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Learn WordPress
A learning path for WordPress beginners: install it, choose themes and plugins, make emails arrive, secure it, back it up and keep it fast.
WordPress powers a huge share of the web because it’s easy to start with. It’s also easy to let slide: out-of-date plugins, no backups, a slow theme. This path teaches both halves, getting it set up and keeping it healthy.
Every stop works on a Traxio account, where WordPress installs in one click with LiteSpeed caching available.
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Stops on this path
- Guide
What WordPress is (and isn’t)
WordPress.org vs WordPress.com, themes vs plugins, and what you’ll be responsible for.
- Guide
The first settings to change
Permalinks, time zone, discussion settings and removing sample content.
- Guide
Choose themes and plugins wisely
How to tell a well-made plugin from a risky one, and why fewer is better.
- Tutorial
Make WordPress emails arrive
SMTP from a mailbox on your domain, so password resets and contact forms don’t vanish.
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