2.3. Creating and Managing Text-based Content

Now that we’ve covered the background and setup stuff that we need with every WordPress install, we can finally get down to what this is really all about: working with, organizing, and managing content. Content can pragmatically be thought of as any piece of information we’re going to be adding to our website, and commonly describes text, images, videos, and audio files. However, placed within the context of WordPress, most people tend to refer to text throughout a website as content, while images, videos, audio files, PDFs, and the like are categorized as media. By definition it’s all content, but you’ll find people referring to it in different ways. Don’t worry, we’ll cover all of it, beginning with the text-based stuff.

2.3.1. Pages

In WordPress, the most basic and intuitive form of text-based content is a page. Pages are meant to be used for static informational content; that is, content that’s only changed infrequently. If you think about it in terms of the generic small business brochure website, example pages might include About Us, Map and Directions, or Contact Us. In each of these, the content may need occasional adjustments, but it shouldn’t change all that much.