First met in lwp-elementor-s01 · Vibe-coding platforms · Backend, hosting & code
The free CMS under a third of the web: turns a folder of site files into manageable media, posts, pages, plugins and themes.
You want ownership, the plugin ecosystem, and portability across hosts — the LWP stack's foundation.
Biggest CMS in the world; free software installed on any hosting
Posts/comments heritage explains its architecture (born as self-publishing freedom)
Custom post types make it a general content database, not just a blog
Manages media, posts, pages, menus, users, plugins, themes over raw site files
Hosts the theme system Elementor Pro overrides
Isn't wordpress.com — the commercial host that resells it with plugin limits (LWP's explicit do-not-buy)
The layer between hosting (files) and Elementor (editing) in the LWP model.
Vibe-coding platforms · Backend, hosting & code
Paul runs WordPress properties (LWP course context).
current
elementor: Elementor is a WP plugin
hostinger: where the files live
| Session | Coverage | Moment | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|
| Section 1: Orientation — What Elementor Really Is (and What It Sits On) | demonstrated | CMS anatomy, media/posts/pages/menus/settings tour, theme switching | |
| Section 2: Dynamic Content — Post Types, Fields, and the Whole Template System | demonstrated | Classic vs Gutenberg editors, menus, reading/permalink settings, screen options | |
| Section 4: The Design System — Figma Export, Clean WordPress, and the Class System | demonstrated | The full settings pass: plugins, themes, general/reading/media/permalinks, Customizer CSS | |
| Section 5: The Building Workflow — Starter Template, Build Order, and Delivery | demonstrated | Users/roles, password change, migration import/export, plugin ecosystem navigation | |
| Section 6: Possibilities You Should Know — the Capability Catalog | demonstrated | Menus screen, media library file URLs, users/roles context | |
| Section 7+8: Speed, Security, and Fleet Management — plus the Course Close | demonstrated | Plugin audit, last-updated checks, the three-CPT-plugin confession | |
| Chapter 1: The Mindset — Figma Is a Sandbox, and Your Brain Is the Obstacle | explained | 'Page builders on WordPress are more advanced than most other platforms' — with the wordpress.com do-not-buy warning | |
| Chapter 3: The Workflow — Four Steps, Four Agreement Rounds, No Going Back | mentioned | With Webflow and Wix: where the design goes next, and where responsive decisions are made | |
| Section 3: The Container — Layout, Wrapping Math, and Custom Positioning | mentioned | Admin bar fakes hero overflow — incognito checks | |
| AI Sprint: The Open Source Playbook — Day 1 (Licenses, Open Weights, and Why Open Isn't Free) | mentioned | Named among the everyone-already-uses-open-source examples |