to ours. This article will explain how to use the temporary URL to build and test your WordPress site.
  • How to Switch WordPress Themes A WordPress theme has an enormous influence over your site's appearance and maintenance. This article will explain how to change the theme for your WordPress site, should you ever need to swap your current theme for one that is better suited.
  • How to Create Custom Menus in WordPress WordPress allows users to create custom menus. This is a popular feature commonly used to create sitemaps or any other navigation that differs from your main menu.
  • WordPress: Blank White Pages (WordPress White Screen of Death) Help! My WordPress site is showing a blank white screen - what do I do? While the causes of this error vary, this article will explain two potential causes (Plugins and Themes) and how to fix them.
  • WordPress: Move Your Site to a New Directory This article will explain how to move your WordPress website from one folder to another within your hosting account.
  • How to Add and Delete a User in WordPress Admin Oftentimes, a site will need to be accessed by multiple users. WordPress's interface makes adding users easy. This article will explain how to add WordPress users.
  • How to Create, Edit, and Remove WordPress Posts How to use the Posts feature of the WordPress dashboard
  • How to Manually Change Your Domain Name in WordPress There are various methods available to change your WordPress URL. This article will explain how to change your WordPress URLs from within your Control Panel without using WordPress Tools.
  • How To Find Your WordPress Database This article explains how to find the database used by a WordPress site.
  • Welcome to your WordPress Marketplace The Marketplace helps you browse, purchase, install, and manage WordPress themes, plugins, and addons directly from your dashboard.
  • Managed WordPress Hosting Cost Comparison Managed WordPress has all the great addon features of our existing WP Pro hosting plans, but with an entirely new hosting architecture behind it.
  • WordPress: How to Update Plugins Plugins are used to add functionality to WordPress websites. While easy to use, they should be updated on a regular basis, which can be tricky. This guide explains how to update your Plugins.
  • WordPress: Preventing Spam These steps will help you prevent users and robots from posting Spam on your WordPress blog. Inside the WordPress dashboard, select Settings in the navigation bar on the left.
  • How to Transfer a wordpress.com Site To host an existing WordPress.com site with us, you will need to migrate the content. If your WordPress site is hosted on WordPress.com, follow these steps to export and import the data.
  • Categories and Tags in WordPress Tags are keywords that can be added to posts so that categories can then sort content appropriately. This article will explain how to use categories and tags to organize your WordPress site.
  • Adding a Page in WordPress While adding a page in WordPress can seem confusing at first, it's a pretty straightforward process. This article will serve as a reminder of how to add pages once you're logged in to your dashboard.
  • WordPress Fatal error: Allowed memory size exhausted By default, our servers allow up to 32MB of data to be transferred via PHP. If your site exceeds this limit, you may see an error that the available PHP Memory is exhausted. This article explains more about addressing the error.
  • What is a WordPress Pingback? Trackback and How Can I Disable Them? This article will explain how to Disable Trackbacks in WordPress.
  • Activating a Free SSL Certificate for WordPress Having an SSL on your domain greatly benefits your site. With recent security updates, SSL Certificates are now provided for all WordPress sites. This article describes how to activate your free SSL.
  • How to Install Premium WordPress Themes There are several ways to install a theme you have purchased on your WordPress site. In this article, we will explain our two preferred installation methods.
  • How to Add a Video to a WordPress Site In this article, you will learn how to embed a video into your WordPress site. Embedding videos is very easy, and you can embed them on any of your posts or pages.
  • How to Migrate WordPress to Another Folder In some cases, you may need to copy or move your WordPress site to another folder. This article explains how to move your WordPress website from one folder within your hosting account to another.
  • How To Install a WordPress Theme Demo The first step in the process requires a WordPress theme, preferably one that includes a one-click demo import. Any of the Certified Themes on Bluehost should come with this feature.

Summary​

In other words, WordPress is flexible yet easy to use and ideally suited for anyone who has a strong need to find an online presence. Having followed the insights and directions in this guide, it is possible to fully embrace the potential of WordPress. With the help of such experts as Bluehost's support, you can tread the world of WordPress free from any fears or dilemmas and successfully realize any web development ideas.