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WordPress.com Essential Training

With Carrie Dils Liked by 685 users
Duration: 2h 53m Skill level: Beginner Released: 4/6/2022

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Course details

Learn how to create your own website or blog with WordPress.com—the free, easy-to-use service that’s democratizing publishing on the web. Join instructor Carrie Dils as she shows how to sign up for a WordPress.com account, personalize your profile, and start posting right away. Plus, learn how to add images, videos, and links that make blog posts pop; enable social sharing; and change the appearance of your site with custom themes, blocks, and menus. Carrie also details newer features like Full Site Editing, which allows you to create an entire website with blocks, and tools like Crowdsignal, a WordPress.com integration that enables you to seamlessly add polls and surveys to your content. Drawing on her 20 years of experience developing for the web, Carrie also provides her insights on finding and growing an audience, as well as deciding when it's time to grow by upgrading your account or moving on to self-hosting with WordPress.org.

Skills you’ll gain

Earn a sharable certificate

Share what you’ve learned, and be a standout professional in your desired industry with a certificate showcasing your knowledge gained from the course.

Sample certificate

Certificate of Completion

  • Showcase on your LinkedIn profile under “Licenses and Certificate” section

  • Download or print out as PDF to share with others

  • Share as image online to demonstrate your skill

Meet the instructor

Learner reviews

4.7 out of 5

792 ratings
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  • Lynnea Storesina Lynnea Storesina

    Lynnea Storesina

    Neighborhood Caffeine, Retail, and Book Dealer

    5/5 March 9, 2025
    It's very detailed but simply explained. This is perfect for a student who is trying to quickly understand WordPress.com. I was assigned to write a blog post for a class with no instruction on how to maneuver through the WordPress website. This is helpful. I would recommend it to other students.
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  • Robin Jenkins Robin Jenkins

    Robin Jenkins

    Freelance SharePoint Design and Support/Editorial and Graphic Design

    5/5 February 8, 2025
    Carrie Dils' WordPress.com Essential Training is a well-designed course that encourages the learner to immediately begin applying their knowledge to their own WordPress website. Furthermore, the course is arranged in a logical manner -- one that allows the user to immediately begin posting blogs and slowly but surely evolving their blog site into a modern, professional-looking site.
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  • Golam Kibria Golam Kibria

    Golam Kibria

    6+ Years WordPress Developer | WP Theme & Plugin Development | PHP, JavaScript | (FrontEnd Development) React.js, Next.Js | Available for Remote Work

    5/5 November 25, 2024
    I appreciate it. It is recommended for all WordPress learners.
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Contents

What’s included

  • Test your knowledge 10 quizzes
  • Learn on the go Access on tablet and phone

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