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Not Everyone Is a WordPress Expert

Not Everyone Is a WordPress Expert

WordCamp Sacramento 2015 presentation by Sallie Goetsch. As developers, we think of WordPress as easy, even "intuitive." But our clients find WordPress difficult. Here's why, and what we can do about it.

Sallie Goetsch

November 07, 2015
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  1. Not Everyone Is a WordPress Expert Sallie Goetsch WordCamp Sacramento

    2015 Slides at https://speakerdeck.com/wpfangirl
  2. So who am I and why am I giving this

    talk? 11/5/2015 www.wpfangirl.com 2
  3. 11/5/2015 www.wpfangirl.com “WordPress isn't easy to use until you learn

    how to use it.” —Mike Little, Co-founder of WordPress 5
  4. Real User Complaints: 2011 “CONFIGURING AND USING WORDPRESS IS NOT

    FUN. Every single step of the way causes confusion, is overly complicated... EVERYTHING is an effort to find and comprehend.” 11/5/2015 www.wpfangirl.com 7
  5. Real User Complaints: 2015 “I tried to learn WordPress in

    2012. I spent two to four+ hours a day for 4 months trying to understand and use this nightmare of an app. I ran out of time and stopped using it… It’s still a nightmare to get it to do anything useful.” 11/5/2015 www.wpfangirl.com 8
  6. So why do we find some things easier to use

    than others? Familiarity. 11/5/2015 www.wpfangirl.com 12
  7. WP Features Word Doesn’t Have •  Widgets •  Shortcodes • 

    Comments •  Excerpts •  Custom Post Types •  Categories, Tags, & Custom Taxonomies 11/5/2015 www.wpfangirl.com And let’s not forget >40,000 Plugins! 27
  8. Simplify the WP Admin // Remove specific menu items function

    remove_menus(){ if ( ! current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) ) { remove_menu_page( 'tools.php' ); } } add_action( 'admin_menu', 'remove_menus' ); 11/5/2015 www.wpfangirl.com 46
  9. We Can Make It Better •  None of these solutions

    is perfect, but they can make life easier for clients. •  If we take the time to educate and inform our clients, they will be happier, and so will we. 11/5/2015 www.wpfangirl.com 54