PROSETECH

WordPress: The Missing Manual

Welcome to the third edition of WordPress: The Missing Manual. We’re glad you’re here!

On this page you’ll find some of the example sites from the book, and a few useful links that we’ve reproduced for easy reference.

 

Sample WordPress Sites

Here are some of the sample WordPress sites discussed in the book. Click a link to visit the site and browse its posts. These examples aren’t meant to be complete sites. But they do let you peek at some of WordPress’s many features in real life.

Magic Tea House
Magic Tea House Store (WooCommerce)
Halfwit To Hero (OnePress homepage template)
Urban Traveller (photoblog theme)
Thoughts of a Lawyer (photo site)
Canton School

 

Official WordPress Links

WordPress forums (ask questions here!)https://wordpress.org/support/forums
Official WordPress blog (with news)https://wordpress.org/news
List of WordPress releaseshttps://wordpress.org/news/category/releases/
WordPress showcase (sample sites)https://wordpress.org/showcase/
WordPress plugin repositoryhttp://wordpress.org/plugins
Supported Embedshttps://wordpress.org/support/article/embeds/
Find your theme’s CSShttps://wordpress.com/support/custom-design/how-to-find-your-themes-css/
Function Referencehttps://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference
Theme Developer Handbookhttps://developer.wordpress.org/themes/

 

Plugins Mentioned in the Book

These useful plugins are listed in their order of appearance:

Redirectionhttps://wordpress.org/plugins/redirection/
WPtouchhttps://wordpress.org/plugins/wptouch/
Enable Media Replacehttps://wordpress.org/plugins/enable-media-replace/
PowerPresshttps://wordpress.org/plugins/powerpress/
Seriously Simple Podcastinghttps://wordpress.org/plugins/seriously-simple-podcasting/
Jetpackhttp://jetpack.com
BuddyPresshttp://buddypress.org
WP Content Filterhttps://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-content-filter/
Super Socializerhttps://wordpress.org/plugins/super-socializer/
Titan Anti-spamhttps://wordpress.org/plugins/anti-spam/
Antispam Beehttps://wordpress.org/plugins/antispam-bee/
CleanTalk Spam Protection https://wordpress.org/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/
WP-Optimizehttps://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-optimize/
PublishPresshttps://wordpress.org/plugins/publishpress/
Co-Authors Plushttps://wordpress.org/plugins/co-authors-plus/
WP Post Authorhttps://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-post-author/
Page Restricthttps://wordpress.org/plugins/pagerestrict/
Paid Member Subscriptionshttps://wordpress.org/plugins/paid-member-subscriptions/
User Role Editorhttps://wordpress.org/plugins/user-role-editor/
Social Media Share Buttonshttps://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-social-media-icons/
Subscribe2https://wordpress.org/plugins/subscribe2/
Custom Twitter Feedshttps://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-twitter-feeds/
Yoast SEOhttps://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/
Google Analytics (MonsterInsights)https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-analytics-for-wordpress/
Child Theme Configuratorhttps://wordpress.org/plugins/child-theme-configurator/
UpdraftPlushttps://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/
WP Super Cachehttps://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-super-cache/
PayPal Donationshttps://wordpress.org/plugins/paypal-donations/
WooCommercehttps://woocommerce.com/
Broken Link Checkerhttps://wordpress.org/plugins/broken-link-checker/
Limit Login Attemptshttps://wordpress.org/plugins/limit-login-attempts-reloaded/
Sucuri Securityhttps://wordpress.org/plugins/sucuri-scanner/

 

More Resources

Wappalyzer (detect software on a web server)http://wappalyzer.com
Localhttps://localwp.com
InstantWPhttp://instantwp.com
Bitnami WordPress Stack https://bitnami.com/stack/wordpress
Web Hosting Talk forumhttps://www.webhostingtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?s=aa8768ada1bc5ddbd96e0578584cffce&f=1
WordPress host reviewhttps://www.wpbeginner.com/wordpress-hosting/
Managed hostshttps://www.wpbeginner.com/managed-wordpress-hosting/
Bad passwordshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_most_common_passwords
Pixabay (free pictures)https://pixabay.com/
Gravatarhttp://en.gravatar.com/
Page Rank checkerhttps://www.prchecker.info/
WordPress SEO guidehttps://yoast.com/wordpress-seo/
Google Fontshttps://fonts.google.com/
Local WordPress meetups https://www.meetup.com/pro/wordpress