So you decided you want to build a WordPress website for your business or start a blog. Awesome! Now, where should you start?
A simple way to learn how to start and manage a WordPress website yourself is through WordPress online tutorials. They provide self-paced learning with relatively little to no monetary commitment.
Instead of trying to discover how to do something entirely on your own, tutorials will walk you through how to do just about anything related to WordPress website development.
Learning to use WordPress can seem like a daunting task at first. Luckily, there are many resources available at your fingertips. The trick is to know which WordPress online tutorials are worth your time and money.
Free Online Tutorials for Beginners
1. CreativeMinds
CreativeMinds provides a myriad of WordPress online tutorials, from blog posts to didactic videos.
What’s more: they can help beginners and advanced users alike. Some examples:
- Blog Post – How to Choose the Best Plugin for Your WordPress Site
- Blog Post – The Ultimate Guide to Content Marketing in WordPress
- FAQ Page – Are WordPress Plugins Safe to Use? – CreativeMinds
- FAQ With Video – How to Add HTML Ad Pop-ups on WordPress (Video)
- Documentation – WordPress User Roles and How They Relate to Our Plugins
- Documentation – Setting Ups Facebook Social Login With CM Products
- Video-Specific Video – Tooltip Glossary Plugin Tutorials
Content is always up-to-date and the CreativeMinds team makes an effort to evaluate each user suggestion.
Overall, CreativeMinds is a great WordPress online tutorials resource hub. All is free, also: you can check product-specific documentation even before buying said product.
2. WPBeginner
This website offers tons of short and free written tutorials for just about anything you want to learn.
The tutorials are simple and easy to follow, with many helpful screenshots throughout. Since the website is geared toward beginners, the posts are set up in a way everyone can understand!
Some of the most popular written tutorials on WPBeginner include “How to Schedule Your Posts in WordPress” and “How to Add Pay with a Tweet Button for File Downloads in WordPress“
WPBeginner also has a YouTube channel with video tutorials. “WordPress Basics” videos are geared toward beginners. Check out the popular tutorial “How to Install a WordPress Plugin for Beginners.”
3. WPKube
WPKube is a free resource that has some good in-depth tutorials that are easy for beginners to follow. Check out the “Beginners Guide” section for beginner-oriented written tutorials.
One notable tutorial from WPKube is “How to Set Up a WordPress Blog in Under 15 Minutes.” This will teach you the very basics of setting up your own website! Then, you can use their other tutorials on the site to go from there.
4. YouTube
YouTube is the land of plenty. You can use it to watch cat videos…or you can use it to learn about WordPress!
There are so many YouTube videos out there that will teach you how to build a WordPress website. You can pick one that suits your time commitment. The downside is watching videos from different users may involve some overlap.
Also, there are so many similar videos, it’s hard to know which is worth your time.
Another video is Greg Narayan’s Create an eCommerce Website in WordPress which is a walkthrough on how to create an eCommerce website with an online store shopping cart in WordPress.
When searching YouTube, keep in mind to filter videos based on time (from last year) and by number of views or popularity.
5. Udemy
While Udemy offers paid WordPress courses (see below), they also offer shorter free courses for beginners.
One of the most highly rated is John Westbrook’s course “WordPress for Beginners.”
Paid Online WordPress Tutorials
1. WP101.com
This site offers a multitude of video tutorials on how to build and maintain a WordPress site.
As the website notes, the videos are meant to be watched in succession as they build upon previous concepts.
WP101 offers beginner videos and WP201 has videos for more advanced users. This site is a good choice if you’re looking for a cohesive course and not individual videos.
Cost is $15/month, $39/year, or $79 once.
WP101 plugin – offers a plugin that can be added to a WordPress site. This allows you to put WP101’s video tutorials in your dashboard or that of a client’s.
2. WPMU Dev
This is a popular site with over 300,000 paying members. It offers in-depth video tutorials for $49-$99 a month, depending on how many months you sign up for. Download the integrated video tutorials plugin to access the entire wpmudev library directly from your site. Wpmudev recommends this service to gain the most from their resource. WPMU Dev also offers free written tutorials in their blog for beginner and advanced users.
Note: It may take a bit of searching to find beginner-oriented written tutorials. Some of the most downloaded individual videos on wpmudev include “The Media Library,” “Introduction to Widgets,” and “Embedding Media.”
