WordPress Essential Training

WordPress powers millions of blogs and websites. Learn how to create your own with this powerful publishing platform. Staff author Morten Rand-Hendriksen will help you get the most out of the self-hosted version of WordPress and create feature-rich blogs and websites. Morten explains how to create and publish posts and pages; customize your site with themes, widgets, and custom menus; and extend WordPress even further with plugins. Even more, Morten will show how to get more readers with social media sharing and comments, and adjust the settings that keep your site safe and secure.

Topics include:

• What is WordPress?
• Installing and running WordPress
• Publishing posts and pages
• Using page templates
• Inserting images, video, and other media
• Editing posts
• Changing themes
• Installing plugins
• Adding other users
• Securing your WordPress site