Completely new to WordPress, some questions

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  nandemoninja · Member · Apr 28, 2016 at 4:27 pm

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  Hi all! I’ve just started using WordPress a week ago and I have a bunch of questions about it. I’ve Googled extensively but I still think that message boards are a good way to get things solved and as such, here I am!

  On to the questions :

  a) Is there a way to remove the /blog from my website or to change it to something else? I’m trying to use my blog as a kind of landing page or portal to other content, and I would like it to not read /blog.

  b) Does choice of theme really make a big difference? There are so many themes that I’m honestly quite bewildered by what to choose at this point. I’m just using the default at the moment and it seems to be working fine for me just now.

  c) Same goes for SEO…there are so many SEO options! What do you all use? I’m using the Yoast plugin but I’m really just searching for something that will allow me to just “plug and play” with SEO until I have more experience with it.

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  chrisrudzki · Member · Apr 28, 2016 at 8:13 pm

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  So, for a little background, WordPress comes in two flavors:

  There’s WordPress.com, which is great for folks who want to build a slick-looking website or blog with minimal fuss. And there’s the self-hosted version, available at WordPress.org, for those who don’t mind doing a little technical work in exchange for total control and extreme customizability.

  You’re using the self-hosted version, so you’ll need to head to the .org forums. There’s also documentation over here.

  Best of luck on your journey! :)