If you’re looking for more
resources to further your WordPress knowledge the first place to check out is
the WordPress.org website. There you’ll find
technical support and new resources like plugins which are a fantastic way to
add extra functionality to your site without having to modify your theme files.
The Plugin Directory has over 53,000
different plugins that are available to download, for free.
Furthermore, if you want to change how your site looks, have a look in the
WordPress Themes Directory
which is also
there on the WordPress site.
If you find you need more
information on a particular topic, have a search through the WordPress Codex which goes into greater
detail about how WordPress works. Not only will you find information about
updating your site content but there is all sorts of other useful information
that will help you with installing WordPress, troubleshooting, using plugins
& themes and also theme development, for the more technically minded.
Once your website is humming along nicely, you
might want to think about getting involved in the awesome WordPress community.
One of the easiest ways to get involved is simply by helping others within the WordPress Support Forums
. There is always someone there who’s newer to
the learning curve than you, and learning is so much improved while you’re
teaching others! There are topics there for all ability levels, from
installation issues, theme and template issues, and general troubleshooting all
the way through to more advanced areas of theme and plugin development.
It’s a great benefit not just
for yourself, but for others as well in getting more involved in the WordPress
community. This could be through core commits, UI design, testing beta releases
or even just helping people on the WordPress forums. Or, how about getting
along to Meetups where users and developers alike get together and learn from
and teach each other, show off the projects they’re working on and meet others
to collaborate with. The more we work together to make WordPress great, the
more robust the platform becomes. Everyone wins!