WordPress Tutorials
Here is a collection of all of the WordPress tutorials ever posted on Theme Lab, starting from the very beginning.
How to install the latest version of WordPress - Learn how to install WordPress manually. Goes over uploading the files, setting up the database, and installing.
How to install a WordPress theme - Learn how to install a WordPress theme from start to finish.
What exactly is a widget-ready WordPress theme? - Learn all about what widget-ready WordPress themes are, and how to use widgets to customize the look of your WordPress blog.
How to install a WordPress plugin - Learn what WordPress plugins are, what they can do to improve your WordPress blog functionality, and how to install one.
Is it time to move to a self-hosted WordPress? - Learn how to move away from Blogger and host your own WordPress blog on a domain name, while keeping your old blog posts URLs in tact with redirects.
OneClick Installer for WordPress - Learn how to use OneClick installer to quickly install WordPress themes and plugins without uploading via FTP.
How to set up pretty permalinks in WordPress - Learn how to use pretty permalinks and SEO-friendly URLs with WordPress with this tutorial.
Displaying Adsense and other ads with WordPress - Learn several methods of including advertisements within your WordPress site, including use of plugins and manual insertion of code.
Using Akismet to fight comment and trackback spam - Learn how to use Akismet to fight comment and trackback spam on WordPress blogs
Contact form plugins for WordPress - This guide will go over a couple quality contact form plugins to use on your WordPress site, cforms II and WP-ContactForm Akismet Edition.
Optimizing WordPress for Search Engines - Learn how to optimize your WordPress blog for the search engines with plugins such as All in One SEO Pack and Google Sitemaps.
Social Bookmarking with WordPress - This guide will teach you how to add social bookmarking icons to your WordPress blogs using plugins such as Sociable and ShareThis.
Put your dormant domains to use with WordPress - This guide will teach you how to maximize the revenue potential of your unused domain names by developing automated WordPress sites.
The Ultimate Guide to the WordPress Loop - This guide will teach you everything you need to know about the Loop, including the basic flow, template tags used within the loop, and what to do after.
The Importance of Backing Up Your WordPress Site - This guide will teach you how to backup your WordPress site through manual methods, or with the use of plugins.
How to make WordPress themes writable - If you cannot already, learn how to make your WordPress themes writable by altering template file permissions via an FTP client or in cPanel.
The Ultimate Guide to WordPress Conditional Tags - Learn all about WordPress conditional tags with this in-depth guide. Features the concepts along with real examples to help you understand.
See How Easy It Is To Widgetize WordPress Themes - This guide goes over step by step on how to widgetize your WordPress themes. Includes several code examples and explanations on making a theme widget-ready.
5 Quick Ways to Fix Up Your WordPress Theme - This guide goes over 5 quick things to do to fix up your WordPress theme. Goes over header and footer hooks, pingback URLs, feed recognition, and more.
How to Add WordPress Tag Support To Your Theme - Learn how to add tag support to your WordPress theme, if you do not have it already. Has example code and screenshots to easily follow along.
Upgrading WordPress Is Easier Than You Think - In this guide you will go over how to properly upgrade WordPress by overwriting core files and upgrading the database - if necessary.
You Don’t Need a Blog On Your Front Page - You will learn how to have a static homepage on your WordPress site as well as keeping a blog on a separate page - if you want one.
How To Make a WordPress Privacy Policy - Learn how to generate an Adsense-compliant privacy policy page in just a few clicks with a WordPress plugin.
Easily Add Videos to Your WordPress Blogs - Learn how to easily add videos, including YouTube videos, to your WordPress posts and pages with 2 easy to use plugins: FLV Embed and Vipers Quicktags
Make a Sitemap Page For Your WordPress Blog - Learn how to make a static sitemap for your WordPress site with the use of free WordPress plugins.
Add Gravatar Support to Your WordPress Comments - In this guide you will learn how exactly to add Gravatar support to your WordPress 2.5 themes: where to put them, how to measure them, and how to style them.
Is your uploader broken in WordPress 2.5? - If your uploader is broken in WordPress 2.5, read this article. It goes over how to fix these issues through the use of plugins and an .htaccess hack.
How To Get Rid of the WordPress Visual Editor - Learn how to get rid of the default WordPress visual editor by manually disabling it, or using plugins such as FCKeditor or TinyMCE advanced.
Display Inline Ads With Custom Fields and WordPress - Learn how to dynamically display inline ads in specific WordPress blog posts, of varying sizes. All using custom fields.
Use FeedBurner to Manage Your WordPress Feeds - This guide goes over how to sign up to FeedBurner, redirect your WordPress feed URLs to it, and offers recommended FeedBurner services.
Reset Your WordPress Password via phpMyAdmin - If you have forgotten your WordPress password and have no other means of resetting it, learn how to reset your WordPress password via phpMyAdmin.
Dipslaying Code In WordPress Posts - Learn how to display code in your WordPress posts through the use of the WP CodeShield or SyntaxHighlighter Plus plugins.
How To Add PollDaddy Polls On WordPress Blogs - Learn how to set up PollDaddy polls on WordPress blogs, with freely available integration plugins.
Add a Widgetized Footer to Your WordPress Theme - Learn how to add a widgetized footer to almost any WordPress theme. Goes over the HTML, CSS, and WordPress code needed.
How to Create a Comments Central Page Template in WordPress - Learn how to create a custom WordPress page template to showcase your most loyal blog commenters.
Useful Alternatives to the Dreaded Monthly Archive Links - Lists useful alternative to monthly archive links in WordPress, such as popular post links, and others.
Dissecting Astatic – Thematic Child Theme Tutorial - This tutorial goes over the basics of creating a Thematic child theme, including removing and overriding functions.
Guide to Styling the WP-PageNavi WordPress Plugin - This tutorial goes over how to style the WP-PageNavi WordPress plugin with CSS.
How To Create a Searchable Tweet Archive with WordPress - Learn how to create a searchable archive of your tweets all completely contained by your own WordPress installation.









