This module introduces the purpose of the WordPress Fundamentals course and explains where it fits inside the full WordPress Zero to Hero journey. You will understand why learning the dashboard, content structure, themes, plugins, users, and settings is important before moving into theme and plugin development.

1. Welcome to WordPress Fundamentals
2. Where this course fits in the WordPress Zero to Hero roadmap
3. Review of Pre-WordPress Foundations
4. What you need to know before using WordPress
5. WordPress user vs WordPress developer
6. Why fundamentals matter before development
7. How to study and practice during this course

By the end of this module, you will understand the purpose of the course, what you will learn, and how WordPress Fundamentals prepares you for the next stages of the program.

This module explains WordPress as a content management system. You will understand what WordPress is, what it is used for, and why it became one of the most widely used platforms for websites. You will also understand the difference between content, design, functionality, and settings inside WordPress.

1. What is WordPress?
2. What is a CMS?
3. WordPress as a content management system
4. WordPress.org vs WordPress.com
5. What types of websites can WordPress build?
6. Content vs design vs functionality
7. Themes vs plugins vs WordPress core
8. WordPress strengths and limitations
9. Common misconceptions about WordPress
10. WordPress ecosystem overview

By the end of this module, you will understand what WordPress is, how it works as a CMS, and how its main parts connect together.

This module teaches you how to install WordPress and prepare your first website for learning and practice. You will understand the difference between local, staging, and live websites, and how to start working safely without affecting real client websites.

1. WordPress installation overview
2. Local WordPress installation
3. Hosting-based WordPress installation
4. Accessing the WordPress admin dashboard
5. Understanding the login page
6. First look at the website front-end
7. First look at the dashboard
8. Basic site identity setup
9. Site title, tagline, and language
10. Cleaning the default WordPress installation

By the end of this module, you will be able to install WordPress, access the dashboard, and prepare a clean WordPress website for learning.

This module gives you a complete overview of the WordPress dashboard and its main sections. You will learn how to move around the dashboard confidently and understand the purpose of each major menu item.

1. Dashboard overview
2. Admin toolbar
3. Dashboard widgets
4. Posts section
5. Pages section
6. Media section
7. Comments section
8. Appearance section
9. Plugins section
10. Users section
11. Tools section
12. Settings section
13. Screen options
14. Dashboard navigation best practices

By the end of this module, you will be able to navigate the WordPress dashboard and understand the role of each main section.

This module explains how WordPress handles content. You will learn the difference between posts and pages and when to use each one. You will also understand how WordPress organizes content for blogs, business websites, landing pages, and simple platforms.

1. What is content in WordPress?
2. Posts vs pages
3. When to use posts
4. When to use pages
5. Creating a new post
6. Creating a new page
7. Draft, publish, pending review, and private content
8. Featured images
9. Excerpts
10. Revisions
11. Trash and restore
12. Basic content structure planning

By the end of this module, you will understand how to create, edit, publish, organize, and manage posts and pages in WordPress.

This module focuses on organizing content properly inside WordPress. You will learn how categories and tags work, how they affect site structure, and how to avoid common content organization mistakes.

1. Why content organization matters
2. What are categories?
3. What are tags?
4. Categories vs tags
5. Parent and child categories
6. Creating and managing categories
7. Creating and managing tags
8. Assigning posts to categories and tags
9. Category archive pages
10. Tag archive pages
11. Common category and tag mistakes
12. Planning a clean content structure

By the end of this module, you will be able to organize WordPress content using categories and tags in a clean and professional way.

This module teaches you how to manage images, documents, videos, and other media files inside WordPress. You will learn how to upload media, edit image details, improve accessibility, and understand why media optimization matters.

1. Introduction to the media library
2. Uploading images and files
3. Image title, caption, alt text, and description
4. Using images inside posts and pages
5. Featured images
6. Image sizes in WordPress
7. Basic image optimization
8. Organizing media files
9. Replacing and deleting media
10. Common media mistakes
11. Media and website performance
12. Media usage best practices

By the end of this module, you will be able to manage WordPress media professionally and understand how media affects usability, accessibility, and performance.

This module explains the role of themes in WordPress. You will understand how themes control the design and layout of a website, how to install and activate themes, and how to customize basic design options without writing code.

1. What is a WordPress theme?
2. How themes control website design
3. Free themes vs premium themes
4. Installing a theme
5. Activating a theme
6. Theme customization overview
7. Site identity and logo
8. Colors and typography basics
9. Header and footer basics
10. Layout options
11. Theme settings
12. Choosing a good theme
13. Common theme mistakes
14. Why theme development comes later

By the end of this module, you will understand how WordPress themes work from a user perspective and how to make basic design changes safely.

This module explains the role of plugins in WordPress. You will learn how plugins extend functionality, how to install and manage them, and how to choose plugins carefully without harming website performance or security.

