Top 8 Recommended WordPress Self-Study Materials! [December 2023]

Wordpress for Beginners - A Complete Guide to Wordpress!

In 2023, it's never been easier to build a fantastic, responsive website that looks great on computers, tablets, and mobile phones.  

You can learn Wordpress WITHOUT having to buy web hosting or a domain name.  I'll show you how you can set it all up on your own computer using free tools. 

NOTE: This course will always be updated to cover the latest version of WordPress. 

The primary goal of this course is to teach anyone, even a complete beginner, how to become a Wordpress guru in a few short hours, without lots of technical jargon.  I'll guarantee that after taking this course you'll have the knowledge you need to build a responsive, beautiful website with the latest version of Wordpress.  Not only will you know more than 99% of Wordpress users out there, but you'll actually enjoy using Wordpress too. 

This course is taught by Wordpress author and teacher, Dr. Andy Williams, who has been using WordPress since 2004, and teaching Wordpress to people of all skill levels since then.

Here is an email from one student on this course:

"Hi Andy,

I have taken several of your courses (and have a couple that I've purchased and haven't started yet). I just want to let you know how much I appreciate your commitment to updating your courses in meaningful ways (including asking for input from students at times). I also appreciate your notifications when changes have been made or are pending. I have taken many online courses and have never seen this level of commitment to students and to keeping the content up to date and relevant. And your courses are great too! Just know that what you are doing is appreciated.

Many thanks,

Jan Beasley"

About the Course

This course will guide you through every single step from installation to finished website.  I'll show you how you can install Wordpress on your own computer for free, so you don't have to pay for a domain name or hosting fees while you complete this course.  Once you've got Wordpress installed on your computer, you will learn how to build and run a successful, beautiful, responsive-design website you can be proud of. 

After taking you through all of the main options in Wordpress, explaining what each one does and how you set it up, I'll let you watch over my shoulder as I build a Wordpress website.  It will be an affiliate site that I hope will make me passive income for many years to come.  Go and check out the free preview tutorials in Section 13. 

 Who is this Wordpress course for? 

Have you ever wanted to build a professional looking website, but didn't know where to start?  Now you can.  Wordpress for Beginners is a complete course for anyone, no matter what your technical ability.  This course assumes no prior knowledge!  

At the start of the course, I'll walk you through setting up Wordpress on your own computer so that you don't need to pay for a web host (or a domain name) while you master wordpress.  When you decide you want to put a website online, you can then watch over-my-shoulder as I buy a domain name and hosting, and install Wordpress online.

Whether you decide to host your site on your own computer, or at a web host, you'll be ready to start mastering Wordpress.  We'll start at the very beginning by logging in to have a look around to familiarize ourselves with the main areas of the Dashboard.

Once you are happy navigating around your new tools, we'll go through the main features you will need as you create your site, including: 

1. The WYSIWYG Editor.  This is where you enter all of your website content.

2. The Media Library, to manage your images, videos, sound files and other media you want to share on your site.

3. Wordpress Settings, and I'll take you step by step to set those up just right.

4. We'll look at the differences between Wordpress posts and pages, and I'll give you a simple way of knowing which one to use on any occasion.

5. We'll look at post excerpts, categories and tags, and how to use them on a well-structured site to maximize visitor experience and search engine ranking benefits.

6. You'll see the two main ways you can set your homepage up.

7. We'll create a contact form on the site so visitors can get in touch.

8. We'll setup an About us page, and I'll explain why this page is important and what information to include on it.

9. We'll cover the legal pages you need.

10. We'll discuss the navigation system on your site, and how you can set up customized navigation in the header, sidebar or footer of your site.  We'll also talk about internal site linking.

11. We'll cover Wordpress security, and set up a system that will keep the site safe from hackers.

12. We'll check out some great free plugins.

13. Finally, I'll give you a 20 step plan for creating your site. 

By the end of this course, you will have a website that you are truly proud of. 

Just of few of the many Student Reviews

• This is a fabulous course, and I would it give it six stars if such a rating were available! Everything is very clearly explained, and Andy promptly answers any question you might have. If you are interested in using and learning WordPress, you owe it to yourself to take this outstanding course. Robert Weiser

• Lectures are well-structured with lots of details given. The instructor is extremely knowledgeable and communicates very effectively. I've been able to set up my first website based on what I've learned here. A definite plus is that questions posted via the course are answered quickly! Susan Worms

• I love this course. I have spent a few hours today and I have already learned so much. Really excited about the potential for when I am done. Great Course! A. Luis Acosta

• I learned a lot more than how to use WordPress in basic terms. Andrew shares a lot of insider knowledge and tips that would take you countless hours of doing your own research to learn...and answering questions you may not have thought to ask. Couldn't have asked for a better course to help me jumpstart into WordPress. Nathaniel Stephens

• What a fantastic share of knowledge. I really appreciated and loved how a "real" site was used for the lectures, real world examples of everything. I would definitely take this course - highly recommended! Glen Schafer

