****  THIS COURSE IS FOR TIPPERARY BASED BUSINESS ONLY ****

Course Outline

Getting to Know WordPress

• What is WordPress
• Wordpress.com v Wordpress.org - what’s the difference
• Getting Started
• How WordPress works
• Maintaining WordPress
• Security and WordPress

Accessing Your WordPress Site

• Using the WordPress Dashboard / Admin Panel
• Using the WordPress Menu
• WordPress health check - Is everything up to date
• Design & Layout
• Style and content

Content Editors

• Editing Menus and creating user friendly navigation
• Editing & Creating Blogs/Posts/News/Pages
• Understanding Posts v Pages
• Creating and editing links, text and image links, external and internal
• Usability - Categories and navigation filters
• Revisions and backups
• Publishing and scheduling posts

Adding Images and Media

• Adding / Updating images
• Optimising images
• Creating Galleries
• Featured images
• Sliders
• Working with Audio and video - How to embed

Features & Functionality

• Extending WordPress with plugins
• What are plugins and how do they work
• Where can I get them
• How to I install and test them?
• Demo on installing and adding a plugin

Connecting

• Connecting to other platforms, social, email, booking systems

WooCommerce & How it works

• Turning your site into a shop or managing it

Maintenance & Security

• Is my website safe and secure?
• Keeping up to date
• Security through plugins and third-party services
• Backing up your site

This programme is not for digital marketing trainers/consultants or website designers.