WordPress for Beginners

2021 - @NabeelMolham

Who am I?!

  • Software Engineer @ GoDaddy
  • Web Developer, WordPress Expert
  • Working since 2005
  • Started with Macromedia Flash MX (ActionScript)
  • Dynamic Content: Server-side <=> XML <=> Flash
  • Got into ASP.NET, SQL Server, Oracel
  • Very quickly moved to Open Source
  • Tried many PHP CMSs and Frameworks
  • Started with WordPress version 2.8 and loving it
  • Joined Codeable.io in December 2015
  • Joined GoDaddy in September 2020

Nabeel Molham

Why WordPress in the first place?!

  • Most popular robust and flexible CMS
  • ~ 65.2% market share - W3Techs
  • Free and Open Source
  • it's a framework underneath
  • Default behavior is a Blog but User extendable
  • End-User comes first all the time
  • Cheap and easy to run
  • Fully Customizable (Plugins, Themes, Custom Dev.)

Installing WordPress on your Computer

  • XAMPP
  • EasyPHP
  • Desktop Server
  • WampServer
  • Local By Flywheel (+)

Nabeel Molham

Questions? Reach out!

WordPress for Beginners 2021

By Nabeel Molham

WordPress for Beginners 2021

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