• This course is perfect for people who want to start a blog or info page with wordpress. He covers all the basics and sometimes goes even a little deeper, to give you an idea what to look for. The provided documents are gold and very helpfull. I can't wait to go public with my site. Thank you for the great lectures. Andreas Lackmann

• I really wish I had access to a course such as this four years ago when I first started dabbling with Wordpress as a hobby in my retirement. The learning process at the time, for a non-techy like me, was painstaking. Andy's course was the ideal step-by-step teaching method. I'm now much more confident about starting a new affiliate marketing website. Leon

• Well delivered, well structured. Easy to follow and logical. Developed my own website in parallel with the course, and had it up and running within two weeks of starting. Looking forward to undertaking a couple of the course developers other courses now. Highly recommended. Steve Laing

• Excellent instructor. Andy is great. He used visuals for everything he say. I was able to pause him and go to my site and test my understanding in all areas that I did know. The results and excitement are fantastic. Esau Khan

• A fantastic course. Thank you Andy. This is a great course and it has helped me start to build my own WordPress website. I was very impressed when I had a problem with viewing my site that you took time to check for me. That shows what a great teacher you are. I have booked up another course by to and can't wait for more. Once again. Thank you. B Brown

• Many of the courses I've been through related to learning Wordpress are either too complicated or the author doesn't spend enough time explaining concepts so that you can understand what's being said. Andy strikes a nice balance with this course in that all the modules are broken up into easily digestible pieces. I like that he takes enough time to explain each new concept or module without being repetitive or using jargon that's difficult to follow. I also love being able to follow along with Andy as he explains each new module as well (as opposed to just talking off of slides all the time). He literally walks you through everything, so it's like you're right there looking over his shoulder. For anyone wanting to understand all the fundamentals of Wordpress, I think you'll absolutely love this course. It will save you tons of time by having all this information in one place. And you'll even learn some additional features like setting up affiliate links (not that everyone needs to know this but I like that Andy included it so it's there if you ever want to know). Truly a fantastic course! Lance Gross

• Superb Course - Extraordinary Instructor!! Andy's Wordpress for Beginners-Master Wordpress Quicky course is by far the best Wordpress course I've seen. And I definitely wouldn't say it's just for beginners. I'm not a beginner - I thought I knew Wordpress pretty well, but I learned SO MUCH MORE from this course! I've always had a lot of questions about the many settings and various options in Wordpress and most courses just skip over them or tell you to check this box and move on with no explanation. I never really got my questions answered until now. Andy is very detailed in his instruction. He walks you through step by step and tells you what each setting or section is for, how it is used (or not used) and why. I got more out of Andy's course than any other course I've ever taken. He has an extensive teaching background and it is evident in his clearly produced videos. After taking this course, you'll find your confidence level will soar. Carol

