Appendix B. Glossary
- Activate a plugin
The next step after installing a plugin. WordPress displays a list of plugins you've installed, but you need to activate them before they function on your site. You can de-activate a plugin but that still leaves it installed.
- Administrator
The highest level of WordPress users. Administrators have full access to all administrative functions, as opposed to, say, Editors, who cannot change the theme of a site or do anything with plugins.
- Attachment
Any file that has been uploaded to a post or page and as a result is listed in the gallery for that post or page. Though the file can be used anywhere on the site, that uploading process created a unique relationship to the post or page and in that sense the file has been attached to it.
- Avatar
A small graphic or image used in WordPress comments to represent the person making the comment.
- Backup
Saving and storing a copy of any information. Backing up WordPress is a two-step process: backing up the database, and backing up the theme and uploaded files.
- Blogroll
A list of links. The name comes from that fact that it was originally intended to display favorite blogs or other sites you regularly visit.
- Bookmarklet
A button on a browser's bookmark bar that allows the user to perform a function quickly and easily. WordPress has a Press It bookmarklet that allows users to instantly blog about something they're viewing in their browser.
- Capability
A task that a user is able to perform in the WordPress administrative area. ...
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