WordPress Interview Questions – Set 01

Which is considered more secured wordpress.com or wordpress.org?

WordPress.com is relatively more secure than wordpress.org because they limit the themes and does not allow plugin’s installation. However, security depends on the hosting company of your website and also what steps they are taking to prevent the security problems.

How will you select a WordPress theme?

WordPress theme should complement your site. It can be either free or paid. An ideal theme should have qualities like simple, responsive, supports plugins, SEO friendly.

Which licensing authority is responsible for WordPress?

WordPress is licensed under GPLv2 (GNU General Public License) which makes it free and open-source software. Each copy of WordPress has a licensed copy with it.

How can you edit a WordPress comment?

You can edit WordPress comment using the dashboard. From the panel, under the Comments option, select edit to edit a comment.

Explain the difference between WordPress Themes and Plugins.

A theme is an external effect of a website’s presentation and designing. Whereas, a plugin is an interior effect which adds or remove some functions to a site.

You can customize some functionality in themes instead of installing the plugin, but plugins can’t replace themes.

How many tables are there in WordPress by default?

At present version, there are about 11 tables in WordPress by default. You can check the number of tables in WordPress by phpMyAdmin.

  • wp_commentmeta
  • wp_comments
  • wp_links
  • wp_options
  • wp_postmeta
  • wp_posts
  • wp_terms
  • wp_term_relationships
  • wp_term_taxonomy
  • wp_usermeta
  • wp_users

Note: The number of tables may be changed with successive releases.

Explain Categories in WordPress.

Categories allow a user to divide its content into different sections. Different topics publishing on a single website can be divided into different groups. It tells a reader what a post is about and they can easily find their content from a lot.

What are meta-tags in WordPress?

Meta-tags are keyword and description used to display website or page information.

Explain the components shown on the Home screen of WordPress.

  • Dashboard menu: This component of home screen provides the navigation menu options for posts, media library, pages, and comments on the left side of the screen.
  • Screen options: This component of the home screen display different types of widgets which can be shown or hidden on some screen. This component also contains the checkboxes to show or hide different screen options and also allow to customize sections on the admin screen.
  • Welcome: This component of the home page help us to customize WordPress theme by clicking on the customize your site button. Also, the center column provides some of the useful links such as creating a page and view the front end of your web page, creating a blog post. Moreover, the last column contains links to the menus, widgets, settings related to comments.
  • Quick Draft: This component of the home screen includes a mini post editor which is used to write, save, and publish the post from the admin dashboard. This include title of the draft followed by some notes about the draft and save it as a draft.
  • WordPress news: This component of home screen displays the latest news regarding the latest software update of WordPress.
  • Activity: This component of the home screen shows the latest comments, recent posts published. It also allows you to reply, edit, delete, approve, or disapprove the comments. You can also move comments to spam.
    At a Glance: This component of home screen displays an overview of your blog?s posts, number of published posts and pages, and number of comments.

Explain posts in WordPress.

Posts allow you to write a blog and post it on your site. They are listed in reverse chronological order on the front page of your blog.