4. Configuring WordPress to Work Its Best

Learn all the settings to help your site run its best and stay secure from hackers.

Now that you have the roadmap around the administration area of WordPress, it’s time to get things going to configure and tune your WP install. As I’m sure you noticed when going through all the various parts of the administration area in WordPress, there is a lot that you don’t have to configure. Unlike a lot of CMS systems, WordPress works pretty darn well out-of-the-box. Sure, a tweak here and there will whip it into shape, but overall WP is good to go from the moment it’s installed.

In this chapter, we’re going to walk through the few things you will have to configure (maybe tailor is a better word) in your WP install. ...

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