We maintain an archive of our older free WordPress User Guides for download. These are kept for historic reasons as well as to allow users of older installs (sometimes found on intranets in particular) to be able to understand what the differences are.
WordPress 2.6 User Guide
WordPress 2.6 Manuel d’utilisation en Francais
WordPress 2.7 User Guide
WordPress 2.9 User Guide
WordPress 3.0 User Guide
WordPress 3.1 User Guide
WordPress 3.2 User Guide
WordPress 3.3 User Guide
WordPress 3.4 User Guide
Older Versions Changelog:
The 3.4 version changes include the following:
- Updated for WordPress 3.4
- New typography and styling
- Various copy improvements
- Theme Customiser added
The 3.3 version changes include the following:
- Updated for WordPress 3.3
- New screenshots
- Images edited for improved visibility
- Various copy improvements
- Addition of plugin list
- Addition of theme provider list
- Addition of WordPress As A Service Section
The 3.2 version changes include the following:
- Updated for WordPress 3.2
- All new screenshots
- Fully editable image notes for easier translations
- Improved and clarified copy in many locations
- Clarity improvements
- pdf versions now have document tags for easier navigation
- Improved image quality in all versions
The 3.1 version added the following:
- Updated for WordPress 3.1
- Admin Bar instructions added
- Internal Linking functionality
- Edited links, etc, to reflect market changes
- Various typos corrected, small edits made to older content
The 3.0 version added the following:
- Updated for WordPress 3.0
- Menu builder instructions
- Custom header and background instructions
- oEmbed (embedding of videos) covered
- Various typos corrected, small edits made to older content
