Build a Business Website with WordPress

Create your own website with no prior technical knowledge

Created byNarayan Kumar

Last updated 8/2025

English

What you'll learn

Learn to build a business website from start to finish without coding
Build an aesthetic, full-featured website even if you're not a designer
Learn the ins and outs of WordPress, the world's leading web building tool
Learn to build inside your own computer first and then transfer finished site to the web

Course content

3 sections • 24 lectures • 5h 18m total length

Overview of the Learn WordPress Course3:56
Understand how the course is structured—its three modules of fundamentals, a hands-on build and post-production
Introduction: Why WordPress makes sense for a business website16:56
WordPress is the world’s most popular CMS. WordPress is free, flexible and responsive. It builds static, dynamic and hybrid websites. WordPress can build a variety of websites for virtually any kind of business including e-commerce sites. Best of all, you don't need any specialist, technical background knowledge to begin building with WordPress.
Understand other alternatives and how WordPress scores better7:28
We explore these important ideas for a business website: Using social media for business is not a substitute for a proper website. Template sites like Wix and Squarespace may be suitable for some businesses but not for all. A WordPress site gives you ownership, is truly free and flexible to match your needs.
Two versions of WordPress10:59
WordPress comes in two flavours - the .com version and the .org version. We use the .org version after understanding why. Again, there are two ways to install WordPress - one on a web host like GoDaddy and the other on your own computer. We install it on your computer to learn the software without spending money. Plus a brief intro to plugins and themes at the heart of WordPress
What are we building in this course?10:14
In the main section of this course we build a website for an imaginary, family-run pharmaceutical firm. We examine the reasons for this choice of website. We build 5 commonly used pages of a typical website. Also, we discuss the ideal way for you to approach this course. And I provide the sample content to build the small business, pharma website.
A preview of the final pharma site8:31
Here's a look, page by page, at the final website we build in the course. Each page is shown and discussed for its features we aim to create.

How to install WordPress on your computer13:10
To install WordPress on your computer you need to download a special piece of software called Local by Flywheel. Follow instructions to install WordPress. Make the site secure with an SSL certificate. Tweak a couple of more settings in the Settings page at the backend of the WordPress site. You now have a working WordPress site on your computer, although it is currently totally empty..
Cleaning up the site and installing the first plugin9:59
We learn how to clean up the dashboard by eliminating distractions. We make further tweaks on the Settings page. We install our first plugin after learning to evaluate what makes for a great plugin.
One more plugin, a theme and a template12:30
We learn how to learn an important ‘page builder’ plugin called Elementor, a hugely popular plugin in the WordPress world. We install the Astra theme and figure out how to use the Starter Templates plugin we installed in the previous lesson.
Building the first page of the website - Part 111:34
NOTE: Extract the aboutpage.zip in the Resources. Everything you need for building the About page is here. Follow instructions in the video to use them.
We review the roles of Elementor, Astra and Starter Templates first. We use the Pharma template to build the About page. We discuss the client’s brief for the About page and finish the masthead of the About page to our satisfaction.
Building the first page of the website - Part 224:31
NOTE: Extract the aboutpage.zip in the Resources. Everything you need for building the About page is here. Follow instructions in the video to use them.
We finish the About page in this lesson while learning many aspects of WordPress usage. Like text placements, image placements, creating sections, deleting sections and how to work with royalty-free images. By the end of the lesson our first page is now complete!
Global settings - logo, header and footer14:58
NOTE: Extract the global.zip in the Resources. Everything you need for this chapter is here. Follow instructions in the video. Global settings affect the entire site, not a particular page. We fix them here for our site in this lesson. We use the Astra theme to help us place the logo that displays throughout the site. We learn how to change footer blocks with Astra and Elementor. And we change a menu item in the main menu using WordPress itself.
Building the Products page18:57
NOTE: Extract the productspage.zip in the Resources. Everything you need for this chapter is here. Follow instructions in the video.
Here we understand the client’s brief on their products, plan the sections of the page and edit the template page to make it into our very own products page.
Building the Contact page and Main Menu12:55
NOTE: Extract the contactpage.zip in the Resources. Everything you need for this chapter is here. Follow instructions in the video.
We built the Contact page by editing a template page and filling in our own details. We built a contact form using the WP-Forms plugin. We also edited the Main Menu using the Astra theme.
How to create blog posts in WordPress17:54
NOTE: Extract the blogpage.zip in the Resources. Everything you need for this chapter is here. Follow instructions in the video.
We learn the difference between a blog post and a blog page. In this lesson we write out a single blog post complete with text, an image and category. Once we have a set of individual posts, we are then ready to build out a blog page.
How to create a blog page10:34
Now that we have created some blog posts, we can display short excerpts from them on a single page called the blog page. The blog page allows visitors to see the various posts on the site in one go and decide which one to choose to read further. We learn how to create the blog page in WordPress.
How to build the Home page - Part 111:50
NOTE: Extract the homepage.zip in the Resources. Everything you need for this chapter is here. Follow instructions in the video.
We learn how to build the home page with its various sections, including links to the inside pages of the site. We analyse the client brief, create the masthead and the company legacy section just underneath the masthead section.
How to build the Home page - Part 215:14
NOTE: Extract the homepage.zip in the Resources. Everything you need for this chapter is here. Follow instructions in the video.
We complete the remaining sections of the home page, which completes the building of all the pages of the site. In the process, we learn how to delete an unwanted section, create a new section and edit existing sections from the template.
Finishing touches to the website18:53
NOTE: Download the imageopt.jpg in the Resources. Follow instructions in the video to optimise the image.
We learn how to optimise images for the web. We add an appointments handling plugin and a legal page called a Privacy Policy page. The site is now well and truly complete.

