List of WordPress Resources [Part 1]
WordPress is an extremely popular, open source CMS, blogging platform and more. That being said, there are a ton or resources for WordPress. Here are 50 or so:
The Basics
- WordPress.org - The official site.
- Download WordPress - Get the latest version right from the official site.
- Download Archive - Download any past version of WordPress they have record of.
- WordPress.org Codex - A Wiki based system with everything you need to know.
- Template Tags - A very useful page from the Codex.
Getting Started
- How to Install WordPress - From the Codex, installation guide.
- WordPress Install4Free - Can’t install WP yourself, ask these guys!
- WP Admin Quick Tour - By Upstart Blogger.
- Backing up your Database - Don’t forget!
- WordPress.com - Get your own blog: yourname.wordpress.com!
Themes and Designs
- WordPress Theme Viewer - Right from the official site.
- How to Use a Theme
- WordPress Theme Browser - By Alex King.
- Creating an Admin Theme
- BBT Theme for WordPress - Free theme releases by myself.
- N.Design Studio Themes - Great, professional and slick free themes.
- The Undersigned Themes - Free themes for download.
- Weblogtoolscollection - Daily theme releases!
- Blank WP Theme - Make your own!
Plugins
- WordPress Plugin Directory - Official WP plugins site.
- WP-Cache Plugin - Speed up your site and serve static pages.
- Akismet - The ultimate comment spam killer!
- Weblogtoolscollection (again) - Daily plugin releases and reviews!
- How to Write a WP Plugin - Series by Devlounge. (Scroll down for full list of 11 so far)
- Plugins Database - Huge database full or WP plugins.
- FeedBurner FeedSmith - Redirect all your feed hits to FeedBurner.
- WordPress Plugin Repository - Where developers share their plugin work.
Famous WordPress Blogs
- Yahoo!
- 9Rules - Huge site powered entiely by WordPress and bbPress
- TechCrunch
- GigaOM
- Curt Schilling
- Download.com
- About.com
- Mozilla Devnews
- ColbertNation
- Huge List from the Codex
Other WordPress Links
- Automattic - The WordPress developers.
- bbPress - Forum software by Automattic.
Contributing WordPress Developers
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Adnan
May 27th, 2007 at 5:26 PM
Dugg, Stumbled and Del.icio’d!
Connor Wilson
May 27th, 2007 at 5:35 PM
Heh, thanks for the effort. Unfortunately I didn’t get 100+ resources (much like your articles) so the SB sites aren’t liking it too much.
Nicki Dugan
May 30th, 2007 at 12:18 AM
Nice to see Yodel Anecdotal up there among TechCrunch, GigaOM and ColbertNation. Thanks for the link love! And yes, WordPress rules.
Nicki Dugan
Editor, Yahoo!’s Yodel Anecdotal
WebStractions
May 30th, 2007 at 1:03 AM
Connor — I have been using Blogger for quite some time now (over 450 posts) and am thinking of converting it over to WordPress … seriously thinking.
My question, is there a way to import all of those posts into WordPress?
Connor Wilson
May 30th, 2007 at 7:37 AM
WebStractions- WordPress has an import (and export) feature for you to import your posts from Blogger, Typepad, Moveable Type, and a ton more. Even an RSS feed if you want.
WebStractions
May 30th, 2007 at 10:00 AM
Thanx Conner — I just Googled it not more than a few hours ago.
Found the information that I needed. Seems to be pretty straightforward to get the data into WP.
Now all I need is a redirect expression for my .htaccess file. At least I think I would need one. I have over 465 posts dating back to 2004 and would not want to lose any of that clout.
Connor Wilson
May 30th, 2007 at 5:42 PM
And WordPress saves you once again! There’s a PermaLink redirect plugin that redirects all old links to the new ones.
Andre Ward
August 1st, 2007 at 7:21 AM
Great post Connor, this will sure come in handy for a beginner WordPresss user such as me.
CowDir
October 31st, 2007 at 10:08 PM
Pretty awesome article. Thanks! - CowDir
local movers
May 20th, 2008 at 11:30 PM
awesome list of resources, bookmarked for reference!
Kevin Design
June 26th, 2008 at 4:00 AM
Hey thanks for the links. Ive recently started looking at Wordpress as ive seen so many sites with it installed. It is a very impressive piece of coding and design. Thanks for the links they will certainly come in handy.
Regards.
Leonardo Medina
December 8th, 2008 at 10:36 PM
If wordpress is a body then all its plugins are its soul. I am wondered to see their power of manipulating stuff. We can say that it is the perfect and core blogging plateform.
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January 22nd, 2009 at 4:21 PM
Quite a few time ago, I even didn’t know wordpress and now I have eight wordpress blogs. Although they are not popular but they are going to be sooner or later. Thanks for sharing that list because it can save tonnes of time. Unfortunately I hadn’t any such information in start and now I am very well trained. Anyways I’ll refer other by writing about your blog and post on my blogs.
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March 5th, 2009 at 6:44 AM
It is too good to see all those plugins and huge information all at one place. I am more than happy to visit this blog.
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April 30th, 2009 at 7:08 PM
Pretty awesome article. Thanks!
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June 26th, 2009 at 8:13 AM
I am looking for a resource which might convert a blog from Drupal to Wordpress. My Drupal blog was hacked many times last month and I want to get rid of it.
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