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All The Best WordPress-Related Resources (A Giant List!)
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All the Best WordPress Resources (According to Us!)
Yup – we’ve put together an enormous list of what we (with quite a bit of input from the general WordPress community) believe to be about the best WordPress resources currently available (note: this is to be a constant work in progress – we will be adding to and changing this as time goes on – stay tuned!).
The list so far (be prepared to scroll!):
Getting Started with WordPress:
- Official WordPress.org Homepage
- Official WordPress.org ‘About’ Page
- Getting Started with WordPress
- Official WordPress Lessons
- Download WordPress
- WordPress Developer Resources
- Get Involved
- Support
From Us:
- A Complete Step-by-Step Beginner’s Guide on How to Make a Professional WordPress Blog – from Start to Finish
- How to Make a WordPress Blog – With No Steps Skipped (Video Tutorial)!
- An Introduction to WordPress: What is it and When to Use it?
Online Courses:
Official Resources:
- WordPress.org
- WordPress Codex
- WordCamp Central
- WordPress TV
- Plugin Repository
- Make WordPress
- WordPress Swag
- Recommended Hosting
- Theme Directory
- Support Documentation
- Support Forums
- WordPress News
- WordPress Codex Help
- Showcase
- Release Archive
- Learn WordPress
- Learn WordPress (Courses)
The History of WordPress:
From Us:
The Best WordPress Hosts:
From Us:
- All The Best Specialist Managed WordPress Hosting Companies – Reviewed And Compared
- What are the Best Enterprise-Level Hosting Plans for WordPress?
- How to Move WordPress to a New Host – Everything You Need to Know!
Top Shared Hosting Providers:
From Us:
- Shared vs Managed WordPress Hosting – How To Choose The Right Service
- Bluehost, GoDaddy or SiteGround: Which is the Best Web Hosting Service for WordPress?
- SiteGround vs WP Engine – Which Offers the Best WordPress Hosting?
Top WordPress Plugins:
- VaultPress
- Akismet
- Jetpack
- Yoast SEO
- Gravity Forms
- Monarch
- SearchWP
- WP Rocket
- Sucuri
- Disqus
- MonsterInsights
- OptinMonster
- Soliloquy
- Beaver Builder
- WooCommerce
- Restrict Content Pro
- LearnDash
- BuddyPress
- bbPress
- WP Migrate DB Pro
- Advanced Custom Fields Pro
- Better Search and Replace
- Modula
- Strong Testimonials
- GiveWP
- (more)
From Us:
- How to Find and Choose The Best WordPress Plugins? (Video Tutorial)
- Our ‘Plugins’ Blog Category (All Posts)
Caching Plugins:
From Us:
- What is Website Caching and Why is it so Important?
- An In-Depth Guide to Effective WordPress Caching
- How to Enable Browser Caching in WordPress
Top Domain Name Registrars:
From Us:
- How to Choose a Great Domain Name for a Website?!
- 22 Essential Tips for Choosing the Best Possible Domain Name for a Website
- How to Set Up an Email Address for Your Own Website Domain Name
Top Theme Shops:
- Elegant Themes
- StudioPress
- Themify
- ThemeForest
- iThemes
- Array Themes
- ThemeIsle
- CSSIgniter
- Graph Paper Press
- MyThemeShop
- Anariel Design
- (more)
From Us:
- 45 Best WordPress Theme Companies/Shops
- A Must-Read Guide To Finding – And Buying – Themes On ThemeForest!
- Elegant Themes Review – What do They Offer and is it Worth Joining?
Top Selling Themes:
From Us:
- The Top 25 All-Time Most Popular WordPress Themes on ThemeForest
- Top 15 Best Multipurpose WordPress Themes
Top Theme Marketplaces:
Theme Security and Testing:
- WordPress Security Whitepaper
- Theme Unit Test
- Theme Review
- Theme Check
- Theme Check Plugin
- Theme Authenticity Checker Plugin
- WPScan
WordPress News Sites:
Podcasts:
- Draft Podcast
- WordPress Weekly
- Matt Report
- Office Hours
- Do the Woo
- WPwatercooler
- Gutenberg Times
- Gutenberg Changelog Podcast
- The WP Minute
Discussion Forums:
Top WordPress YouTube Channels:
- WinningWP (yup – that’s ours!)
