Creation of a Professional Website with WordPress
A course by Ignacio Cruz MorenoWeb Developer
A course by Ignacio Cruz Moreno, Web Developer
Create your own website without any programming by using simple plugins on WordPress
Course has been updated in November 2025, including new features.
Want to create your own website but not sure where to start? Web development expert Ignacio Cruz teaches you how to build a professional website with WordPress, from basics like the admin menu and content creation to more advanced concepts. The best part is that there's no programming required!
Learn about choosing the right theme (the appearance of your site) and how to install plug-ins to help you create a stable, easy-to-use, custom website. Take advantage of the free tools and resources provided by WordPress to design a site that meets all your professional needs.
If you're interested in expanding your knowledge of web development for content management, check out Ignacio's other courses: Introduction to PHP Web Development and WordPress Theme Development.
What will you learn in this online course?
37 lessons & 26 downloads
What will we do during the course?
1 minute, 58 seconds
What is WordPress and what is it for?
8 minutes, 5 seconds
Documentation and help channels
5 minutes, 0 seconds
Necessary software
4 minutes, 32 seconds
Local WordPress installation
15 minutes, 24 seconds
The Administration Panel
8 minutes, 58 seconds
What's included in this course?
Begin by getting to know Ignacio Cruz, his work, and the biggest influences on his career.
Get an introduction to what WordPress is and its main features before creating a staging site and learning how to use the admin panel.
With WordPress installed on your computer, see how to adjust the settings and change the appearance of your site with themes.
Next, Ignacio explains the basics of plug-ins and gives you a rundown of widgets, where to place them, and how to manage them. Discover what shortcodes are and how to create navigation menus within your website. Learn about user roles and how to manage them.
Towards the end of 2018, WordPress did a massive overhaul of its entry and page editor. The updated content in this course covers the major changes and how to work with this new version.
Once you've grasped the fundamentals, transform a simple blog into a complex content management system by leveraging the user-friendly features of WordPress. See how to use a wide variety of plug-ins that enable you to customize and transform fonts, improve web performance, create a form, add a social network, change image sizes, strengthen your website's security, and optimize SEO performance.
Discover the wonders of the Jetpack plug-in and how it makes life easier for WordPress users. Find out why it's so popular and see how to use it.
Now that your website is finally ready, Ignacio teaches you how to select a host and upload your site.
Recommended software & tools for this course
What is this course's project?
Learn how to design any website with WordPress: for example, a recipe-building site featuring a list of ingredients that registered users can choose from to create their own dishes.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Anyone who wants to build a website using virtually no code, as well as users interested in learning some of the more advanced concepts of WordPress.
This course is perfect for all levels, from beginners who have never touched WordPress to experienced users who want to discover new features and learn how to optimize their website performance.
Requirements and materials
No previous knowledge is necessary, but some HTML or CSS skills will be helpful.
As for materials, you need a computer, a word processor, an internet connection, and some coffee, or a beer, why not?
Reviews
- 1 month ago
Excelente opcion para comenzar a entender todo de wordpress
- sevenoneforty9PLUS1 month ago
amazing course even for a beginner
- nalebebePLUS1 month ago
Valor del curso por su utilidad, buen precio y un buen comienzo para adentrarse al mundo de la programacion. Satisfecha por buena compra
- 2 months ago
weno
- alvarezmorantezPLUS3 months ago
Excelente curso bien explicao, facil de entender
He is very involved in the WordPress community, devoting part of his time to fixing bugs and proposing improvements, and is also a co-organizer of the WordPress Madrid Meetup.
Content
- U1
Introduction
- Presentation
- Influences
- What will we do during the course?
- U2
Introduction to WordPress
- What is WordPress and what is it for?
- Documentation and help channels
- Necessary software
- Local WordPress installation
- The Administration Panel
- General Basic Settings
- U3
Content management and creation
- Posts, Pages and Entries
- Media and images
- The Block Editor
- Themes: Search and Installation
- Site Editor and Design I: Global Styles and Templates
- Site Editor and Design II: Home and Archive Templates
- Landing page creation
- Plugins: Search and Installation
- Widgets and Footer
- Navigation Menus and Header
- Users Management
- Site Health and Updates
- U4
Advanced features with Plugins
- Blocks and More Blocks – Part 1
- Blocks and More Blocks – Part 2
- Jetpack, the mega Plugin
- Customized content types 1
- Customized content types 2
- SEO
- Security, Monitoring and Spam
- Cache plugins
- Translation of themes and plugins
- Forms and Newsletters 1
- Forms and Newsletters 2
- Cookies
- User capabilities
- Images when changing theme
- U5
Upload the web to production
- Hosting Selection
- Uploading to Production
- FP
Final project
- Creation of a professional website with WordPress
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FAQs
You’ll learn how to install, configure, and customize WordPress sites, manage users, boost SEO, integrate plugins and widgets, and apply best security practices. You’ll also discover the importance of open-source software and key figures in tech innovation.
This course is designed for people with basic computer skills and some programming knowledge, but no prior WordPress experience is needed. It’s perfect for intermediate users looking to deepen their skills in website creation and management.
All you need is a computer with internet access. It’s recommended to have a local environment like Local or MAMP to install WordPress, plus basic HTML and CSS knowledge to get the most out of the course.
You can install WordPress locally using tools like Local or MAMP. This lets you experiment and set up your site safely before going live on a real server.
WordPress.com is a hosted platform that takes care of hosting for you, while WordPress.org lets you install and customize WordPress on your own server, giving you more control and flexibility.
You can install SEO-specific plugins like Yoast SEO or All in One SEO to optimize your site’s ranking. These help you set titles, meta descriptions, and analyze content to improve search engine visibility.
Themes control your site’s visual style, and plugins add extra features. Both are easy to install from the admin panel and can be customized to fit your needs.