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Courses

A Guide to WordPress Permalinks
The permalink is the URL you see in the address bar for any post or page on your WordPress site. By default, the WordPress permalinks are hard to read and...
Rachel McCollin
27 May 2021
Web Design
28 minutes
WordPress SEO Without Plugins
SEO isn't just about installing a plugin and expecting it will do all of the work. It takes a lot of careful planning and work to make your site...
Rachel McCollin
24 Sep 2020
Web Design
48 minutes
A Beginner's Guide to Using WooCommerce
WooCommerce is the world's most popular eCommerce platform, and it lets you add a storefront to your WordPress site for free. In this course, you'll learn...
Rachel McCollin
20 Aug 2020
Web Design
1.5 hours
Create Gutenberg Blocks Without Writing JavaScript
Want to create your own custom Gutenberg blocks but don't know JavaScript? It is possible to code Gutenberg blocks without having to write a line of...
Rachel McCollin
17 Jul 2020
Code
51 minutes
Everything You Need to Know About WordPress Widgets
WordPress widgets let you add blocks of content or interactive features to your site. With a widget, you can add content to your sidebar, footer, header, or...
Rachel McCollin
19 Jun 2020
Code
1.3 hours
Introduction to WordPress Plugin Development
Part of the reason for the success of WordPress is how easy it is to customize with themes and plugins. There are a huge number of plugins available in the...
Rachel McCollin
28 May 2020
Code
1.6 hours
Learn PHP for WordPress
What is PHP, and how can you use it for WordPress programming? Discover the answers to those questions and more in our free course, Learn PHP for WordPress. ...
Rachel McCollin
28 Apr 2020
Code
2.3 hours
Essential WordPress Plugins
Discover the best WordPress plugins to use for backup, security, caching, and SEO. Learn how to install and configure key WordPress plugins in this free...
Rachel McCollin
20 Feb 2020
Web Design
1.6 hours
Coding Advanced WordPress Theme Templates
Template files are at the heart of every WordPress theme. And if you've already gotten started creating WordPress themes, chances are you have some...
Rachel McCollin
30 Sep 2019
Code
44 minutes
3 More Practical Projects to Learn WordPress Plugin Development
One of the great things about WordPress is how easy it is to add new functionality with plugins. In most cases, the functionality you need already exists in...
Rachel McCollin
27 Sep 2019
Code
1.3 hours
Create Content in WordPress With Posts and Pages
In WordPress, all your content is organized into posts and pages. If you want to use WordPress to the fullest and create a well-organized site, you'll need...
Rachel McCollin
27 Sep 2019
Web Design
43 minutes
How to Use Custom Post Types in WordPress
Custom post types allow you to extend WordPress's default post with data that is useful for your own website. For example, if you want to create a portfolio...
Rachel McCollin
12 Sep 2019
Web Design
39 minutes
3 Practical Projects to Learn to Code WordPress Plugins
Part of the reason for the popularity of WordPress is how customizable it is. With the right themes and plugins, you can make WordPress do just about...
Rachel McCollin
3 Sep 2019
Code
1.2 hours
Custom Post Types and Taxonomies: WordPress Content Architecture
WordPress uses more than just posts and pages to organize content. In fact, if you're not using custom post types and taxonomies, you haven't yet unlocked...
Rachel McCollin
30 Jul 2019
Code
1.1 hours
Make Your Theme's Design Customizable With the WordPress Customizer
The WordPress Customizer is a great way to tweak the look of a WordPress site. It's especially great for end users of your themes. They can see their changes...
Rachel McCollin
17 Jul 2019
Web Design
1.3 hours
Complete Guide to WordPress Multisite
WordPress Multisite makes it easier and more secure to host a number of WordPress sites on the same server. With Multisite, you only need a single install of...
Rachel McCollin
29 Apr 2019
Web Design
1 hour
The Complete Guide to Migrating WordPress
When you've finished developing a WordPress site on your local computer, you'll need to migrate it to its live server. This can be a frustrating experience...
Rachel McCollin
8 Feb 2019
Web Design
51 minutes
Guide to The Loop in WordPress
The Loop is at the core of WordPress's post rendering engine. With The Loop, WordPress formats each post to be displayed on the current page. If you want to...
Rachel McCollin
31 Oct 2018
Code
1.2 hours
Up and Running With WooCommerce
WooCommerce is the most popular eCommerce platform on the web and the most popular way of bringing eCommerce to WordPress. If you're creating an online...
Rachel McCollin
4 Dec 2017
Web Design
56 minutes
WordPress Coding Basics: The Loop
The Loop is at the heart of the way WordPress displays posts or other content. Each post to be displayed is processed and formatted within the Loop. So if...
Rachel McCollin
9 Aug 2017
Code
11 minutes
Anatomy of a WordPress Theme Template File
Understanding the code inside theme template files is an important part of learning how to create your own WordPress themes. With custom templates, you have...
Rachel McCollin
20 Oct 2016
Code
13 minutes
WordPress Basics: How to Install and Customize a Theme
One of the great things about WordPress is that it lets you choose from thousands of different themes to customize your site's look and feel. Many of these...
Rachel McCollin
1 Jul 2016
Web Design
10 minutes

