WordPress training course outline

• Please note that you will need to bring a laptop (PC or Mac) as the course is ‘hands-on’

• Attendees get a WordPress training site to learn on during the day and for 1 year after the course

• All attendees get electronic copies of the training materials used throughout the day

• The course is great if you want to learn how to build a new website, or learn how to update and improve your existing one.

• No experience required. As long as you can use a computer you will be able to build a great looking website with WordPress.

How to set up WordPress

• Introduction to WordPress

• How to set up a WordPress website

How to publish posts, pages, images and video

• How to manage content in WordPress

• How to create professional looking pages and posts

• How to add links

• Inserting and embedding media – images, video, audio

• How to create and arrange menus

How to add functionality to your site with WordPress plugins

• Overview of plugins

• How to install plugins

• 5 top WordPress plugins and what they do

• How to use plugins and widgets to improve your website’s functionality