Free WordPress training: WordPress for beginners

Already know about how to set up your WordPress site but don’t know how to get it ranked high in the search results? With Yoast SEO Premium you’ll learn about all the key SEO aspects, like keyword research, SEO copywriting and technical SEO, while unlocking access to the Yoast SEO Premium plugin as well.

Learn how to create your own WordPress site

Ever wanted to create your own website? We’ve got you covered! Whether you want to create your own personal blog, an online store, or a business website – with WordPress, creating your own website is easy as pie. If you know what you’re doing, of course. In this free online WordPress for beginners course, we’ll guide you through every step of setting up, creating, and maintaining your own WordPress website. 

After this free training…

• you know what WordPress is and what it can do for you;
• you’re able to get your own WordPress site up and running;
• you can create a site that fits your likes and needs, by using WordPress settings, plugins, themes, and widgets;
• you’re able to manage your WordPress site once it’s up and running;
• you know how to improve the security of your site so it’s protected against hackers;
• you know everything about WordPress SEO, so people can find your site in the search results!

What topics are covered in this free WordPress for beginners course?

1. 1. Introduction to WordPress What is WordPress? What is the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org? What can you do with WordPress? What does open source mean? In this module, we’ll answer all these questions!
   2.  Getting started with WordPress You’ll learn how to get your own WordPress site up and running, by choosing a hosting company that fits your needs and getting your own domain. After that, we’ll make you a bit more familiar with the WordPress back end. Finally, we’ll teach you how to find out how you want to use WordPress.
   3. Customizing your site You’ll learn how to customize your site, so it fits your likes and needs. After this module, you’ll know how to use WordPress settings, themes, plugins, and widgets. We’ll also discuss the basics of page builders.
   4. Creating content in the block editor What is a site without content? Right! In this module, you’ll learn how to add posts and pages to your WordPress site. Also, we’ll show you how to spice up these posts and pages by adding images, videos, and more.
   5. Structuring your site You’ll learn how to make sure people can find what they need on your site, by organizing your content with menus, categories and tags.
   6. Managing your WordPress site Your work isn’t done once your site is up and running. That’s why we’ll also teach you how to manage your WordPress site after you’ve set it up, with user roles, updates, and backups.
   7. WordPress SEO In this module, you’ll learn everything about WordPress SEO, so people can actually find your site in the search engines! We’ll discuss what WordPress does for your site’s SEO out of the box, how the Yoast SEO plugin can help you, and what you should do yourself.
   8. The story behind WordPress We’ve added an extra, optional module to this course about the story behind WordPress. You’ll learn about the history of WordPress, its vibrant open-source ecosystem, and we’ll even tell you how you can contribute yourself!

This free WordPress training is for you if…

• you want to create your own website but you don’t know how to go about this;
• you want to understand every aspect of WordPress so you can make the best use of it;
• you want to maintain, improve and build on that website yourself;
• you want to do all of this without having to pay a lot of money for a company to do it for you;
• you want to learn more about the history, open-source ecosystem, and community of the WordPress world.

Check out our other free courses too!

Currently, we offer the following free Yoast SEO academy courses. 

• SEO for beginners training
  Learn the basics of SEO and get quick wins to make your site rank higher.
• Yoast SEO for WordPress plugin training
  Learn about how to set up and use the Yoast SEO for WordPress plugin so it makes SEO even easier.
  
• WordPress for beginners training
  Learn the ins and outs of creating and maintaining a WordPress website.
• Block editor training
  Learn how to create block-tastic content with the WordPress block editor.
• Local SEO training
  Learn how to make sure your local audience can find your business in the search results and on Google Maps.

Want to become an SEO expert?

Our free courses are just the tip of the iceberg. If you get Yoast SEO Premium, you’ll get the Premium plugin, plus complimentary access to all Yoast SEO academy courses. This will help you optimize all aspects of SEO. We cover all important SEO topics to get your site sky-high in the search results:

• Keyword research
• SEO copywriting
• Site structure
• Technical SEO
• Structured data
• Multilingual SEO