WordPress Masterclass: Build a WordPress Website

Discover why local WordPress installation lets you test a site on your computer before it goes online, and when to use it for developing themes, plugins, or a custom site.

Learn how to install WordPress locally using Local by Flywheel to test a site without hosting, create a local site, configure environment, and access the admin and front end.

Learn to set up SSL in local by flywheel, verify security with a padlock, and clone and manage WordPress sites with built in settings and image optimizer.

Register a domain on Namecheap, check availability, choose an extension, and add whois guard. Then pick a starter hosting plan with a control panel and free SSL for WordPress.

Learn to point your domain to your hosting by updating name servers at the registrar and saving changes so your domain hosts your WordPress site.

Learn to install WordPress using cPanel, choose the version, set the domain and https, configure the admin account, language, plugins, backups, and post-install settings.

Explore the WordPress dashboard essentials, including the left-hand menu with posts, pages, appearance, plugins, and users, plus customizable dashboard boxes and key settings.

discover how WordPress themes change your site’s design and add features. learn to find, preview, install, activate, and manage themes—including removing unused ones and importing starter sites.

Explore how WordPress plugins extend site functionality with security, SEO, analytics, and performance by installing essentials: Rank Math, Wordfence, Side Login, Site Kit by Google, Smersh, and Broken link checker.

Install and configure the Rank Math seo plugin in WordPress, run the setup wizard, connect Google Search Console and Google Analytics, enable sitemaps and schema markup for optimized seo.

Compare the classic editor and block editor in WordPress, noting simplicity, plugin compatibility, and how blocks enable new post creation and SEO and social sharing features.

Create posts and pages on your WordPress site using the new button or dashboard, then write in Google Docs or Knowshon and copy content to WordPress.

Learn to manage WordPress media library in the dashboard: upload images, edit with crop, rotate, scale, thumbnail settings, and bulk delete, with titles, captions, and search.

Discover Gutenberg, the block-based WordPress editor that replaces Tiny MCE, and learn to build pages with blocks like text and images, move them with drag-and-drop.

Explore the Gutenberg editor interface, learn to add blocks with the plus icon, switch between edit and select modes, and customize blocks and page settings for a WordPress page.

Master adding and customizing blocks with the Gutenberg editor, exploring text, media, design, widgets, and embeds; use the plus button or search, drag or arrow moves, and link a button.

Master adding columns with the Gutenberg editor to build flexible layouts using 50/50 two-column blocks, three-column variations, and columns within columns for images, text, and buttons.

Explore advanced Gutenberg tricks to boost productivity, including typing to add image blocks, editing in code view, using shortcuts, and managing classic editor plugins, permalinks, and featured images.

Learn to design a basic WordPress page layout with Gutenberg, using cover block, main heading, subheading, YouTube embed, spacers, column, button, and media and text blocks.

Use the WordPress customizer to tailor your site by uploading a logo and favicon, updating the title and tagline, refining colors, typography, and layout, with live previews.

master widget management in wordpress by creating four footer widget areas, adding and editing widgets (pages, search, text, image gallery), and publishing your layout for a customized site.

Learn to create and customize a WordPress main menu, add home, about, contact, services, and blog links, set the primary location, enable drop-downs, and adjust hover color in the customizer.

Learn how to customize WordPress permalinks to create clean urls for pages and posts, switch to post name structure, and use category and post name for custom schemes.

Build the home page in WordPress using the block editor and premade layouts, customize headers and media, add sections like about us and testimonials, then preview and publish.

Build an about us page in WordPress by editing sections, customizing text and images, adding team and testimonials blocks, and previewing before updating the page.

Build a WordPress contact page by editing the page, cleaning the permalink to contact-us, adding template blocks, installing Ninja Forms, configuring email notifications and a success message via shortcode.

Create and customize a WordPress services page using the dashboard, template library blocks, and embedded video, then add the page to the main menu.

Create and publish a dedicated blog page in WordPress, set it as the blog posts page, connect it to the site menu, and customize post details.

Finalize your WordPress website by refining the homepage header and text, updating colors and buttons, and polishing the about us, contact us, services, and blog pages.

Learn how to add a coming soon page to your WordPress site with the site offline plugin, configuring design, SEO, and social links.

Learn how to create your first WordPress blog post from the dashboard, including drafting content, setting a title, adding a permalink, categories, and a featured image.

Create a WordPress category, assign the post to it, and add relevant tags before publishing.

Design a blog title image in Canva using a blog banner template, then customize the font, colors, and background to fit the WordPress blog post title.

Upload a featured image, add tags and categories, customize the slug, write content, then publish publicly or schedule for later, making your first WordPress post live.

Learn to install an SSL certificate on your WordPress site using cPanel and Let's Encrypt, including issuing a certificate for your domain and verifying the padlock security.

Create and manage WordPress users, assign roles like subscriber, contributor, editor, and administrator, edit and delete users, and perform bulk actions.

Learn to install and configure the WPS Hide Login plugin to hide the admin login page by customizing the login URL and redirect URL, boosting WordPress site security.

Set up the Wordfence security plugin for WordPress, configure the firewall and scanner, and enable two-factor authentication to protect admin logins with an authenticator app.

Learn to connect Google Analytics to your WordPress site using the Google site plugin, verify site ownership, sign in with Google, and create a new property to start collecting data.

back up your WordPress website by storing files in a secondary location to recover quickly after deletion or infection, using automated solutions and plugins like backup buddy and updraft plus.

Learn how to manage updates for your WordPress site, including updating WordPress core, updating plugins, and enabling auto updates to keep sites secure and current.

Learn to run a WordPress site health check by installing the site health plugin, review tests and recommended improvements, and use tools for file integrity, mail check, and plugin compatibility.

Learn to reset a WordPress site to defaults using the WP reset plugin, including backing up, selecting what to delete, and restoring a fresh site with the default theme.

Generate copy for your website, ads, products, and blog content using Copy.ai, then select the right copy type, enter details, and generate or save descriptions.

Build a personal blog with WordPress and Elementor Pro, from domain and hosting to a responsive site kit powered pages, posts, and SEO-ready setup.

Learn SEO for your first WordPress post via keyword research, SEO-friendly URLs, optimized title tags and meta descriptions, image alt text, internal and external links, and header structure.