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WordPress is a CMS
Not a CMS
Mark Wilkinson (@wpmark)
WordCamp Bristol
May 2017
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Content
Management
System
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What makes a good
CMS?
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What makes a good CMS?
• Good information architecture
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What makes a good CMS?
• Good information architecture
• Easily extendible
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What makes a good CMS?
• Good information architecture
• Easily extendible
• API ready
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What makes a good CMS?
• Good information architecture
• Easily extendible
• API ready
• Versatile & Flexible template management
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What makes a good CMS?
• Good information architecture
• Easily extendible
• API ready
• Versatile & Flexible template management
• Small learning curve for everyone
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What makes a good CMS?
• Good information architecture
• Easily extendible
• API ready
• Versatile & Flexible template management
• Small learning curve for everyone
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Typical Enquiry
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Examples
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Decisions
not
Options
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Lots of Custom
Post Types
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Spring Clean the
Admin
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Remove the Customizer
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Case Study
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Single Terms
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Single Terms
https://github.com/highrisedigital/highrise-taxonomy-ui
https://github.com/johnbillion/extended-taxos
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Custom Post Type
Landing Pages
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WordPress
is a
Content Management System
not a
Content Mis-Management System
Managing content should be as easy
as possible for everyone
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Mark Wilkinson
Using & building
WordPress sites for over
10 years as a WordPress
developer
Owner of Highrise Digital
Follow me: @wpmark