WordPress for Dummies (For Dummies Series) 6th Edition

Another great book in a great series. Even if you are not a novice, this series is outstanding because it is filled with references and pointers to great resources!

An essential book. Not the Bible of this field, but it meets or exceeds a lot of questions/areas of knowledge. Given how elastic WordPress is, this is needed because it provides a solid foundation for understanding and learning.

I will preface this review that I am a technology professional. Web servers and their settings are not a focus of mine, but I am not completely unfamiliar with them. I purchased this book to assist in being as knowledgeable as I could be for the launch of a blog idea of mine. I decided for the initial phase to keep it on the wordpress.org hosting until I reach a critical mass to consider a custom hosting solution. For those doing the same, this book does not offer much more detail than the excellent guides provided for free on Wordpress. I received most of my knowledge from Wordpress online resources vs. this book. For those in this situation you may want to pass on this book.Where this book may/may not be helpful is phase 2 with a custom hosting solution. I can't judge this book yet for that content, however, some of the tactics within may prove sound. I can't offer a fail review as if the Wordpress.org online guides are ignored, this text will offer more value in getting your blog off the ground. It offers content for both paths.

Enough to understand what you are doing and to know where to go for more in-depth info

Learning WordPress was and is a challenge, but this book has a lot of GOOD information. I'm 74 & needed the extra help.

This book should be-retitled "WordPress Blog Design for Dummies".... incredibly misleading. As other reviewers have mentioned, there are two "bonus" web design (content management) chapters and after looking through the book for 10 minutes I finally realized they were ONLINE (you could download them right now for free) and not in the book!! If you are creating a blog and don't want to use one of the online blogging applications, this might be useful for you, but I'm returning this book.Two stars for the misleading title and the "bonus chapters" that are online only, without them telling you that in the book!Sorry, can't recommend.

really not anything you can't find online with a google search but nice to have it all nicely organized and around for handy refrence

This is good to start. Very good format. If you are just starting out, this is a good book to read.

A great book packed with information and instruction. A very good price.

Helped us to learn and understand WordPress.

Very clearly organized for a beginner on WordPress. Very good supplement to other WordPress books with a 'design' slant. Built my confidence to get going with a blog.

I haven't read it yet as I bought it for my home business. It's on stand-by which is why I only gave it a four star rating. Long-story-short, I've never met a "For-Dummies-Book" that I was disappointed in!

Not really a basic manual, but good