WP tutorials are great when you know what you're looking for.
If you just want to understand how WP works, then set up a WAMP or LAMP environment on your local computer, download WP, ββinstall it, and then start looking at the code to find out what it does. If you understand PHP and MySQL, then this will be an easy way to find out.
I find it best to download some free templates and see how they are created. This will give you the opportunity to understand how to configure some aspects of WP.
After you formulate specific questions by looking at the code and playing with it, you can use the tutorials for a better understanding.
Hope this helps.
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