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Beginner to Expert Practical Training · 8 weeks

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Professional WordPress Management: From First Steps to Expert
Independent web master skills give you total creative freedom in school, work, and business. This curriculum walks you through launching custom domains, optimizing speed, fixing common technical errors, protecting visitor data, and updating content seamlessly.

It is perfect for ambitious minds ready to start without any prior experience, gain advanced technical capabilities, and launch flawless websites for clients or themselves.
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  1. 1How to Use This CourseLesson + quiz
  2. 2The six partsLesson + quiz
  3. 3The 40-minute session formulaLesson + quiz
  4. 4The free toolkit, honestly (verified October 2026)Lesson + quiz
  5. 5• Complianz (free) — cookie scan, script and iframe blocking before consent,Lesson + quiz
  6. 6Week 1 · What WordPress Really Is — The Anatomy of a SiteLesson + quiz
  7. 7When a site “breaks”, one of these five did. A blank page is usually a plugin orLesson + quiz
  8. 8If Q1 says “me”, Q2 says “yes” or Q3 says “managing a site” — you are self-Lesson + quiz
  9. 9WORDS YOU’LL MEET TODAYLesson + quiz
  10. 10Before next time: get your local lab running — Local installed, one site created,Lesson + quiz
  11. 11Week 2 · Your First Site — The Free Local LabLesson + quiz
  12. 123. The host panel — where the host runs the server: on a live site this is cPanelLesson + quiz
  13. 13Step 2 — Create the lab site (4 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  14. 14WORDS YOU’LL MEET TODAYLesson + quiz
  15. 15Week 3 · The Dashboard, Decoded — Every Screen NamedLesson + quiz
  16. 16Dashboard The briefing room: what changed, what is pending, what is outdated.Lesson + quiz
  17. 17Guided practical — the full tour and the five settings (20Lesson + quiz
  18. 18EXAMPLELesson + quiz
  19. 19Three takeawaysLesson + quiz
  20. 20Week 4 · Users & Roles Done Right — Least Privilege from Day OneLesson + quiz
  21. 21Administrator The keys to the house: plugins, themes, settings, users, everything.Lesson + quiz
  22. 22• If a live site has a shared “admin” login: create the real people their ownLesson + quiz
  23. 23Your turn — the permission test (7 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  24. 24Week 5 · Content Done Right — Posts, Pages, Media & the Block EditorLesson + quiz
  25. 253. Lock — the padlock: stop accidental edits on shared content.Lesson + quiz
  26. 263. Save a revision (Update), make one visible change, save again — then openLesson + quiz
  27. 27Your turn — the client’s mess (7 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  28. 28Week 6 · Structure & Navigation — Menus, Categories, Permalinks, the 404Lesson + quiz
  29. 29Permalinks are the addresses (Week 3’s setting, now used daily). Post nameLesson + quiz
  30. 30Step 2 — Categories, the two-category rule (5 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  31. 31WORDS YOU’LL MEET TODAYLesson + quiz
  32. 32Week 7 · GATE — My Site Foundation: the Scored Setup PassLesson + quiz
  33. 33The audit doubles as your client onboarding template: in Week 30, the same 20Lesson + quiz
  34. 34Step 2 — Fix the fails (5 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  35. 35Three takeawaysLesson + quiz
  36. 36Week 8 · Updates Without Breaking — The Check-First, One-At-a-Time HabitLesson + quiz
  37. 37EXAMPLELesson + quiz
  38. 38THE MIDNIGHT RITUAL IS A TRAPLesson + quiz
  39. 39EXAMPLELesson + quiz
  40. 40without changing anything. Flag the two that matter most and say why, in oneLesson + quiz
  41. 41Week 9 · Login Fortification — Passwords, 2FA, the Brute-Force WallLesson + quiz
  42. 423. Rate limiting — after a few failed logins, the door gets a lockout for a while.Lesson + quiz
  43. 43EXAMPLELesson + quiz
  44. 44Three takeawaysLesson + quiz
  45. 45Week 10 · The Firewall & the Scanner — Wordfence Free, and What 30 Days MeansLesson + quiz