1. Introduction to the Course
2. Before you Begin
3. Introducing Wordpress!
4. Introduction to the course
5. Which Wordpress?
6. Dashboard Differences
7. Pre-Course Question
8. Wordpress Glossary
9. Where to Install WordPress?
10. Introduction to Wordpress
11. Local Install - Install WordPress on your Computer
12. IMPORTANT: Please Read this FIRST
13. Local Install Issues
14. Local By Flywheel
15. Other Options
16. Local By Flywheel Quiz
17. Installing Wordpress on a Web Host
18. IMPORTANT: Please Read this FIRST
19. Finding the domain
20. Installing Wordpress on a Web Host
21. Removing the Bluehost Cache
22. Web Host Install
23. A first look around Wordpress
24. IMPORTANT: Please read
25. Switching Themes
26. The Wordpress Dashboard
27. Clearing out Wordpress pre-installed content
28. Post & Page Editor(s)
29. A Look at the WYSIWYG "Classic" Editor
30. The Gutenberg Editor
31. The Media Library
32. The WordPress Dashboard
33. The Gutenberg Editor
34. About Animations
35. A Minor Interface Change
36. Gutenberg Overview
37. The Interface
38. Anatomy of a Block
39. Adding Blocks to Build a Post
40. Group Block
41. Inserting Images & Wrap
42. Cover Block
43. Columns
44. Reusable Blocks
45. Finding More Blocks
46. Gutenberg
47. Wordpress Settings
48. Setting up a Gravatar
49. Author Profile
50. General Settings
51. Writing Settings
52. Update Services
53. Reading Settings
54. Discussion Settings
55. Allowing Comments & Comment Moderation
56. Permalinks
57. Privacy Settings
58. Themes, Plugins & Widgets
59. Responsive Website Design?
60. Wordpress Themes
61. Plugins & Adding a Sitemap
62. Installing Premium Plugins
63. Wordpress Widgets
64. Settings, plugins and themes
65. Website Content with Posts & Pages
66. Wordpress Posts v Wordpress Pages
67. WordPress "Pages"
68. WordPress "Posts"
69. Post Categories
70. Post Tags
71. Categories & Tags Summary
72. Importance of Excerpts
73. Importance of Featured Images
74. How to schedule a post
75. Resizing & Optimizing Images
76. Creating a WordPress Page
77. Creating a WordPress post
78. Page or Post?
79. Posts and Pages
80. The Homepage
81. The importance of the homepage
82. Static Homepage v Blog Posts
83. Creating A Blog Style Homepage
84. Creating A Static Style Homepage
85. The Homepage
86. Creating the Legal Pages
87. Creating a Contact page
88. Creating an About Us page
89. Terms, Privacy and Disclaimers
90. Website Navigation
91. Custom Menus
92. Navigation Menu Widgets
93. Related Post Navigation
94. Latest Posts
95. Internal Site Linking
96. Website Navigation
97. Wordpress Security
98. WARNING: Read before you continue
99. Wordpress Security
100. What to do if the security plugin locks you out
101. All In One Security Plugin
102. Stop Spammers Plugin
103. Wordpress Backup
104. How to change your Wordpress Author Page Name
105. Security
106. Some Important Plugins
107. Social Sharing
108. Responsive LIghtbox
109. Pretty links Lite
110. Wordpress Site Structure
111. Site Structure Options
112. The WordPress Set Up Process
113. Importing Demo Content
114. Please Read
115. The Astra Sidebar
116. Creating A Blog Site
117. Creating A Blog with Blog Homepage
118. Changing the Homepage to Static
119. Creating the Business Site
120. Creating a Business Site
121. Business Site Navigation
122. Creating the Hybrid Site
123. Creating the Hybrid Site Structure
124. Hybrid Site Navigation
125. Site Structure
126. Gutenberg Full Site Editor Primer
127. What is Full Site Editing (FSE)?
128. What do I need for FSE?
129. The FSE Interface
130. Using Template Parts
131. Which template do I edit?
132. Practice with FSE
133. Feedback
134. Post-Course Question
135. WordPress Q&A
136. Question: WordPress Admin Bar
137. Question: Scheduling Posts in WordPress
138. Question: How to embed a video in WordPress
139. Question: Updating WordPress safely
140. Question: What is the robots.txt file
141. Question: How to put your site into maintenance mode
142. Question: What is an RSS feed and why should we bother?
143. Question: How to insert symbols like © into posts, pages, widget areas, etc.
144. Question: Still confused about tags v categories?
145. Question: How do you create Jump Links?
146. Resources
147. If you are new to Udemy, watch this...
148. Bonus lecture
149. Requests for additional videos?

Unlock the full power of WordPress and go beyond "just a blog platform" by learning how to code completely custom WordPress powered sites.

Updated for 2023: New chapters about Block Themes, Full Site Editing, Gutenberg Block Type Creation, Plugin Development, React.js basics, custom MySQL essentials, and more!

I've spent the last 12 years studying WordPress, PHP, and JavaScript and now I'm here to teach you everything I know. Come along on this journey with me and become a WordPress developer.

Together we will build a website for a fictional university and along the way we will:

• Install WordPress on your personal computer so you have a private playground copy of WordPress to practice and experiment with

• Get introduced to the PHP language (this is what powers WordPress)

• Set Up a New Theme (You'll learn how to convert any HTML template into a living breathing WordPress theme)

• Create Custom Post Types and Custom Fields

• Relate pieces of content with each other (e.g. a professor and a program)

• Learn the basics of (object-oriented) JavaScript

• Leverage the WP REST API

• Learn to use JavaScript to communicate with the WordPress back-end on-the-fly

• Let visitors sign up for a basic account on our site

• Build a "My Notes" feature (user specific single page application with real-time CRUD actions)

• Let users "like" or "heart" a professor (update the professor's like count on-the-fly)

• Deploy our website live up onto the web for the entire world to view

• And much more!

This course may be brand new, but this isn’t my first time teaching. I’ve led training sessions for Fortune 500 companies and I’ve already helped over 17,000 people on Udemy and received the following feedback:

"Brad definitely has some of the best techniques to embed the lesson into your mind… hands down these are the best tutorials I have had the opportunity to view."

"Presentation is concise without being tedious… you honestly feel that you have a thorough understanding of the subject."

"…[Brad] explained the process. Not memorize this or that, he explained the process. If you're looking to take a course to understand the foundations of creating websites, look no further."

Become highly valuable and relevant to the companies that are hiring WordPress developers; in one convenient place alongside one instructor. If you're ready to begin coding custom websites - I'll see you on the inside!

