a #31Days series

How would you like to spend 5 minutes together inside the WordPress dashboard each day, learning the nuts and bolts of optimizing your blog’s settings and plugins? Whether WordPress is an old friend you’ve known for years, or a new acquaintance, I want to help you get more familiar with each other.  It’s all about becoming savvy inside WordPress, feeling comfortable and confident as you create content for your website.

My main focus in this series is WordPress.org, since it’s the more complex of the two. However, WordPress.com and WordPress.org share many of the same features. So depending on the day, we’ll discuss one or both. (Be sure to subscribe to get my latest tips on using WordPress well!)

Become Savvy Inside WordPress in 5 Minutes a Day

(Screenshots were current as of WordPress version 3.7. The appearance of your WordPress dashboard may vary, but the information will still apply.)
Setup:

• The Differences Between WordPress.com & WordPress.org
• 5 Things You Should Know About Your WordPress Username & Password
• 5 Things You Should Know About Your WordPress Profile(s)
• 5 Things You Should Know About Your WordPress Dashboard
• The First 5 WordPress Settings I Change
• The 5 Minute Guide to WordPress Plugins
• Is the Jetpack plugin good for my blog?
• How to Track Visitor Statistics in WordPress
• How to Back Up a WordPress Site

Design:

• The 5 Minute Guide to WordPress Themes
• How to Customize WordPress Navigation Menus
• 5 Things You Should Know About Your Blog Sidebar
• The 5 Minute Guide to HTML in WordPress
• How to Create & Install a Favicon

Creation:

• The Differences Between WordPress Pages and Posts
• The Differences Between WordPress Categories and Tags
• 5 Things You Should Know About WordPress Comments
• 5 Things You Should Know About WordPress Pingbacks and Trackbacks
• How to Use WordPress Bulk Edit & Quick Edit
• The 5 Minute Guide to WordPress Permalinks, Shortlinks, & Slugs
• The 5 Minute Guide to the WordPress Visual Editor
• 5 Rules: How to Insert Links in WordPress
• 5 Rules: How to Add Media in WordPress
• What is a WordPress shortcode?
• SEO Strategies: What Yoast Taught Me About Great SEO (guest post by Trina Holden)

Optimization:

• Why Your WordPress Site Needs an SEO Plugin
• Why Your WordPress Site Needs a Cache Plugin
• The 5 Minute Guide to RSS Feeds in WordPress
• 5+ Ways to Send Your Blog Posts via Email
• 10 Ways to Make Your Blog Posts Share Themselves (almost)
  

FAQ:

• Your WordPress Questions, Answered

Want more?

Find my latest and most popular WordPress posts to date:

• How to Use WordPress Well

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Don’t miss these #31Days series for bloggers:

• A Beginner’s Guide: 31 Days to Earning with Amazon by The Momma Knows
• SEO Tips for Beginners by Small Is Enough
• Find Your Voice: 31 days to becoming a freer, better writer by The Relucant Sojourner
• 31 Days to a More Reader Friendly Blog by Christian Mommy Blogger
• 31 Days of Mastermind Groups for Bloggers by Simply Designs

I’m linking up with friends!

The Nester’s #31Days & The Ultimate Blog Challenge #blogboost
 

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