Introduction to WordPress

Example test course that showcases what you can do with WordPress, Prespa LMS theme and Tutor LMS plugin. You can use Prespa LMS and Tutor LMS plugin to manage free and premium online courses and even create a complex e-learning website to manage courses, instructors and students, similar to the experience provided by platforms Udemy or Coursera. You can require user registration, put a course behind a paywall or keep it public and free like this example course. You can even allow instructors to sell their courses on your platform, while you earn a commission.

What is WordPress:

WordPress is the number 1 content management system in the world. As of 2025, it powers more than 43% of all websites. It has come a long way from its beginnings as a simple blogging platform. Over the past 20+ years, it has evolved into one of the world’s most widely used content management systems, powering many of the websites, forums, and online stores you visit every day.

What you’ll learn:

This course offers a solid yet comprehensive introduction to the platform. You’ll explore everything from the basics of the admin dashboard, themes, plugins, and SEO, to more advanced topics like blogging strategy and site customization. You’ll learn how to quickly set up a WordPress site, build a professional-looking website with essential pages, and use plugins and widgets to extend functionality. We’ll cover how to design with themes, create user-friendly custom menus, and manage multimedia content with ease. Later in the course, we will also study how to create backups and recovery, website security, mobile optimization, setting up an online store, and much more.

Who is this course for?

People with little or no coding experience, marketers, designers, business owners, entrepreneurs, digital nomads, developers, SEO specialists, marketers, content creators and literally everyone who is working with WordPress in one form or another.