# WordPress: Create a Website or Blog

Canonical URL: <https://training-nyc.com/courses/how-to-create-a-dynamic-website-or-blog-with-wordpress>

## Overview

#### Learn WordPress to Build a Customized Website

This WordPress course focuses on how to create a WordPress site quickly and efficiently, even if you don't have a background in web development! You'll learn to create a website using WordPress, add posts and pages, customize existing templates, and make updates to each component of your site.

#### Are You a Web Designer or Developer?

If you’re a web developer who wants to learn this as well as how to take more control over WordPress using code, you should look at our [WordPress Bootcamp](https://www.nobledesktop.com/classes/wordpress-bootcamp).

## What you'll learn

- Create a new website or blog with WordPress (no coding knowledge required)
- Add new webpages and blog posts to a WordPress site, or edit existing pages or posts
- Format text as headings, paragraphs, lists, and more  
- Add links, images, video, and more
- Install themes & start customizing their appearance
- See how WordPress plugins can add additional functionality

## Curriculum

### Getting Started with WordPress

#### Creating a WordPress Site (Installing WordPress)

- Installing WordPress with a Web Host’s “1-Click Install”
- Manually Installing WordPress

#### Logging Into the WordPress Admin & General Site Settings

- Logging Into the WordPress Admin
- General WordPress Settings
- Editing Your Profile
- Setting Your Profile Picture (Gravatar)

#### Writing Posts & Formatting Text

- Posts versus Pages
- Creating a New Blog Post
- Using the Visual Editor
- Pasting Without Formatting & Clearing Formatting
- Formatting Headings
- Formatting Bulleted & Numbered Lists
- Formatting Quotes
- Publishing a Post
- Deleting a Post
- Restoring a Post from the Trash (or Deleting it Delete Permanently)

#### Publishing a Post (Making it Live)

- Publishing a Post (Making it Live)
- Status
- Visibility
- Publish Date & Time

#### Adding a Read More Link to a Post

- Adding the Read More Tag
- Changing the Text in the More Tag

#### Creating Links (Hyperlinks)

- Linking to Another Website
- Opening a Link in a New Tab
- Linking to a Page Within Your Site
- Editing & Removing Links

#### Adding Images & Managing the Media Library

- Adding an Image to a Post or Page
- Editing Images (Manually Resizing, Cropping, & Rotating)
- Media Settings (Customizing the Size of Thumbnail, Medium, & Large)
- Adding a Featured Image
- Uploading Images & Files Directly Into the Media Library
- Editing & Deleting Images in the Media Library
- Deleting Unused Images (Cleaning Out the Media Library)

#### Adding an Image Gallery

- Adding an Image Gallery
- Editing an Existing Image Gallery

#### Adding Video

- Embedding YouTube Videos
- Uploading a Video File

### Diving Deeper into WordPress

#### Categories, Tags, & Reading Settings

- Categories & Tags Explained
- Creating & Editing Categories
- Changing the “Uncategorized” Default Category Name
- Setting the Default Category
- Creating & Editing Tags
- Changing Categories/Tags for Multiple Posts
- Reading Settings

#### Widgets

- Editing & Adding Widgets

#### Making Pages

- Pages versus Posts
- Creating a New Page
- Publishing a Page (Making it Live)
- Deleting a Page
- Changing the Page Order

#### Menus

- About Menus & Locations
- Adding & Removing Links in Menus
- Creating Submenus
- Opening Menu Links in a New Tab

#### Installing Themes

- What Are WordPress Themes?
- Where Do I Get WordPress Themes?
- Installing & Activating a Theme
- Manually Uploading & Activating a Theme
- Deleting a Theme

#### Customizing Theme Appearance

- Customizing Appearance
- Customizing the Site Identity (Logo, Title, & Tagline)
- Adding a Site Icon (Favicon)
- Customizing the Header
- Customizing Colors

#### Changing the Template Layout for a Page/Post

- Changing a Template Layout

#### WordPress Plugins: About, Installing, & Updating

- About WordPress Plugins
- Installing a WordPress Plugin
- Updating Plugins

#### WordPress Plugins You May Want to Install

- Recommended WordPress Plugins

#### SEO (Search Engine Optimization)

- Creating SEO-Friendly Permalinks (URLs) for the Site
- Customizing the URL of an Individual Page/Post
- Setting Titles & Meta Descriptions with an SEO Plugin

### Customizing WordPress

#### Page Builders: Customizable Page Layouts

#### Theme Builders: Control the Website’s Look

#### Child Themes

#### Custom Post Types

#### Advanced Custom Fields

### WordPress Best Practices

#### Automated Backups

#### WordPress Security

## Schedule
- Jul 20, 2026 – Jul 21, 2026 — NYC
- Sep 28, 2026 – Sep 29, 2026 — NYC

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $695