Making WordPress Easier to Use
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The document discusses challenges faced by users when configuring and using WordPress, emphasizing the complexity and confusion that can arise during the process. It includes personal experiences and frustrations with the WordPress application along with some recommendations for improving user experience. The author believes that managing user expectations and providing education can lead to greater client satisfaction.
Making WordPress Easier to Use
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- 8. 1. Name 2. Company (if appropriate) 3. WordPress background 4. Name your WordPress peeve
- 9. Any and all questions about WordPress
- 10. Sallie Goetsch Revised WordCamp Sacramento 2015 Presentation https://speakerdeck.com/wpfangirl/
- 13. 12/20/2015 www.wpfangirl.com βMike Little, Co-founder of WordPress 13
- 15. βCONFIGURING AND USING WORDPRESS IS NOT FUN. Every single step of the way causes confusion, is overly complicated... EVERYTHING is an effort to find and comprehend.β 12/20/2015 www.wpfangirl.com 15
- 16. βI tried to learn WordPress in 2012. I spent two to four+ hours a day for 4 months trying to understand and use this nightmare of an app. I ran out of time and stopped using itβ¦ Itβs still a nightmare to get it to do anything useful.β 12/20/2015 www.wpfangirl.com 16
- 35. β’ Widgets β’ Shortcodes β’ Comments β’ Excerpts β’ Custom Post Types β’ Categories, Tags, & Custom Taxonomies 12/20/2015 www.wpfangirl.com 35
- 54. // Remove specific menu items function remove_menus(){ if ( !current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) ) { remove_menu_page( 'tools.php' ); } } add_action( 'admin_menu', 'remove_menus' ); 12/20/2015 www.wpfangirl.com 54
- 61. β’ Requires you to manage blogs from WordPress.com. β’ Sends you to WordPress.com to do your editing. β’ Sends you back to your site to add or edit custom post types. 12/20/2015 www.wpfangirl.com 61
- 83. β’ None of these solutions is perfect, but they can make life easier for clients. β’ If we take the time to educate and inform our clients, they will be happier, and so will we. 11/5/2015 www.wpfangirl.com 83
- 84. http://wpfangirl.com http://eastbaywp.com Twitter: @salliegoetsch Phone: 510-969-9947 sallie@wpfangirl.com Slides at https://speakerdeck.com/wpfangirl 11/5/2015 www.wpfangirl.com 84