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Build professional websites with WordPress

This live, practical course takes you through the essential WordPress workflow. By the end, you will have built a functional multi-page website and understand how to manage it confidently.

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A practical course

Build as you learn

Plan, build, customise, migrate and manage professional WordPress websites without writing code.

The course is structured around application. You will follow practical demonstrations, work through guided tasks and apply each lesson to your own project.

Course curriculum

What you will learn

4 live sessions that take you from the fundamentals to a complete practical outcome.

01Session 1: Setting up WordPress

How domains, hosting and WordPress work together
Installing and configuring WordPress
Understanding the dashboard, pages, posts, media and users
Configuring essential website settings

02Session 2: Themes, plugins and website structure

Selecting themes and starter templates
Installing and managing plugins
Planning pages and navigation
Creating menus, headers and footers
Typography, colour and visual customisation

03Session 3: Building pages and integrations

Building essential website pages
Responsive layouts and content blocks
Contact and enquiry forms
Analytics and external tools
Basic usability and SEO

04Session 4: Migration, maintenance and launch

Migrating between domains or hosts
Backups, security and updates
Improving website performance
Testing and launching your website

Your final project

Finish with work you can use.

You will create a functional WordPress website that brings the full course workflow together.

Homepage, about, service or product, and contact pages
Responsive layouts and working navigation
Contact or enquiry form
At least one external integration
Basic security, backup and SEO configuration

Everything you need

What is included

Four live instructor-led sessions

Practical demonstrations and exercises

Slides, reference materials and planning templates

Recommended themes, plugins and tools

Limited access to session recordings

Final-project feedback

WhatsApp learning community

Certificate of completion

Participant experiences

What learners say

“Before the course, I could update content on WordPress but I didn’t understand how everything worked together. By the final session, I had built a complete business website and moved it from staging to the live domain myself.”

Amarachi OkaforCommunications Executive

“The sessions were practical and easy to follow. We worked on our own websites throughout, so I wasn’t just taking notes. I left with a functioning portfolio website and the confidence to manage it.”

Tobi AdeyemiFreelance Designer

“I had tried learning WordPress from YouTube, but the information always felt scattered. This course gave me a clear process—from hosting and installation to plugins, integrations and launch.”

Kemi AkinwaleSmall Business Owner

“What helped me most was learning how to choose the right themes and plugins. I now understand how to build a website without loading it with tools I don’t need.”

Chinedu EzeDigital Marketing Associate

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