WordPress Beginners - Make your own Awesome Websites Today.

Visit the ServerPress site to access Desktop Server, compare premium versus limited versions, view the download, complete checkout and terms and conditions, then install on Windows 10 as an administrator.

Install desktop server as administrator, accept the license, and enable apache and mysql services. Start the server, allow firewall access, and create a Wordpress development website on your computer.

Explore WordPress, an open source content management system born for blogging, now a customizable platform with themes, plugins, and widgets powering over a third of sites.

Install a local WordPress site with Desktop Server, create a development site, and access the WordPress dashboard to log in, update WordPress and themes, and preview the site.

Log into your site to access the WordPress dashboard, admin toolbar, and left-side admin menu; manage posts, media, pages, comments, and settings, and customize with screen options and help.

Learn to navigate the WordPress admin menu, update the dashboard and plugins with backups, manage content with pages and posts, and customize appearance with themes, widgets, and menus.

Install and activate UpdraftPlus to back up your WordPress site, configure automatic weekly backups, and use remote storage like Google Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive.

Clean your WordPress installation by removing preinstalled sample pages, posts, plugins, and themes, then use bulk actions to delete items permanently and keep the site fast.

Compare Gutenberg’s block editor with the classic editor, learn to choose a theme compatible with Elementor, and install Astra or OceanWP starter templates for fast, professional sites.

Create and publish pages, then build a navigation menu by adding and arranging pages, with optional sub items. Set static home and blog pages in reading settings.

Create posts in WordPress with the Gutenberg editor, adding content and images, then publish; organize posts with categories, tags, and timestamps, and choose latest posts or a static front page.

Explore Gutenberg blocks in WordPress, including paragraph, heading, and image, learn to insert and format posts and pages with the plus sign, add links, and preview edits.

Explore formatting in Gutenberg, including headings, bold text, captions, and image options, then build multi-column layouts with alt text, links, and previews.

Explore text formatting in Gutenberg, adjust headings, font sizes, drop caps, and colors; customize post settings, visibility, scheduling, permalinks, featured images, comments, sidebars, and layout options to optimize WordPress posts.

Explore how to manage and customize WordPress widgets, move them across sidebars, header, and footer areas, and extend functionality with the SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle plugin.

Activate, customize, and manage the SiteOrigin widgets bundle (22 widgets, 6 active by default), and place widgets in sidebars, headers, footers, or pages using Gutenberg or page builders.

Explore how to add a SiteOrigin Button Widget in WordPress, configure a destination URL, icons or images, hover and color effects, alignment, themes, and padding.

Learn how to add a Google map to your WordPress site, including obtaining an API key, billing details, and embedding maps via widgets or Gutenberg blocks.

Replace the default latest post widget with the SiteOrigin post carousel to display a horizontal, image-rich list of posts in your sidebar, with customizable title and post options.

Learn to create engaging slides with the WordPress slider widget by combining a background image with a foreground image, or a video, and manage frames, timing, and navigation.

Select free, commercially usable images and compress them for the web, then upload to WordPress media library, edit dimensions, and add descriptive titles and alt text for SEO.

optimize WordPress images with jpeg optimizer and tiny png, and set up smush to automatically compress new images for faster loading.

Learn how general and writing settings on WordPress impact site title, tagline, search engines optimization, language, timezone, categories, and post indexing, plus showing post summaries.

Learn to manage WordPress discussion settings, including comments, moderation, and notifications, plus privacy policy setup and footer menu configurations for a compliant, engaging site.

Manage site users by adding new users, editing profiles, changing roles, and bulk deletions. Explore WordPress tools for imports, exports, site health checks, theme and profile customization, and gravatar avatars.

Explore the WordPress customizer to edit themes, logos, site identity, navigation menus, and layout, including Astra Pro upgrades, color options, custom css, and responsive mobile settings.

Learn to enable and customize a transparent header in WordPress using the customizer, choosing overlay color, border thickness, and responsive options for desktop and mobile.

Learn to build WordPress pages with Elementor's drag-and-drop interface, a live front-end preview, and tools like global widgets, the navigator, and version history.