  46. 46The honest free-tier facts, stated once and filed (verified October 2026):Lesson + quiz
  47. 47Step 3 — The first full scan (6 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  48. 48vendor publishes as new threats appear — free Wordfence’sLesson + quiz
  49. 49Week 11 · Backups You Can Actually Restore — UpdraftPlus Free + the Restore DrillLesson + quiz
  50. 50• When: daily is the small-site standard (files daily, database daily).Lesson + quiz
  51. 513. Run Back Up Now (both). Wait. Confirm the backup appears in the BackupsLesson + quiz
  52. 52EXAMPLELesson + quiz
  53. 53Three takeawaysLesson + quiz
  54. 54Week 12 · Malware & the Scan Report — Reading What Is Not CleanLesson + quiz
  55. 55The 2026 case, in the manager’s timeline (all verified):Lesson + quiz
  56. 56EXAMPLELesson + quiz
  57. 57Step 3 — Simulate the unclean (5 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  58. 58Your turn — the client’s scan (7 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  59. 59Week 13 · Spam, Bots & the Forms Stack — Keep the Customers, Kill the NoiseLesson + quiz
  60. 602. The form — a contact form is the business’s phone. Forminator (free) —Lesson + quiz
  61. 61Step 2 — The form, built (7 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  62. 62WORDS YOU’LL MEET TODAYLesson + quiz
  63. 63Before next time: the site is defended, backed up, readable, and reachable.Lesson + quiz
  64. 64Week 14 · HTTPS & the Padlock — What the Certificate Actually SaysLesson + quiz
  65. 65window), so the manager’s job is not “buy an SSL” — it is confirm it is on, andLesson + quiz
  66. 66no http references, note that the lab is clean by construction — and run theLesson + quiz
  67. 67WORDS YOU’LL MEET TODAYLesson + quiz
  68. 68Before next time: the shield, the door, the undo, the read, the forms, the padlockLesson + quiz
  69. 69Week 15 · GATE — The Hacked-Site Drill: Detect, Restore, ReportLesson + quiz
  70. 704. Broken page — the front end misbehaves (a theme file was edited, a plugin’sLesson + quiz
  71. 71Step 2 — Detect (6 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  72. 72EXAMPLELesson + quiz
  73. 73Three takeawaysLesson + quiz
  74. 74Week 16 · Speed That Matters — Measuring Honestly With LCP, INP & CLSLesson + quiz
  75. 75The distinction that ends most speed arguments:Lesson + quiz
  76. 76Guided practical — take the baseline (20 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  77. 77EXAMPLELesson + quiz
  78. 78the field data when it appears. File the promise in week-16 — you will cash it inLesson + quiz
  79. 79Week 17 · Caching Without Confusion — Same Content, Sent OnceLesson + quiz
  80. 80and immediate), then images and scripts (Week 18) — in that order, becauseLesson + quiz
  81. 81check the host’s panel or support pages for the server type and write the answerLesson + quiz
  82. 82WORDS YOU’LL MEET TODAYLesson + quiz
  83. 83ShortPixel’s 100 free, TinyPNG’s 500 free), the correct sizes, WebP, and theLesson + quiz
  84. 84Week 18 · Images Done Right — Compress, Size, WebP, TidyLesson + quiz
  85. 85default. – ShortPixel (free tier: 100 images a month, WordPress plugin,Lesson + quiz
  86. 86month free; TinyPNG: 500 API credits/month free), and run Bulk Optimize on theLesson + quiz
  87. 87Your turn — the 1 MB rescue (7 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  88. 88Week 19 · Being Found — Titles, the Sitemap & Search ConsoleLesson + quiz
  89. 892. Meta descriptions — the grey paragraph under the title. It does not stronglyLesson + quiz
  90. 90Step 2 — Two real search results (8 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  91. 91Meta description The grey paragraph under the result — the click decision,Lesson + quiz
  92. 92Week 20 · Analytics You Can Trust — GA4 Free, the One Dashboard, the Honest NumberLesson + quiz
  93. 93• The speed numbers (Week 16’s CWV field data) — already in SearchLesson + quiz
  94. 94Guided practical — the honest dashboard (20 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  95. 95EXAMPLELesson + quiz
  96. 96Three takeawaysLesson + quiz
