WordPress Essential Training for Building Websites

Learn how a WordPress database stores posts, plugins, media, and user data, and how to create a database and user with privileges using phpMyAdmin and localhost hosting.

Install WordPress on shared hosting by entering database name, username, password, host, and table prefix, then complete the installation and log into the WordPress dashboard.

install wordpress with a one-click installer from your hosting account, set up site name, username, and password, then access the admin area and manage domains or uninstall if needed.

Learn to access the WordPress dashboard by logging in through wp-admin or wp-login, from the site front page or direct URL, after completing your WordPress installation.

Explore the WordPress dashboard overview, covering the top toolbar, left navigation menu, and customizable widgets like site health, quick draft, at a glance, and activity for managing your site.

Learn to add main content using WordPress's visual and text editors, format text, create lists, insert links, and use the more tag for excerpts in distraction-free writing.

Master keyboard shortcuts to format text in WordPress, using ctrl/command + u to underline and selecting text to apply quick styles, speeding up blogging without a mouse.

Publish your post with WordPress using the publish box, save drafts, preview, and schedule publish dates to go live. Change the post status, edit, delete, or restore posts.

Learn the difference between posts and pages in WordPress, noting their similar creation steps, while posts appear in reverse chronological order, and pages are static.

WordPress categories group posts to help readers find content; create, name, slug, and describe categories, assign posts, and view category pages like /category/animal, noting new posts default to uncategorized.

Learn how tags function as topic keywords to group related posts, differentiate from categories, and how to add and view posts by tags to boost topic discovery.

Upload images, videos, and other files to the WordPress media library and insert them into posts or pages. Use the add new media and library options to manage media.

Upload and organize media in the WordPress media library, view and search items by name, month, or type, and switch between list and grid views for bulk actions.

WordPress essential training shows you how to insert images into a post using the media library, choose size (thumbnail, medium, large), align, link, and update to see changes.

Create image galleries in WordPress by adding media, selecting photos, and inserting a gallery with captions, columns, and optional random order into posts.

Set the featured image for posts and pages by locating the featured image box, uploading or selecting an image, and saving to preview on the front page, per your theme.

Learn how to add videos to WordPress posts or pages by uploading files or inserting direct video links from major sites, using the media library and update the post.

Explore how WordPress uses pages and posts to structure a site, including static versus hierarchical pages and a front page that displays posts in reverse chronological order.

Learn how to organize a WordPress site by creating pages and subpages, defining parent and child relationships, and arranging them in the menu and front page.

Manage WordPress discussion settings, including comments, trackbacks, and link notifications. Enforce rules like requiring name and email, moderating posts, and blocking spam with blacklists and comment controls.

Learn how to add and manage themes in WordPress: install a new theme, upload a zipped theme, preview live, and activate it.

Drag and drop widgets to control site design and structure in WordPress, without coding, managing widget areas like sidebars and pages, and preview changes in real time.

Customize your WordPress theme by adjusting site identity, logo, title, tagline, colors, header background, and header images; create and manage menus, widgets, and social links, and preview before publishing.

Discover how WordPress plugins extend site functionality by adding features such as spam filters and post listings, and how users customize with paid plugins for digital products and payments.