Source: Learn WordPress

Description In this lesson you will learn how there are close to 3000 free themes in the official WordPress.org directory and at least as many in the commercial space. This lesson will help you learn how to find and evaluate themes, as well as how to install, customize and update your theme. Finally, you will…

In this lesson plan, you will learn how to move your site from one server to another. Objectives After completing this lesson, participants will be able to: Migrate, copy, or clone a site to another server. Prerequisite Skills Participants will get the most from this lesson if they have familiarity with: Basic cPanel/Plesk knowledge FTP…

Description Learn why spam is a problem for all WordPress sites, why you should control it, and tips for how to manage it. Prerequisite Skills Understanding of installing and activating plug-ins on a self-hosted WordPress website. Familiarity with the WordPress Dashboard, particularly Comments and comment management. Objectives After completing this lesson, you should feel comfortable:…

Issues: Database permissions need to be reworked to include only the ones that are needed Description In this lesson you will learn how to get WordPress up and running online. This lesson will walk you through the tools, as well as the steps needed to setup WordPress on a live server.   Objectives After completing…

Description WordPress relies on several programming languages to provide a solid, yet extensible, framework to build upon. Client-side languages like HTML, CSS, JavaScript and jQuery produce a rich and seemingly limitless user experience. The server-side language PHP does the heavy lifting behind the scenes to provide data to the browser. At its core, WordPress already…

Learn about the purpose of a sitemap, how it can benefit your website, and how to create a sitemap in WordPress. Objectives After completing this lesson you will be able to: Describe the purpose and function of a sitemap Identify the benefits of having a sitemap for search engines Generate a sitemap for your website without a plugin Prerequisite Skills…

Learn why site performance is important for all WordPress sites, and learn tips to improve it. Objectives At the end of this lesson, you will be able to: Recognize the factors that affect WordPress site performance. List the ways you can improve WordPress site performance.  Prerequisite Skills You will be better equipped to work through this lesson if…

Templates are the WordPress theme files used to render website pages. Getting acquainted with templates is an important step in learning to build themes for WordPress. This walkthrough will explain what templates are and introduce you to commonly used templates and template tags so you can edit and make your own templates. Objectives At the end…

In this lesson, you will learn how to install WordPress locally on your own computer. Prerequisite Skills Participants will get the most from this lesson if they have familiarity with: Experience downloading and installing programs on their computer. Administrative access to their local machine. Familiarity with the file system of their computer. Objectives After completing this…

In this lesson, you will learn what The Loop is and when to use it? This step-by-step walkthrough will give you an understanding of how to use The Loop to display lists of post titles, links, and other content. Objectives After completing this lesson, you will be able to: Define The Loop. Explain why The Loop…