When the book was written, the current version of WordPress was 6.4.1. 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.
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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:
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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.Â
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.
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Hi Andy,
I am following your book WordPress for beginners 2024 and the video tutorials. I have purchased the domain name and set this up on Bluehost however it is sending me through directly to WordPress and I am unable to find the ‘advanced’ button to change the SSL certificate over to the domain name. Can you help me please?
Check out this URL for updated instructions:
https://ezseonews.com/web-hosting/recommended-registrar-host/
Hi
I am near the end of your book WPfor Beg 2024. I cannot find the suggested udemy qaA so apologies if this is the wrong platform for this query. Your book is extremely informative, thank you.
I am trying to design a website for a small arts centre, your hybrid layout seems most suitable for my job. However I am confused on the following.
The arts centre runs film (art House screenings), theatre events (comedy, concerts, dance, piano etc) and exhibitions, I thought initially these would be different pages with posts assigned to each page. But I realise this does not make sense now.
I want the customer to decide on the cultural event they want info on ie theatre, film or exhibitions.
The centre runs a maximim of 3 to 4 events per month. The auditorium seats 99 people.
According to your hybrid layout should these 3 areas in the arts centre be set under 3 different categories or pages?
I want the customer to also have a choice when looking at these different cultural areas and importantly the customer needs to be able to make a booking and pay for their ticket. Surely a page is more suited to this task over a post. I wouldn’t think bookings could.be done via a post?
I look forward to your response.
Thank you
Susan
Hello Dr. Williams,
I’m just getting started with WordPress v6.6.1. A few things have moved or disappeared since you wrote WordPress for Beginners 2024, including the WP-Insert plugin. It doesn’t appear to exist anymore. I installed a plugin called Legal Pages instead.
My current problem is with Yoast SEO. On p. 203 of the book, you have a screenshot for Yoast SEO that has three tabs across the top: SEO, Schema, and Social. I cannot find this screen anywhere. What I see when I click on Yoast SEO in the sidebar menu is a General – Yoast SEO page with two tabs: Dashboard and First-time configuration. There are no configurable options here, just two headings with the following text:
? Problems (0)
Good job! We could detect no serious SEO problems.
? Notifications (0)
No new notifications.
If I click on the First-time configuration tab, I get what looks like an imported Yoast screen with
SEO DATA OPTIMIZATION Edit
SITE REPRESENTATION Edit
SOCIAL PROFILES Edit
PERSONAL PREFERENCES Edit
FINISH CONFIGURATION
followed by a link to a Yoast SEO webinar.
Under Yoast SEO in the sidebar are several menu options but none of them produce the screen in the book. They include General, Settings, Integrations, Tools, Academy, Upgrades, Workouts [Premium], Redirects [Premium], Support.
I can’t find the SEO, Schema or Social tabs anywhere.
Regards, Lisa Larkin
Hi Lisa
Any changes to the plugin will be updated in the next version of the book.
WP-INSERT is here: https://wordpress.com/plugins/wp-insert
For Schema, go into the post type, e.g. post or page, etc and Schema is there.
Hi Andy,
As of WordPress 6.5 you can now change the site icon (favicon) directly from the General Settings screen. You no longer need to use the Site Editor or Customizer to make this change.
Thanks Paul.
Hi Dr. Williams,
Just a quick note to let you know that Akismet has a free option for non-profit organizations. Information is on their website. The easiest way to get to the information is to search for nonprofit on their website. This will bring up their Akismet for Nonprofit Organizations Guide. There is a 60,000 API call limit per month, and some documentation of non-profit status is required.
Sincerely,
Jennie Dishong
Nice of your publisher to slap a new cover on to say 2024. And you say updated December 21 2023. When you published that, the twenty-twenty one theme was not the latest and it is no longer available. So much for your discussion of working through it with you.
The 2024 version was an update on the 2023 version. Yes, it was published at the end of 2023. What is the point of publishing it at the end of 2024 as everyone will want the 2025 version. And yes, the Twenty Twenty-One theme is still available.