When the book was written, the current version of WordPress was 6.1.1. This page has been created so I can alert you to any major changes from what is written in the book.
Free Gutenberg Course
I have created a short mini-course on using Gutenberg, the default WordPress page builder. The course is a little old now, but still useful to get you started with Gutenberg.
Free Blogging Course
A complete course for beginners who want to create a blog. This course includes my own techniques for always having new exciting stuff to talk about, so you never get writer's block.
Quick Links for Site Structure Videos
(From the “Building the 3 Site Models” section of the book)
Business Site – Using pages for most of the site, but adding a blog.
Blog Site – A post based site with just a few pages.
Hybrid Site – Categorizing posts into groups and having a separate “announcement” blog. Still using pages as they were meant to be used.
Resources from the Book
YouTube Channel
Lots of video tutorials on using WordPress.
O.M.G. Facebook Group
A group I initially created for my course students, but I welcome book readers too! Meet, chat, and discuss with other WordPress users. This is an ad-free zone, so you won’t be bombarded with people trying to sell you stuff. You will be asked where you heard about the group when you click join, so just say you are a reader of the book.
My Site
Find lots of WordPress tutorials. You can sign up for my newsletter while you are there to get notified of new tutorials, books, courses, etc.
Full Site Editing Course?
If you are interested in taking your WordPress skills to the next level, my Full Site Editing course is available here:
WordPress Tutorials on my Website
https://ezseonews.com/category/wordpress/
My Other Webmaster Books
All my books are available as Kindle books and paperbacks. You can view them all here:
https://amazon.com/author/drandrewwilliams
I’ll leave you to explore those if you are interested. You’ll find books on various aspects of being a webmaster, such as creating high-quality content, SEO, CSS, etc.
My Video Courses
I have a growing number of video courses hosted on Udemy. You can view a complete list of these at my site:
There are courses on the same kinds of topics that my books cover, so SEO, Content Creation, WordPress, Website Analytics, etc.
Google Webmaster Guidelines
https://ezseonews.com/wmg – this is the webmaster’s bible of what is acceptable and what is not in the eyes of the world's biggest search engine.
Google Analytics
http://www.google.com/analytics/ – the best free analytics program out there. When you have some free time to learn how to use Google Analytics, I recommend you upgrade from Get Clicky.
Found a misplaced word:
Page 50, middle of page: “You may also get a warning to UPDATE your database and files… before an update.
What you probably meant is “You may also get a warning to BACKUP your database and files… before an update.
Appreciate the book. It was so liberating – even thrilling – at the beginning, but it gets frustrating later-on. You communicate beautifully but I’m not sure you’ve got the psychology quite right. The balance might be a little off with so much explanatory minutia so early. You seem to assume that your readers are dispassionate, curious tinkerers under no great urgency to realize their own visions. But I’ve yet to reach page 100, so don’t give my opinions much weight. One thing for sure: I’m learning a lot and I’m so, so grateful for your work.
Michael
I am on Page 22 of your book 1-Hour WordPress 2023 trying to change the theme to a non-FSE theme, but Twenty Twenty-One is not shown as an option. The site now shows Twenty 24, 23, and 22. Can you suggest an second or third non-FSE alternative theme. Thanks.
If you search for it in the theme repository, you will find it.