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WordPress for Beginners: Create Your Own WordPress Website

Join our complete WordPress course to easily create a professional Wordpress website: no experience or coding necessary!
Rating: 4.4 out of 54.4 (4,218 ratings)
217,654 students
Created by Phil Ebiner, Video School
Last updated 1/2021
English
English [Auto], Portuguese [Auto], 
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • Build your own beautiful website using WordPress.
  • Design your WordPress website the way you imagine.
  • Host and publish your website in an inexpensive and secure way.
  • Customize your WordPress website for any purpose of yours - whether it's a blog, a portfolio to show off your work, or an e-commerce site to sell your products or services.
  • You will know how to design pages, menus, sidebars, footers, and create a professional and modern website.
  • You will know how to find and install themes.
  • You will know how to find and install plugins.
  • You will know how to back up your WordPress website in case of emergency.
  • You will know how to get your website found by search engines like Google, Bing, and Yahoo.
  • You will know how to set up email opt-in forms throughout your website.
  • You will know how to increase social sharing of your posts and pages with free plugins.
  • You will know how to set up comments and contact pages, while blocking spam.
  • You will know how to speed up your website with caching plugins.
  • You will know how to make your website secure and protected from hackers.
  • You will know how to set up a membership and / or e-commerce site.
  • And if there is anything you don't learn from the course and want to learn, you can always ask the instructor Phil for help!

Requirements

  • You don't need any experience with Wordpress or with building a website.
  • You will need a working computer and a modern browser like Chrome, Firefox, or Safari.
  • You will need internet access to watch the lessons online, or can download them on your computer for playback.
  • You don't need any experience with programming languages like HTML or CSS.
  • You don't need to purchase hosting or pay for anything to follow along and practice building a website yourself. I'll show you in the course how to practice building a WordPress website for free.

Description

You're here because you want to create your own WordPress websites, right? 

This WordPress for Beginners course is the perfect place to start. This complete WordPress course is designed for beginners like you who have never built a WordPress website (or any website for that matter). 

WordPress is the perfect tool for creating a fully customized website for any purpose. Whether you want to create a blog,  a personal portfolio, or a business website to sell your products and services, you can do it with WordPress.

While WordPress might seem scary from the outside, once you get started, it's fairly intuitive. Everything from hosting to installing a theme, then actually building your first pages can be learned in the first few lessons of this course.

With this WordPress course, you don't need to actually pay for hosting to practice with WordPress. I'll show you how to create a free temporary site so you can follow along. 

Why learn WordPress from me?

I've been building WordPress websites for years. Just like you, there was a time when I was a complete newbie! I was honestly scared of starting a WordPress website because it seemed so daunting. 

Now I love WordPress! I wouldn't recommend using any other web-building tool.

I still remember what it is like to be a beginner, and I've kept that in mind while creating this entire course. I walk you through every process step-by-step to make sure you understand things clearly. And if there is ever anything that is confusing, just let me know and I'll create more lessons that explain or walk you through myself.

WORDPRESS COURSE CONTENT:

  • Build your own beautiful website using WordPress.

  • Design your WordPress website the way you imagine.

  • Customize your WordPress website for any purpose of yours - whether it's a blog, a portfolio to show off your work, or an e-commerce site to sell your products or services.

  • Host and publish your website in an inexpensive and secure way.

  • Design pages, menus, sidebars, footers, and create a professional and modern website.

  • Find and install themes.

  • Find and install plugins.

  • Back up your WordPress website in case of emergency.

  • Get your website found by search engines like Google, Bing, and Yahoo.

  • Set up email opt-in forms throughout your website.

  • Increase social sharing of your posts and pages with free plugins.

  • Set up comments and contact pages, while blocking spam.

  • Speed up your website with caching plugins.

  • Make your website secure and protected from hackers.

  • Set up a membership and / or e-commerce site.

DESIGN A WORDPRESS WEBSITE THAT WORKS FOR YOU:

No matter what your goal is with your WordPress website, I want to make sure you're able to achieve those goals. That's what I promise to help you out with.