  97. 97Week 21 · GATE — The Performance & Proof ReportLesson + quiz
  98. 98The discipline that makes the report proof instead of brochure:Lesson + quiz
  99. 99EXAMPLELesson + quiz
  100. 100Your turn — the client’s first question (7 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  101. 101Week 22 · The 30-Minute Weekly Ritual — The System That Replaces HeroicsLesson + quiz
  102. 102Three rules make it a system instead of a chore:Lesson + quiz
  103. 103Step 2 — Write the first Journal line (4 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  104. 104Your turn — the miss week (7 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  105. 105Week 23 · Errors & Downtime — The White Screen, the 5xx, and the No- Panic OrderLesson + quiz
  106. 106overloaded, or the host is having a day. Check the host’s status page beforeLesson + quiz
  107. 107Guided practical — break it, fix it (20 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  108. 108EXAMPLELesson + quiz
  109. 109Your turn — the 60-second triage (7 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  110. 110Week 24 · Email From Your Site — “Sent” Is Not “Delivered”Lesson + quiz
  111. 111sender sees “success” (the form said thanks), the customer sees nothing, andLesson + quiz
  112. 112Guided practical — the pipeline, proven (20 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  113. 113EXAMPLELesson + quiz
  114. 114relationship back). File the findings in week-24 . This audit is also your first clientLesson + quiz
  115. 115Week 25 · Plugin Discipline — The Five- Question AuditLesson + quiz
  116. 1163. Do I need it, or do I have it twice? (Two plugins with overlapping jobs are aLesson + quiz
  117. 117Guided practical — the audit (20 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  118. 118WORDS YOU’LL MEET TODAYLesson + quiz
  119. 119Before next time: plugins are the moving parts; the theme is the face. Week 26:Lesson + quiz
  120. 120Week 26 · Theme Discipline — The Face Is Not Yours, Until It IsLesson + quiz
  121. 121The child theme is the fix, and it is a small, exact thing: a theme that declares “ILesson + quiz
  122. 122Guided practical — the child, built (20 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  123. 123the proof of the discipline: update the parent theme if an update is available (orLesson + quiz
  124. 124Your turn — the update scar (7 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  125. 125Week 27 · Privacy & Compliance — The Consent Banner, the Policy Pages, the Shape of the RulesLesson + quiz
  126. 126bottom, so the visit counts” is exactly the pattern the regulators name. ALesson + quiz
  127. 127sensitive bits, the data-subject rights, and the obligation to tell people whatLesson + quiz
  128. 128Step 3 — The policy pages (5 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  129. 129NDPA / NDPC Nigeria’s Data Protection Act (in force from 2023) and itsLesson + quiz
  130. 130Week 28 · The Site Operations Manual — The Site That Works When You Are Not in the RoomLesson + quiz
  131. 131never the passwords themselves in the manual), who has whichLesson + quiz
  132. 1322. The gaps are named — every fact you do not yet hold is a line that saysLesson + quiz
  133. 133WORDS YOU’LL MEET TODAYLesson + quiz
  134. 1343. The ritual keeps it true — the “manual checked” line in every weekly note isLesson + quiz
  135. 135Week 29 · Positioning — Selling Care, Not FixesLesson + quiz
  136. 136The manager’s business: the site’s standing condition is your product — it staysLesson + quiz
  137. 137The first conversation has three moves, and the discipline is the order:Lesson + quiz
  138. 138Step 3 — The rehearsal (7 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  139. 139Your turn — the first real audit (7 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  140. 140Week 30 · Client Onboarding — The Secure HandoverLesson + quiz
  141. 141Page 141Lesson + quiz
  142. 142The credential-handover procedure — the secure route (the one a professionalLesson + quiz
  143. 143THE REGISTRAR RULELesson + quiz
