Free Training: WordPress
A curated list of WordPress training absolutely free with your TAMU account.

WordPress Essential Training
BeginnerWordPress Essential Training on LinkedIn Learning is a beginner‑friendly course that guides you through setting up a WordPress environment, creating content, managing themes and plugins, and maintaining a secure, high‑performing website.
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WordPress: SEO
BeginnerThe course teaches how to improve WordPress site visibility using core SEO principles and practical optimization with Yoast SEO and All in One SEO Pack to boost search engine performance.
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WordPress: Ecommerce
BeginnerWordPress Ecommerce on LinkedIn Learning gives a high‑level overview of what’s required to run an ecommerce site with WordPress, including core store features and key setup decisions. It covers essentials like payments, shipping, taxes, and platform options so you know what to plan for before building.
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Using WordPress to Create a Blog for Creators
BeginnerWordPress is a strong choice for bloggers and creators who want to reach a broad audience, and Shruti Pangtey explains how to build engaging, reader-friendly blog content using effective headings, text, and images. She also covers essential SEO practices, key plugins, and the two must-have pages that contribute to a successful blog.
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PHP For WordPress
IntermediateThis course teaches WordPress developers the PHP fundamentals needed to add custom functionality to their sites, guided by instructor Joe Casabona. It covers core concepts like conditional logic, custom functions, and WordPress editors, with hands-on challenges to help learners make simple, practical modifications.
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Custom WordPress Plugins: Design, Develop, and Distribute
IntermediateThis course takes you from a casual WordPress user to a capable plugin developer by guiding you through building three real-world plugins: a custom post type, a contact form, and a social media sharing plugin. Through hands-on instruction, you’ll learn core plugin development skills and how to prepare plugins for the WordPress Plugin Directory, enabling you to create custom tools or even start a plugin business.
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WordPress: Mastering Full Site Editing
IntermediateThis course introduces Full Site Editing (FSE) in WordPress and teaches the fundamentals of designing, building, and maintaining modern websites using FSE tools and workflows. It also covers converting Figma designs, creating reusable components, and improving accessibility, resulting in a portfolio-ready website by the end of the course.
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WordPress: Speeding Up Your Site
AdvancedThis course explains why WordPress site speed matters and teaches you how to measure, diagnose, and fix common performance issues. It covers practical optimization techniques for hosting, media, plugins, databases, and caching to create faster, more efficient websites.
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WordPress: Accessibility
AdvancedWordPress expert Joe Dolson’s course teaches you how to build fully accessible websites using modern WordPress features. It covers accessible themes, plugins, content creation, testing, and remediation so you can confidently assess and improve accessibility across your sites.
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Technical WordPress SEO
AdvancedThis course overview explains that instructor Arianna Lupi teaches key technical SEO strategies to improve a WordPress site’s structure, usability, and performance. It covers essentials like mobile-friendliness, speed optimization, media handling, and diagnostic tools such as web crawls and speed tests.
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