What Is a WordPress Developer? (+ How to Become One)
February 23, 2024
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Instructor: Stacey Shanklin-Langford
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This is an advanced level course. Learners should understand web design principles and have familiarity with WordPress.
(762 reviews)
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Advanced level
This is an advanced level course. Learners should understand web design principles and have familiarity with WordPress.
Update website for search engine optimization.
Edit webpage content, links, and images.
Edit headings, permalinks, and visibility.
Add to your LinkedIn profile
Only available on desktop
By the end of this project, you will learn how to increase SEO on your free WordPress website. You will add tags, categories, and links to an existing WordPress website and manage content in order to increase SEO. You will learn where to read analytics within WordPress in order to drive content management related to SEO within your WordPress website.
Note: This course works best for learners who are based in the North America region. We’re currently working on providing the same experience in other regions.
In a video that plays in a split-screen with your work area, your instructor will walk you through these steps:
Set site visibility to increase SEO.
Change permalinks or slugs on a blog.
Change permalinks or slugs on a web page.
Insert blog headings to blog using keywords.
Format an SEO friendly blog heading.
Add internal links to a blog.
Add categories and tags to a blog.
Add Alt Text to images.
Navigate website analytics.
This is an advanced level course. Learners should understand web design principles and have familiarity with WordPress.
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Practice new skills by completing job-related tasks.
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Follow along with pre-recorded videos from experts using a unique side-by-side interface.
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Access the tools and resources you need in a pre-configured cloud workspace.
Available only on desktop
This Guided Project is designed for laptops or desktop computers with a reliable Internet connection, not mobile devices.
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Reviewed on Sep 18, 2020
Really great tips and tricks. Some of the content is only applicable to Wordpress.com users and not Wordpress.org users.
Reviewed on Sep 16, 2022
Basic, yet very useful.I think we forget or ignore these basic steps who are super important and I am glad I took this course.Thanks Stacy!
Reviewed on Jul 18, 2020
I learn a lot. Although I have a good foundation with this course, I can understand more about Wordpress SEO!
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Guided Project instructors are subject matter experts who have experience in the skill, tool or domain of their project and are passionate about sharing their knowledge to impact millions of learners around the world.
You can download and keep any of your created files from the Guided Project. To do so, you can use the “File Browser” feature while you are accessing your cloud desktop.
At the top of the page, you can press on the experience level for this Guided Project to view any knowledge prerequisites. For every level of Guided Project, your instructor will walk you through step-by-step.
Yes, everything you need to complete your Guided Project will be available in a cloud desktop that is available in your browser.
You'll learn by doing through completing tasks in a split-screen environment directly in your browser. On the left side of the screen, you'll complete the task in your workspace. On the right side of the screen, you'll watch an instructor walk you through the project, step-by-step.
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