Shebuilds - Wordpress Essentials

SheBuilds - Learning For Women, By Women - Starting Building Your WordPress Website

What you'll learn

Setting Up WordPress

Creating and Managing WordPress Content

Customizing Your Website for Your Business Needs

Website Security, Backups, and Future-Proofing

Requirements

No programming experience required, just an openness to learning something new

Description

Are you a small business owner or entrepreneur looking to take your business online but don’t know where to start? WordPress Essentials is the perfect course for you! This step-by-step program is designed to empower you with the skills and confidence to create, customize, and maintain a professional website that represents your brand and drives your business forward—all without needing technical expertise or expensive developers.In this course, you’ll learn how to set up your WordPress site from scratch, including choosing the right hosting and domain, installing WordPress with step-by-step guidance, and navigating the dashboard like a pro. You’ll discover how to create beautiful, functional pages, add engaging content, and customize your site using themes and plugins to fit your business needs. We’ll also dive into the essentials of SEO to help your site rank higher on Google and attract more customers.By the end of this course, you’ll have a fully functional website that you can confidently update, manage, and grow. Whether you run a service-based business, sell products, or need a blog to promote your expertise, this course is tailored to your goals.Take control of your online presence today—enroll now and start building the website your business deserves!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction to WordPress and Website Planning

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 What is WordPress?

Lecture 3 Why Wordpress?

Lecture 4 Planning your website

Lecture 5 Key Site Pages

Lecture 6 Domain and Hosting Basics

Lecture 7 A word on SSL certificates

Section 2: Setting Up WordPress

Lecture 8 Section 2 Intro

Lecture 9 Installing WordPress

Lecture 10 The WordPress Dashboard

Lecture 11 Pages vs Posts

Lecture 12 Choosing and Installing Themes

Lecture 13 Customizing with Page Builders

Lecture 14 Creating Your Headers and Footers

Lecture 15 Designing the Homepage

Lecture 16 Creating Menus

Lecture 17 Basic WordPress Settings

Section 3: Creating and Managing Content

Lecture 18 Section 3 Intro

Lecture 19 Understanding the Block Editor

Lecture 20 Creating a Post Template in Elementor

Lecture 21 Creating Your First Blog Post In The Block Editor

Lecture 22 Creating and Editing Pages

Lecture 23 Creating The Blog Template

Lecture 24 WordPress Plugins

Lecture 25 Managing Your Media Library

Section 4: Customizing Your Website for Your Business Needs

Lecture 26 Section 4 Introduction

Lecture 27 Understanding SEO

Lecture 28 Going Live & Creating SEO-friendly content

Lecture 29 Tracking Performance with Google Analytics

Lecture 30 Monitoring and Improving SEO with Google Search Console

Lecture 31 Improving site speed for better SEO

Section 5: Website Security, Backups, and Future-Proofing

Lecture 32 Section 5 Introduction

Lecture 33 The Importance of Website Security

Lecture 34 Setting up regular backups

Lecture 35 Future-proofing your website

Lecture 36 Securing customer data

Lecture 37 Regular maintenance and monitoring

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