Do I need to know PHP to use WordPress?
No. You should be able to use WordPress through the user interface, without ever having to touch PHP. The only time you would modify your WordPress website with PHP would be when integrating some [...]
How Is WordPress related to other blogging applications?
WordPress was primarily inspired by Noah Grey‘s Greymatter open-source web log and journal software. It is related to b2, sort of a second cousin twice removed. You can use WordPress to [...]
Why Choose WordPress?
One of the principle advantages of WordPress is that you are in control. Unlike remote-hosted scripts such as Blogger and LiveJournal, you host WordPress on your own server. Installation is very [...]
What is WordPress?
WordPress is open source web software that you can install on your web server to create your website, blog, community or network. WordPress started out as a tool for blogging, but has evolved [...]
What is The WordPress Loop?
The Loop is PHP code used by WordPress to display posts. Using The Loop, WordPress processes each post to be displayed on the current page, and formats it according to how it matches specified [...]
I don’t know what all the WordPress terms mean: where can I get help?
The WordPress Codex has a Glossary where you can find definitions of many of the key phrases associated with WordPress.