Content type: Lesson Plan

In this lesson you’ll learn about the basic troubleshooting steps that can be taken when something goes wrong on your WordPress site.  The lesson will focus on troubleshooting an existing install of WordPress and will not deal with issues during installation.  This basic troubleshooting will fix a lot of common issues avoiding the need to…

Your theme is an important and powerful part of your website. Each theme is different and contains different functions. The first step to mastering your theme is knowing how to find your theme’s documentation. This lesson will equip you with techniques to help find where your theme’s documentation resides. Prerequisite Skills It is helpful to have a…

In this lesson, you will learn about why updates are important and how to manage them in WordPress. Objectives After completing this lesson, participants will be able to: Identify any updates that are available for your sites’ themes, plugins, and core files. Install available WordPress core, theme, and plugin updates. Prerequisite Skills Participants will get…

In this lesson, you will learn the meaning of the term Open Source when referring to software, what the GPL software license provides, why WordPress is an open-source project, and how this is important for both the users of WordPress and the contributors to WordPress. Prerequisite Skills This is a general topic with no prerequisites.…

Widgets provide a convenient means of adding content and features to a website and require no coding experience. This lesson will provide an introduction to finding and including widgets on your website. Objectives After completing this lesson, participants will be able to: Demonstrate how to use widgets included in the installed theme on a website Add…

Description In this lesson, you will learn that WordPress themes often include a file named functions.php, which is where unique features and custom functions can be added. However, plugins are also meant to add features and functionalities to your site. When should you use functions.php to add your custom code and when should you use…

In this module, you’ll learn how a theme interacts with WordPress and you will look at the role of CSS within that WordPress theme. You will also explore the definitions of both a framework and a child theme and see how they work. Prerequisite Skills Basic knowledge of the names of web languages (HTML, CSS,…

In this lesson, you will learn the difference between a page and a post. You will also learn how to know which to use and where to add and edit them. This lesson plan will walk you through the differences between posts and pages; covering how to work with them both in WordPress.   Objectives After…

What are Post Formats, how can you use them, and how do you develop Post Formats? This step-by-step walkthrough will give you an understanding of what Post Formats are and how to create your own. Prerequisite Skills Basic knowledge of HTML/CSS/PHP Basic knowledge of installing and activating WordPress themes Understanding of how folders and files…

Most WordPress themes are set up to show your most recent blog post as your front page, but have you wondered how to create a static page as your homepage on your WordPress website? If so, this lesson is for you. In this lesson, you will learn how to set up a static page as…