WordPress 5 Essential Training

2h 12mBeginner2020-10-02

Authors

Morten Rand-Hendriksen

Senior Staff Instructor, Speaker, Web Designer, and Software Developer

Course details

WordPress powers millions of blogs and websites. Available in 180 languages, WordPress can be hosted on any server, accessed in any browser, and built into almost anything you imagine: blog, portfolio, website, or online store. Learn how to create your own web experiences with this powerful and open-source publishing platform. Instructor Morten Rand-Hendriksen helps you get the most out of WordPress and create feature-rich blogs and websites. Morten explains how to create and publish posts and pages; create and edit blocks; and define reusable content blocks to take full advantage of the new block editor codenamed "Gutenberg."

Learning objectives
Installing WordPress
Creating posts and pages
Formatting text
Publishing and scheduling posts
Adding images, audio, and video
Bulk editing posts and pages
Working with reusable blocks

Skills covered

WordPressContent Management Systems (CMS)Essential TrainingWeb DevelopmentOpen Source

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - WordPress - An introduction
02 - What is new in WordPress 5.5
03 - WordPress - .org and .com

1. Up and Running with WordPress

04 - How WordPress works
05 - Install and running WordPress
06 - The admin panel
07 - Change the language of your site

2. Content Management

08 - The three main content types of WordPress
09 - Posts vs. pages
10 - Manage content in WordPress
11 - Gutenberg - The WordPress block editor

3. Working with Blocks in the Block Context

12 - Create content
13 - Create and edit links
14 - Create and manage blocks
15 - Block toolbar and properties panel
16 - Change block type

4. Document Context

17 - Publish, update, and delete posts and pages
18 - Add categories and tags
19 - Sidebar - The difference between categories and tags
20 - Add a featured image
21 - The More block

5. Block Deep Dive

22 - A deep dive into some important blocks
23 - Text blocks
24 - The image block
25 - Other image blocks
26 - Media and text layout block
27 - Columns block
28 - Embed blocks
29 - Group block
30 - Block Manager

6. Reusable Blocks

31 - Reusable blocks and how they work
32 - Create and add reusable blocks
33 - Edit reusable blocks
34 - Create templates with reusable blocks

7. The Rest of the Iceberg

35 - From content creation to site management