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A. Log in to the WordPress platform.
B. From the left menu, select Appearance and then Themes.
C. Click on "Add new theme."
D. The next screen will display the promoted themes. The tabs in the horizontal menu allow you to choose or filter theme categories, from the most popular to the most recent.
E. After selecting the theme or uploading it, click on the "Install" button displayed above the theme.
F. After the "Successfully Installed" message appears, select "Activate," and you can start customizing the appearance of the new theme.

A. Log in to the WordPress control panel.
B. Choose "Apperance" from the vertical menu on the left. After the next options are displayed, select "Editor".
C. You will arrive at the main editing page for the php and css files of the theme used. Look for the "Sidebar" function in the right menu and click on it.
D. The sidebar.php file will be opened in the editor. There you will see the php code that determines how the sidebar looks and behaves. From here, you have the option to include navigation links in the Sidebar menu to sections, Pages, Categories, or Archives. Add the following code to the sidebar.php file, depending on the functionality you desire.

Pages
<?php wp_list_pages('title_li=<h2>Pages</h2>'); ?>

Categories
<?php _e('Categories:'); ?> <ul> <?php wp_list_cats(); ?>

Archives
<?php _e('Archives:'); ?> <ul> <?php wp_get_archives('type=monthly'); ?></ul>

E. After you have inserted the code, click on "Update File" to save this update. Then, go to your website to check the extra navigation links added. You can customize their formatting from this menu by adding custom CSS code to the style.css file.

A. Log in to the WordPress dashboard
B. From the left menu, under Appearance, choose Editor.
C. Click on the Footer link that appears, which will take you to the footer.php file.
D. You will find the code that displays the footer at the bottom of this text (usually, a message like Proudly powered by....).
E. Delete the default message here and replace it with your own message, following the example below:
<p>Copyright © 2024, SITE NAME | by Jon Doe</p>

A. Log in to the WordPress dashboard.
B. In the menu on the left, choose Settings, and from the submenu that appears, select General.
C. In the window, you will see the options for Site Title and Site Tagline. Enter the new name and description of your site here.
D. Finally, select Save changes and check directly on your website how it looks.

Resetting permalinks is usually done after migrating a WordPress site or as a way to address 404 errors that occur. The procedure involves redesigning the link structure in your WordPress site.

1. Log in to your WordPress dashboard.
2. In the left menu, select Settings and then Permalinks, which will open the Permalinks Settings page.
3. Here you will see the current settings, which can be Plain, Day and name, Month and name, Numeric, Post name, or Custom Structure. If you are using a custom structure, you may want to copy it locally at this time, in case you want to revert to it in the future.
4. Choose the permalink structure that seems most appropriate to you and select Save Changes. A message "Permalink structure updated" will confirm the success of the operation. Check in your browser how the links on your site look now. If you do not see the changes made, try clearing your browser's cache.

Automatic updates are an important feature in WordPress that allows your platform to always stay up-to-date with security and compatibility updates. It is ideal for beginner users to keep automatic updates enabled.

Enabling automatic updates
1. Log in to your cPanel account.
2. Open the File Manager menu and navigate to the WordPress installation files, where you will find the wp-config.php file.
3. Look for the line that says define( 'AUTOMATIC_UPDATER_DISABLED', true );
4. Once you have identified the line of code, delete it from the wp-config.php file.
5. Finally, choose Save to save the changes.

Disabling automatic updates
WARNING: This procedure is recommended only for experienced users.
1. Log in to your cPanel account.
2. Open the File Manager menu and navigate to the WordPress installation files, where you will find the wp-config.php file.
3. Once you have found the file, you will need to use the editing functions in this window to disable automatic updates. Insert the following line of code after the first "define" lines in this file, just above the line of Unique Authentication Keys and Salts.
define( 'AUTOMATIC_UPDATER_DISABLED', true );
4. Finally, select the Save option.