How to use WordPress ? This is the main question for people who heard something about WordPress and want to use it for own needs(and not only). WordPress is an great and practice CMS for creating almost any type of website, but people mainly use it for creating blogs.
There are tons of tutorial about how to use WordPress, but today we will discuss the main questions about how to use the WordPress. We will not discuss how to create or install the WordPress, or even install plugins or themes, we will mention the main things that users should know when they are using WordPress(also, check our WordPress Pricing table plugin).
First of all you need to find the best hosting provide for your WordPress website. WordPress doesn’t have simple file structure, it’s not a simple html or php website, so you need to find normal hosting for correct work of your WordPress website.
Second and also one of the most important things is WordPress version, always use the latest version of WordPress. Remember, if you are not using the latest version then your website is not safe and most hackers can easily broke your website. Security is the most important thing for website. Use strong passwords for your WordPress websites and change the username form “admin” to another thing. It’s important as well.
Don’t use plugins that doesn’t have any updates in last 1 year, it’s not safe as well. Always use plugins that have periodic updates. Do the same for themes as well. Mostly WordPress users use the standard WordPress themes and it’s better (also, check The 50 Best WordPress Plugins 2020).
Use the sitemap plugins for your website, it’s very important for search engine optimization. Search engines loves sitemaps :). Also don’t forget about robots.txt, it’s very important as well.
There are several functionalities that missing from WordPress standard themes so you can use plugins. For example you can create contact form page using this Contact form plugin, or you can use the most powerful Booking calendar system for creating nice and functional Booking calendars for your WordPress website.
WordPress plugins are very important in WordPress, you can create almost everything using plugins.