WordPress is the most popular content management system (CMS) for website and blog design. Learn all the initial steps and the required elements for having a website; identify how to build a simple WordPress website or blog; customize your WordPress site by hand-coding HTML, CSS, and PHP; and and apply search engine optimization (SEO) techniques to improve your website ranking and much more.

The WordPress Certificate is offered through our partner, Learning Resources Network, Inc. (aka UGotClass).

THE PROGRAM

Website Set-Up - 16 hours

• All the initial steps and the required elements for having a website, including the process of registering a domain name, signing up for a host company, pointing your domain to the host and getting ready for website design in WordPress. 

WordPress Fundamentals - 16 hours

• After successfully completing this course, you will know how to build a simple WordPress website or blog. Topics include an introduction to CMS, WordPress installation and setup, page and content creation, administration, themes (selection, purchase, installation, and setup), working widgets and plugins, and more. 

Advanced WordPress - 16 hours

• Now that you have learned how to set up a WordPress website, it's time to learn advanced options and features of WordPress. You will learn how to modify WordPress web pages by hand-coding. You'll also learn about simple yet effective SEO techniques that improve your website ranking. We will also cover very important on-going site maintenance and site security.