  144. 144priority fix list (the first month’s work, itemised — this becomes the first invoice),Lesson + quiz
  145. 145Your turn — the handover meeting, scheduled (7 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  146. 146Week 31 · Managing Many Sites — Multisite, Shared Ops, and the Honest LineLesson + quiz
  147. 147Backups Per-site (UpdraftPlus per site, One backup set covers the network —Lesson + quiz
  148. 148one shared bucket is one shared failure, and one shared confidentialityLesson + quiz
  149. 149THE FLEET RULELesson + quiz
  150. 150— awaiting access / awaiting host facts”). The dry-run’s proof: the Journal linesLesson + quiz
  151. 151Your turn — the fourth client (7 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  152. 152Week 32 · The Monthly Client Report — The Document That Renews ItselfLesson + quiz
  153. 153action / source / pages / speed, each with its one-line reading: not the chart,Lesson + quiz
  154. 154The renewal sentence — the shape (write yours from it): “next month: the sameLesson + quiz
  155. 155section (cut it; the template’s shape is five sections, and the fifth is the one thatLesson + quiz
  156. 156row that answers the silence — the numbers that were good because of theLesson + quiz
  157. 157Week 33 · Migration Done Properly — The Free Tool, the SFTP Workaround, the ChecklistLesson + quiz
  158. 158The plain-words partLesson + quiz
  159. 1595. The padlock — the new host’s certificate not issued (or the old ground’s SSLLesson + quiz
  160. 160back at the old ground — which is still up, still healthy, still the truth — andLesson + quiz
  161. 161— browser route [would be gated by upload_max_filesize on a real host] —Lesson + quiz
  162. 162WORDS YOU’LL MEET TODAYLesson + quiz
  163. 163Three takeawaysLesson + quiz
  164. 164Week 34 · Domains, Hosting & Renewals — The Calendar That Saves the SitesLesson + quiz
  165. 165The 90/60/30 rule — the calendar’s rhythm: at 90 days out, the renewal is a lineLesson + quiz
  166. 166script, below — had, recorded, the client’s decision written); at 30 days, it is aLesson + quiz
  167. 167the shared shape behind — and the week’s work becomes the server’s work,Lesson + quiz
  168. 168missing piece: the Week 30 checklist’s keys 6 and 8 (the SSL/add-ons, theLesson + quiz
  169. 169WORDS YOU’LL MEET TODAYLesson + quiz
  170. 170Three takeawaysLesson + quiz
  171. 171Week 35 · Contracts & Retainer Math — The Paper That Makes It a BusinessLesson + quiz
  172. 172The plain-words partLesson + quiz
  173. 173EXAMPLELesson + quiz
  174. 174The three clauses (the manager’s protection, in the client’s language — theLesson + quiz
  175. 175cleanly in month thirty — and the clean exit is the referral’s seed (the clientLesson + quiz
  176. 176costs’ real list, the number that says whether the practice feeds). The sheet’sLesson + quiz
  177. 177The access The keys’ paper — the ten keys by the secure route, the duties thatLesson + quiz
  178. 1782. The math meets the “small fee” — the counted hours, the stated rate, theLesson + quiz
  179. 179Week 36 · Database & Core Hygiene — The Underfloor of the HouseLesson + quiz
  180. 180kinds), wp_postmeta (the data attached to each post — the per-post settings, theLesson + quiz
  181. 181pass is a series of deletes, and a delete you cannot restore is not hygiene, it isLesson + quiz
  182. 182in Week 25’s audit left their options behind). The three numbers, the “before” ofLesson + quiz
  183. 183Your turn — the backup-size creep (7 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  184. 184Before next time: the hygiene pass runs safely on the live grounds for oneLesson + quiz
  185. 185Week 37 · Staging Done Properly — The Ground Where the Risky Work HappensLesson + quiz
  186. 186the real forms, the real data), the database pass (Week 36’s deletes, on the copyLesson + quiz
  187. 187— the host makes the copy (the files + the database), gives it the stagingLesson + quiz
  188. 188padlock); (4) the staging, marked (the copy destroyed, or the “stale, [date]” lineLesson + quiz
  189. 189free tier’s limits — the number of staging sites, the sync — the facts, pending-Lesson + quiz