How to make revisions to a finished website17:20
NOTE: Extract the header-footer.zip in the Resources to find the favicon.png file. Follow instructions in the video.
Once a website is finished, there are always corrections from the client. We learn to how to replace images and text and other changes.
More revisions12:14
We get some practice in changing around the footer blocks as also opening out the comments section of the blog posts. These are the kind of changes that happen on client sites in real life.
How to add 3 plugins for safety, speed and backing up12:25
We learn to add 3 secure plugins to the website after all the content revisions are over. The plugins protect the site against malware attacks, increase loading speed and provide for periodic backups of the whole site.
Taking the local site online10:06
It’s time now to take the fully finished website online onto a web hosting company of your choice.
Final steps14:53

Requirements

No programming or coding skills needed. No design skills needed. All you need is a PC or Mac computer and an internet connection. (No phones please.)

Description

Even with so many web building technologies out there, WordPress accounts for 45 per cent of websites. It is popular because it's free, full-featured and regularly updated to keep it relevant. In this Build a Business Website with WordPress course, you learn how to use WordPress to build a solid business website for yourself or for a client or a third party.

You learn everything from scratch in a workshop-like, step-by-step format, page by page, click by click. No prior technical knowledge is required. You get to build a 5-page, full fledged business website including a contact page and a blog, complete with visual layout, typography and images.

The author believes anyone who has made a PowerPoint presentation or a Word document can easily learn to build a professional looking website with WordPress. I start from the basics and and end with giving you the know-how to adapt the website to suit your own business needs, using your custom colours, typefaces and features.

This course is well suited for people who don't wish to pay expensive designer fees for their own small business website. It's also a perfect, practical introduction course for people to learn WordPress both for their own needs and also for building websites for others.

Who this course is for:

Students of any age who wish to build a full fledged website for business
Copywriters/designers who wish to add website creation to their skillset
Consultants, coaches and small business owners who don't wish to hire expensive web designers
Freelancers/content writers who'd like to expand their service offerings

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Fundamentals Module6 lectures • 58min

Hands-on Module13 lectures • 3hr 13min

Post-production Module5 lectures • 1hr 7min

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