Courses

Introduction to WordPress

WordPress is a powerful content management system with a range of innovative features. In the following courses, you'll get an introduction to WordPress and learn everything you need to know to get going with your website. So whether you're a novice or simply want to know how to set up a new site, we have you covered.

Getting Started With WordPress: Get Setup

Are you new to WordPress and don’t know where to begin? Then, you’re in the right place!

In this course, you’ll learn about the essential steps to get started with WordPress. We’ll walk you through hosting, domains, and everything in between, so you’re all set for your first time installing WordPress.

This course is right for you if:

You want to set up a simple website or blog
You are getting started for the first time with WordPress
You haven’t decided on a host yet (or don’t know what this is–yet!)
You haven’t picked a domain name yet (or don’t know what this is either)

Getting Started With WordPress: Get Familiar

Now that you’ve installed WordPress, what’s next?

In this course for beginners, we’ll teach you all the basics of WordPress, so you’re ready to hit the ground running with your first site. You’ll learn:

The difference between when you should write a post vs. when you should write a page
WordPress terminology like “slug”, “category” and “tag”
How to personalize your profile
How to use images to help search engines and people of all abilities find, list, and use your site
How to make the most out of WordPress through your dashboard

Full Site Editing

If you've ever wanted to edit all parts of your site easily, full site editing (FSE) makes that possible. First launched in WordPress 5.9, FSE includes features like the site editor, templates, template parts, theme blocks, and more. The courses below will teach you all about full site editing and its features to help you build your perfect site.

Part 1: Simple Site Design with Full Site Editing

Do you want to build a site on WordPress, but don’t know how to code? No problem.

Learn how to create beautiful designs without code, thanks to full site editing (FSE)—a set of interconnected features that make WordPress powerful.

We’ll go through:

The benefits of full site editing when creating a new site
How to create a customized site design without any coding

Part 2: Personalized Site Design with Full Site Editing and Theme Blocks

Let’s dive into theme blocks! Now that you know about full site editing, you can take advantage of your familiar experience with blocks to customize and build all parts of your site.

In this course, you’ll learn:

What theme blocks are, along with their benefits
How to create a personalized site design using theme blocks

Part 3: Advanced Site Design with Full Site Editing: Site Editor, Templates and Template Parts

Let’s explore how you can use templates and template parts to edit your entire site’s design.

Here’s what you’ll learn by the end of this course:

Difference between the Site Editor and Template Editor
The function of templates and template parts
How to confidently use the Site Editor and Template Editor
How to create a personalized site design using templates and template parts

Contributing to WordPress

WordPress is built and managed by a wide community of individuals from all over the world. These courses will help you find your feet in the project and help you get involved in the mission to democratize publishing.

Polyglots Contributor Training

Translation is a great way to contribute to WordPress if you understand English and another language. This course will guide you through the process of becoming a knowledgeable Polyglots Team contributor.

Incident Response Team Training

This Incident Response Team Training Course addresses how WordPress contributors take and respond to code of conduct reports.

There are four modules in the course, which cover the following topics:

Introduction to the Incident Response Team
Overview of Processes and Expectations of the Incident Response Team
Taking Incident Reports
Responding to Incident Reports

WordPress Meetup Organizer Training

Meetup groups are locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face or online events on a regular basis. Anything that brings together 2 or more people to share their WordPress experiences counts — there’s no minimum number of attendees or required format.

This course is required training for anyone wishing to become a WordPress meetup organizer.

WordCamp Mentor Training

WordCamp mentors provide structured support and guidance to new WordCamp organizers. Any previous WordCamp lead organizer can apply to become a WordCamp mentor.

This course is required training for everyone who wishes to become a mentor.

Basic Principles of Conflict Resolution

Some disagreements come from misunderstandings, while others come from unpleasant mistakes. No matter how it happens, it is never pleasant.

This course will help you to effectively navigate these types of conflicts when working in an open-source community like WordPress.

Writing in the WordPress Voice

Because the WordPress community is global, it’s important to remember that everyone has different circumstances, knowledge, and levels of experience. As a general rule, all written communication should be clear and friendly, with a tone that’s on the positive side of neutral.

This course is for all contributors, especially those who are publishing posts, facilitating meetings, or otherwise writing publicly on behalf of the WordPress project.

Community Meeting Etiquette

WordPress community teams meet regularly to connect in real time. Teams should feel free to find what works for them, but there are guidelines to how these meetings should take place that are true for all teams.

This course looks at the different type of meetings that take place across the WordPress open-source project and how they should be conducted. It is useful training for anyone facilitating or engaging in contributor meetings.

Open Source Basics and WordPress

WordPress is open-source software. This has many implications and affects everything about how the software is built and the community is managed.

This course will look at broad open-source principles and how they apply to WordPress – these are essential principles for any new or seasoned contributor to understand.

WordPress Community Deputy Training

Community Deputies are a team of people all over the world who review WordCamp and Meetup applications, interview lead organizers, and generally keep things moving at WordCamp Central. You can find out more about the deputy program here.

This course is required training for anyone wanting to join the Deputy program. It is also useful for anyone wanting to know more about how the Community Team works.

WordCamp Organizer Training

WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences that focus on everything WordPress. Each WordCamp is different, reflecting the local WordPress community it represents, but usually a wide range of people from casual users to core developers participate, share ideas, and get to know each other.

This course is required training for all new WordCamp lead organizers, as well as being useful for anyone wanting to know more about how WordCamps work.

How Decisions Are Made in the WordPress Project

WordPress is built, maintained, and supported in a highly open and collaborative environment. This open collaboration can make leaders think that absolute consensus is required to make any decisions. Consensus is a valuable goal when everyone working toward a decision shares the same resources, information, and values. However, in large organizations sometimes decisions that do not please the majority will have to be made, due to legal requirements, logistical concerns, and other factors.

This course will help you learn how decisions are made in the WordPress project and empower you to get involved in decision-making discussions in any contributor team.

Courses

Introduction to WordPress

Full Site Editing

Contributing to WordPress

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