WordPress Fundamentals: The Complete WordPress Course

WordPress Fundamentals is a beginner video course that takes you from your first login to a working site you actually understand. Across short, guided lessons you'll see how the dashboard, core settings, and the block editor fit together, so nothing on the screen stays a mystery. By the end you'll be comfortable creating pages, posts, and layouts on your own.

What you'll learn

WordPress powers a huge share of the web, but most people learn it by clicking around and hoping for the best. This wordpress fundamentals training gives you the mental model instead: what each setting does, how content is really structured, and why the block editor behaves the way it does. You'll be able to configure a new site, publish and organize content, manage media and menus, and make sensible calls about themes, plugins, and users. That foundation makes every other WordPress task faster and far less intimidating.

Inside the course

• Module 1 · Getting Started: What Is WordPress? · Logging Into WordPress · Intro to the Dashboard · Understanding the Admin Sidebar Menu · Your User Profile · The Command Palette
• Module 2 · Configuring Your Site: General Settings · Writing and Reading Settings · Discussion Settings · Media and Permalink Settings · Privacy Settings and Site Health
• Module 3 · Content & the Block Editor: Posts vs Pages · The Posts List Screen · Thinking in Blocks · Creating Your First Post · Post Settings · Text Blocks · The Block Toolbar · Media Blocks: Images, Galleries, Cover, and Video · Design Blocks · Widget Blocks · Theme Blocks · Embeds and the Media Library Modal · Categories and Tags · Creating and Managing Pages · Revisions, Autosave, and Recovering Work · Trashing and Deleting Content · Patterns and Synced Patterns · New Blocks in WordPress 7
• Module 4 · Media: Media Library Tour and Uploading · Image Editing and Media Best Practices
• Module 5 · Comments & Community: Managing Comments
• Module 6 · Appearance & Themes: Understanding and Managing Themes · Site Identity and Global Styles · Navigation Menus · Templates with the Ollie Theme · Template Parts with the Ollie Theme · Build a Full Page with Ollie
• Module 7 · Plugins: Understanding and Installing Plugins · Plugin Management Best Practices · Learning a New Plugin
• Module 8 · Users & Roles: Understanding User Roles and Permissions · User Roles Explained · Adding and Managing Users
• Module 9 · Maintenance & Safety: Import, Export, and Site Data · Updates and Backups · Security Essentials · Performance Basics
• Module 10 · Going Further: Editor Power Techniques · Content Operations at Scale · Building a Real Page Layout · Where to Go Next

Who this course is for

This course is for complete beginners and for anyone who has used WordPress a little but never felt confident. No coding or prior experience is needed. If you'd rather read first, our free written tutorials cover much of the same ground, and live 1-on-1 Zoom training is available when you want personal help.

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