{"id":712,"date":"2021-04-24T11:35:14","date_gmt":"2021-04-24T11:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.design42.com\/blog\/?page_id=712"},"modified":"2022-02-18T22:44:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T22:44:53","slug":"i-bought-wordpress-starter-now-what","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.design42.com\/blog\/i-bought-wordpress-starter-now-what\/","title":{"rendered":"I bought WordPress Starter, now what?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first thing everybody asks is \u201cWhat Theme should I use?\u201d<\/p>\n

Choosing your Theme is really not your first step.<\/p>\n

DON\u2019T CHANGE ANYTHING UNTIL YOU DO THE TUTORIAL<\/strong><\/p>\n

The WordPress.org site has a whole Support section with screenshots and details.<\/p>\n

You should begin with First Steps with WordPress (Block Editor) or First Steps with WordPress (Classic Editor).<\/p>\n

First Steps with WordPress (Block Editor)<\/a>
\nFirst Steps with WordPress (Classic Editor)<\/a><\/p>\n

New installs give you the Block Editor. I hate it, but evidently not everyone does. You can try it, if you don\u2019t like it, go to Plugins > Add New<\/p>\n

\"\"
To add a plugin go to Plugins > Add New<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If Classic Editor isn\u2019t showing, use the search box.<\/p>\n

\"Classic
Classic Editor Plugin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Click Activate. You can click Deactivate if you want to turn it off.<\/span><\/p>\n

DON\u2019T CHANGE ANYTHING UNTIL YOU DO THE TUTORIAL<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a step-by-step tour through your WordPress site and see how the different functions work and how to make your new site your own. During the first part of this tutorial, please don\u2019t change anything within the program unless it is part of the tutorial. After following these steps, you\u2019ll soon be changing everything.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Do the tutorial. Just do the tutorial.<\/p>\n

It doesn’t take long and you will learn a lot.<\/p>\n

First Steps with WordPress (Block Editor)<\/a>
\nFirst Steps with WordPress (Classic Editor)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The first thing everybody asks is \u201cWhat Theme should I use?\u201d Choosing your Theme is really not your first step. DON\u2019T CHANGE ANYTHING UNTIL YOU DO THE TUTORIAL The WordPress.org site has a whole Support section with screenshots and details. You should begin with First Steps with WordPress (Block Editor) or First Steps with WordPress … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-712","page","type-page","status-publish"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P8x1A8-bu","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.design42.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.design42.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.design42.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.design42.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.design42.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=712"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.design42.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":725,"href":"https:\/\/www.design42.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/712\/revisions\/725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.design42.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}