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WordPress Essential Training

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Get started building high-performing and secure sites with WordPress and enjoy the benefits of working with WordPress.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Getting started with WordPress
1. What Is WordPress?
  • The open-source philosophy
  • What's new in 6.6?
  • The difference between .com and .org
  • Navigating this course
2. Setting Up WordPress
  • Choosing hosting and a domain
  • Launching a WordPress site
  • Creating user accounts and logging in
  • Navigating the dashboard
  • Preparing your WordPress environment
3. WordPress Security
  • How secure is WordPress?
  • Using plugins for extra security
  • Using code for extra security
4. Pages
  • Creating a new page
  • Designing and customizing a page
  • Managing pages
5. Posts
  • Creating posts
  • Designing and customizing a post
  • Managing posts
  • Using categories and tags
6. Plugins and Themes
  • Finding and installing plugins
  • Finding and installing themes
  • Customizing themes
7. Design Customization
  • Creating a menu
  • Creating a footer
  • More block editor features
8. Media Library
  • Adding new media files
  • Managing media files
9. WordPress Maintenance
  • Updating WordPress, plugins, and themes
  • Site health and troubleshooting
  • Security maintenance
  • Performance maintenance
Conclusion
  • Continue the WordPress journey

Taught by

Jeff Starr

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