WordPress Fundamentals Notes 4-17-2021

This is a reference post for the Seattle WordPress Meetup held on April 17, 2021. WordPress Fundamentals. 10 am – 12 pm. WordPress Fundamentals is an introductory class for users that are brand new to WordPress.
Meet your hosts

Cami MacNamara
https://webcami.com

Dash Buck:
https://steadypixel.com/
https://www.dashbuck.com/pronouns
[email protected]

Seattle WordPress Community:

https://wpseattle.org/

https://wpseattle.org/code-of-conduct/

Mega Meet up next month:

May 16th, 2021, 10-2

https://wpseattle.org/event/virtual-mega-meetup/

No regular meet-ups next month.

LINKS SHARED DURING THEMES PRESENTATION and Q&A

https://wordpress.org/themes/

https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites

https://updraftplus.com/

https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/

https://wordpress.org/plugins/

https://wordpress.org/plugins/gutenberg/

https://wordpress.org/plugins/classic-editor/

https://wordpress.org/plugins/mrw-web-design-simple-tinymce/

https://mrwweb.com/

The simpler your site the easier it is to manage

https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-comments-rb

https://www.gravityforms.com/

https://calderaforms.com/

MENUS

GO TO APPEARANCE- MENUS vs MENUS in the customizer.

Customizer menu view is more of a shortcut view

The real control is in APPEARANCE>MENUS

https://wordpress.org/support/article/appearance-menus-screen/

https://wpseattle.org/event/wordpress-developer-meetup-topic-tbd/

https://wordpress.org/support/article/ftp-clients/

https://wordpress.org/about/requirements/

https://learn.wordpress.org/

https://wordpress.org/support/article/optimization-caching/

This is one example of a plugin that hides the login url: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wps-hide-login/

Tips for resetting your PW: https://wordpress.org/support/article/resetting-your-password/

https://www.meetup.com/topics/wordpress/

https://central.wordcamp.org/

https://wpcalendar.io/online/

https://wpcalendar.io/us/

https://wordpress.com/go/web-design/what-is-css/