the new kids on the block "step by step" guide to the wordpress admin
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A tour of the WordPress Dashboard and Admin in five easy steps.TRANSCRIPT
WordPressDashboard
The First Ten Minutes
Presented by Amelia Briscoe@amelia_briscoe
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What I’ve Got For You!• Slides Of New Kids On
The Block! Yes, Really!• Your first ten minutes
inside of WordPress• Getting your admin
area configured• How to add some
security inside of WordPress
• Setting Your Maintenance Routine• Plugin Suggestions
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Logging In
Three Ways To Login:• http://www.yourdomainname.com/login/• http://www.yourdomainname.com/wp-admin/• http://www.yourdomainname.com/wp-
login.php
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Handy Links
Lost Your Password:• http://
www.yourdomainname.com/wp-login.php?action=lostpassword
User Registration:• http://
www.yourdomainname.com/wp-login.php?action=register
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Set Your Clock!
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Permalinks
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Drop It Like It’s
HOT!
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Want More
Room?Collapse The Menu!
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Organize
Your Screen
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Ask WordPress For Help!
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Remove The
‘admin’ User
Profile!
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Update Your Displa
y Name Why???
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You Might Be Giving Away Half Of Your
Login Details!
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User Registrat
ion
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Spam.
Plugin Suggestions:• https://wordpress.org/plugins/spam-destroyer/• https://wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/
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Comments.
Further Reading:http://digwp.com/2009/11/dont-need-plugins-to-stop-comment-spam/
Tips:• Discussion Settings• Post -by-Post basis
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Plugins And Themes
Plugin Suggestions:• http
://justintadlock.com/archives/2011/02/02/creating-a-custom-functions-plugin-for-end-users
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-custom-css/• https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-404-error-page/
Don’t Play With Core Code!
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Security• Login Protection – Protect against ‘Brute Force’ attacks. Lockout
after failed attempts.• Firewall – Blocks nasty queries and malicious code• File Monitoring – Monitor your WordPress files for any changes.• Activity Monitoring – Keeps an eye on the WordPress admin
area.• Security Scanning – Scans for malicious activity, malware, spam
and vulnerabilities
Considerations
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Security Plugins
WordFence - http://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/Better WP Security - http://wordpress.org/plugins/better-wp-security/Bullet Proof Security - http://wordpress.org/plugins/bulletproof-security/
All In One Solution
(excludes file monitoring, user-activity monitoring and login protection)
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Security Plugins
• Login Protection – http://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-login-lockdown/
• Firewall – http://wordpress.org/plugins/block-bad-queries/• File Monitoring –
http://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-file-monitor-plus/• Activity Monitoring –
http://wordpress.org/plugins/threewp-activity-monitor/• Security Scanning – http://wordpress.org/plugins/antivirus/
The Minimal Five
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Update! Tip: Keep your password fresh by changing your password when you do a WordPress update.
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Back Ups!
Automattic offers a paid service that backs up your database & files to the
cloud as well as security scanning.
Learn more @ http://vaultpress.com/
Plugin Suggestions:
WP-DBManager - http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dbmanager/BackWPup - http://wordpress.org/plugins/backwpup/
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Questions???