2. What WordPress Is and How It Works

Now that we know a little about domain names, how websites work, and how to pick a host for your site, let’s get into the real topic of the book—WordPress. This chapter gets into what WordPress is—and isn’t—and how WordPress works (in general, we’ll get to the details throughout the rest of the book). We’ll also work through one of the most confusing parts of the WordPress community: WordPress.org versus WordPress.com. Let’s kick things off with the most basic question of all: Just what is WordPress?

What Is WordPress?

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