Learn how to launch, customize, and manage a self-hosted website with WordPress 6.0, the latest version of the popular website builder.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Getting started with WordPress
- The open-source philosophy
- What's new in 5.9 and 6.0?
- The difference between .com and .org
- The WordPress community
- Navigating this course
- Choosing a WordPress host
- Launching a WordPress site
- Creating user accounts and logging in
- Updating WordPress core
- Navigating the main menu
- Navigating the dashboard homepage
- Navigating the top bar
- Navigating the settings menu
- Choosing and managing themes
- Setting colors and fonts
- Installing your logo
- Creating a menu
- Creating a footer
- Creating and managing widgets
- Creating a new page
- Managing pages
- Creating a new post
- Managing posts
- Using categories and tags
- Adding a featured image
- Adding a new block
- Customizing blocks
- Using the blocks sidebar
- Using reusable blocks
- Using advanced Gutenberg features
- Adding new media files
- Managing media files
- Finding WordPress plugins
- Installing plugins
- Managing plugins
- Creating secure user accounts
- Installing an SSL certificate
- Taking WordPress backups
- Long-term WordPress security
- White screen of death
- Theme has stopped working
- Site has been hacked
- Site health and troubleshooting
- Next steps on your WordPress journey
Taught by
Allie Nimmons