Archives: Glossary

In WordPress, the word “Author” refers both to the creator of content and to a user role.

Automattic is the company behind WordPress services like WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Akismet and Jetpack.

Autosave is a feature in WordPress which automatically saves changes made to a post, page, or custom post type.

An avatar is an image associated with a person. In WordPress, it’s often displayed in connection to WordPress users or comment authors.

In WordPress, the term “back-end” is usually used as a synonym to the administration panel.

bbPress is a plugin that adds forum management to your WordPress website.

In Gutenberg, the new WordPress post editing experience, a block is a piece of content in the post editor.

The Block Editor, formerly known as Gutenberg, is the name of the new post editing experience released in WordPress 5.0.

A blog is a list of posts arranged in reverse chronological order, with the most recent post first and the oldest one last.

Breadcrumbs are a type of navigational element that displays the hierarchy of the current web page.