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WordPress Basics | Training Course

Learn to create a professional SEO-friendly website or blog using WordPress.
Use themes and plugins to manage your site without the need to code.

MARKETING EXPERTS | SMALL CLASS SIZES | LONDON LOCATION | ONLINE COURSE AVAILABLE

  Course Dates Venue   Price  
Online £299 + VAT save £100
London Bridge £399 + VAT
Online £399 + VAT

WordPress Basics | Training Course

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What will I learn?

  • Customise website appearance using themes
  • Create and manage pages and posts
  • Configure site settings and user roles
  • Work with images and media effectively
  • Optimise your site for search engines
  • Free digital course assets
  • Free post-course helpdesk support
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Learner Reviews

How good is the course?

  • Average Score 4.8 out of 5
  • Delicious lunch provided
  • Certificate of Achievement
  • 14 reviews

Introduction

• What is WordPress?

• What can WordPress do?

• WordPress support and help


Getting Started

• The WordPress interface

• The admin bar and previewing your site

• Working with the dashboard

• Customising the screens

• Content controls

• Site admin controls


Adding and editing content

• Planning your content

• Pages vs Posts

• Categories, sub-categories and tags

• Adding and structuring pages

• Adding and structuring posts

• Basic look and feel changes

• Defining custom slug names


Site admin and configuration

• Adding users and user roles

• Changing site structure and permalinks

• Changing other site settings

• Managing post and page comments

• About updates

Working with images

• Uploading images to the media library

• Inserting images into posts and pages

• Controlling image position

• Defining featured images

• Advanced image settings

• Adding a photo gallery

• Adding videos


What is a plug-in?

• Installing plug-ins

• Adding a lightbox to your photo galleries

• Adding a contact form

• Adding Google Analytics to your site

• Adding SEO tools


Customising the look of your site

• What is a theme?

• Changing visual theme settings

• Adding a custom banner

• Working with Widgets and sidebars

• Controlling and customising menu bars

• Changing your theme

• Using a page builder plugin


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"Clear explanation and really helpful demo and advice"
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Latest Reviews



"The instructor was very helpful, took his time with the learners and went into depth about what we were learning about. i found it very useful and informative."
SB Skills Solutions Ltd
  • 23rd April


"Great at explaining things through and showing examples, and bringing everything back together so not to get lost."
The Follett Office
  • 5th January


"Really knowledgeable and was good for the trainer to gauge what each and everyone of us wanted to develop in the session - Really felt like we got the most out of it."
CBW - Carter Backer Winter
  • 1st October