July 23, 2024 — This lesson focuses on creating a one-page website using a front page template. You’ll learn to build a fixed, sticky header, add in-page links and anchors for easy navigation, and implement smooth scrolling for a seamless user experience.

July 18, 2024 — Check out some of the new features that have landed with WordPress 6.6.

July 14, 2024 — Learn how to create custom user roles using a WordPress plugin to define specific responsibilities and permissions, segment users for tailored experiences, manage content moderation effectively, and establish custom workflows.

July 8, 2024 — In this lesson, we will learn about caching, a technique that improves website performance by storing frequently accessed data for quick retrieval. Caching occurs at multiple levels, including browser caching for static files, server caching for commonly accessed data, and CDN caching to load files from the nearest server. By implementing caching with plugins like W3 Total Cache, you can optimize your WordPress site, resulting in faster loading times and a smoother user experience.

July 3, 2024 — In this lesson, you’ll delve into the world of WordPress custom post types. Learn how to define, create, and display custom content types tailored to your site’s needs, enhancing content organization and user experience. Whether you’re setting up product listings, event calendars, or portfolio showcases, mastering Custom Post Types will empower you to leverage WordPress’s flexibility and scalability effectively.

July 3, 2024 — In this lesson, we will explore how to use WordPress taxonomies to enhance your site’s organization and user experience. You’ll learn the difference between categories and tags, how to create and manage them, and the benefits of custom taxonomies.

July 2, 2024 — This lesson covers website optimization, focusing on improving site speed to enhance user experience. It discusses factors affecting performance, including software, themes, plugins, and third-party elements. It explains measuring performance with tools like PageSpeed Insights and WebPageTest, emphasizing Google’s Core Web Vitals. Additionally, it highlights the importance of good hosting and recommends performance-enhancing WordPress plugins like W3 Total Cache, WP-Optimize, etc.

June 18, 2024 — This lesson introduces the concept of web accessibility, explaining what it is, why it’s important, and how it benefits everyone. It covers key principles from the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and addresses common misconceptions about accessibility. The lesson highlights the importance of creating accessible websites from the outset. It presents tangible examples of the difficulties faced by people with disabilities, such as low-contrast text and inaccessible interactive elements.

June 18, 2024 — This lesson provides an overview of testing and fixing accessibility issues in your WordPress content to ensure it is usable by as many people as possible. It covers the importance of accessibility, built-in WordPress tools for checking semantic structure and color contrast, and recommends plugins like WP Tota11y, Sa11y, and Editoria11y for additional checks. The lesson also suggests using OS apps and browser extensions to test technical aspects and emphasizes that authors and content managers can significantly improve accessibility without coding by being mindful of key elements such as heading levels, text size, color contrast, links, and alternative text for images.

June 18, 2024 — The Cover block allows you to display text and other content on top of an image or video. It is a great block for headers, banner-style displays, call-to-actions, and more. Explore various ways you could utilize this container block.