1. Welcome!
2. Welcome to the Course!
3. Getting Started
4. What is a Dev Environment? (Your First Installation)
5. If You're Unable to Install Local by Flywheel
6. About The Recent Big Changes To WordPress
7. First Taste of PHP
8. First Coding Steps: PHP
9. A Note About URLs / My Address Bar
10. Creating a New Theme
11. PHP Functions
12. PHP Arrays
13. WordPress Specific PHP
14. The Famous "Loop" in WordPress
15. Header & Footer
16. Optional: If You Want To Skip To One of The Final Chapters In The Course...
17. Convert Static HTML Template into WordPress (Part 1)
18. Convert Static HTML Template into WordPress (Part 2)
19. Pages
20. Interior Page Template
21. Parent & Children Pages
22. To Echo or Not To Echo
23. Menu of Child Page Links
24. A Few Quick Edits / Improvements
25. Navigation Menus
26. Navigation Menus (Continued)
27. Building the Blog Section
28. Blog Listing Page (index.php vs front-page.php)
29. Blog Continued
30. Blog Archives (archive.php)
31. Custom Queries
32. Blog: Few Quick Edits & Improvements
33. Events Post Type
34. Custom Post Types
35. Using The Modern Block Editor For Our Custom Post Type
36. Displaying Custom Post Types
37. Quick Timeout: Misc Updates
38. Custom Fields
39. A Note About the WordPress Post Edit Screen
40. Ordering (Sorting) Custom Queries
41. Manipulating Default URL Based Queries
42. Past Events Page (Custom Query Pagination)
43. Programs Post Type
44. Creating Relationships Between Content
45. Displaying Relationships (Front-End)
46. Quick Program Edits
47. Professors Post Type
48. Quick Note About The Next Lesson
49. Professors Post Type
50. Featured Image (Post Thumbnail)
51. Featured Image Sizes & Cropping
52. Page Banner Dynamic Background Image
53. Cleaner Code (Less Duplication)
54. Note About PHP Warning In The Next Lesson
55. Reduce Duplicate Code - Create Our Own Function
56. Solution To "Undefined array key" Warnings
57. Quick Fix For Page Banner Function
58. Using Our "pageBanner" Function
59. Reduce Duplication - "get_template_part()"
60. JavaScript Preparation
61. Getting Our Computer & Project Ready for JavaScript
62. Important Note About The Next Lesson
63. Optional: The Finished Product Of This Course: All In One Import File
64. Campus Post Type
65. Note About Google Maps JavaScript API
66. Campus Post Type
67. Campus Map on Front-End
68. Campuses Continued
69. Final Campus Details
70. Live Search (UI JavaScript)
71. Live Search
72. Quick Note About The Next Lesson
73. Open and Close Search Overlay
74. Preventing the Text Field Suggestions Pop-up
75. Keyboard Events in JavaScript
76. Managing Time in JavaScript
77. Waiting / Loading Spinner Icon
78. WordPress REST API (AJAX)
79. Quick Note About The Next Lesson
80. Load WP Content with JS
81. Generate HTML Based on JSON
82. Conditional Logic Within Template Literal
83. Quick Misc Edits
84. Synchronous vs Asynchronous (Part 1)
85. Synchronous vs Asynchronous (Part 2)
86. Customizing the REST API
87. REST API: Add New Custom Field
88. REST API: Add New Custom Route (URL)
89. Create Your Own Raw JSON Data
90. WP_Query and Keyword Searching
91. Working With Multiple Post Types
92. Combining Front-End & Back-End
93. 3 Column Layout for Search Overlay
94. Custom Layout & JSON based on Post Type
95. Quick Note About The Next Lesson
96. Search Logic That's Aware of Relationships
97. Search Logic That's Aware of Relationships (Part 2)
98. Completing Our Search Overlay
99. jQuery Free Live Search
100. Non-JS Fallback Traditional Search
101. Traditional WordPress Searching
102. Traditional WordPress Searching (Part 2)
103. User Roles and Permissions
104. User Roles and Permissions
105. Open Registration
106. Open Registration (Part 2)
107. User Generated Content
