WordPress For Dummies: Optimizing WordPress Settings. Update: We have renamed the series to WordPress for Beginners.
WordPress for Dummies is a trademarked book, we respect trademarks, we apologize for the confusion. Welcome to WordPress, now that you have installed one of the best platform to blog with, there are a few things you might want to tweak and change to get the best out of it. I am starting a new series called “WordPress For Beginners” that will focus on helping newcomers and moderate users optimize their WordPress installation, though I will try and cover many things here, there may still be things that may not make it to this list, so if you think I left anything out please feel free to add to this list. This guide is based on WordPress 2.8 so few things may not be available/different if you are using a older version of WordPress. Feature: Trim Down Windows to the Bare Essentials. WordPress plugin: No Self Pings.