WordPress All-in-One for Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) 4th Edition

This book is from a developer of experience. She generously shares a bunch of her tricks, secrets and advice. It is surely good for beginners but it goes beyond and this is a very good new! First I decided to buy the Kindle version but soon I realized it was better for me to have the hardcover (paperback) version because this is now a real "reference book" that I want to consult often. One of the best books I read about WordPress. After a book like this one, the second step is to take a specialized course in order to be an advanced developer (... if this is your goal!).

I’ve just started reading this so I’ll probably update this later. However, the very 1st paragraph of chapter 2 states: “ Open-source software is a movement that started in the software industry in the 1980s. Its origins are up for debate, but most people believe that the concept came about in 1983, when a company called Netscape released its Navigator web browser source code to the public, making it freely available to anyone who wanted to dig through it, modify it, or redistribute it.”This would be a pretty miraculous occurrence since the World Wide Web didn’t exist until 1991 and Netscape was founded in 1994. Guess that goes to show how much you can trust what “most people believe”. I hope the rest of the book is more accurate.

I had a new role thrust upon me at work, and need to learn about WordPress. I am about 25% into the book, but I am learning a lot. This book is a behemoth of a book, but I expect to learn a lot. I have purchased many Dummies books, but I have recently actually started reading them from cover to cover. They are really good starter books on the subjects. This one is no exception!

With the moving target that is WordPress, this book does a pretty good job of covering, not just the basics, but the details as well. I'm keeping this book, since I'm old school and prefer good old fashioned books.

Did not notice how outdated it was, returned.

ha ha too many pages. but very helpful

Book is informative however back page bent and scratches all over the front cover some pages are bent as well, however soft cover book so I guess I shouldn't expect something that's not a little rough looking

Comprehensive guide for all aspects of world press. Love the way it is organized by topic. Handy index makes it easy to use for reference.

I am learning a lot about neet things I can do! Excellent book in plain English.

The book doesn't help the dummies, nor the experts. It's a mashup of topics, without a particular logic or order. It's not a practical book as a tutorial, nor as reference. I'm returning it.

This is a review of the 4th Edition published in May 2019, covering WordPress 5.0 (828 pages, softback)This book covers everything related to creating, editing and publishing a WordPress website quite thoroughly. I would have liked to see more about creating and editing Themes, but to be fair I think this book does cover that topic sufficiently well overall.There is a chapter explaining how to use the WordPress Dashboard GUI (about 40 pages covering the WordPress 5.0 front end) which is aimed at complete beginners, but the majority of the book is NOT aimed at beginners, so in my opinion the book is somewhat misnamed as a "for dummies" title.I spent a lot of time researching WordPress books and reading reviews of them etc., and I think that I made the best choice when I bought this book. Overall I would recommend it to anyone who is new to WordPress.

I always buy a "dummies" to get me started on new things, however this book did not get me started. After 3 attempts I purchsed another book, which was great. I suggest skipping this book and going to something better.

Good