
Build your own WordPress blog from scratch using the Disney theme, and learn setup, security, backups, and a smooth publishing workflow. Master SEO basics and monetization to grow organic readers.
Compare hosting options like shared hosting and WordPress hosting, install WordPress with a simple dashboard, create a database, and connect your bought domain to your hosting to launch your blog.
Set up the foundation of your WordPress blog by configuring general settings (site title, tagline, language, timezone), reading and permalink options, privacy, and search engine visibility during development.
Set up your WordPress site's identity by using the customize interface to set the title, tagline, and a custom favicon and logo (512×512), then publish to apply changes.
Build a global footer in Divi using the theme builder, adding an image, social buttons with links, and responsive styling for padding, colors, borders, and a divider across all pages.
Set up the Coil WordPress plugin to monetize your Divi site by configuring the payment pointer, enabling monetization on all content, and exploring optional paywalls.
Hello and welcome to my class, where I teach you how to build a WordPress blog with the popular Divi theme and how to easily manage and publish new blog posts regularly!
My name is Benny and over the past few years, I have learned and mastered the process of setting up simple yet versatile WordPress websites and blogs, learning everything from scratch and on my own.
I started out without even knowing how to buy a domain, but eventually I was able to figure it all out.
Today, I can claim for myself that I have created a very well and refined process of setting up a simple, secure, SEO optimized, and customizable WordPress blog, that is easy to follow.
And that is precisely why I have created this class — so that you can learn from my experience to make progress faster and to avoid mistakes that I have made before.
You won't regret it!
This course is for you, if:
you want to learn how to create a WordPress blog to publish articles regularly,
you want to learn everything from scratch, including how to buy a domain, to find a web-hosting provider etc.,
you want to learn how to protect a WordPress blog from getting hacked and how to have a backup & restore safety measure in place, if something bad happens,
you want to learn how to set up WordPress properly with a child theme to get started with a solid foundation,
you want to learn how to set up the Divi theme and to understand its basics, allowing you to customize the design of your blog according to your own needs and wishes,
you want to learn about the basic SEO best practices to make your blog easily readable for Google and other search engines,
you want to learn how to monetize your blog with Web Monetization & Coil.
This course is not for you, if:
you want to learn in-depth details about using HTML & CSS code to design a WordPress website,
you want to learn all the in-depth functionalities of the Divi theme,
you want to learn how to develop a WordPress blog locally on your computer and migrating it to a web-hosting provider after.
Looking forward to see you in the course!