Creating a WordPress Site, Installing WordPress with a Web Host’s “1-Click Install”

Creating a WordPress Site, Installing WordPress with a Web Host’s “1-Click Install”

Logging Into the WordPress Admin

General WordPress Settings

Editing Your Profile

Setting Your Profile Picture (Gravatar)

Posts versus Pages

Creating a New Blog Post

Using the Visual Editor

Pasting Without Formatting & Clearing Formatting

Formatting Headings

Formatting Bulleted & Numbered Lists Formatting Quotes

Publishing a Post Deleting a Post

Restoring a Post from the Trash (or Deleting it Delete Permanently)

Publishing a Post (Making it Live)

Status

Visibility

Publish Date & Time

Adding the Read More Tag

Changing the Text in the More Tag

Linking to Another Website

Opening a Link in a New Tab

Linking to a Page Within Your Site

Editing & Removing Links

Adding an Image Gallery

Editing an Existing Image Gallery

Embedding YouTube Videos

Uploading a Video File

Adding an Image to a Post or Page

Editing Images (Manually Resizing, Cropping, & Rotating)

Media Settings (Customizing the Size of Thumbnail, Medium, & Large)

Adding a Featured Image

Uploading Images & Files Directly Into the Media Library

Editing & Deleting Images in the Media Library

Deleting Unused Images (Cleaning Out the Media Library)

Categories & Tags Explained

Creating & Editing Categories

Changing the “Uncategorized” Default Category Name

Setting the Default Category

Creating & Editing Tags

Changing Categories/Tags for Multiple Posts

Reading Settings

Editing & Adding Widgets

Pages versus Posts

Creating a New Page

Publishing a Page (Making it Live)

Deleting a Page

Changing the Page Order

About Menus & Locations

Adding & Removing Links in Menus

Creating Submenus

Opening Menu Links in a New Tab

What Are WordPress Themes?

Where Do I Get WordPress Themes?

Installing & Activating a Theme

Manually Uploading & Activating a Theme

Deleting a Theme

Recommended WordPress Plugins

Customizing Appearance

Customizing the Site Identity (Logo, Title, & Tagline)

Adding a Site Icon (Favicon)

Customizing the Header

Customizing Colors

Changing a Template Layout

About WordPress Plugins

Installing a WordPress Plugin

Updating Plugins

Creating SEO-Friendly Permalinks (URLs) for the Site

Customizing the URL of an Individual Page/Post

Setting Titles & Meta Descriptions with an SEO Plugin

Page Builders: Customizable Page Layouts

Theme Builders: Control the Website’s Look

Child Themes

Custom Post Types

Advanced Custom Fields

Automated Backups

WordPress Security

Running WordPress Locally

Setting Up a Local Testing Server

Installing WordPress

Creating a Custom WordPress Theme

Converting a Static HTML Site to a Dynamic WordPress Theme

Creating Custom Templates

Using Your Custom CSS

Creating Menu Display Locations

Creating Widget Areas

Adding Custom Theme Controls

Practical Projects ( Work on Live Project, Website Hosting, Cpanel Management )