WordPress Power User

Course Description

This course is designed for any WordPress users who want to take control of their website and gain a deeper understanding of how their site works, and what they should be doing in order to keep their site up-to-date, relevant, and secure. It provides general coverage of all aspects of what makes up a WordPress site, and takes a detailed look at the most important site sections such as Posts and Pages, Image Management, the new Gutenberg Editor, Essential Site Maintenance, Site Forms and GDPR, and Site Security. It will also deal with how to measure site performance, and the all-important issue of Search Engine Optimisation.
1 very packed day!
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Prerequisites

This course covers a lot of ground so to get the best from it you should already be familiar with the WordPress Dashboard, and have created or edited a few posts or pages.

IMPORTANT NOTE ON CONTENT

Because of the almost unlimited combinations of WordPress themes and plugins that can be used to build a site, each participant’s site will almost be certainly unique, and it will not be possible to get into the specifics of any one site during the course. We will use a clean WordPress installation during the course to teach you the underlying principles, and all of the learning can be applied to your own site with minor adjustments.

Introduction

Open Source Software
WordPress as a CMS
WordPress structure and conventions
Templates and Databases
Plugins
Production and Staging Servers

The WP Dashboard

Posts
Pages
Media
Comments
Appearance and Menus
Plugins
Users
Tools

Creating Posts

Understanding Posts
Posts vs Pages
Introduction to Gutenberg Blocks
Truncating posts and using excerpts
Categories and Tags
Using post formats

Adding Images and Media

Media Elements
Adding Images to Posts and Pages
Moving an Image to a New Location
Creating Image Galleries
Featured Images
Image Optimisation Overview
Compression with EWWW
Compression with SMUSH

Creating Pages

Overview
Treating Page Hierarchies
Adding Pages to Menus

Managing Content

Quick or Bulk Edit Posts or Pages
Using the Media Grid
Using Attachment Pages

Changing Site Appearance

Get To Know the Customiser
Menus
Widgets
Custom Menus using Widgets

Extending WP with Plugins

Regenerating Thumbnails
Tiled Galleries Carousel without JetPack

Users and User Roles

Editing User Roles
User Roles
Editing Your User Profile
Creating Your Gravatar Profile
Adding and Managing Users

Getting, and Reacting With, Readers

Managing Comments and Spam
WordPress Security Introduction
Essential Security Requirements
Configuring iThemes Security
Configuring Wordfence Security
You’ve Been Hacked - Now What?

Essential Plugins

ACF Custom Fields
Show Current Template
Gravity Forms
Contact Form 7
Yoast SEO
Google Analytics Dashboard
Monster Insights for Google Analytics
XML Sitemap Generator

Essential Site Management

Performance Testing - GTMetrix
Premium Themes and Plugins
Site Optimisation
SEO Essential Checklist
GDPR - How Does It Affect Your Site?
Terms, Conditions, and Privacy Policies
Serving Your Site from HTTPS
Checking Your Site For Problems
Extending Your Site By Adding New Features
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