Setup

Theme exercise

1. Install a new WordPress

2. Download the Neve them

3. Activate it

1. Go to appearance

2. Import a site through the Sites Library

1. Select the right Page builder

   • Gutenberg is fine for beginners

2. Pick any 'theme' you like

Once done, start editing!

Exercises

Theme

1. Change the site name, tagline
2. Change the logo
3. Create/add a favicon
4. Change the color scheme
5. Change the typography: font-family, sizes, etc
6. Change the header
7. Change the footer
8. Make changes to the homepage & other pages

Customize your site

Usefull Plugins

Forms

Add an easy way to create and manage forms and submissions.

• Ninja Forms (++)
• Everest Forms
• Contact Form 7

Security

Improve your website security

• Sucuri (++)
• Wordfence security

SEO

Improve your websites performance for Search Engines

• Yoast SEO (++)
• Google XML Sitemap
• Google Analytics
• Rich Snippets

Cache

Speed up your website by adding a simple cache tool.

• W3 Total Cache
• WP Super Cache

Content modelling

Add new fields

 

• ACF

 

Page Builders

Add a tool to create advanced, complex page layouts through a simple UI.

• WP Visual Editor / Gutenberg (+++)
• Elementor (++)
• Beaver builder Lite (+)
• Page builder by Siteorigin

Multilingual

Make your website available in multiple languages

• WPML (++)
• Loco translate (+)

Multisite network

• Create multiple websites/frontends with a single backend
• Setup a WP Network

Various

Add various little tools or optimisations to your website.

• Jetpack
• Akismet
• Better search & replace
• WP Smush
• Redirection
• Disable comments
• User Registration

Exercise

• Add some off these plugins to your site
  • At least one from each category
    • (except Multisite & Multilingual)
• Follow the documentation/starting guide of the plugins to configure/setup