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Learn WordPress in Hours

Part-Time, GCS Training
Online
Half a day

Telephone: 01792 284400   Email: Skills4Swansea@gcs.ac.uk

Overview

This beginner course provides all the essential knowledge and skills needed to set up and manage your own WordPress site.

Topics include:

  • Introduction to WordPress
  • WordPress Dashboard and Basic Settings
  • Themes and Customisation
  • Plugins and Extensions
  • Creating Content: Posts and Pages
  • Maintaining and Managing Your Site

Key information

Use of Teams – recorded over one session.

Development of a content plan for ongoing brand development.

Course Objectives:

  1. Enable students to set up and manage their own WordPress site, including domain selection, hosting setup, and WordPress installation.
  2. Teach students to customize their website's appearance and functionality using themes, widgets, and plugins.
  3. Equip students with the skills to create, publish, and manage content using posts and pages, incorporating multimedia elements and effective categorization.
  4. Provide students with the fundamentals of site maintenance, including security measures, performing backups, and basic search engine optimization (SEO) techniques.
     
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