Tutorials

Display WooCommerce Categories, Subcategories, and Products in Separate Lists
WooCommerce gives you the option to display categories and products together on archive pages, but they appear in the same list, which can look messy. Here’s...
Rachel McCollin
18 Sep 2023
Web Design
How to Find a Career That Fits Your Working Style
Being fulfilled and successful in your career isn't just about qualifications and skills. Find out how understanding your personality preferences can help...
Rachel McCollin
17 Sep 2023
Business
When to Use (And Not Use) a Mega Menu for Navigation
Mega menus can be great for sites with lots of pages or sections for people to navigate, but they're not always the answer to your navigation needs. Find out...
Rachel McCollin
1 Sep 2023
Code
How to Redirect a Page or URL in WordPress
In this post, I'll show you how to redirect a page or URL in WordPress. You'll learn how to set up automatic redirects, manual redirects, and wildcard...
Rachel McCollin
30 Aug 2023
Web Design
How to Make a Sticky Menu in WordPress
In this tutorial, you’ll learn when to add (and not to add) a sticky menu, and how to add the code to your WordPress theme.
Rachel McCollin
16 Aug 2023
Code
Understanding and Working With the WordPress Options Table
In the earlier parts of this series, we looked at the tables in the WordPress database and the relationships between them. In this part I'll cover a...
Rachel McCollin
15 Aug 2023
Code
How to Create a Custom WordPress Plugin From Scratch
In this guide, I’ll show you how to create a custom WordPress plugin. Also, you'll learn how to use best practices in WordPress plugin development, how to...
Rachel McCollin
15 Dec 2022
Web Design
WooCommerce: Adding the Product Short Description to Archive Pages
When listing WooCommerce products on archive pages, it can be useful to include a short description. Here's how you can add in WooCommerce a product short...
Rachel McCollin
14 Oct 2022
Code
How to Make a Drop-Down Menu in WordPress
Learn how to code a menu with multiple-level items that drop down when the user hovers over higher-level menu items.
Rachel McCollin
8 Aug 2022
Code
WordPress Actions and Filters: What's the Difference?
It's easy to get confused between action hooks and filter hooks in WordPress: here's a guide to help you use both.
Rachel McCollin
30 Jul 2022
Web Design
WP_Query Arguments: Status, Order, and Pagination
In the next part of this series on WP_Query, learn about the arguments you can use to query posts by status, to define the order in which they'll be output,...
Rachel McCollin
30 Jun 2022
Code
Mastering WP_Query: Using the Loop
Continuing our series on WP_Query, in this tutorial I'll outline how you should use the loop with WP_Query.
Rachel McCollin
17 Jun 2022
Code