WordPress 101 - The Complete Guide

Description

Do you want to learn how to build your own website even if you have no prior experience or programming and coding knowledge? This course will help you get started, whether you're looking to create a WordPress website for personal use or for your business. You will start with the installation of WordPress and choosing the right web hosting company along with the domain name. Progressing through the sections, you will explore how to create a custom webmail account. To build on your skills, you will even get to grips with configuring various WordPress plugins. Install WordPress either locally on your computer or live on the Internet. You will publish content with pages and posts, create user accounts, and integrate social media functionality into your website. After that, you will build your mailing list using Mailchimp, back up your WordPress website in case of emergency, and optimize your website so that it is noticed by Google, Bing, and other major search engines. Next, you will set up comments and contact pages, prevent spam comments, and speed up your website with caching plugins. Finally, you will learn to protect your website against hackers and malware. By the end of this course, you will have gained a comprehensive understanding of WordPress and have learned how to confidently build a WordPress website through expert guidance. All resources and supporting files for this course are available on GitHub at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/WordPress-for-Beginners-The-Complete-2020-WordPress-Guide

What You Will Learn

Install WordPress either locally on your computer or live on the Internet
Buy hosting and domain names, and create a professional webmail account
Publish content with pages and posts
Create user accounts along with privacy and policy pages
Discover how to back up your WordPress website in case of an emergency
Prevent spam comments and speed up your website with caching plugins

Audience

This course is perfect for anyone who has never built a website before. It's for individuals who want to build a website either for personal reasons or for their business but do not have any programming experience.

Individuals who want to learn how to build WordPress websites and anyone who wants to become WordPress developers, this course will benefit them a lot.

No prior working knowledge of WordPress is required.

Approach

This course is a step-by-step guide to building your own WordPress website. It features expert tips, along with detailed explanations and practical examples to get you started.

Key Features

Learn how to choose the right web hosting company * Learn how to use WordPress to build your personal and professional websites with zero coding * Protect your website against hackers and malware with pro tips and tricks

Github Repo

https://github.com/PacktPublishing/WordPress-for-Beginners-The-Complete-2020-WordPress-Guide

About the Author

Alexander Oni

Alexander Oni is a bestselling instructor with 70,000 students enrolled in his courses. His passion includes teaching through online courses in an entertaining way. Alex has been teaching online for three years and has created over 25 courses with numerous students registered worldwide. Alex believes we all have one shot at life and should live life to the fullest, constantly stepping out of our comfort zone, visiting places, and trying new things. His success in Udemy has given him financial freedom and the ability to travel and settle anywhere. The author is currently avidly traveling, spending a month in every city and moving to the next. His hobbies include watching movies, sports, and chess.

Course Outline

1. Getting Started with WordPress

2. WordPress Content

3. WordPress General Settings, Themes, Sidebars & Widgets

4. Plugins

5. Building a Mailing List & Social Media Followership

6. WordPress Security & Privacy

7. Widgets and Clean Up

8. WordPress SEO, Maintenance and Speed Optimization

9. Conclusion

10. Build a Business Website

11. Bonus Section - The Gutenberg Editor