Brief Summary
This course teaches you everything about creating and managing a WordPress website from scratch. You don't need any prior experience! You’ll learn how to set up WordPress, manage content, choose themes, and even go live with your new site.
Key Points
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Learn to create, manage, and update a website using WordPress.
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Perfect for absolute beginners—no previous experience needed!
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Understand WordPress settings and content management.
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Explore themes, plugins, and customization.
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Go live with your website—find a host and back up your site.
Learning Outcomes
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Install and set up WordPress like a pro.
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Manage and modify your website's content easily.
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Customize themes and add plugins to your site.
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Handle user management and profile settings.
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Launch your website and keep it updated with fresh content.
About This Course
Learn how to create, manage, and update your own website using Wordpress.
Every day, more and more people and businesses are turning to WordPress to quickly create websites, blogs, and online stores. In this series, Craig Campbell teaches you how to build and theme an entire website using the popular content management system. This course is designed for the absolute beginner, meaning no experience with WordPress or web design and development is required. You will start by learning how to download and install WordPress, then jump into learning the basic WordPress settings. From there, Craig shows you how to manage content in WordPress, including inserting and editing images, inserting videos, and building a custom home page, posts page, and image gallery.
This video tutorial also covers WordPress themes, plugins, and how to customize your theme. You will also learn how to manage users, including creating new users, editing and deleting users, and editing your own profile. Finally, Craig will show you how to go live, including finding a host, backing up your site, and updating the database. Once you have completed this computer based training course, you will be fully capable of creating and designing your own WordPress website.
install Wordpress remotely and host on local machines.
manage and modify a Wordpress-based website to fit specific needs.
keep a website up to date with blog posts and media.
Paul D. S.
A little out of date but the information is still valid. Does a nice job presenting the information. A must have course for the beginner.