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WordPress Guide
for Beginners
Learn WordPress, one useful step at a time. From your first login to a website you’re proud to share, find your way with our beginner guides and tutorials.
Free guides. Practical steps. Go at your own pace.
A SIMPLE PLACE TO BEGIN
Learn WordPress: a step-by-step learning path
New to WordPress? Follow these four steps.
Already started? Pick up wherever you are.
Learn the WordPress editor
Find your way around the editor and start publishing your ideas.
Choose themes and plugins
Choose a theme and add the features your website needs.
Manage and grow your website
Care for your website and discover new ways to reach people.
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WordPress 101:
Free video tutorials
Follow our free WordPress 101 video tutorial collection. Get familiar with the dashboard, posts, pages, themes, and plugins.
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WordPress tutorials for beginners
Explore practical WordPress guides by topic.
Getting started
Start your first WordPress blog
Go from an idea to a blog of your own, one step at a time.
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Getting started
Install WordPress on Bluehost
Get your hosting account ready and WordPress up and running.
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Getting started
WordPress.com review for beginners
Understand the hosted option before choosing your starting point.
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Writing & editing
How to use the WordPress block editor
Build posts and pages with the WordPress Gutenberg editor.
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Writing & editing
How to upload and embed PDFs in WordPress
Upload documents and make them easy for readers to view.
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Writing & editing
How to add WordPress menu title attributes
Learn how title attributes work in WordPress menus.
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Design & plugins
Free WordPress themes for your website
Explore free themes and choose a look for your website.
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Design & plugins
Elementor page builder for WordPress
Explore a visual approach to designing your WordPress pages.
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Design & plugins
Best WordPress photo gallery plugins
Find a plugin to give your images a home.
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Manage & grow
Set up WordPress redirects
Keep visitors on the right path when your URLs change.
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Manage & grow
Move your WordPress website
Learn an approach to moving a site without FTP or MySQL access.
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Manage & grow
Schema markup and rich snippets in WordPress
Explore structured data and rich snippets for WordPress.
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Manage & grow
Manage multiple WordPress sites
Discover tools for keeping your websites organised.
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Manage & grow
How to make WordPress multilingual
Explore website translation with Weglot.
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Getting started
Know where to find WordPress help
Bookmark useful official resources for when you get stuck.
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WordPress tools and resources
A few useful places to keep exploring.
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WordPress resources
Hosting, plugins, and tools in one place.
Elementor resources
Go further with visual page building.
WooCommerce resources
Turn your website into an online shop.
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