Talk Title: Everything You Wanted to Know About WordPress But Were Afraid to Ask
For many people, WordPress is a bit of a mystery starting with this very confusing question, “Do you have a WordPress.com or WordPress.org site?” What does that even mean? And why does it have to be asked?
In this session, we will talk about “What Is WordPress?” from an ontological perspective. Is it a content management system (CMS)? Is it a website? Is it a company? Is it a secret society of people who wear t-shirts with the letter W emblazoned on them and carry around weird stuff animals that look like Peka Choo but aren’t?
After we get through that, we will talk about how WordPress (the CMS) works. We will start from the beginning, right from the moment you install WordPress. What happens after you click the WordPress installer at your web host (if you have self-hosted WordPress)? We will look at the WordPress database, the WordPress application files, and all the stuff you might upload to your WordPress website and where it actually winds up.
Through this session, we will reveal the secrets of developers. What are they actually doing tinkering with your theme files or building plugins? We will take a look at your theme files and how they work along with the WordPress application and various plugins to display the content of your site.
This is a talk for beginners, so don’t be intimidated to attend. This is where you can uncover the mysteries of your site and be a more aware WordPress user.