Title: Information About WordPress
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Information About WordPress

 *  [riteshbanerjee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/riteshbanerjee/)
 * (@riteshbanerjee)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-basics/)
 * Hi,
 * I am new to WordPress and have a question about it. Is it necessary to learn 
   HTML before we start learning WordPress? What are the best sources to learn WordPress
   and generally how much time does it take to learn? I can devote 1 to 2 hours 
   in a day..

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 *  [Dan Jones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danners2003/)
 * (@danners2003)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-basics/#post-4081982)
 * Hiya,
 * Not really. It depends what you want. People create themes that do most of the
   work for you and most people use WP without any HTML/CSS.
 * However if you can learn basic CSS I think it will help you on your way for the
   look of your site.
 * You will be surprised how many plugins there are for everything
 *  [Sean Cull](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seanreloaded/)
 * (@seanreloaded)
 * Automattic Happiness Engineer
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-basics/#post-4082050)
 * danners2003 is right, it depends how much you want to tinker with it.
 * For example, there are many free WordPress themes available to you once you have
   WordPress installed. And you will probably find a few that you like. But what
   if you want to change the theme a bit? Maybe change a few colors, or a font or
   two. With a little bit of learning, small changes like that can be accomplished
   in a few minutes.
 * Personally, I would recommend learning the basics of HTML and CSS. There are 
   several free tutorials on the web for this. (Like codeacademy.com, for example)
   Within a few hours of learning and tinkering, you will know the basics and be
   that much more prepared if/when you want to further customize your WordPress 
   site. I said “if/when”, but it will probably be “when”. Tinkering with your own
   site can be kind of addictive, and fun. It’s how a lot of us first got into WordPress,
   then eventually used it professionally in our jobs 🙂
 * Take care!
 * -Sean
 *  Thread Starter [riteshbanerjee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/riteshbanerjee/)
 * (@riteshbanerjee)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-basics/#post-4082174)
 * [@danners2003](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danners2003/)…Thank You so
   much for your suggestion..It is really helpful…
 *  Thread Starter [riteshbanerjee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/riteshbanerjee/)
 * (@riteshbanerjee)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-basics/#post-4082175)
 * [@sean](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sean/) Cull…I was looking for a practical
   example very similar to what you explained…Thanks a lot for explaining the things
   so beautifully..Wish you all success…!!

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