The ultimate beginner’s guide to WordPress — build beautiful, functional websites without writing a single line of code!
If you want to learn how to build beautiful, functional websites without writing a single line of code, you’ve come to the right place.
What you’ll learn
- Build beautiful, functional websites using WordPress.
- Install WordPress locally on your own computer so you can follow the course without paying for web hosting.
- Master the WordPress interface to build websites and create content with ease.
- Create stunning pages and blog posts using the WordPress content editor.
- Build websites using pre-made templates, or start from scratch and create a unique design.
- Extend your website’s functionality with WordPress plugins.
Course Content
- Introduction –> 6 lectures • 17min.
- Setting Up WordPress –> 3 lectures • 25min.
- Getting Familiar With WordPress –> 8 lectures • 35min.
- WordPress Settings –> 9 lectures • 31min.
- The WordPress Content Editor –> 5 lectures • 29min.
- Designing Your Website –> 8 lectures • 57min.
- WordPress Content –> 4 lectures • 12min.
- WordPress Plugins –> 3 lectures • 11min.
- Examples of Popular WordPress Plugins –> 8 lectures • 35min.
- WordPress Security –> 4 lectures • 16min.
- Example Project –> 8 lectures • 1hr 21min.
- Wrapping Up –> 2 lectures • 3min.
- Extras –> 1 lecture • 3min.
Requirements
If you want to learn how to build beautiful, functional websites without writing a single line of code, you’ve come to the right place.
This course is all about WordPress—and how you can use it to build stunning websites with no programming or web development experience whatsoever.
WordPress is the most popular website building platform in the world, and it’s easy to see why…
The WordPress software is completely free.
It’s insanely extensible with a world of free themes and plugins.
It doesn’t require significant technical knowledge to get started.
…and perhaps most importantly, it allows you to truly own your website and your content.
I’ve been working with WordPress for well over a decade, and I’m in very good company. It’s also used by some of the world’s top companies and organizations, including:
- The Wall Street Journal
- Harvard Business Review
- Forbes
- Mercedes-Benz
- Coca-Cola
- PlayStation
Here are some of the things you’ll learn in this course:
- How to install WordPress on your own computer so you can follow the course without paying for web hosting
- How to set up WordPress on a web host
- How to navigate the WordPress dashboard and configure your site’s settings
- How to create stunning pages and blog posts using the WordPress content editor
- How to install WordPress themes and customize your site’s design
- How to design a custom website, either from scratch or by using a pre-made starter template
- How to extend your website’s functionality with WordPress plugins
- How to optimize your site for search engines like Google
- How to create an ecommerce store with WordPress
- How to protect your site from hackers, malware, and other security threats
We’ll start with the absolute basics of WordPress to equip you with strong foundational knowledge, and then we’ll walk through the process of actually building a website, step by step, giving you the tools you need to make your site look exactly the way you want, and to add whatever functionality you can imagine.
By the end of the course, you’ll be prepared to build virtually any type of website, for yourself or for clients, with WordPress.
I’m so excited to help you upgrade your website building skills, so get yourself enrolled—and I’ll see you inside.