This unit develops practical skills for building, configuring, and maintaining WordPress sites, including themes, templates, plugins, security, backups, and basic publishing workflows. It builds on foundational concepts and prepares learners to implement responsive themes, perform site maintenance, and customize presentation ahead of advanced development and deployment topics in subsequent units.
Learning Objectives
- Analyze WordPress theme and template structures by identifying the four main templates, deconstructing the anatomy of a template tag, and comparing default and premium themes (e.g., Twenty Twenty, Hestia) for responsive design
- Apply installation, hosting, and maintenance procedures to set up WordPress, configure automatic updates, perform database backups, and use secure file transfer methods to provision and protect a site
- Demonstrate content management and publishing workflows by creating posts and pages, inserting cover images and photo galleries, arranging the dashboard, configuring RSS options, and using Jetpack and core plugins to extend site functionality
- Evaluate theme customization and security configurations by preparing parent/child themes, customizing headers, colors, and sidebars, and configuring security plugins such as Limit Login Attempts Reloaded
Curriculum
- 1 Section
- 28 Lessons
- 30 hours
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- Unit 2 — WordPress Site Building and Management28
- 1.1Understanding the Difference between Sites and Blogs20 mins
- 1.2Backing Up Your Database20 mins
- 1.3Jetpack20 mins
- 1.4Hestia20 mins
- 1.5Using WordPress as a Content Management System20 mins
- 1.6Understanding Secure File Transfer Concepts20 mins
- 1.7Arranging the Dashboard to Your Tastes20 mins
- 1.8Discovering the Many WordPress RSS Options20 mins
- 1.9Inserting a Cover Image into a Post20 mins
- 1.10Identifying Core Plugins20 mins
- 1.11Exploring Premium Theme Options20 mins
- 1.12Examining the Anatomy of a Template Tag20 mins
- 1.13Using Your Own Header Image20 mins
- 1.14Preparing a Parent Theme20 mins
- 1.15Using Sidebar Templates20 mins
- 1.16Considering Web-Hosting Services20 mins
- 1.17Upgrading WordPress Automatically20 mins
- 1.18Limit Login Attempts Reloaded20 mins
- 1.19Responsive20 mins
- 1.20Moving On to the Business of Publishing20 mins
- 1.21Installing WordPress20 mins
- 1.22Finding Inline Documentation and Help20 mins
- 1.23Writing Your First Entry20 mins
- 1.24Inserting a Photo Gallery20 mins
- 1.25Using Plugins: Just the Basics20 mins
- 1.26Examining the Default Theme: Twenty Twenty20 mins
- 1.27Getting Familiar with the Four Main Templates20 mins
- 1.28Customizing Colors in Twenty Twenty20 mins
Instructor
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