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Understanding what's WordPress once and for all
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Getting your hands on WordPress
Making sense of basic internet terminology: hosting, servers, database, and the like -
WordPress content types: what are they and their differences
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How WordPress's admin dashboard is structured
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Making the right call: when to use a custom post type
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Posts, Pages, and Themes: making a sense out of it
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How to create content on WordPressThe most basic concept: appearance vs function (shared)
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Making the right call: when to use a page or a dynamic template
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A quick view on additional terms: glossary for beginners
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Editing your content on WordPress: editors
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Browsing through plugins and add-ons: the WordPress's ecosystem
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The most common types of rework people face for bad decisions
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How to develop an efficient websiteSite performance: making your pages faster to load (how to avoid creating performance issues early on)
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Making the right call: when to install a new plugin vs develop from scratch
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Different ways to create your content: WP's native editor, page builders, template, and custom content
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Understanding menus and widgets
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Making the right call: ways to use menus and widgets
Getting your hands dirty is probably one of the most fun parts of building a website.
WordPress makes it so easy for everyone, from people with lots of experience, for there are many options to bend it to our will, and to inexperienced people, who just want to start typing in their ideas.
In this lesson, we are going to take a deep dive into the actual content builder of WordPress and some of the options to play with it. You will learn about the different types of content creators and page builders for WordPress