Resources

If you plan to take a more DIY approach to your website, you don’t have to figure everything out on your own. There are countless resources available, including step-by-step guides and online communities that will help you solve problems. Here are a few:

Manuals, How-To Guides, etc.

• WordPress Support
  • The official support page for WordPress.org provides a ton of resources on getting started and making the most out of your site.
• WordPress Codex
  • This is the official “manual” for WordPress.org. There are many helpful guides on getting started and troubleshooting problems.
• WPBeginner
  • WPBeginner’s goal is “to provide cutting-edge helpful WordPress tutorials that are easy to understand for small businesses, bloggers, and non-techy WordPress website owners.”

Community Q&A Support

• WordPress Development Stack Exchange
  • If you have a question or problem with your site, there’s a good chance someone else has had it too. Search this site for your issue, and if you can’t find it, you can ask for help.
• Stack Overflow
  • This is a “sister site” of WordPress Development Stack Exchange, great for more general web development questions. Find answers related to coding languages like PHP, JavaScript, HTML and CSS.
• WordPress Support Forums
  • WordPress.org’s official support forums are another option for getting help from the WordPress community.

Feature Directories

• Plugins
  • Using WordPress.org gives you access to thousands of plugins that help enhance your site. There are plugins for security, e-commerce, theme customizing, event promotion, and much more. Use this site to search for plugins.
• Themes
  • WordPress.org allows you to use a custom theme, or choose from thousands of pre-made themes. In addition to this directory, you can search the web for free and premium themes made by third-party companies.

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