1 WordPress dominates the internet

 

This chapter covers

  • Why WordPress powers the majority of today’s websites
  • How this book’s approach—harnessing the power of artificial intelligence--takes any website to a higher level
  • The 12 common challenges faced by website builders

If you’re just starting out with WordPress, you’ve got the right book! You probably should read the book from start to finish so you can build a first-rate site.

If you’re a WordPress expert, you can still find here plenty of tips and solutions you didn't know about. You can treat it as a reference book—skip around and discover many ways to polish and improve your website.

But whatever your level of WordPress expertise, this book will show you dozens of ways to employ the powerful new tools that artificial intelligence (AI) gives us. You can be sure that your most successful competitors are now using AI, so don’t be left behind. AI can make a good site great.

This first chapter offers an overview of WordPress, and explains why many competing CMS (content management systems) have fallen by the wayside over the years. WordPress enjoys 65% market share! The closest runner-up, Joomla, has only 4.6%. There are several good reasons for this amazing gap.

This chapter also shows you how to use AI to take your site to the next level. How AI can assist you in multiple ways, and how to write effective prompts to get the best results. Finally, you’ll see how to overcome the major challenges faced by any WordPress site builder.

1.1 Why WordPress wins

 
 
 

1.2 What WordPress offers

 
 
 

1.3          Why use artificial intelligence

 
 
 
 

1.3.1 AI produces quality results (when used properly)

 

1.3.2 Mastering prompt writing

 
 
 
 

1.3.3 Generate your own HTML

 
 

1.4 How to succeed with WordPress

 
 

1.5 Managing the setup process

 

1.6 Pre-planning

 
 
 

1.7 Setting up the site structure

 

1.8 Writing in a conversational style

 
 
 

1.9 Choosing the right plugins

 
 
 
 

1.10 Selecting the best theme

 
 

1.11 Customizing your theme

 

1.12 Fine-tuning design the easy way

 

1.13 Managing media

 

1.14 Setting up a blog page

 
 

1.15 Making money

 
 
 

1.16 Optimizing your rank in search engines

 
 

1.17 Using analytics to build your audience

 
 
 
 

1.18 Exploring the Gutenberg editor

 
 
 

1.19 Summary

 
 
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