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Welcome to WordPress! Essential configuration and first steps after installing WordPress

April 3, 2012 · Comments { 0 }

Welcome to WordPress!

WordPress displays a helpful welcome message when you first login after installing a new WordPress site, but it’s a little too brief to be helpful to new users. We’re constantly teaching our friends about WordPress so we’ve put together a quickstart guide for new users with this article below!

Logging into WordPress

Let’s start right from the beginning — how do you login to WordPress? You can get to the Admin for any WordPress site by going to

sitename.com/wp-admin/

However, If WordPress isn’t installed in the root directory, you’ll need to adjust the path, e.g.

sitename.com/blog/wp-admin/

Tip: Bookmark the URL to save you from typing it every time you want to login to WordPress. Continue Reading →

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Tags: Akismet, Gravatar, Screen Options, WordPress Settings

The Biggest WordPress Screw Up You Don’t Want To Make

October 25, 2011 · Comments { 4 }

If your computer tells you that updates are available, you should install them quick or risk getting infected with viruses and all sorts of nasties. When a security exploit is detected by Microsoft, the advice they generally give is to check for updates and install them immediately.

It’s the same for WordPress or any other web application you may use for your business — install updates immediately or you will be exposed to hackers, viruses and malware.

I’ve worked on almost a hundred WordPress sites and the mistake I see over and over again is not updating WordPress. This oversight is the single biggest screw up that site owners can make.

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