WORDPRESS PLUGINS YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT:

  • JetPack

  • Google Analyticator

  • Google Analytics Dashboard

  • Backup Buddy

  • BackUp WordPres

  • VaultPress

  • All in One SEO Pack

  • Yoast SEO

  • Google XML Sitemaps

  • W3 Total Cache

  • WP Super Cache

  • SumoMe

  • MailPoet

  • Optin Monster

  • LeadPages

  • OptimizePress

  • Share by SumoMe

  • Floating Social Icons

  • Akismet

  • Disqus

  • Contact Form 7

  • Fast Secure Contact Forms

  • PrettyLink

  • Redirection

  • Editorial Calendar

  • Sucuri

  • WordFence Security

  • many more!

Who is this WordPress course for?

This course is for anyone brand new to creating WordPress websites. If you have never built a website before, great. If you've built a website on another platform like Wix, Weebly, GoDaddy, or others, that's fine too. This course is not for people trying to learn to code a custom Website. In this course, we'll learn how to use the thousands of themes and plugins already out there to design our own custom websites.

With our 30-day 100% money-back guarantee, there's no reason to hesitate. Enroll now, try it out, and see if you like the course!

I can't wait to help you build your own WordPress website!

Cheers,

Phil

Who this course is for:

  • You are someone who wants to build a website for your business, hobby, or personal life.
  • You want a website that can be fully customized, but done so easily.
  • You want someone to walk you through the entire process of creating a WordPress website from the very beginning to publishing.
  • You also want help designing a website that works, that is modern, and the viewers will love.
  • You are NOT someone who wants to build your own custom WordPress themes (this is not a WordPress development course)

Course content

12 sections • 102 lectures • 7h 50m total length

  • Preview02:35
  • Preview02:08
  • Preview00:29
  • Install WordPress with BlueHost [step by step]
    Preview05:59
  • Tips to Improve Your Course Taking Experience
    01:06
  • Preview06:06
  • Install a New WordPress Theme [step by step]
    Preview06:34
  • Download the Course Project Files
    00:24
  • The Gutenberg Editor - Course Update
    01:28
  • Brief Overview of How to Use the Gutenberg Page Editor (UPDATED LESSON)
    08:14
  • Set Your Home Page
    04:09

  • Design a Home Page & Working with the Gutenberg Page Editor (UPDATED LESSON)
    14:47
  • How to Set Up Your Custom Menu
    05:41
  • The Customizer - Edit Site Identity, Colors, Icon & More (UPDATED LESSON)
    06:37
  • Publish Your Website - Make it Live
    01:41
  • Writing a New Post & Organizing Your Blog
    21:51
  • How to Properly Use Headings in your Posts
    00:38
  • How to Add Videos to a Post or Page
    03:44
  • Design Your Sidebar with Widgets
    04:47
  • Add Images to the Sidebar Using HTML
    04:58
  • PLEASE READ THIS if you are using ServerPress
    00:24
  • Add a Facebook Like Widget to the Sidebar
    02:27
  • Change Your Site Icon / Favicon
    01:47
  • Change Your Site Icon with a Plugin
    02:25
  • Make Your Website Responsive - Easy to View for Mobile Viewers
    03:27
  • Customize the Footer Information
    03:28

  • How to Find, Install, and Activate a Plugin
    07:19
  • Back Up Your Website - Automatically and For Free
    04:48
  • Secure Your Website to Prevent Hackers and Malicious Files
    04:51
  • SEO Plugins that Help Your Site Rank in Google Search
    05:37
  • Speed Up Your Website with Caching Plugins
    04:33
  • View the Analytics of Your Site
    05:06
  • Block Comment and Contact Form Spam
    03:13
  • WordPress Commenting Systems
    05:07
  • Important Message About the Next Lesson
    00:23
  • Secure Contact Forms That Block the Spammers
    07:07
  • Link Redirecting and Shortening with PrettyLink
    02:58
  • Add an Editorial Calendar to Your Site
    02:00
  • Create Email Opt-Ins for Free - SO IMPORTANT
    10:58
  • Add Social Sharing Buttons to Increase Sharing
    06:51
  • Add a Welcome Mat to Increase Opt-Ins
    03:23
  • 3 More Ways to Increase Opt-ins with Sumo
    03:50

