WordPress Academy: Learn WordPress step by step - Skillshare Course

***Now includes 1 month of free web hosting to complete the course! ***Take your HTML and CSS skills to the next level by mastering the world's most popular content management system for building websites! Master WordPress from scratch with a fun project-based approach. This course is for anyone looking for a career in building WordPress websites or themes, or even for hobbyists looking to learn a new skill. We start the course by getting familiar with WordPress and looking at how to install using a local host. Starting with a music festival landing page, where you'll get acquainted with the new Gutenberg editor. We also look at widgets, adding pages, installing themes, and the media library. We then look at WordPress essentials like blog posts, pages, navigation menus, and installing themes, all while creating your own blog website. Once we've covered the basics, we move on to customizing our blog using sliders, widgets, header images, and working with the customizer. You will also have the opportunity to optimize your website for search engines and create backups. The third project takes your WordPress knowledge even further. We created a fully functional e-commerce t-shirt store. More techniques are introduced throughout this project, such as child themes, product management, categories, shipping, taxes, all while creating a beautiful, personalized website. After completing the first 2 projects, we move even further by introducing you to WordPress theme development by converting an existing HTML and CSS website into a fully functional WordPress theme. This section involves coding in PHP, however, if you are new to PHP, there is a PHP basics section to get you up to speed. This project introduces new techniques and you will gain a deeper understanding of how WordPress themes are created. You will learn how to use WordPress templates and learn about various WordPress features to build our theme. Finally, the last section will focus on useful techniques to add to your WordPress knowledge. Here we will cover exporting your websites from localhost to a live server, various plugins, etc. All the images and files etc. you will need are included for download, no additional software, subscriptions or purchases etc. are needed either. to complete or take this course. So, are you ready to take your web design or WordPress skills to the next level? Join me now and I look forward to having you on board! You will learn how to use WordPress templates and learn about various WordPress features to build our theme. Finally, the last section will focus on useful techniques to add to your WordPress knowledge. Here we will cover exporting your websites from localhost to a live server, various plugins, etc. All the images and files etc. you will need are included for download, no additional software, subscriptions or purchases etc. are needed either. to complete or take this course. So, are you ready to take your web design or WordPress skills to the next level? Join me now and I look forward to having you on board! You will learn how to use WordPress templates and learn about various WordPress features to build our theme. Finally, the last section will focus on useful techniques to add to your WordPress knowledge. Here we will cover exporting your websites from localhost to a live server, various plugins, etc. All the images and files etc. you will need are included for download, no additional software, subscriptions or purchases etc. are needed either. to complete or take this course. So, are you ready to take your web design or WordPress skills to the next level? Join me now and I look forward to having you on board! various plugins etc. All the images and files etc. you will need are included for download, no additional software, subscriptions or purchases etc. are needed either. to complete or take this course. So, are you ready to take your web design or WordPress skills to the next level? Join me now and I look forward to having you on board! various plugins etc. All the images and files etc. you will need are included for download, no additional software, subscriptions or purchases etc. are needed either. to complete or take this course. So, are you ready to take your web design or WordPress skills to the next level?