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Create and manage a WordPress site from A to Z

Install, structure, enrich and secure a WordPress site without writing code.

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Duration
21 h · 3 days
Level
Beginner
Format
On site · Remote · Blended
Max. group size
12 participants

Overview

This program lets you become operational on WordPress. Participants install a site, create and organize content with the block editor, choose and customize a theme, add useful extensions and get to grips with security, backups and search optimization. Each concept is applied to building a complete site.

Who this program is for

  • Communication and marketing officers
  • Freelancers and project owners
  • Beginner webmasters

Prerequisites

  • Comfortable with computers and web browsing

Learning objectives

  • Install WordPress and choose your hosting
  • Create pages, posts, categories and menus
  • Use the block editor
  • Choose and customize a theme
  • Add extensions: forms, galleries, security
  • Take search optimization, accessibility and GDPR into account
  • Secure, back up and update the site

Detailed curriculum

6 modules · 21 h · 3 days

Day 1
Set up your site3.5 h
50% theory · 50% practice
  • Hosting and domain name
  • Installation and first tour of the admin
  • General settings and permalinks
  • User accounts and roles
  • Updates
Create and organize content3.5 h🛠 1 workshop
30% theory · 70% practice
  • Pages or posts: how to choose
  • Categories, tags and taxonomies
  • Block editor
  • Media and optimized images
  • Menus and widget areas
🛠 Hands-on workshops
First pages1.5 h

Create the site's framework and its first content.

✅ Deliverable : A multi-page site
Day 2
Themes and customization3.5 h
50% theory · 50% practice
  • Choosing a reliable theme
  • Customizing with the site editor
  • Typography, colors and layout
  • Home page and templates
  • Mobile adaptation
Useful extensions3.5 h🛠 1 workshop
30% theory · 70% practice
  • Assessing the quality of an extension
  • Contact form
  • Galleries and media
  • Cache and performance
  • Limiting the number of extensions
🛠 Hands-on workshops
Site features1.5 h

Add a form, a gallery and caching.

✅ Deliverable : An enriched site
Day 3
SEO, accessibility and GDPR3.5 h
50% theory · 50% practice
  • Organic search basics in WordPress
  • Titles, descriptions and URLs
  • Basic accessibility
  • Consent banner and legal notices
  • Audience measurement
Security, backups and maintenance3.5 h🛠 1 workshop
30% theory · 70% practice
  • Common threats and hardening
  • Automatic backups and restore
  • Risk-free updates
  • Site monitoring
  • Maintenance plan
🛠 Hands-on workshops
Maintenance plan1 h

Write the site's maintenance procedure.

✅ Deliverable : A maintenance checklist

Tools and technologies

MySQLWordPress

Teaching methods

  • Alternating short lectures and hands-on work
  • Live demonstrations by the trainer
  • Capstone project built throughout the modules
  • Group corrections and discussion of best practices

Assessment

  • Hands-on exercises corrected in each module
  • Mini-project completed at the end of the course
  • Knowledge-check quiz

Required equipment

  • A computer with an internet connection
  • A recent browser
  • A hosting space or a provided local environment

Resources provided

  • Course materials and repository of corrected exercises

Career outcomes

  • An online, structured and secured WordPress site
  • The autonomy to make it evolve
  • A maintenance checklist
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