WordPress Site Management and Customization

This unit focuses on advanced WordPress administration, theme and plugin customization, multisite configuration, content media management, migration, and site maintenance. Students build on foundational skills to configure networks, secure and back up sites, implement compliance notices, and optimize content in preparation for deployment and capstone activities in Unit 4.

Learning Objectives

• Analyze site requirements and implement a WordPress multisite/network configuration, including enabling the network feature, installing the network, and managing the Network Admin dashboard to support multiple sites
• Apply theme and plugin customization techniques to enhance appearance and functionality by creating custom styles for sticky/category/tag posts, modifying font family/color/size, building navigation menus and widgets, adding taxonomies and custom post types, and installing/activating plugins manually
• Demonstrate content management and optimization workflows by using the block editor, inserting audio and video into posts, configuring post options, using Yoast SEO, and importing or migrating existing site content while implementing GDPR/CCPA cookie notices
• Evaluate and perform site maintenance and recovery procedures by executing manual WordPress upgrades, creating and restoring backups (e.g., BackupBuddy), safely installing plugins, and applying best practices for migrations and security