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WordPress 5 Essential Training: Site Administration

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Learn how to administer a WordPress website. Find out how to adjust settings, add users, customize menus and themes, install plugins, and more.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • WordPress: Settings, configuration, and management
  • How WordPress works
1. Settings
  • Admin panel
  • General settings
  • Change the language of your site
  • Writing and Reading settings
  • Discussion settings
  • Permalink settings
  • Privacy settings (GDPR)
2. Configuration with the Customizer
  • Site identity
  • Site visuals
  • Create and customize menus
  • Widgets
  • Change what the front page displays
  • Themes: What they are and how they work
  • Preview, install, and activate a theme
3. Extending WordPress with Plugins
  • Plugins: What they are and how they work
  • Install, activate, and manage plugins
4. Management
  • How WordPress handles users
  • User profiles
  • Add and manage users
  • Manage comments and spam
  • Advanced content management
  • The Media Library
5. Security and Maintenance
  • Is WP safe and secure?
  • Keep WordPress up-to-date
  • Monitoring site health
  • Recover from a crash with recovery mode
Conclusion
  • Next steps on your WordPress journey

Taught by

Morten Rand-Hendriksen

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