WordPress for Beginners - Create a Website or Blog

Brad Schiff introduces WordPress through building a website or blog. Pages, photo galleries, comments and contact forms connect the editing interface with recognizable site features. The later block-theme and full-site-editing material adds another way to shape the experience. It suits learners who want a guided first build and can use that project to decide which features their own site actually needs.

What you will learn

• Create and organize pages and blog posts.
• Explore galleries, comments and contact forms.
• Work with block themes and full-site editing.

Who this suits

Beginners with a computer and internet access. No previous WordPress knowledge is required. The listed videos total about five hours and twenty minutes; a complete personal site takes additional work.

Before you enroll

Use a local or disposable WordPress installation for exercises and keep backups before changing themes, plugins or code. Hosting, domains and premium plugins can cost extra. Compare the demonstrated WordPress version with your installation; interface changes do not make every older lesson obsolete, but code and security advice need current checks. Course completion does not guarantee traffic, clients or employment.

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Put it into practice

Build a fictional local-business site with a home page, contact page and short blog. Explain the purpose of each menu item and remove a feature that does not help a visitor complete a useful task.

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