Stephanie Leary

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Content Strategy for WordPress

A short book on WordPress tactics for implementing your content strategy

  • evaluating your site with a content audit
  • content modeling to create structured content
  • providing context-aware content like related posts and contextual sidebars
  • rearranging content for mobile layouts
  • creating a better authoring experience, with clutter-free editing screens, inline help, and a style guide right in the dashboard
  • workflows and email notifications
  • sharing data with RSS feeds and a REST API
  • ...and more

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Content Strategy for WordPress includes…

  • evaluating your site with a content audit
  • content modeling to create structured content
  • providing context-aware content like related posts and contextual sidebars
  • rearranging content for mobile layouts
  • creating a better authoring experience, with clutter-free editing screens, inline help, and a style guide right in the dashboard
  • workflows and email notifications
  • sharing data with RSS feeds and a REST API
  • ...and more

WordPress for Web Developers

cover of WordPress for Web DevelopersLooking for something a little more technical?

This professional-level introduction to WordPress includes...

  • an intro to theme and plugin development
  • an in-depth look at the administration screens
  • tips for importing content from other platforms
  • maintenance and security guidelines

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Latest WordPress Book

Content Strategy for WordPress

A short book for content strategists and managers on implementing a complete content strategy in WordPress: evaluation, analysis, content modeling, editing and workflows, and long-term planning and maintenance.

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WordPress for Web Developers

WordPress for Web Developers (9781430258667)

This is a book for professional web designers and developers who already know HTML and CSS, and want to learn to build sites with WordPress. The book begins with a detailed tour of the administration screens and settings, then digs into server-side topics like performance and security. The second half of the book is devoted to development: learning to build WordPress themes and plugins.

This is the second, much-revised and updated edition of Beginning WordPress 3, with a more accurate title. Everything’s been updated for WordPress 3.6.

WordPress for Web Developers is out now. See what's inside...

The best WordPress features you’ve never noticed

  • WordPress Hidden Gems: Screen Options
  • WordPress Hidden Gems: Bulk Edit
  • WordPress Hidden Gems: Private Status
  • WordPress Hidden Gems: Dashboard Feed Readers
  • WordPress Hidden Gems: Options.php

Content Modeling for WordPress series

  • Content modeling for WordPress, part 1: analyze content
  • Content modeling for WordPress, part 2: functional and organizational requirements
  • Content modeling for WordPress, part 3: a sample content model

This is an excerpt from Content Strategy for WordPress.My latest books are Content Strategy for WordPress (2015) and WordPress for Web Developers (2013). Sign up to be notified when I have a new book for you.

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