- WPBeginner
- WPTuts
- Matt Report
- WPwatercooler
- Loopconf
- Creator Courses
- WP Round Table
- Freemius
Books:
- The Tao of WordPress
- Digging into WordPress
- WordPress Themes in Depth
- The WordPress Anthology
- Smashing WordPress: Beyond the Blog
- WordPress: The Missing Manual
- Web Designer’s Guide to WordPress
- Professional WordPress: Design and Development
- The History of WordPress (on Github)
- The Year with No Pants
- WordPress for Dummies
From Us:
- WordPress for Dummies Book – Get Started With WordPress (Book Review)
- The Year Without Pants by Scott Berkun (Book Review)
- Htaccess Made Easy (Book Review)
Top Back-Up Plugins and Services:
From Us:
CDNs:
From Us:
Maintenance Services:
From Us:
- How to Update, Maintain and Troubleshoot WordPress
- How To Monitor A WordPress Website (And Why It’s Important To Do So)
- How to Backup, Secure and Optimize WordPress
WordPress Careers:
From Us:
Job Boards:
- Post Status Jobs
- WordPress Jobs
- WPHired
- Smashing Jobs
- Athentic Jobs
- Mashable Job Board
- Codeable
- WPMU DEV Job Board
Developer Tools:
- Official Developer Docs
- Advanced Topics (Codex)
- FileZilla
- Transmit
- GitHub
- WP-CLI
- Firebug (for Firefox)
- Google Lighthouse
- New Relic
- Laravel DD for WordPress
- WordPress-Coding-Standards
- Using Xdebug with Valet and WordPress (Tom McFarlin)
- Laravel Valet
- Sequel Pro
- Query Monitor
- Loggly
- WP Crontrol
- PHP Storm
- CMB2
- TestCafe
- GenerateWP
- Local by Flywheel
- WPSandbox
- Develop WooCommerce
Top Text Editors:
Monitoring & Testing
From Us:
- How To Monitor A WordPress Website (And Why It’s Important To Do So)
- How to use GTMetrix to Test a Website’s Speed – Effectively!
- How to use Pingdom to Measure (and Monitor) the Performance of a Website – Effectively!
- What’s the Fastest Budget WordPress Hosting – From $2 to $13 – Speeds Compared!
Site Security
- Sucuri
- iTheme Security
- SiteLock
- All in One WP Security and Firewall
- SecuPress
- BBQ: Block Bad Queries
- (more)
From Us:
Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting (Codex)
- Debugging in WordPress (Official Codex)
- The Art of Troubleshooting WordPress (Perishable Press)
- Your Complete Guide to Troubleshooting WordPress (WPMUDEV)
From Us:
- How to Update, Maintain and Troubleshoot WordPress
- Fixing The Dreaded ‘Error Establishing a Database Connection’ in WordPress
- Fixing The Dreaded ‘Internal Server Error’ in WordPress (Step by Step)
WordPress Blogs (about WordPress):
- WinningWP (yup – that’s us!)
- WPBeginner
- Torque
- WPKube
- PremiumWP
- WPLift
- WPMayor
- CodeinWP
- Colorlib
- aThemes
- WPMUDEV
- WPMarmalade
- WPShout
- WPMarmite
- Delicious Brains
eCommerce for WordPress:
- WooCommerce
- WooCommerce Extensions Directory
- Storefront Themes
- WooCommerce Blog
- WooCommerce Docs
- Easy Digital Downloads
- Managed WooCommerce Hosting
- Subscribe All The Things!
- Shop Plugins
- Prospress
- AffiliateWP
- Checkout for WooCommerce
- Do the Woo
- Freemius
- Orderable
- Iconic
- (more)
From Us:
- How To Start An Online Store (And Make It Successful) With WordPress – A Complete Step By Step Guide
- Shopify, Magento or WooCommerce? An Introduction to the Best Three Online eCommerce Solutions
Email Marketing Services:
Translation-related:
From Us:
Accessibility
- About Accessibility in WordPress
- WP Accessibility Coding Standards
- Make WordPress Accessible
- WP Accessibility Day
- Official WordPress Accessibility Meetup
- WP Accessibility plugin
- Accessibility Checker plugin
- The Overlay Factsheet
- Mozilla Accessibility Developer Docs
Top WordPress Twitter Feeds:
WordPress Competitors:
From Us:
- The Most Popular Alternatives to WordPress – Compared
- Wix vs WordPress: Choosing The Right Platform
- SquareSpace vs WordPress – Choosing the Right Platform
Favorite Email Newsletters:
Online SEO Tools:
Related WikiPedia Pages:
Conferences and Events:
- WordCamp Central (various official WordPress events worldwide)
- WordSesh
- Post Status Publish
- PressNomics
- WPCampus
- WooConf
- CaboPress
Miscellaneous:
- WordPress Foundation
- Automattic
- HeroPress
- Ma.tt
- Wapuu
- Official Roadmap
- GPL (Wikipedia)
- WordPress.com
- FlipWP
From Us:
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