What this book covers

Chapter 1, Migrating a Static Site to WordPress, explains how to move an existing site to WordPress and import content from your old site to your new WordPress site.

Chapter 2, Creating a Social Media Site, shows how to use BuddyPress to create a networking site for a community of users.

Chapter 3, Creating a Network of Sites, shows how to create a WordPress Multisite network that will allow users to create their own blog, such as https://wordpress.com/ or http://edublogs.org/.

Chapter 4, Creating an E-commerce Site, explains how to use the free WooCommerce plugin to create an e-commerce site and add real and virtual products to it for sale.

Chapter 5, Creating a Video Streaming Site, shows how to use WordPress to set up and manage a video streaming site, which automatically updates from your own YouTube channel.

Chapter 6, Creating a Review Site, explains how to create a WordPress site that lets users post reviews on products or services.

Chapter 7, Creating a Jobs Board, shows how to use WordPress to create a jobs board so that users can post job advertisements and apply for jobs.

Chapter 8, Creating a Team Communications Site, shows you how to use the free P2 theme to create a site for the members of a team to communicate with the team and update each other on the progress of a project.

Chapter 9, Creating a Gallery Site, explains how to build a WordPress site using a suitable theme and the popular NextGEN Gallery plugin to display images.

Chapter 10, Creating a Membership Site, shows how to create a site that allows users to register as members and view content, which only the registered members have access to.