making wordpress easier to use

December 20, 2015

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1. Name

2. Company (if appropriate)

3. WordPress background

4. Name your WordPress peeve

Any and all questions about WordPress

Sallie Goetsch Revised WordCamp Sacramento

2015 Presentation

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https://speakerdeck.com/wpfangirl/not-everyone-is-a-wordpress-expert



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—Mike Little, Co-founder of WordPress

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“CONFIGURING 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.”


“I 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 it… It’s still a nightmare to

get it to do anything useful.”


• Widgets

• Shortcodes

• Comments

• Excerpts

• Custom Post Types

• Categories, Tags, & Custom Taxonomies


// Remove specific menu items

function remove_menus(){

if ( !current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) ) {

remove_menu_page( 'tools.php' );

}

}

add_action( 'admin_menu', 'remove_menus' );


• Requires you to manage blogs from WordPress.com.

• Sends you to WordPress.com to do your editing.

• Sends you back to your site to add or edit custom post types.


• None of these solutions is perfect, but

they can make life easier for clients.

• If we take the time to educate and

inform our clients, they will be happier,

and so will we.


http://wpfangirl.com

http://eastbaywp.com

Twitter: @salliegoetsch

Phone: 510-969-9947

[email protected]

Slides at https://speakerdeck.com/wpfangirl


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http://eastbaywp.com/

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