  • What Pages Do You Need?
    08:42
  • How to Design a Home Page that Works
    08:54
  • The Start Here Page (aka About Page)
    06:15
  • The Resources Page - A Visitor Favorite that Drives Revenue
    05:39
  • Privacy Policies & Terms and Conditions
    00:31

  • Set Up a Blog-Based Home Page
    07:16
  • How to Write Epic Blog Content - that People Will LOVE
    05:32
  • Set Up Your Permalinks - to Make Your Site More SEO Friendly
    01:09
  • Using Tags & Categories - THE RIGHT WAY
    03:24
  • Scheduling Posts to Go Live Later On - Great for Batch Producing Content
    01:22

  • Create a Membership Site on WordPress Using Free Plugins
    08:07
  • Sell Digital Products on Your Website with GumRoad
    05:56
  • SSL Certificates - Secure & Encrypt User Data
    04:37
  • CASE STUDY: Set Up Sales Funnels that Work
    11:24

  • Preview00:19
  • How to Create Multiple Sites with Desktop Server
    01:53
  • Editing Images to a Custom Size Right in WordPress
    03:10
  • Easily Add a Google Map to Your Website
    06:04
  • Add a Slider to Your Website - Perfect for Opt-In Forms!
    05:29
  • Customize the WordPress Dashboard with the Widgets You Want
    01:30
  • Add a Background to Your Website +where to find great free background images
    02:52
  • Create a Child Theme - What is it? When do you use it? Why do you use it?
    08:44
  • Make Your Site Faster with W3 Total Cache + CloudFlare
    00:11

  • Design a Modern One-Page Website
    01:51
  • Create the New Home & Blog Page
    01:07
  • Adding Blocks to the Home Page
    07:00
  • Add and Edit the Services Block
    04:22
  • Add and Edit the Employee Block
    02:56
  • Add and Edit the Facts Block with a Custom Background and Size
    05:18
  • Add a Testimonial Block and Customize the Text Colors
    04:28
  • Customize the Header and Menus
    07:34

  • How to Install a Great Theme for Portfolios
    01:42
  • Design Your Website Title and Logo
    06:06
  • Editing the Home Page Slider
    04:34
  • Add Contact Info to the Header
    01:41
  • Add Social Media Icons to the Header
    01:37
  • Customize the Main Menu
    00:58
  • Design Your Home Page 'Gallery'
    04:05
  • Create a Tile Mosaic Gallery (great for any WordPress theme)
    05:50
  • Edit the Footer Copyright Information
    03:30

  • Thank You
    00:55

Instructors

Phil Ebiner
Top-Rated Instructor, 2 Million+ Students
Phil Ebiner
  • 4.6 Instructor Rating
  • 267,314 Reviews
  • 2,136,285 Students
  • 134 Courses

great courses for beginners

I'll teach you the skills necessary to stand out from the crowd. Whether it’s a personal passion or a business pursuit, you can learn video, photography, art, design, marketing skills and more here.

learn by doing

Step-by-step tutorials and project-based learning.

get support

One-on-one support from experts that truly want to help you.

don’t stress. have fun.

With our happiness guarantee, you have nothing to worry about. Become a member or join an individual course today. We have a 30-day money-back guarantee on all courses.

more about phil

My professional background is in video production and editing. I graduated from Loyola Marymount University's School of Film and Television in 2011. Since then, I've worked on thousands of projects that have appeared in movie theaters, film festivals, television and online.

Today, I create all kinds of things from photographs that can be seen on my Instagram to homemade sourdough bread that feeds my family. Who knows where life will take me. But I know wherever I am, I'll be creating.

Since 2012, I've been creating online courses that over two million students from around the world have taken. Course topics include everything from photography and video to design and business courses. If I can't teach it , I collaborate with other experts who share their skills with absolute beginners.

Video School is my website where you can take my online courses. You can also find them on top course platforms like Udemy.

Photography & Friends is a website and community I created to help new photographers become confident with their cameras.

I can't wait to see you in class!

- Phil

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