Title: What is WordPress?
Course: EDesign_webprojects_eng > Section: WordPress

WordPress is an open source content management system (CMS) that makes it easy to create and manage websites and blogs. To work with WordPress, you first need a web space and a database. You can either get these from a hosting provider or set them up yourself on a server.

1. download and install wordpress: Download the latest version of WordPress from the official website and unzip the files on your computer.

2. connect to the database: Create a new database and a user with full access rights to your hosting provider or server.

3. configuration: go to the URL of your website and follow the instructions on the screen to configure WordPress. As you do this, enter the database information you created in step 2.

4. choose design: WordPress offers many free and premium themes that you can choose from to customise the look of your website.

5. create content: You can create posts and pages, upload and customise media and much more.

6. extensions and plugins: WordPress has a large number of extensions and plugins that you can use to extend the functionality of your website.

7. publish and manage: After you have made all the settings, you can publish your website and manage content.