  190. 190Your turn — the staging lie, caught (7 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  191. 1913. The promote has its own law — the live’s backup before the promote, theLesson + quiz
  192. 192Week 38 · Monitoring & the 2 a.m. Call — The Site That Reports Its Own StateLesson + quiz
  193. 193from outside the host, the interval — the free tier’s standard is the 5-minuteLesson + quiz
  194. 194The 2 a.m. playbook (the call’s procedure — the document the manager reads,Lesson + quiz
  195. 195Journal), and the security shape (the Week 15 procedure — the hacked-siteLesson + quiz
  196. 196Step 2 — The error watch, wired (7 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  197. 197EXAMPLELesson + quiz
  198. 198Your turn — the false alarm (7 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  199. 199Week 39 · E-Commerce Basics — The Shop Is a Site With a LedgerLesson + quiz
  200. 200The plain-words partLesson + quiz
  201. 2012. The order-email certainty (Week 24, at the money): the shop’s emails (theLesson + quiz
  202. 202Guided practical — the shop, set up (20 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  203. 203the data-map’s row added (the customer’s details, the destination, the rightsLesson + quiz
  204. 204Your turn — the shop’s first month (7 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  205. 2052. The free stack is real, the paid layer is the project — WooCommerce freeLesson + quiz
  206. 206Week 40 · AI in the WordPress Work — The Tool That Verifies NothingLesson + quiz
  207. 207The plain-words partLesson + quiz
  208. 2084. The error’s first guess (the Week 23 playbook, the AI’s contribution): theLesson + quiz
  209. 209The boundary line (the manual’s row, the practice’s rule — the one that goes inLesson + quiz
  210. 210Guided practical — the four uses, run (20 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  211. 211error log’s line, the Week 23’s law: the log line read, the hypothesis confirmed orLesson + quiz
  212. 212Your turn — the AI’s wrong fact, caught (7 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  213. 213Three takeawaysLesson + quiz
  214. 214Week 41 · CAPSTONE — The 90-Day Operations ReviewLesson + quiz
  215. 215The plain-words partLesson + quiz
  216. 216drills run, the client lines written — the night’s playbook, proven), and the AI’sLesson + quiz
  217. 217proof report, the manual, the reports — the Week 7, 21, 28, 32 documents, eachLesson + quiz
  218. 218the missed weeks, the near-misses — the tip’s rule, the record’s honesty: theLesson + quiz
  219. 219EXAMPLELesson + quiz
  220. 220Your turn — the “show me”, answered (7 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  221. 2213. The honesty rule is the portfolio’s value — the gaps named, the zero lineLesson + quiz
  222. 222Week 42 · Launch — The First Three Conversations & the Manager’s CharterLesson + quiz
  223. 223The plain-words partLesson + quiz
  224. 224The charter’s closing rows (the document’s shape, the signed form): theLesson + quiz
  225. 225start, the next 90 days, the first real 90: “the practice is launched; the recordLesson + quiz
  226. 226each, the Week 29’s three moves, executed and filed — (1) the diagnose (theLesson + quiz
  227. 227Step 3 — The first Journal line + the launch’s file (5 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  228. 228Your turn — the first real 90, the first line (7 minutes)Lesson + quiz
  229. 229started, the record, the practice, the work, the next 90 days, the first real 90: theLesson + quiz
Professional WordPress Management: From First Steps to Expert
Independent web master skills give you total creative freedom in school, work, and business. This curriculum walks you through launching custom domains, optimizing speed, fixing common technical errors, protecting visitor data, and updating content seamlessly.

It is perfect for ambitious minds ready to start without any prior experience, gain advanced technical capabilities, and launch flawless websites for clients or themselves.

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