
Learn WordPress in ONE day
Our course will give you the knowledge and confidence to setup, create, edit and manage a WordPress website
Only £150 per person
Dates | Location | Places Left |
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27th January | Cirencester (view location details) | FULL |
10th February | Cirencester (view location details) | FULL |
23rd March | Cirencester (view location details) | FULL |
April (TBC) | Cirencester (view location details) | TBC |
WordPress training course outline
- Time 9am – 5pm
- Please note that you will need to bring your own laptop (PC or Mac)
- A WordPress training website is provided for attendees to learn on during the day
- Attendees get electronic copies of the training materials used throughout the day
- Refreshments provided, tea, coffee and biscuits
- The course is ideal if you want to learn how to build a new website, or learn how to update and improve your existing website
- No experience required! As long as you can use a computer you will be able to build a WordPress website
- Small class sizes – keeping numbers down makes sure you get the most out of the course
How to set up WordPress
- Introduction to WordPress
- How to set up a WordPress website in 15 mins
How to publish posts, pages, embed images and video
- How to manage and edit content in WordPress
- A breakdown of managing content within WordPress
- How to layout professional looking pages and posts
- How to add links to your content
- Inserting and embedding all kinds of media such as images, audio & video
- How to create, arrange and edit menus
- How blog comments work
- How to monitor and moderate comments
- How to stop spam (both comments and contact forms)
How to make your site look attractive & professional with themes
- What are WordPress themes and how to use them
- How to install WordPress themes
- Recommended WordPress themes
Adding specific functionality to your site with WordPress plugins
- Overview of plugins; what are they and how they work
- How to install WordPress plugins
- 5 top WordPress plugins and what they do
- How to use plugins and widgets to improve your website’s functionality
SocialMedia and your website
- How to sharing your content on other social networks
- Auto-posting to Twitter
- Adding ‘Share’ buttons
- How to add a newsletter
Search Engine optimisation
- How to make sure your website is optimised for Search Engines
- Use ‘pretty url’s’ that will improve ‘click through’ rates
- Tagging and categorising your posts – how to do it and why it’s important
- How to add meta descriptions in your content to improve ranking
- Best practices when linking

This course will enable you to:
- Create a WordPress website
- Manage, update and improve an existing WordPress website
- Use WordPress to manage your website content
- Integrate social media content into your WordPress website
- Automate posts to Social Networks
- Promote your website
- Manage comments
- Understand WordPress themes, plugins and widgets
Attendees receive:
- Electronic copies of all training materials to use on the day and to keep for future reference
- Complimentary refreshments throughout the course
Who’s running the course?
WordPress training courses are run by me Duncan Michael-MacGregor. WordPress is a passion of mine and I have been using it from the early days when it was just a modest blogging platform.
Over the past 12 years I have trained lots of people and have a good reputation within the WordPress community.
If you have any questions regarding the course please get in touch with me directly at: [email protected] or call: 020 7558 8997.
Dates | Location | Places Left |
---|---|---|
27th January | Cirencester (view location details) | FULL |
10th February | Cirencester (view location details) | FULL |
23rd March | Cirencester (view location details) | FULL |
April (TBC) | Cirencester (view location details) | TBC |
Location of courses
Courses take place at The Growth Hub Cirencester. This fantastic venue has:
- Free on site parking
- Large 4k conference display
- High speed internet