Category Archive: Community

YouTube Videos, Tweets, and More – the Magic of oEmbed

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I'll be straight with you - for a long time, adding media (other than text) to WordPress just flat out sucked.  You had to switch the site to Text (HTML) mode, paste in the object/embed code, and prayed that it looked right once you were finished.  It wasn't necessarily a fault of WordPress - it was that the methods were just not what they…

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WordPress.com vs WordPress.org: What’s the Difference?

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What's the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org? When a new user discovers WordPress, it's only a matter of time before this question pops up.  It's very easy to get confused since, at the core of it, both products are similar.  However, while WordPress.org and WordPress.com may be built on the same core software, that's where the similarities end. WordPress.org When people ask me what…

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What is WordPress?

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WordPress, at its current state, is the most widely used content management system on the planet.  Powering over 20% of the popular web (and over 10% of all eCommerce systems), there's no other system that comes close in both scale and usability.  It's something you hear about in conversation, especially in small-business circles and blogger meetups. A Definition of WordPress Even though it doesn't really…

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