108. "My Notes" Feature
109. "My Notes" Front-end Part 1
110. "My Notes" Front-end Part 2
111. Quick Note About The Next Lesson
112. Delete Posts with the REST API
113. Edit / Update Posts with the REST API
114. Creating New Notes
115. Creating New Notes (Part 2)
116. Note Permissions and Security (Part 1)
117. Note Permissions and Security (Part 2)
118. Per-User Post Limit
119. Quick Note About CSS
120. jQuery Free My Notes
121. Like or "Heart" Count for Professors
122. Let Users "Like" Content (Part 1)
123. Let Users "Like" Content (Part 2)
124. Creating Custom POST and DELETE Endpoints
125. Programmatically Create a Post
126. Enforce Limit of One Like Per User/Teacher Combo
127. Don't Forget About The "isset" Solution
128. Completing the LikeBox
129. Reminder To Use "isset" In Our LikeBox HTML Output
130. jQuery Free LikeBox
131. Going Live: Deploying Our WordPress Site
132. Going Live with Our Website
133. A Note About Google Maps and Our Live Site
134. Path A (Simple and Quick)
135. Path B (Advanced / Manually Moving a Site)
136. Database Config for Two Site Environments
137. Ignoring Certain Files with Git
138. Automatic Git Deployments to Web Host
139. Extra Credit Challenges & Topics
140. Challenge: Make Homepage Slideshow Dynamic
141. Plugin Development: PHP
142. Introduction to Plugin Development
143. Let's Create Our First Plugin
144. Adding a Settings Page For Our Plugin
145. Settings API (Saving Settings Data)
146. Finishing Our Settings Form
147. Actually Counting the Words, Characters, and Read Time
148. Translations / Localization (For PHP)
149. Admin Sub-Menu
150. Custom Admin Menu Icon
151. Alternative: Manually Handling Admin Form Submit
152. Finishing Word Filter Plugin
153. Plugin Development: Blocks, Gutenberg & React
154. Introduction to JavaScript Plugin Development
155. Introduction to JSX
156. Block Type Attributes
157. Let's Discuss the Output of Our Block (Part 1)
158. Let's Discuss the Output of Our Block (Part 2)
159. Plugin: Multiple Choice Block Type (React)
160. Quick Note About Loading Block Asset Files
161. Starting Our Multiple Choice Block Type
162. Styling Our Block
163. Event Handling & Updating Block Attributes
164. Focus New Field For Immediate Typing
165. Setting Up The Correct Answer
166. If You're Using a Block Theme: Load Your JS In The Footer
167. How To Use React on The Front-End of WordPress
168. Passing Block Data From PHP Into JavaScript / React
169. Letting Users Click On (Guess) An Answer
170. Attention To Detail
171. A Note About Animations / Transitions in React
172. Let Admin Choose Background Color of Block
173. Block Text Alignment & Block Preview
174. Using The "block.json" File
175. Plugin: Featured Professor
176. Starting Our Featured Professor Plugin
177. Loading a List of Professors
178. Displaying Professor Info
179. Professor Preview In Editor (Part 1)
180. Professor Preview In Editor (Part 2)
181. Control Post Meta With Block Type
182. Add Related Posts to Professor Detail Page
183. Translations / Localization (For JavaScript)
184. Plugin Development: Custom SQL Database Table
185. Understanding The Pros and Cons of the "Post" Paradigm
186. Creating Our Own Custom Table
187. Querying Our Table
188. Building Dynamic Queries (Part 1)
189. Quick Note About PHP Arrays
190. PHP Warnings In The Next Lesson
191. Building Dynamic Queries (Part 2)
192. Reminder Of PHP Warning Solution
193. Create Pet From Front-End
194. Delete Pet From Front-End
195. Converting Plugin To Be a Block Type Plugin Instead
196. Block Themes & Full Site Editing
197. What Is Full Site Editing?
198. Important Note: theme.json File Needed
199. Creating A Block Theme
200. Where Should We Begin With Block Themes?

