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WordPress: The Missing Manual, 3rd Edition
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WordPress: The Missing Manual, 3rd Edition

by Matthew MacDonald
October 2020
Beginner
490 pages
14h 46m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Audiobook available
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Index

A

Activate button, themes, 65, 109

activating and deactivating plugins, 245–247

Add Block button, 144–145

Additional CSS section, theme customizer, 113

Add New Post page, 66

administration area (admin area), 57–65

appearance for users, 322

basic settings, 62–64

category management, 84

comment moderation, 285–287

Dashboard, 61

logging in to, 31, 58, 322, 346

menu panel (left), 59–61

multiple open tabs for your site, 87

plugins in, 246

replying to comments from, 290

Theme Editor, 392–393

theme setup, 64–65

Administrator user role, 318

creating account, 21, 48

multisite network, 342

security, 21, 26

Admin login, from Softaculous, 31

Akismet plugin, 273, 308–315, 356

alignment

picture, 174

table, 156

text, 141, 152

Alternative Text box, picture editing, 184

anchors (links within posts), 148

animated GIFs, 265–266

Antispam Bee plugin, 309

anti-spam plugins, 273

Apache web server, 42

API key, Akismet, 309

Apple Podcasts, 203

approving comments. See moderation, comment

Archives list, 70

Archives widget, 130

articles and stories, layout for, 7

At a Glance box, admin area Dashboard, 61

Audio block, 200–201

audio, playing, 198–203

basic audio player, 199–200

music-sharing service, 200

podcasting, 201–203

Audio widget, 130

authors, post. See also users

browsing by, 71, 331–332

comments by, 292, 366–370

crediting multiple, 331

information displayed, 67, 332–333

Author user role, 318

autoinstaller, installing WP with, 22–36

“Automatically add new top-level pages” setting, menus, 222 ...

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