As co-leader of Metro Detroit WordPress Meetup, I get asked a lot of WordPress questions from members.
I need to add a contact form on my site, what form plugin do you recommend?
Deborah, can you tell me where I can find a free WordPress theme? Sure, check out the WordPress theme repository.
What’s the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org?
But when a member asks me for an updated resource that will help them manage content on their WordPress website, there’s one place I point them to.
Easy WP Guide
Written by Anthony Horton of Maddison Designs, the popular Easy WP Guide WordPress manual is an excellent how-to guide that explains how to edit and update content on your WordPress site.
What I love about the guide is that Horton constantly updates it for every major version of WordPress.
Sure, you’ll find a lot of helpful resources and posts online about specific features or enhancements in the latest WordPress version.
But Horton’s guide goes further than a handful of posts, it’s over 140 pages of helpful information for managing your content, organized by topic.
And the most recent Easy WP Guide was released this week, updated with the latest features and enhancements to WordPress 4.6.
What Will You Find in Easy WP Guide?
From logging into your site to explaining the Dashboard to adding site content, Horton skillfully explains the process in plain language.
You’ll find easy-to-understand steps (and useful screenshots) to help you understand how specific features work in WordPress.
Here are a few of the main chapters from the guide:
- Dashboard
- Posts versus Pages
- Adding your Site Content
- Adding Images and Other Media
- Deleting Content
- Fullscreen Editing
- Saving and Publishing Content
- Plugins
- Settings
- Keeping your Site Updated
Get the Guide
Easy WP Guide is available for free online, which I like since it’s easy to search and works on my phone, tablet, and desktop.
You can also download a free PDF (36M) of the manual, available in English or Spanish.
For mobile users, there’s an ePub and MobiPocket version, available for a low fee ($4 AUD).
And consultants, designers, developers, or agencies can purchase the Easy WP Guide brandable version (multiple languages). Completely editable, the Word doc can be customized for your clients.
Updated for WordPress 4.6
Easy WP Guide has been updated to include features in WordPress 4.6, including:
- Inline link checker
- Simpler workflow for adding themes and plugins
- Simpler workflow for activating themes and plugins
In Conclusion
Whether you’re a designer, digital marketer, or a content strategist, Easy WP Guide is an ideal learning guide for managing content on your WordPress site.
Though I provide one-on-one training for my clients, I always point them to the guide as a resource.
And with different versions of the guide available, online, PDF, brandable, you don’t want to miss out on this valuable resource.
How about you? Do you use Easy WP Guide in your work?