Ever had a business idea that you had to let slide because you didn't know how to build a website? Or maybe have been quoted thousands of dollars for someone else to build one for you? That all changes after this course.

Learn how to build responsive, modern and beautiful WordPress websites in less than 21 hours. After completion, you will be able to confidently transform any business or blog ideas into life overnight with the power of WordPress and the industry-leading visual page builder - Elementor.

Discover how you can apply templates to websites to build something new in a matter of hours. Not weeks, or even days, but hours. Build beautiful, modern websites for yourself,  or master your craft and start charging new clients for your new in-demand skill set.

Doors open and opportunities reveal themselves once you can proficiently design and build a website - a website just like we will build in this WordPress & Elementor Master Course. You will also master the basics of WordPress SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) and how you can drive traffic to your website completely for free.

Ready to invoke some change and take a giant leap in your career, professional and personal life? I'll see you inside!

1. Introduction
2. What you will learn from this course
3. Who is this course for?
4. Meet the website you are going to build
5. WordPress - Powering The Internet
6. What is WordPress and why we are using it
7. Wordpress.com or Wordpress.org?
8. Understanding The Basics
9. All you need to know about section 3
10. Web hosting 101
11. Understanding what a domain name is
12. Understanding the techy jargon (cheatsheet download)
13. Show me what you know!
14. Setting Up Wordpress Locally Without Hosting
15. All you need to know about section 4
16. What is Local WP?
17. Installing & configuring Local WP
18. Creating your first WordPress site locally
19. Show me what you know!
20. WordPress - Getting under the hood
21. All you need to know about section 5
22. Introduction to the WordPress Dashboard
23. Configuring our WordPress settings
24. Introduction to the block editor - creating our first post
25. Adding a few more posts using the classic editor
26. Installing and customising themes
27. The Elementor Theme Builder
28. All you need to know about section 6
29. What is Elementor?
30. Understanding the WordPress template files
31. Install & activate Elementor on our website
32. Installing & setting up Elementor Pro
33. Introduction to the Elementor settings
34. Elementor settings continued
35. Building Our Menu, Header & Footer
36. Creating our header menu
37. Creating our footer menu
38. Designing your logos for free using canva
39. Adding logos to our site
40. Building our header with flexbox containers
41. Building our header - pt 2
42. Finishing off our header
43. Design & build our footer
44. Design & Build Our Homepage
45. Updating our Elementor UI for a better workflow
46. Design & build the homepage - hero section
47. Design fundamentals - colour palettes & font pairing
48. Adding global default fonts and styles to our project
49. Design & build the counters section
50. Design & build the polaroids section
51. Design & build the polaroids section - pt 2
52. Design & build our posts section
53. Design & build our parallax section
54. Adding a few more blog posts
55. Design & build our inspiration section
56. Design & build our logo slider section
57. Final tweaks to our homepage design
58. Design & Build The 'About Us' & 'Contact' Pages
59. Drawing inspiration for your designs
60. Design & build the about us page
61. Adding motion effects and animations
62. Design & build our contact page
63. Finishing off our contact page
64. The Art of Responsive Design
65. Making our homepage mobile responsive
66. Making our homepage mobile responsive - pt 2
67. Making our homepage mobile responsive - pt 3
68. Making our header fully responsive
69. Making our footer fully responsive
70. Making our contact page fully responsive
71. Making our about page full responsive
72. Design & Build Our Theme Template Files
73. What is coming up in this section
74. Building our single post template - pt 1
75. Building our single post template - pt 2
76. Finishing our single post template - pt 3
77. Amending our display conditions
78. Making our single page template mobile responsive
79. Amending our post categories
80. Design and build our archive template file
81. Making our archive page template fully responsive
82. Getting creative with our archive template files
83. Template pages on steroids
84. Finishing off our templates on steroids
85. Design & build our search results template
86. Build our error 404 template file
87. Mastering your skill and becoming a WordPress Developer
88. Show me what you know!
89. Domain Name & Hosting
90. All you need to know about section 7
91. Set up a web hosting account with Hostinger
92. Purchasing a domain name with Namecheap
93. Changing our nameservers of our new domain
94. Claiming your free domain with Hostinger Premium
95. Getting familiar with the Hostinger dashboard
96. Migrating Your Local Website To Your Web Hosting Account
97. All you need to know about section 8
98. Install Duplicator and create our migration package
99. Migrate website to our server for the whole world to see!
100. Show me what you know!
101. Additional Plugins and Configurations
102. All you need to know about section 9
103. Install and configure W3 Total Cache
104. Measure your page loading times
105. Install and configure Wordfence Security
106. Install and configure Updraft Plus
107. Updating our plugins and themes
108. Taking your Wordpress & Elementor skills further
109. Finishing Our Travel Tips & Resources Pages
110. What is coming up in this section
111. Completing our travel tips page
112. Building our resources page
113. Making our resources page fully responsive
114. Driving Free Traffic To Our Website using SEO
115. All you need to know about section 10
116. What is SEO?
117. The SEO work flow
118. What are keywords?
119. Keeping track of your keywords
120. Determining your on-page SEO strategy for your website
121. Creating a Google Ads account for the free keyword tools
122. Keyword research with Google Keyword Planner
123. 30-day free trial for Semrush
124. Introduction to my favourite SEO tool - Semrush
125. Note on the next lesson
126. Using Google Chrome Extensions to research keyword difficulty
127. Keyword research straight from the browser using Keyword Surfer
128. What is on page optimisation?
129. Installing & configuring Rank Math
130. On-page optimisation using Rank Math
131. On-page optimisations continued
132. Show me what you know!
133. *Extra* - Adding Google Analytics To Your Website
134. Creating a Google Analytics account
135. Installing the Google Tag to our website
136. Additional resources to help with installations
137. Building An Email List
138. All you need to know about section 12
139. Creating an Aweber account
140. Adding a new business email address
141. Configuring your email addresses with your email client
142. Adding your sending domain name
143. Creating a welcome email
144. Connecting Aweber to our website
145. Adding a sign-up form to our footer
146. Designing a pop-up email capture form
147. Tweak to the popup display conditions
148. Updating our privacy policy page
149. Scanning for cookies and adding a cookie policy
150. Thats a wrap!
151. Final words (and a big thank you from me)
152. Bonus Content
153. Bonus bits for you as a thank you from me

This is the *LAST WordPress and Elementor course you will ever have to take*

Why? Because this course will regularly be updated with just about EVERY new feature and experiment that comes through the pipeline of Elementor so that you are always pioneering the newest features.

This course is for those WordPress and Elementor website builders that want to stay at the very cutting edge of design and build techniques so that you can deliver the VERY best, cutting-edge websites for yourself and for your clients.

Ricky has been designing and building WordPress websites for over 12 years. As well as the hundreds of client websites he has built in this time, he also owns his own successful e-commerce business,  7 authoritative blogs, and WordPress developer agency & an SEO agency.

His undeniable passion lies in WordPress and Elementor, as he pioneers his own design techniques and leads the cutting-edge world of beautiful, dynamic WordPress development.

In this course Ricky will be taking you by the hand through every lesson, advancing your skills from a beginner/intermediate WordPress developer to one who can quite literally go away and build ANY website.

Over the next 9 hours of video training, you will learn how to:

• Master flexbox containers and truly responsive web design for incredibly detailed websites

• Add your own custom post types, custom fields and custom taxonomies so that you can quite literally build ANY website you could ever be asked to build

• Dynamically inject custom fields and content throughout your web pages and theme template files

• Master how to build complex theme templates to showcase every single post completely dependent on taxonomy/category

• Take quick and easy payments with PayPal & Stripe buttons without needing to install Woocoommerce

• Bring your pages to life using page animations, motions effects, scroll effects, mouse effects, parallax effects & more

If you are wanting to take your WordPress & Elementor skills to the next level so that you can build ANY website for yourself or for your clients as a service, then this is the course that is going to progress you from an intermediate level to a complete master of your craft.

