Archives: Glossary

BuddyPress is a plugin that allows you to transform a WordPress installation into a social network.

On the web, cache – pronounced ”cash” – is temporarily stored data used to speed up the load times of web pages.

Categories is one of two included taxonomies in WordPress, and it is used to sort posts by subject.

A child theme is a WordPress theme that inherits styling and functionality from another theme installed on your WordPress site.

chmod is a Linux/Unix shell command which is used to change permissions of files and directories.

The post editor, also known as the Classic Editor, is the tool used to write content in WordPress versions older than WordPress 5.0.

Comments give your users the ability to communicate with you and other visitors on your website.

A content management system is a system through which you create, manage and publish digital content.

Contributor is one of the default user roles in WordPress, and one of the least capable ones.

A cookie is a small, text-based data file that a website can ask to store in a visitors computer.