WordPress Full Course

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🚀 Complete WordPress Course

Duration: 3 Months (24 Classes – 2 per week)
Mode: Online / Live
Level: Beginner to Advanced (No Coding Required → Basic Coding Included)

🟢 PHASE 1: FOUNDATION (Beginner Level)

Module 1: Introduction to WordPress

  • What is WordPress?
  • Difference between WordPress.com & WordPress.org
  • Domain & Hosting basics
  • How websites work (Server, Database, CMS)
  • Installing WordPress on hosting (cPanel)
  • Dashboard overview

🎯 Assignment:

  • Install WordPress on hosting
  • Change site title & tagline
  • Configure general settings

Module 2: WordPress Settings & Basics

  • General, Reading, Writing settings
  • Permalinks (SEO friendly URLs)
  • User roles (Admin, Editor, Author)
  • Profile settings
  • Discussion settings (comments control)

🎯 Assignment:

  • Create 3 users with different roles
  • Set SEO-friendly permalinks

Module 3: Posts, Pages & Media

  • Difference between Post & Page
  • Categories & Tags
  • Featured images
  • Media library management
  • Gutenberg editor basics

🎯 Assignment:

  • Create 3 blog posts
  • Create About & Contact pages

Module 4: Themes & Customization

  • What is a theme?
  • Installing free & premium themes
  • Theme customization
  • Header, footer editing
  • Menus creation
  • Widgets

🎯 Assignment:

  • Install Astra theme
  • Customize homepage layout

🟡 PHASE 2: INTERMEDIATE LEVEL (Professional Website Building)

Module 5: Page Builders (Elementor)

  • Installing Elementor
  • Sections, columns, widgets
  • Responsive editing
  • Creating landing pages
  • Reusable templates

🎯 Assignment:

  • Design homepage with Elementor
  • Create service page

Module 6: Plugins (Power of WordPress)

  • What is a plugin?
  • Essential plugins:
    • Yoast SEO
    • Contact Form 7
    • WPForms
    • LiteSpeed Cache
    • Wordfence Security
  • Plugin settings & management

🎯 Assignment:

  • Create contact form
  • Optimize website speed

Module 7: SEO Basics

  • What is SEO?
  • On-page SEO
  • Keyword research
  • Meta title & description
  • Image optimization
  • Google Search Console setup

🎯 Assignment:

  • Optimize 1 blog post for SEO

Module 8: Website Security & Backup

  • Website security basics
  • Malware protection
  • Manual backup
  • Backup plugins
  • SSL certificate setup

🎯 Assignment:

  • Setup automatic backup
  • Install SSL

🔵 PHASE 3: ADVANCED LEVEL (Professional & Earning Skills)

Module 9: WooCommerce (E-commerce)

  • Installing WooCommerce
  • Product creation
  • Payment gateways (JazzCash / Stripe basics)
  • Shipping settings
  • Coupons
  • Order management

🎯 Assignment:

  • Create online store with 5 products

Module 10: Speed Optimization

  • GTmetrix analysis
  • Image compression
  • Caching setup
  • CDN basics
  • Database optimization

🎯 Assignment:

  • Improve site speed under 90% score

Module 11: Basic HTML & CSS for WordPress

  • What is HTML?
  • What is CSS?
  • Editing with Inspect tool
  • Custom CSS in WordPress
  • Styling buttons & sections

🎯 Assignment:

  • Customize button with CSS

Module 12: Freelancing & Earning

  • How to create portfolio
  • Fiverr profile setup
  • Upwork basics
  • Client communication
  • Pricing strategy
  • Website maintenance services

🎯 Assignment:

  • Create Fiverr gig
  • Design personal portfolio website

🏁 Final Project

Each student must:

  • Build a complete business website
    OR
  • Build an eCommerce website
    OR
  • Build a blog website

🎓 Certification Criteria:

  • 80% attendance
  • Final project submission
  • Practical test

💼 Bonus Modules (Optional but Powerful)

  • Membership websites
  • LMS website creation
  • Google Analytics integration
  • Email marketing (Mailchimp)
  • Affiliate marketing
  • Blogging
  • monetization

🟢 Module 1: Introduction to WordPress

Duration: 2 Classes
Level: Beginner
Objective: Students will understand what WordPress is, how websites work, and how to install WordPress.

1️⃣ What is WordPress?

WordPress is a Content Management System (CMS) used to create websites without coding.

    • Open-source software
    • Free to use
    • Powers more than 40% of websites globally
    • Beginner-friendly

Why WordPress?