Ready to jump in? Let's get to it...

1. Introduction
2. Introduction
3. Who is this course for?
4. Meet the website we are building together
5. Building A Web Developer Agency Website
6. Setting up our website locally
7. Installing Elementor Pro and Hello Theme
8. Quick not on the next lesson
9. Install Elementor Developer for early access to future features
10. Working With Flexbox Containers
11. Working with flexbox containers
12. Adding our menu
13. Design & build our header
14. Design & build our footer
15. Building our homepage - hero banner
16. Making our menu fully responsive
17. Building our homepage - logo slider & services
18. Building our homepage - twin containers
19. Building the homepage - contact container
20. Building the homepage - case studies
21. Building the homepage - testimonial section
22. Responsive web design using containers
23. Motion Effects & Page Transitions
24. Adding motion effects to our page
25. Adding page transitions & preloaders
26. Adding Custom Post Types
27. What are custom post types?
28. Registering new custom post types & taxonomies
29. Adding custom fields
30. Adding a new Case Study post type
31. Displaying Dynamic Content
32. Building our Case Studies template file
33. Getting creative with dynamic images and transitions
34. Sticky scrolling effects
35. Adding category-specific static content
36. Finishing off our Case Studies template file
37. Mobile responsiveness - tablet
38. Mobile responsiveness - mobile
39. Dynamically include the category of the Case Study
40. Adding our remaining category template files for Case Studies
41. Loop Carousels & Grids
42. Designing our Case Studies page - Hero
43. Case Studies page - flip boxes
44. Getting our loop element ready
45. Building our loop template file
46. Finishing off our case studies page
47. Adding a button to our loop template file
48. Dynamic Archive Template Files
49. building our e-commerce archive template file
50. Adding a static counters section
51. Getting things ready for another loop template
52. Building the loop template and finishing the archive design
53. Additional category archive pages
54. About Page - Using Clever Design Elements
55. Building the hero banner
56. Adding our Vision and Mission
57. Adding our top team members
58. Taking Payments & Selling Memberships (Without Woocommerce)
59. Build our Services page
60. Fixing our button & adding Parallax effects
61. Set up PayPal buttons to accept payments
62. Set up Stripe buttons to accept payments
63. Sell memberships on your website
64. Building Mega Menu's
65. What is a mega menu
66. Build our own mega menu
67. That's A Wrap
68. What's next
69. Bonus Content
70. Bonus bits for you as a thank you from me

The Most Beginner-Friendly and Complete WordPress Web Development & SEO Course!

Become an Expert in Creating Professional Websites and Driving Traffic!

No coding needed!

This is a 100% Practical Course - Get Ready for Hands-On Experience from the First Lecture!

Take A Look at These Top Rated Reviews...

I never thought I would learn so much and be able to create my own website until I started this masterclass. It's been so amazing so far. - Maritza Constain

This course has raised my EOY [End of Year] revenue by 310%. - Paul Jackson

As a web developer, and having used WordPress so many times, I really recommend this course, really. - Jalal Asfaj

I almost don't want to share their courses with anyone else, because if I do, then all my clients will be able to do what I do because they teach you how to do what they do, even if you know absolutely ZERO when you start the course! And let me tell you, I knew absolutely zero! - Lameez Bailey

Course Goals:

• Create a Professional Website in 1 Day.

• Create Unique Websites with Development Tools.

• Create a Professional Online Store with Woocommerce.

• Create SEO-Optimized Content.

  
  

Includes:

- Lifetime Access to Future Updates

- Tools, Articles & Templates

- Quick & Helpful Support in the Q&A section

- Downloadable Certificate of Completion

- 30 Day Money Back Guarantee (No Questions Asked)

This course will require you to sign up to a Bluehost hosting subscription to follow everything step by step.

Are You Ready to Start Creating a Professional SEO Optimized WordPress Website?

See You Inside The Course.

