Wordpress is a CMS (Content Management System) that allow us to create websites or blogs. Nowadays, Wordpress is the most popular CMS since around 15-20% of all websites on the internet use it. It´s extremely popular beacause of the ease of use as well as the huge community that gives support to it.
What are pages and posts in Wordpress?
Basically, a site based on Wordpress consists of Pages and Posts. Pages are fixed pieces of information that are orginized hierarchically while posts are publications ordered chronologically. Both are very similar and distinguishing between them is a bit difficult at the beggining.
Posts can be added labels which are keywords that describe the content of a given publication. Meanwhile pages cannot use labels. Moreover Posts can be ordered by using Categories which help the visitors find them faster when browsing the site or blog.
One important feature is that posts are commonly organized chronologically on the homepage when it comes to blogs. Therefore when a visitor enters the blog the first page displays with the most recnt publications on top of the page.
One important consideration is that Blogs display posts while Websites display pages. Nevertheless, sometimes we can find combinations where Websites contain a blog.
What are the themes in Wordpress?
Themes control the appearance of a site or blog that uses Worpress. Themes are a collection of files that work together to crate the layout of the blog or site in Wordpress. Thems are made up of files such as HTML files, CSS files, Javascript files, HTML files and even images.
One importat feature of Wordpress is that it enables customization of the themes so that if the owner of a site doesn´t like the layout of the site or blog then it can be shiften by customizing the them or even by creating a completely new one from scratch.
What are the plugins in Wordpress?
In Wordpress, plugins permit blogs or sites to be added new features. Plugins are programmed by using PHP and javascript files. Wordpress has a repository of free plugins where you can dowload free and user-friendly plugins to add features to your site or blog.
The following video shows a great introduction to Wordpress as a CMS:
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