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Introduction
The author's experience with WordPress enables him to share insights on using WordPress effectively, in a clear and friendly way, giving practical hands-on solutions to WordPress problems, questions, and common tasks—from themes to widgets and from SEO to security.
Are you feeling limited with WordPress, or are you wondering how popular blogs do a certain kind of thing that you can't? With this cookbook, you will learn many WordPress secrets and techniques with step-by-step, useful recipes dedicated to achieving a particular goal or solving a particular problem. You'll learn the secret of expensive premium themes, how to optimize your blog for SEO and online profits, and how to supercharge WordPress with killer functions used by the most popular blogs over the Internet.
What this book covers
Chapter 1 introduces you to WordPress. It introduces you to some basic—but often forgotten—built-in tools to make your blogger life easier.
Chapter 2 discusses the various WordPress themes and provides you with the location where to find professional—but free—themes. It also teaches you how to install and customize these themes.
Chapter 3 teaches you how to customize any existing WordPress theme and make it fit your taste and need.
Chapter 4 describes an easy procedure to install plugins. It shows what different plugins can do for you in particular situations. It also teaches you how to download and install widgets and how to make a WordPress theme widget-ready.
Chapter 5 describes the procedure to display posts and to retrieve post information from WordPress.
Chapter 6 teaches you to manage a multi-author blog and integrate powerful functions for creating an author page template.
Chapter 7 educates you about hacks, plugins, and tips and tricks to secure your database and your WordPress blog.
Chapter 8 teaches you—by providing you with tips and tricks—the art of getting traffic from search engines to your blog.
Chapter 9 discusses the monetization solution that can be used in a WordPress blog. It will also provide you with many tips and tricks to make money while blogging.
Chapter 10 helps you make your blog easy and functional for your visitors.
Chapter 11 provides you with tips and hacks to make your blog better than your competitor's blog.
Who this book is for
This book is for anyone who wants to enhance their WordPress blog to make it more engaging and feature-rich. It is not specifically for developers or programmers, rather it can be used by anyone who wants to get more out of their WordPress blog by following step-by-step instructions. A basic knowledge of PHP, XHTML, CSS, and WordPress is desirable, but not necessary
