One of the most popular open source blogging and content management systems, WordPress lets you create a website to promote yourself or your business quickly and easilya€"and better yet, it's free. WordPress is a flexible, user-friendly system, and it can be extended with a variety of themes and plugins.

Beginning WordPress 3 is a complete guide for the beginning developer who wants to start using WordPress. You'll learn how to publish and manage online content, add media, create widgets and plugins, and much more.

What you’ll learn
How to get started with Wordpress, create new content, and import existing content
How to change what appears on a home page, blog post, and more
How to handle media uploads, audio/video players, and podcasting
How to create themes, widgets, and plugins
How to publish, move, maintain, and secure your WordPress sites

Who this book is for
This book is for first-time users, designers, and developers of online content, blogs, and content management systems.