1. WP 101: WordPress Basics
Joe Querin – www.joequerin.com
March 20, 2025
@joequerin joecue
joecue
2. { About: Joe }
• Graphic Design major
• Self taught Web Developer for 26+ years
• Currently work full-time at Lorain County
Community College for 25+ years.
• WordPress experience over 15 years
• Moved the LCCC website to WordPress, and
continuing to work on an additional 6-8. www.joequerin.com
3. { Overview }
• WordPress – What, Where, Why, How, When?
• How a Website Works
• WordPress.com vs WordPress.org
• WordPress Dashboard – Demo!
• WordPress Support/Documentation
• Questions
4. { WordPress }
• What is WordPress?
• 21 years ago first release.
• According to W3Techs – WordPress is used by 61.6% of websites they
know what they run.
– This is represents 43.5% of all websites that exist on the internet.
• Started as fork (or derivate) of B2/Cafelog – a weblog (blogging)
platform.
• Continued as a blogging platform, soon stood out as personal
publishing platform.
5. { Ways to use WordPress }
• Blog
• Website
• Social Community
• Web Application Framework
• Power a Mobile App
6. { WordPress }
• Where can I find WordPress in use?
• Educational Web Sites
• Music Artists/Bands
• Newspapers
• Government
7. { WordPress }
• Microsoft converted all of their blogs to
WordPress from .net based blog
softwares in 2018.
• Techcrunch
• Disney
8. { WordPress }
• How can I make use of WordPress?
• Blog, Website, Ecommerce, whatever
type of site you may need.
• WordPress.com hosted, install from a
hosting company, self-hosted through
AWS, Google Compute, Microsoft Azure,
or other server.
10. { WordPress }
• Content Management System
Database
Web
Server
11. { How a Website Works }
• 41.454806282333045, -82.03706342883488
• 37485 Harvest Dr, Avon, OH 44011
• 75.2.65.169
– 4.3 billion (pool is considered exhausted)
• www.lorainpubliclibrary.org
12. { How a Website Works }
DNS – Domain Name System
Name Server
Web Host
Internet
13. { .com vs .org }
• .com
• Hosted by Automattic
• Free allows a limited number of themes
and plugins to choose from.
• Free includes .wordpress.com domain in
URL.
• Paid, various levels
• Custom domain
• Custom Theme available
14. { .com vs .org }
• .org
• You choose your host
• Use installer from hosting company or
upload your own download.
• If your host allows, you can use the command
line interface (WP-CLI) as well.
• Use themes and plugins from the
repository
• Custom ones you build or have built
• Premium themes/plugins purchased