Love

Robin & Jesper

1. WEBSITE IN 1 DAY
2. What You’ll Get
3. Foundation
4. Install WordPress
5. Install a Theme
6. Navigation
7. Set Your Website Foundation
8. Build
9. Website Title & Logo
10. Pages
11. Home Page
12. Posts
13. Write Blog Post
14. Custom Menu
15. Build Your Website
16. Plugins
17. Backup
18. Security
19. Anti-Spam
20. Install Important Plugins
21. Design
22. Home Page
23. Blog
24. Sidebar
25. Product Page
26. Contact Page
27. Footer
28. Fonts & Colors
29. Design Your Website
30. Legal
31. Privacy Policy
32. Terms & Conditions
33. Cookie Consent
34. Legally Secure Your Website
35. BASIC SETUP
36. What to Expect
37. Building Your First Website
38. Install WordPress Using Bluehost
39. Logging In
40. WordPress FAQ
41. Navigating WordPress
42. Installing a WordPress Theme
43. Required Theme Plugins
44. Getting Started Assignment
45. Set Your Website Title
46. Set Your Home Page
47. Pages & Posts Editor: Introduction (Gutenberg)
48. Pages & Posts Editor: Blocks
49. Edit Your Home Page
50. Design Resources
51. Set Your Custom Menu
52. Publish Your Website
53. Write a Post
54. Customize Video Posts
55. Categories & Tags
56. Post Settings & Blog Design
57. Sidebar Design
58. Change Your Site Icon
59. Customize Your Footer
60. Make Your Website Mobile Friendly
61. Dashboard Cleanup
62. Building Your First Website Assignment
63. Plugins
64. Plugins Introduction
65. How to Use Plugins
66. Backup Your Website
67. Secure Your Website
68. Website Analytics
69. Speed Up Your Website
70. Improve Search Rankings: Setup
71. Google Search Console
72. Improve Search Rankings: Posts
73. Block Spam
74. Contact Forms
75. Track & Shorten Links
76. Email Opt-In: Business Email
77. Email Opt-In: Setup
78. Email Opt-In: Forms & Emails
79. Image Optimization & Compression
80. Plugins Assignment
81. Privacy Policy & Terms of Service
82. Privacy Policy & GDPR
83. Add a Privacy Policy Page
84. Make Your Plugins GDPR Compliant
85. Cookies Consent
86. Add a Terms and Conditions Page
87. Privacy Policy & Terms of Service Assignment
88. Making Your Website Professional
89. Introduction
90. Create Your Logo
91. Match Logo Into Favicon
92. Tailor Your Website
93. Copy Success
94. Start Here Page
95. Resources Page
96. Affiliate Marketing Links
97. Commenting System
98. Making Your Website Professional Assignment
99. DEVELOPMENT
100. What to Expect
101. Designing With Elementor
102. Introduction: Designing With Elementor
103. Settings
104. Home Page Pre-Design
105. Dashboard & Functions
106. Set Global Values: Fonts
107. Match Your Menu & Footer Fonts
108. Set Global Values: Colors
109. Match Your Menu & Footer Colors
110. Anatomy of Sections
111. Designing With Elementor Assignment
112. Elementor: Home Page Design
113. Background Part 1
114. Background Part 2
115. Title
116. Description
117. CTA Button
118. Social Proof
119. Email Opt-In Version 1 Part 1
120. Email Opt-In Version 1 Part 2
121. Email Opt-In Version 2
122. Showcase Section Part 1
123. Showcase Section Part 2
124. Scrolling Menu
125. Home Page Design Analysis
126. Elementor Home Page Design Assignment
127. Optimizations
128. Introduction: UI vs UX vs CX
129. Speed Test Your Website
130. Image Loading Speed
131. PNG to JPG Conversion
132. Eliminate Rendering-blocking JavaScript & CSS
133. Reduce Server Response Time
134. SSL & SiteLock CDN
135. SSL & CDN Compatibility
136. Cloudflare CDN
137. Home & Site URL Corrections
138. Leverage Browser Caching
139. Further Optimizations
140. Support
141. Mobile Design UX
142. Mobile Design UI
143. Tablet Design UX
144. Tablet Design UI
145. Optimizations Assignment
146. Elementor: Templates & Customizations
147. Design: Start Here Page - Template Editing
148. Design: Start Here Page - Adding Content
149. Design: Start Here Page - Templating Your Content
150. Design: Courses Page
151. Design: Courses Page - Column Design
152. Design: Courses Page - Column Template
153. Design: About Page
154. Design: Resources Page
155. Design: Resources Page part 2
156. Design: Contact Page
157. After Designing
158. Elementor Templates & Customizations Assignment
159. WooCommerce
160. Introduction: WooCommerce
161. Basic Setup
162. Create a Simple Product
163. Remove the Sidebar
164. Create a Variable Product
165. Create a Service Product
166. Create a Digital Product
167. Create an Affiliate Product
168. Create a Grouped Product
169. Customize Shop Page
170. WooCommerce Settings
171. Add Taxes
172. Add Shipping
173. Add Payment Methods
174. Create a Coupon Code
175. Add Images to Categories
176. Fulfill Orders
177. WooCommerce Assignment
178. SEO
179. What Is SEO
180. Before Doing SEO
181. SEO Fundamentals
182. Why 91% Don't Get Traffic
183. Keywords
184. Black Hat SEO vs White Hat SEO
185. On Page & Off Page SEO
186. SEO Ranking Factors
187. Google RankBrain
188. Dwell Time
189. Do You Know The SEO System?
190. Keyword Research
191. Keyword Research Explained
192. Different Types Of Keywords
193. Find Searched Keywords
194. Find Keywords to Rank For
195. Keyword Research Assignment
196. Content Ideas
197. Get Content Ideas
198. Get Video Content Ideas
199. Spy On Competitors SEO
200. Content Ideas Assignment