When we were kids our parents sent us to schools to learn and teachers gave us books to read. By this we can come to a conclusion that, we learn a lot from books. There are books for every subject in this universe. From alphabets to sentences and Earth to Pluto there are millions of books. Likewise, there are books on WordPress for us to learn about blogging, coding and designing websites on WordPress. We generally refer to these books as WordPress Books. Experienced developers write books for other developers and bloggers to learn from them and there are lots of books to get started with WordPress. We can find WordPress Books in traditional form of paper books in libraries and also in the form of modern day e-books. It’s most likely that you will buy the books online and Amazon.com is the place you want to go.
April Hodge Silver has written a book titled “WordPress 3 Complete”. I believe it is the best WordPress Book for beginners. WordPress 3 Complete has step by step tutorials along with screenshots and examples for everyone to easily learn about WordPress. This book has all the things you need from basic contents to advanced contents. And if you have a basic knowledge of HTML coding, PHP coding and WordPress, I suggest you to read WordPress 3 Cookbook by Nick Ohrn & Lee Jordan. This book has step by step instructions to solve a particular problem or do a particular thing with WordPress. “WordPress for Dummies” is also a great book for beginners and semi-pros. This WordPress Book has everything you need to do cool stuffs with WordPress.
If you already know how to do things with WordPress but want to learn more try reading “Professional WordPress: Design and Development”. This book is written by experienced developers Brad Williams, David Damstra and Hal Stern. Professional WordPress: Design and Development will not go through the basics about WordPress; this book contains mostly advanced contents for web designers and developers. This book has chapters on JavaScript, HTML5 and extensions etc. This WordPress Book will teach you about the overall WordPress system and how to customize WordPress with plugins and themes.
To assist professional web developers there is a book titled “WordPress for Web Developers”. This book contains chapters on server administration, domain mapping, importing, migrating and security. For developers with knowledge of PHP will be able to learn about developing custom themes and plugins. Overall it’s the best books if you want to learn advanced functions of WordPress. WordPress for Web Developers is written by Stephanie Leary.
If you have basic knowledge of PHP and HTML and you wish to develop your own custom plugins, “WordPress 3 Plugin Development Essential” is your book. This WordPress book will walk you through the entire process to build and design your very own plugin. You will also get tips on how to publish your plugin to public. Brian Bondari and Everet Griffiths co-wrote this book.
If you want more visitors and make them spend at your site then you should read “Internet Marketing with WordPress”. This book will help you with tips on how to get more customers who are likely to pay. If you want to start a business blog for your company and you don’t know what to do? Then “WordPress 3 for Business” will assist you in your quest. If you’re looking for tips on crating powerful and professional themes then ”WordPress 3.2 Theme Design: Beginner’s Guide” is for you. For web security and stuffs related to that you can go through “WordPress 3 Ultimate Security”. SEO related help can be provided by “WordPress 3 Search Engine Optimization.
There are lots of other good WordPress Books that you can find online. There are books that handle only some sectors of WordPress and other, which goes the whole nine yards. Every book is useful in one way or another. If you want to be a successful blogger, web developer or a web designer then you should at least read for an hour each day. To succeed, always be hungry for more knowledge.
