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Post Slug

Posted on December 1st, 2020 by Editorial Staff
Post Slug

In WordPress, the “slug” refers to the part of a web page’s address that appears after the domain name. A simple WordPress slug example would be if you visited a blog post at www.example.com/blog-post, then “www.example.com” is the domain name, and “blog-post” is the post… Read More »

PHP

Posted on March 12th, 2014 by Editorial Staff

PHP is a programming and scripting language to create dynamic interactive websites. WordPress is written using PHP as the scripting language. Just like WordPress, PHP is also an Open Source. PHP is a server side programming language. When a user requests a web page that… Read More »

Page

Posted on March 12th, 2014 by Editorial Staff

A page in WordPress usually refers to the page post type. It is one of the default pre-defined WordPress post types. WordPress started out as simple blogging tool which allowed users to write posts. In the year 2005, Pages were introduced in WordPress version 1.5… Read More »

Post Meta

Posted on December 4th, 2013 by Editorial Staff

Post Formats

Posted on November 28th, 2013 by Editorial Staff
Post Formats

Post formats is an optional value added to WordPress posts which allows theme developers to define visual representation of a post. Theme developers can create themes with support for post formats. A number of post formats are available, however it is not possible for themes… Read More »

Pingback

Posted on September 27th, 2013 by Editorial Staff

Pingback allows you to notify other bloggers that you have linked to their article on your website. Although there are some minor technical differences, a trackback is basically the same things as a pingback. If the other blogger or author has a pingback enabled website,… Read More »

Post Status

Posted on September 27th, 2013 by Editorial Staff
Post Status

Post status allows users to set a workflow status for a post in WordPress. There are 8 default statuses that WordPress uses. They are published, future, draft, pending, trash, auto-draft, and inherit. A post may also have a “new” status if it was just created… Read More »

Parent Theme

Posted on May 1st, 2013 by Editorial Staff

A parent theme in WordPress is a theme that is declared parent by a another theme, child theme. This feature in WordPress allows theme designers and developers to take advantage of a larger and robust WordPress themes and make modifications to those themes by creating… Read More »

Post Types

Posted on May 1st, 2013 by Editorial Staff

Post Types is a term used to refer to different types of content in a WordPress site. In 2003, WordPress was primarily launched as a blogging platform. Posts is a common blogging terminology that stuck with WordPress as it evolved into a robust content management… Read More »

Plugin Editor

Posted on May 1st, 2013 by Editorial Staff
Plugin Editor

Plugin editor is a simple text editor located at Plugins » Editor. It allows users to view and edit plugin files from within your WordPress admin area. Plugin editor has a text area where it opens the plugin files. On the right hand side, it… Read More »

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