Setting a Firm Foundation

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In keeping with its domain name, WP101 offers an introductory course to WordPress. Three foundational videos familiarize viewers with the web platform.

1. What is WordPress?


This video defines WordPress as web software that’s used to Country Email List create a website or blog. More specifically, it’s an open source content management system that’s constantly evolving. You can use its plugins, widgets and themes to customize your own website, and you can use its web-based editor to build your web pages instead of learning HTML code. And since you’re self-hosting your content, it can’t be removed by a third-party host.

If you need help beyond these tutorials, you can seek answers from the WordPress forum, WordPress Stack Exchange, or from WPQuestions.



2. WordPress.com or WordPress.org?

What’s the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org? WordPress.org is free, open source software that, once installed on a web server, becomes visible on the Internet. You’ll also need a hosting account in order to self-host your website. This self-hosted version enables you to customize and manage your own website using your own domain.