Content type: Lesson Plan

Description In this lesson you will learn how using and modifying WordPress can lead to many issues and questions. This lesson will show you how to find help in fixing problems and various resources that will be helpful when you are stuck trying to implement a feature, plugin or theme.   Objectives After completing this…

In this lesson, you will learn how a tagline is used in WordPress and how to edit the tagline using the Theme Customizer. You will also review a standard means for managing the tagline. Objectives At the end of this lesson, you will be able to: Define how a tagline is used in WordPress. Use the Theme Customizer to add…

Many WordPress themes allow you to customize the appearance of your website by setting a header and background image. Using the Theme Customizer, you can easily preview the look and feel of using header and background images across your website, and then save the settings as you decide to use them. Prerequisite Skills To learn and understand…

In this lesson, you will learn about dashboard icons, how they are composed, and how your themes, plugins, and posts benefit from using dashboard icons. Prerequisite Skills This lesson presumes an understanding of and familiarity with: Creating a child theme functions.php Objectives After completing this lesson, you will be able to: Identify dashboard icons and explain their…

Description In this lesson, you will learn how to regenerate the thumbnails for your image attachments when you need to resize images to fit a certain theme. Prerequisite Skills Basic knowledge of installing and activating WordPress plugins Managing Media Creating WordPress posts Assets Regenerate Thumbnails plugin Twenty Sixteen theme Pictures to resize: these two (mountains, trees)…

Description In this module, you’ll learn about custom post types, what they are, when you should use them, and how to create your own to enhance your WordPress site. Objectives At the end of this lesson, you will be able to: Define custom post types in WordPress, Identify when and how should custom post types be…

Description In this lesson, you will learn the story of how WordPress began as simple blogging software and then developed into the content Management System that it is today. Objectives After completing this lesson, you will be able to:* List and describe 6 Major Milestones of WordPress, including:* Pre-History of WordPress.* The conception of, and original…

In this lesson, you will learn that the WordPress Dashboard is the first screen you see after logging into WordPress. On the Dashboard, you will find both status information and links to all administrative areas of your site. This lesson will show you how the Dashboard is organized and how to navigate it to access the various features of…

Description This lesson is an introduction to WordPress for people who have heard of it, but are not quite sure what it does or if it is the right tool for them. You will learn about the origins of WordPress and its evolution from a blogging platform to a full-fledged content management system. We will…

In this lesson, you’ll learn about the different files that make up a theme and how they work together to display your WordPress website. Objectives After completing this lesson, participants will be able to: Recognize that many files are needed to make a theme. Identify the basic blocks are used in a WordPress theme. Identify…