Who it's for: Anyone new to WordPress or looking for a comprehensive refresher.
What it is: WordPress may have started as a simple blogging tool, but in it’s 20+ years of existence, it’s grown into one of the most popular web content management systems in the world, used to create some of your favorite websites, forums, and online stores.
What you'll learn: Our WordPress series will provide you with a foundational, yet thorough, understanding of the popular web creation platform, including the dashboard, themes, plugins, SEO, blogging, and so much more. In this 4-part course, you’ll learn how to launch your website quickly with the help of a quick WordPress installation guide, create a quality website with a proper assembly of important subpages, install and work with plugins and widgets, install and create attractive themes for your website, create custom menus to improve the user experience of your website, and upload multimedia content such as images, audio, and video easily and effectively. Later on, we’ll jump into backup and recovery options, security features, making your website mobile-ready, e-commerce, and a slew of other topics.
- Introduction (1:53)
- Introduction to Security (1:36)
- Integrity (1:33)
- Availability (0:52)
- Minimizing Attack Surface (0:54)
- Defense In-Depth (0:30)
- Confidentiality (2:17)
- WordPress Security Best Practices (7:16)
- Security Plugins (2:24)
- Blog Site Tour (5:02)
- Activating UpdraftPlus for Backups (2:08)
- Modifying UpdraftPlus Settings (3:49)
- Creating Site Backups with UpdraftPlus (2:10)
- UpdraftPlus and Google Drive (0:34)
- Disabling File Editing (10:20)
- Generating .htaccess File (2:12)
- Installing Sucuri Plugin to Disable File Editing and Disable PHP File Execution (5:18)
- Modifying Screen Options (1:39)
- Disabling Directory Browsing (4:57)
- Limiting Login Attempts (8:47)
- Enabling Two-Factor Authentication (3:18)
- Configuring Two-Factor Authentication (3:58)
- Enabling Inactive Logout (6:27)
- WPS Hide Login Plugin (2:34)
- Changing the WP Database Prefix (5:33)
- Using the JetPack Plugin (8:02)
- Updating Plugins and Themes (1:41)
- Using WP Activity Log (4:16)
- Reviewing WP Activity Log Entries (1:50)
- MyJetpack (4:31)
- User Roles and Abilities (0:54)
- Default Users Interface (6:35)
- Introduction to User Management Plugins (0:45)
- Installing, Activating, and Getting Started with Members Plugin (4:28)
- Adding New User Roles (2:38)
- Members Settings and Add-Ons (4:11)
- Adding New Users with Multiple Roles (2:52)
- Installing, Activating, and Using User Switching Plugin (2:27)
- Result of Inactive Logout Plugin (0:37)
- Security Recap (5:08)
- Introduction to Themes (0:25)
- Choosing a Theme (1:20)
- Viewing Current Theme (2:54)
- Searching for Themes (4:12)
- Installing, Activating, and Previewing Themes (5:39)
- Changing Default Image for the Activated Theme (5:33)
- When Themes Suggest Plugins (1:08)
- Themes Recap (1:21)
- Introduction to Site Design (0:46)
- Menus (1:43)
- Assigning Menus to Menu Locations (5:34)
- What to Do if Social Links Menu Isn-t Included in Theme (1:10)
- Widgets (0:30)
- Selecting Social Icon Widgets (3:03)
- Configuring and Testing Social Icons (2:10)
- Adding Archives Widget to Footer (1:36)
- Disabling Social Icons and Adding Social Share for Posts (5:38)
- WordPress Customizer - Part 1 (7:09)
- WordPress Customizer - Part 2 (4:59)
- WordPress Customizer - Part 3 (5:57)
- WordPress Customizer - Part 4 (5:27)
- WordPress Customizer - Part 5 (3:13)
- AMP Plugins (1:38)
- Site Design Recap (1:54)
- Conclusion (0:13)