Pathways to Learn WordPress

With the relaunch of this site in August 2024, there are now formal Learning Pathways for Users and Developers at different levels. Check out the available Learning Pathway courses at the top of the homepage.

The following content is a suggested order when learning WordPress. It is not a comprehensive or required track. It is what we have published to date. The audience of who can Learn WordPress help is vast.

More content is in production, and suggested topics are welcome. A high-level brainstorm overview of additional pathways and content is available as well.

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About WordPress & Open Source

Lesson Plans	Tutorials	Courses
General History Of WordPress
What is Open Source?	Introduction to Open-Source
What You Can Do With WordPress
High-Level Overview
	What’s the Difference between WordPress.com vs WordPress.org?
	WordPress Under the Hood
	Introduction to WordPress

Get Started

Lesson Plans	Tutorials	Courses
	How to Choose the Right Hosting for Your Website	Getting Started With WordPress: Get Setup
Local Install	Local WordPress Installation for Beginners
How To Install WordPress On A Server
Dashboard Overview	WordPress Dashboard Overview	Getting Started With WordPress: Get Familiar
Settings	Managing Settings: General
	Managing Settings: Reading
	Manage Settings: Privacy
	Managing Settings: Permalinks
What to do when you forget your password
Setting A Static Page As Your Homepage
Pages Vs. Posts	Posts Vs Pages
How to Create a Post or Page with the WordPress Block Editor	How to Create a Post or Page with the WordPress Block Editor
	WordPress Editor Modes for Streamlining Content Creation
	Adding and Removing Images
WebP images in WordPress
	Horizontal Pyramid Gallery
	Fining Images Using the WordPress Photo Directory
	Finding Images Using Openverse
	Add Media and Openverse Images to Your Content Directly from the Inserter
Managing Media	Using the Media Library
	Organizing Your Media Library
	Creating New Image Sizes
	Image Optimization
Categories Vs. Tags	WordPress Taxonomies
	Managing Settings: Discussion
	Managing Settings: Writing
Managing Comments	Managing Comments
What Is A Theme
Themes/Plugins Relationship
Choosing And Installing Themes	How to choose & install a theme
	What kind of WordPress theme do I have: classic, block, or something else?
	Building a Home Page with a Block Theme
Choosing And Installing Plugins	How to choose and install plugins
Introduction To Common Plugins	Submitting Block Patterns to the Directory
	Using the Block Widget Editor
	Import Widget Areas from Classic Theme to a Block Theme
	Add a Contact Form to Your Site
User Management	User Management
Managing Updates
Troubleshooting Basics
Theme Troubleshooting
How To Find Help With WordPress	How to find help with WordPress
How To Find Theme Specific Documentation
Managing Spam On A Site	Managing Spam on Your Website
Backing Up Your WordPress Site
	WordPress Troubleshooting Basics: Part 1
	WordPress Troubleshooting Basics Part 2: Troubleshooting with Logs
Building a Sitemap for a Site
		Develop Your First Low-Code Block Theme

Get Started with Blocks

Lesson Plans	Tutorials	Courses
	Intro to Publishing with the Block Editor	Simple Site Design with Full Site Editing
	Content Creation in the Block Editor
How to use the List View	How to use the Block Editor List View
How to Create Reusable Blocks	How to Create and Use Reusable Blocks
Use Duotone Filters to Change Color Effects	Applying Duotone Filters to Change Color Effects
	How to Use Featured Images
	Uncovering the Cover Block
How to use WordPress Block Patterns	Using Block Patterns
	Intro to Block Patterns
	Block Spacing
	Padding vs Margin
Add New Blocks to Your Site Using the Block Directory	Finding New Blocks with the Block Directory
	Intro to the Block Directory

Difference between Reusable Blocks, Block Pattern, Templates, Template Parts
How to Build Low-Code Block Patterns	How to Create Low-Code Block Patterns
Intro to the Site Editor and Templates	Intro to the Site Editor and Template Editor
Locking Blocks in Site Editor	The Key to Locking Blocks
How to Style Your Site with Styles	How to Style Your Site with Styles	Personalized Site Design with Full Site Editing and Theme Blocks
	How to use the WordPress Stylebook with Your Block Theme
	Styling Your WordPress Blocks
	Custom CSS in the Editor
	Manage Your Block Theme Fonts with Create Block Theme
How to Create a Menu with the Navigation Block	How to Create a Menu with the Navigation Block
How To Add and Remove Logo And Site Icon in Site Editor	How to Add and Remove Logo and Site Icon in Site Editor
	Adding a Site Tagline to Block Themes
Templates	Templates	Advanced Site Design with Full Site Editing: Site Editor, Templates and Template Parts
	Using Page Templates
	Creating a custom template with the WordPress Site Editor
	Creating a Frong Page for a Block Theme
	Exploring Category Templates with Block Themes
Template Parts	Template Parts Using Template Parts
	Creating a New Header With Blocks
	Adding a Sticky Header or Banner
	Customizing a Header with Patterns
	Adding a Pattern from the Pattern Directory to Your Theme
	Customizing a Footer with Patterns
	Customizing Your Post Content Layout
	Advanced Layouts with the Block Editor
	Designing with the Columns Block
	Building Sidebars With the Site Editor
Displaying the Post Comments Block to Block Themes –	Displaying the Comments Block in Block Themes
	Custom Post Types and Capabilities
	Create Custom Post Types Without Code
	Displaying Testimonials on Your Website
	Personalizing Your 404 Template
	Rapid Website Recreation

