WordPress Website for Small Business: A Beginner's Guide

Tips for selecting a domain name that fits your business and enhances brand credibility.

Purchasing your website domain

Exploring beginner-friendly hosting providers that offer reliability, speed and ease-of-use.

Choosing and setting up hosting.

How to install WordPress via your hosting provider and log into your dashboard.

A beginner-friendly overview of the WordPress dashboard, key features, and settings.

Adjusting general settings, permalinks, and site title for a smooth setup.

Preparing the images, fonts and logos for the website

Learn how to access the global settings tool and how they help your website have cohesion throughout

Learn how to update the typography (fonts) that will update all fonts in your website

Discover colour palettes that match and complement your brand

Free tools available to source high-quality images for your site

What is Gutenberg and how is it used to build a website page

An view of the block page builder

An introduction to the basic editor features

Understand the difference between blocks and containers and how they're used

Creating a simple banner

Adding navigation tiles and basic customisation settings

Inserting a map widget and contact details

Customers need to be able to navigate within the website. We add links or URLs to help navigate between the different pages

Learn how your starter template is structured and how to customise it.

Save time by duplicating existing pages instead of starting from scratch.

Add your business details, map, and contact form so customers can easily reach you.

Display your services or menu in a clear, professional way that’s easy for customers to understand.

Customise your About page to tell your business story and build trust.

Update your homepage to showcase your brand and attract customers.

How to publish your changes and make your pages visible to the world.

Learn how to add, remove, and rearrange menu links.

Learn how to customise your footer with your logo, business info, navigation links and social icons so it looks professional and easy to use.

Discover why legal pages are essential for your business website and which ones you need to include. We’ll cover the key pages — Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, Terms & Conditions and Disclaimer — and explain how they protect your business, build trust with visitors, and keep you compliant with the law.

Use WordPress’s built-in tool or a free generator to create and publish your Privacy Policy with ease.

Learn what Terms & Conditions are, why they matter, and how to generate and publish them quickly using free tools.

Install and configure a free plugin to add a cookie banner to your site, making it GDPR-friendly and professional.

Link your Privacy Policy, Terms & Conditions, Cookie Policy and Disclaimer in your website footer so they’re always easy for visitors to find.

Setting up your homepage, about page, services and contact page.

Learn how security plugins guard your site from threats and configure simple settings to keep your website safe.

Improve your website’s loading speed with a simple optimisation plugin. We’ll cover how to install and set it up so your site runs faster for visitors and performs better on Google.

Protect your site by installing a backup solution, enabling you to revert, should something go wrong.

Get started with SEO the easy way — install the Yoast plugin, walk through the setup wizard and adjust the essential settings.

Generate your sitemap with Yoast, then submit it to Google Search Console so your site can be indexed and found online.

Discover how to see who’s visiting your website, which pages they’re looking at, and how long they stay. We’ll use simple, beginner-friendly analytics tools so you can understand your audience without feeling overwhelmed by numbers.

Websites aren’t “set and forget.” In this lesson, you’ll learn why keeping your site updated is essential for security, performance, and long-term success — and how a little ongoing care can save you from big headaches later.

Before doing your "official" launch, do a final check that everything works, so you can announce it with confidence. We’ll also cover a few simple ways to share your launch with customers and start getting visitors right away.