WordPress Fundamentals 2020
9,929 students enrolled
WordPress Fundamentals 2020
Everything you need to know to get your personal, business or hobby website up and running.
9,929 students enrolled
Price:
$19.99
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This course includes
- 3 hours on-demand video
- Full lifetime access
- Access on mobile and TV
- Certificate of Completion
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What you'll learn
- We shall explore the main features of WordPress.
- You will learn how to install WordPress.
- You will be walked through the Admin dashboard and understand what it can do.
- You will learn how to write your first post using blocks.
- You will learn how to add categories and tags to your posts and understand why they are important for search engines.
- You will learn how to write your first page and understand why these are different from posts.
- We shall explore WordPress plugins and how they can enhance your website to suit your needs.
- We shall explore WordPress themes and how to make your site look and feel different.
- You will understand why it is important to make sure your site can be seen on desktop, laptop, tablet or phone.
- We shall explore Menus & Widgets. Personalising your website to help your audience find the content they need.
- You will how to learn how to configure your WordPress website for speed, security and privacy.
- Bonus: You will learn how to maintain your website going forward.
Course content
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50 lectures
03:11:15
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Introduction
1 lecture
00:22
A quick introduction to this course. Welcome!
Preview
00:22
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Step Two -- Introducing WordPress Admin
12 lectures
01:04:45
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Step Three -- Building Your Site
12 lectures
01:05:40
Section Content
00:22
Writing A Post
16:34
Comments
03:09
Pages vs Posts
01:32
Creating An About Page
12:14
Homepage vs Posts
01:40
Creating A Homepage
09:48
Creating A Portfolio Page
09:18
Menus
07:31
Widgets
01:38
Privacy
01:25
Section Summary
00:29
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Step Four - Plugins
11 lectures
31:44
Step Four -- Plugins
00:16
Section Contents
00:33
What is a plugin?
01:29
Plugin Management
01:28
Making a Contact Page with Contact Form 7
05:17
Jetpack
06:48
Askimet
01:47
WordFence
05:04
The SEO Framework
05:19
Privacy
02:56
Section Summary
00:47
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Step Five -- Themes
7 lectures
16:54
Step Five -- Themes
00:06
Section Contents
00:22
Themes Overview
03:25
Free Themes
04:49
Premium Themes
04:47
Page Builders and Theme Frameworks
02:41
Section Summary
00:44
Requirements
- You will need a working computer and an up-to-date web browser connected to the internet.
- No prior knowledge of WordPress is necessary. You will be taught everything you need to know.
- No coding experience necessary. You will not be coding!
Description
A calm, relaxed, and simple to understand course for those of you who know nothing about WordPress, but want to learn how to use it to set up a blog, a portfolio, a personal website, a project website, some sort of side-hustle hobby business, etc.
We'll run through what everything means and then work on:
Making a post
Creating an About page
Making a Homepage
Creating a Contact page
Simple and straightforward lessons to help get you up and running as quickly a possible.
Who this course is for:
- People who want a simple to use website for their hobby or business.