30+ Useful WordPress Tutorials
WordPress is a popular, versatile, and easy-to-use blogging platform. The beauty of WordPress lies in its flexibility. You can do loads of great stuff with WordPress (make it behave as a CMS for your blog, for example).
This is a list of 30+ useful WordPress tutorials, which will teach you how to do just about anything with WordPress.
And oh, please bookmark this post on Delicious, to let other people know of these killer tutorials 
1. Create your own private Twitter site using WordPress
A useful tutorial detailing how you can create a private “Twitter” for conversing with colleagues or family, using WordPress.
2. 10 Easy Ways to Secure your WordPress Blog
Blog security is a big issue, and one you should take seriously. These tips can help you make your blog hacker-proof.
3. Wordpress Hack : creating a “dynamic sticky”
Learn how to create a dynamic sticky post. Quite useful.
4. Build a Basic Newspaper style layout with Wordpress and jQuery
5. How to : Make a control panel for your WordPress theme
A control panel for your WordPress theme will make it easier for theme users to configure the theme.
6. Things you should know when displaying pages in Wordpress
Important points about Pages in WordPress.
7. Widgetizing Themes
Widgets allow theme users to drag ‘n’ drop items (in the sidebar for example), without having to edit the code.
8. 10 Useful RSS-Tricks and Hacks For WordPress
9. How to Make a Featured Post Carousel for WordPress
Make a cool looking carousel to display featured content on your blog.
10. Adding Thumbnails to your posts in Wordpress
Utilise the power of custom fields to add thumbnails to posts in WordPress
11. How to Set Up a Killer WordPress Testing Environment Locally
Testing out themes and plugins on a local WordPress install (on your computer) is a major way to save time by not having to have online space to test and develop.
12. Create a Custom WordPress Plugin From Scratch
Wanna learn how to create WordPressp plugins? Start here.
13. Don’t Ignore Your WordPress Footer
14. Multiple Wordpress Page Layouts in One Single Template
15. 10 awesome .htaccess hacks for WordPress
Useful .htaccess hacks to improve your WordPress blog.
16. Hodgepodge of WordPress Tricks [Screencast]
A useful screencast with lots of WordPress tips and tricks.
17. WordPress as a CMS [Screencast]
WordPress is a blogging platform, but it’s good enough to be a CMS.
18. Add a twitter field to your form (Wordpress) [Screencast]
A useful video tutorial describing how you can add a Twitter field to the profile form in the WordPress admin to get users’ Twitter usernames.
19. Setting up a member/user directory in WordPress
20. Import and Export WordPress Data [Video]
An video easy tutorial explaining how to import and export data from your WordPress blog.
21. Styling Individual Posts Using the_ID
22. Creating Posts That Appear Only In RSS
Useful RSS related tutorial.
23. How to Format Images for Feed Readers
Images can mess up the text around them, when the post is viewed in an RSS reader. Learn how to properly format images for RSS readers.
24. 4 Simple Ways To Speed Up WordPress
Simple ways to speed up WordPress, and get things done quickly.
25. Most Desired WordPress Hacks: 11 Common Requests and Fixes
Useful WordPress hacks.
26. Build a Featured Posts Section for WordPress
27. Create an Auto-Stats Page for Advertisers
Don’t want to go through the hassle of updating your “advertise here” page every now and then? Make it automatic!
28. Unraveling the Secrets of WordPress’ Comments.php File
Doing the comments.php file is perhaps the most intimidating part of WordPress theme design. Make it a piece of cake by reading this tutorial.
29. How to Take Full Advantage of Your Post Timestamp in Wordpress
30. The proper way to write code in your blog posts
31. How-to style WordPress author comments
Style author comments in WordPress and make them stand out.
32. Using Sliding Doors with Wordpress Navigation
Really slick tutorial on using cool-looking sliding doors with the navigation on your WordPress blog.
So, do you have any WordPress tutorials that you really like and would like to suggest?
Related posts:
Share!
Awesome list bookmarked.. keep sharing …
What a great list of WP tutorials – as a new blogger this will help me a lot.
Many thanks – and best wishes from Hamburg
Will
Yet another great roundup. I truly love Wordpress and can’t refrain from thinking about what Wordpress have done for blogging.
This is the most useful topic i read today.
My 4 blogs on the same server was down yesterday due to a DDOS attack, i start to know the importance of security.
Thanks!