WordPress: Create a Website or Blog

Getting Started with WordPress

Creating a WordPress Site (Installing WordPress)

• Installing WordPress with a Web Host’s “1-Click Install”
• Manually Installing WordPress

Logging Into the WordPress Admin & General Site Settings

• Logging Into the WordPress Admin
• General WordPress Settings
• Editing Your Profile
• Setting Your Profile Picture (Gravatar)

Writing Posts & Formatting Text

• Posts versus Pages
• Creating a New Blog Post
• Using the Visual Editor
• Pasting Without Formatting & Clearing Formatting
• Formatting Headings
• Formatting Bulleted & Numbered Lists
• Formatting Quotes
• Publishing a Post
• Deleting a Post
• Restoring a Post from the Trash (or Deleting it Delete Permanently)

Publishing a Post (Making it Live)

• Publishing a Post (Making it Live)
• Status
• Visibility
• Publish Date & Time

Adding a Read More Link to a Post

• Adding the Read More Tag
• Changing the Text in the More Tag

Creating Links (Hyperlinks)

• Linking to Another Website
• Opening a Link in a New Tab
• Linking to a Page Within Your Site
• Editing & Removing Links

Adding Images & Managing the Media Library

• Adding an Image to a Post or Page
• Editing Images (Manually Resizing, Cropping, & Rotating)
• Media Settings (Customizing the Size of Thumbnail, Medium, & Large)
• Adding a Featured Image
• Uploading Images & Files Directly Into the Media Library
• Editing & Deleting Images in the Media Library
• Deleting Unused Images (Cleaning Out the Media Library)

Adding an Image Gallery

• Adding an Image Gallery
• Editing an Existing Image Gallery

Adding Video

• Embedding YouTube Videos
• Uploading a Video File

Diving Deeper into WordPress

Categories, Tags, & Reading Settings

• Categories & Tags Explained
• Creating & Editing Categories
• Changing the “Uncategorized” Default Category Name
• Setting the Default Category
• Creating & Editing Tags
• Changing Categories/Tags for Multiple Posts
• Reading Settings

Widgets

• Editing & Adding Widgets

Making Pages

• Pages versus Posts
• Creating a New Page
• Publishing a Page (Making it Live)
• Deleting a Page
• Changing the Page Order

Menus

• About Menus & Locations
• Adding & Removing Links in Menus
• Creating Submenus
• Opening Menu Links in a New Tab

Installing Themes

• What Are WordPress Themes?
• Where Do I Get WordPress Themes?
• Installing & Activating a Theme
• Manually Uploading & Activating a Theme
• Deleting a Theme

Customizing Theme Appearance

• Customizing Appearance
• Customizing the Site Identity (Logo, Title, & Tagline)
• Adding a Site Icon (Favicon)
• Customizing the Header
• Customizing Colors

Changing the Template Layout for a Page/Post

• Changing a Template Layout

WordPress Plugins: About, Installing, & Updating

• About WordPress Plugins
• Installing a WordPress Plugin
• Updating Plugins

WordPress Plugins You May Want to Install

• Recommended WordPress Plugins

SEO (Search Engine Optimization)

• Creating SEO-Friendly Permalinks (URLs) for the Site
• Customizing the URL of an Individual Page/Post
• Setting Titles & Meta Descriptions with an SEO Plugin

Customizing WordPress

Page Builders: Customizable Page Layouts

Theme Builders: Control the Website’s Look

Child Themes

Custom Post Types

Advanced Custom Fields

WordPress Best Practices

Automated Backups

WordPress Security