Optional Extension to Get Started

Lesson Plans	Tutorials	Courses
Introduction To Common Plugins
Improving Site Performance	Improving Site Performance: An overview
How to Use Post Formats in Posts
Child Themes Twenty Sixteen
Child Themes Twenty Seventeen
Migrate, Copy, Or Clone A Site
Help Regenerate Thumbnails	How to Regenerate Thumbnails
Keeping WordPress Sites Secure	Extending WordPress: Common Security Vulnerabilities
	How to Improve SEO Rankings
	Saving a Search as an RSS Feed

Classic Themes & Customizer

Lesson Plans	Tutorials	Courses
Classic Content Editor Overview
Introduction to the Customizer	Using the Theme Customizer
Customizer: Header And Background Images
Customizer: Site Icons And Logo
Customizer: Static Vs. Content Front Page
Customizer Taglines	Customizer Taglines
Managing Classic Theme Menus
Classic Child Themes

Contribute

Lesson Plans	Tutorials	Courses
		How Decisions Are Made in the WordPress Project
	Introduction to Contributing to WordPress	Open Source Basics and WordPress
How to create a Lesson Plan	How to Create a Lesson Plan
Style Guide Creation Workshop
Best Practices When Capturing Images	Best Practices for Creating Screenshots
Anonymizing information in the browser
How to add demo content in WordPress
Creating a WordPress.org Account	Creating a WordPress.org Account
Creating/Joining WordPress Slack, orientation to channels and etiquette
How to Use and Contribute to the WordPress Photo Directory and Openverse
Submitting Block Patterns to the Directory	Submitting Block Patterns to the Directory
Upload a Theme to the WordPress Repository
Speaker Training Workshop	Creating a Welcoming and Diverse Space Part 1
	Creating a Welcoming and Diverse Space Part 2
	Diverse Speaker Training Workshop Part 1
	Diverse Speaker Training Workshop Part 2
	Diverse Speaker Training Workshop Part 3
	Diverse Speaker Training Workshop Part 4
	Online Stage Presence
	Storytelling for Tech Talks
	How to Submit a Workshop
	How to use GitHub
	How to use Trac
	Organizing WordPress Meetups: Supporting an Online Meetup
	Organizing WordPress Meetups: Getting Started
	Contributing on the WordPress Community Team
		Writing in the WordPress Voice
		Community Meeting Etiquette
		WordPress Community Deputy Training
		Polyglots Contributor Training
		Basic Principles of Conflict Resolution
		Incident Response Team Training
		WordPress Meetup Organizer Training
		WordCamp Mentor Training
		WordCamp Organizer Training

Develop

Lesson Plans	Tutorials	Courses
		A Developer’s Guide to Block Themes Pt1
	WordPress Under the Hood
Anatomy Of A Theme	Anatomy of a Block Theme
Introduction To CSS	Custom CSS in the Editor
What To Include In functions.php File
Template Tour	WordPress Theme Template Tour
Template Hierarchy	A Beginners Guide to the WordPress Template Hierarchy
	The WordPress request lifecycle
	WordPress Troubleshooting Basics: Part 1
	WordPress Troubleshooting Basics Part 2: Troubleshooting with Logs
Conditional Tags
The Loop
Enqueueing Scripts And Styles
Web Fonts
Custom Post Types
Dashboard Icons
	Make a Plugin Inside the WordPress Dashboard
How to add Post Formats Support to Your Theme
	Streamline Your Block Theme Development with Create Block Theme
Create a Basic Child Theme for Block Themes
	Introduction to theme.json	A Developer’s Guide to Block Themes – Pt2
	Using theme.json with classic themes
	Using Schema with WordPress theme.json
Theme Accessibility
Theme Internationalization
		Introduction to Block Development: Build Your First Custom Block
	WordPress Action Hooks	Converting a Shortcode to a Block
	WordPress Filter Hooks
How to Create and Register a Block Pattern	Registering Block Patterns
	Intro to Gutenberg Block Development
	Introduction to Block Theme Development for Beginners
	Using the create-block Tool
	Making Dashboard Widgets
	Converting a Shortcode into a Block
	Creating Custom Fields
	Developing with User Roles and Capabilities
	Using Block Attributes to Enable User Editing
	Introduction to Securely Developing Plugins
	Using the WordPress REST API	Using the WordPress Data Layer
	WordPress REST API – custom routes and endpoints
	WordPress REST API – Modifying Responses
	WordPress REST API – custom fields, authentication, and testing

eCommerce

Lesson Plans	Tutorials	Courses
	Getting Started in eCommerce: From Idea to First Customer

Internationalization

Lesson Plans	Tutorials	Courses
	Using WordPress in Other Languages