Archives: Glossary

DNS or Domain Name System is a system that points a domain name to physical IP address.

A domain name is a string of characters that identify a resource on the Internet, like a website or service.

Draft is one of the post statuses included in WordPress. Post statuses are used to set the visibility of posts on a website.

E-commerce is the activity of buying and selling goods and services on the web.

Editor is one of the default user roles in WordPress, and like the name implies, its capabilities are geared for users with editorial oversight.

An excerpt is a short, hand-written summary of a post on your website.

On the Export page in the WordPress admin, you can create a file with your content that can be imported to a different WordPress site.

The featured image field allow you to select a primary image for posts, pages and/or other types of content on the site.

When talking about feeds in WordPress, the word usually refers to RSS feeds – lists with the most recent updates on your website

File inclusion vulnerabilities allow an attacker to read (and sometimes execute) files on the WordPress website, gain unauthorized access to sensitive information and inject malicious files through the “include” functionality.