WordPress Tutorial for Beginners

This WordPress Tutorial for Beginners is a step by step guide designed for the complete novice.  I assume you can use a computer because you’ve found my website. But that’s all I assume.

Hello, I’m Philip…
And I’d like to guide you through the process of setting up your first WordPress website.

This WordPress tutorial for beginners is a Video Guide

I provide a video at the top of every page. This video gives you a good overview of what you’ll learn on that page. I also provide text and images below the video so that, once you know what you’re doing, you can just scroll down to find just the information you need. quickly and easily.

Like MS Word

Using WordPress is not so different to using a word processor.

KISS or you’ll get bogged down

If you keep it simple you can have a clean professional looking website at a fraction of the price an agency would charge you. If you get fancy you’ll waste hours of time and get confused. Leave the fancy stuff until you’ve had more practice.

Most of this is easier than you think

I think of it like this…

• I use a word processor to publish pages on paper.
• I use WordPress to publish pages on my website.

This WordPress tutorial for beginners is based on a simple principle. If you can publish paper documents using a word processor, you can use those same skill to publish web page documents online.

The two things that confuse most people

1. You have to install WordPress inside your web space.
2. You have to reduce the size of images before publishing them online.

Help is at hand

There’s a simple solution

• Web hosting companies will help you install WordPress.
• And online tools help you get your photos ready for your website.

This is a one step at a time WordPress tutorial for beginners

I’ve arranged the tutorials so that you can follow them one after the other. As you work your way through these WordPress tutorials for beginners I would recommend that you follow along and build your own website. Practice really does make perfect.

Once you understand the few basic differences between a word processor and WordPress, you’ll soon build confidence in your ability to build and maintain your own website.

Concentrate on the things that matter

• Avoid waffle. Be concise.
• Provide your site visitors with the information they need.
• Make the information on each page easy to find and make navigating your site easy.
• Use images that are clear and relevant to the post you’re writing. Never steal images!

Clean and simple always looks professional (unless you’re a clown)

If you keep your website clean and simple it will look professional. Do NOT use bells and whistles. At least to begin with.

As you work through this WordPress tutorial for beginners and watch the videos, you’ll realize I’m a big fan of the saying “Keep It Simple Stupid!”. You can easily turn a good clean professional website into a laughing stock by “just adding a few fancy bits”.

There’s no time like the present

Strike while the iron is hot. Once you’ve taken the first few steps you’ll soon get the hang of it.  What have you got to lose? Even if after trying this yourself, you decide to employ an agency to do the work for you. You’ll have gained a lot of experience by following these simple step-by-step WordPress tutorials for beginners. You’ll also have the practical experience of building a simple website of your own. And that experience will be invaluable if you choose to deal with agencies or freelancers.

By the time you complete these WordPress tutorials for beginners you’ll have one of two things…

• Your own website that you built and you maintain. Or…
• Some practical experience of using WordPress. And that experience will enable you to talk an a more equal basis with agencies or freelancers.

Now that looks like a win win to me. What do you think?