    • No coding required
    • Thousands of themes
    • Powerful plugins
    • SEO friendly
    • Secure & scalable

2️⃣ WordPress.com vs WordPress.org

🔹 WordPress.com

    • Hosting included
    • Limited control
    • Paid plans for full features
    • Good for beginners/bloggers

🔹 WordPress.org

    • Need separate hosting
    • Full control
    • Install plugins & themes freely
    • Best for professionals

👉 For your students: Always recommend WordPress.org

3️⃣ How Websites Work?

Before installing WordPress, students must understand:

🌐 Domain Name

Example: chohanonline.com
This is your website address.

🖥️ Hosting

Hosting is where your website files are stored.

Popular hosting companies:

    • Hostinger
    • Bluehost
    • Namecheap

4️⃣ What is a CMS?

CMS = Content Management System

It allows you to:

    • Create pages
    • Publish blog posts
    • Upload images
    • Manage users
    • Control website design

Other CMS examples:

    • Joomla
    • Drupal

But WordPress is the most popular.

🖥️ 5️⃣ Installing WordPress (Practical Class)

Method 1: Installation via cPanel

Steps:

  1. Login to hosting account
  2. Open cPanel
  3. Click “Softaculous Apps Installer”
  4. Select WordPress
  5. Click Install
  6. Enter:
      • Site name
      • Username
      • Password
  1. Click Install

🎯 After installation:

    • Visit: yourdomain.com/wp-admin
    • Login to dashboard

📊 6️⃣ WordPress Dashboard Overview

Main Sections:

    • Posts
    • Pages
    • Media
    • Appearance
    • Plugins
    • Users
    • Settings

Explain each briefly in class with live demo.

📝 Practical Assignment

Students must:

✅ Buy domain & hosting (or use demo hosting)
✅ Install WordPress
✅ Login to dashboard
✅ Change site title & tagline
✅ Delete default post & page

🎯 Learning Outcomes

After Module 1, students will:

    • Understand WordPress basics
    • Know difference between WordPress.com & WordPress.org
    • Understand domain & hosting
    • Install WordPress independently

📌 Homework Discussion Question

  1. Why is WordPress better than other CMS?
  2. What is the role of hosting in a website?
  3. Explain the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org.

🟢 Module 2: WordPress Settings & Basic Configuration

Duration: 2 Classes
Level: Beginner
Objective: Students will understand WordPress core settings, user roles, and site structure.

1️⃣ WordPress General Settings

Go to: Dashboard → Settings → General

Students should understand:

  • Site Title
  • Tagline
  • WordPress Address (URL)
  • Site Address (URL)
  • Admin Email
  • Time Zone
  • Date & Time Format

📌 Teaching Tip:
Explain the difference between WordPress Address and Site Address (important for migrations later).

2️⃣ Writing Settings

Dashboard → Settings → Writing

  • Default Post Category
  • Default Post Format

Explain what happens when no category is selected.

3️⃣ Reading Settings

Dashboard → Settings → Reading

Important concepts:

  • Homepage displays:
    • Your latest posts
    • A static page

Explain difference between:

  • Blog website
  • Business website

📌 Practical:
Create a homepage and set it as static homepage.

4️⃣ Discussion Settings (Comments Control)

Dashboard → Settings → Discussion

Students learn:

  • Allow people to submit comments
  • Comment moderation
  • Email notification
  • Before comment appears

Explain spam comments and why moderation is important.

5️⃣ Permalinks (Very Important for SEO)

Dashboard → Settings → Permalinks

Default structure:
yourdomain.com/?p=123

Recommended:
yourdomain.com/post-name

Explain SEO-friendly URLs.

You can briefly mention SEO tools like
Yoast SEO for future modules (don’t go deep yet).

6️⃣ User Roles in WordPress

Go to: Dashboard → Users

WordPress has built-in roles:

  • Administrator
  • Editor
  • Author
  • Contributor
  • Subscriber

Explain clearly:

Role

Power Level

Administrator

Full control

Editor

Manage all content

Author

Publish own posts

Contributor

Write but cannot publish

Subscriber

Profile only

📌 Real-Life Example:
School website:

  • Principal → Administrator
  • Teacher → Author
  • Student → Subscriber

7️⃣ User Profile Settings

Each user can:

  • Change password
  • Add profile picture
  • Add bio
  • Change display name

Explain importance of strong passwords.

🖥️ Practical Class Tasks

Students must:

✅ Change site title & tagline
✅ Set static homepage
✅ Change permalink structure
✅ Create 3 users (different roles)
✅ Enable comment moderation

🎯 Learning Outcomes

After Module 2, students will:

✔ Understand all core WordPress settings
✔ Configure SEO-friendly URLs
✔ Manage users safely
✔ Control website comments

📝 Quiz (For Class Test)

  1. What is the best permalink structure for SEO?
  2. Which user role has full control?
  3. Where do we set static homepage?
  4. Why is comment moderation important?

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