1. What is a WordPress plugin?
2. Why plugins exist
3. Theme vs plugin responsibility
4. Installing plugins
5. Activating and deactivating plugins
6. Updating plugins
7. Deleting plugins safely
8. Free plugins vs premium plugins
9. How to choose trusted plugins
10. Plugin conflicts
11. Plugin overload problem
12. Essential plugin categories
13. Common plugin mistakes
14. Preparing for custom plugin development later

By the end of this module, you will understand how plugins work, how to manage them, and how to use them carefully in real WordPress websites.

This module focuses on website navigation and structure. You will learn how to create menus, organize navigation items, build a clear website structure, and help visitors move through your website easily.

1. Why navigation matters
2. Understanding website structure
3. Creating menus
4. Adding pages to menus
5. Adding posts, categories, and custom links
6. Parent and child menu items
7. Dropdown menus
8. Header navigation
9. Footer navigation
10. Mobile navigation basics
11. Menu locations
12. Common navigation mistakes
13. Planning a simple website structure

By the end of this module, you will be able to create and manage menus and build a clear navigation structure for a WordPress website.

This module explains widgets, sidebars, and basic layout areas in WordPress. You will understand where widgets appear, how they are used, and how they help you manage repeated content areas such as sidebars and footers.

1. What are widgets?
2. What are sidebars?
3. Widget areas explained
4. Footer widgets
5. Sidebar widgets
6. Adding and removing widgets
7. Common widget types
8. Search widget
9. Recent posts widget
10. Categories widget
11. Custom HTML widget
12. Widgets in classic themes
13. Widgets in block-based themes
14. Common widget mistakes

By the end of this module, you will understand how widgets and layout areas work and how to use them to manage repeated website sections.

This module explains how WordPress handles users and access control. You will learn the difference between user roles and understand how to assign the correct permissions safely.

1. Why user management matters
2. Creating users
3. Editing user profiles
4. Administrator role
5. Editor role
6. Author role
7. Contributor role
8. Subscriber role
9. Choosing the correct role
10. Password security
11. User profile settings
12. Common user permission mistakes
13. Managing users safely

By the end of this module, you will understand WordPress user roles and how to manage access in a safer and more professional way.

This module explains how comments work in WordPress and how to manage visitor interaction. You will learn how to approve, moderate, reply to, and control comments based on the type of website you are building.

1. What are WordPress comments?
2. When comments are useful
3. Enabling and disabling comments
4. Comment moderation
5. Approving comments
6. Replying to comments
7. Spam comments
8. Discussion settings
9. Comments on posts vs pages
10. Comment management best practices
11. Common comment problems

By the end of this module, you will be able to manage WordPress comments and configure discussion settings based on the needs of the website.

This module explains the most important WordPress settings. You will learn how each settings page affects your website and how to configure the basic settings correctly before publishing a website.

1. General settings
2. Site title and tagline
3. WordPress address and site address
4. Administration email
5. Language and timezone
6. Date and time format
7. Writing settings
8. Reading settings
9. Homepage display settings
10. Discussion settings
11. Media settings
12. Permalink settings
13. Privacy settings
14. Common settings mistakes

By the end of this module, you will be able to configure essential WordPress settings and understand how these settings affect the website.

This module introduces the WordPress block editor. You will learn how to create content using blocks, add common content elements, arrange sections, and prepare yourself for modern WordPress editing.

1. What is the WordPress block editor?
2. Blocks vs classic editing
3. Paragraph block
4. Heading block
5. Image block
6. Gallery block
7. List block
8. Button block
9. Columns block
10. Group block
11. Spacer and separator blocks
12. Reusable patterns overview
13. Basic page layout using blocks
14. Common block editor mistakes

By the end of this module, you will be able to create and edit WordPress content using the block editor and understand the basic idea of modern WordPress editing.

This module brings together everything you learned in the course by guiding you through the process of building a complete basic WordPress website. You will plan the website structure, create pages, organize content, configure menus, use a theme, install essential plugins, and prepare the website for review.

1. Planning the website
2. Choosing the website type
3. Creating the homepage
4. Creating the about page
5. Creating the services or topics page
6. Creating the blog section
7. Creating the contact page
8. Adding media
9. Creating navigation menus
10. Selecting and customizing a theme
11. Installing essential plugins
12. Configuring settings
13. Reviewing the website structure
14. Preparing the website for improvement

By the end of this module, you will be able to build a complete basic WordPress website using the dashboard and core WordPress features.

In the final module, you will apply the full course by creating a complete WordPress website from start to finish. This project is designed to help you practice WordPress fundamentals in a real-world structure before moving into theme and front-end development.

1. Build a basic WordPress website that includes:
2. Homepage
3. About page
4. Services or topics page
5. Blog section
6. Contact page
7. Organized categories
8. Sample blog posts
9. Media library usage
10. Featured images
11. Main navigation menu
12. Footer navigation or footer content
13. Selected theme
14. Basic theme customization
15. Essential plugins
16. Correct permalink settings
17. Basic user setup
18. Basic comment configuration
19. Clean content structure
20. Final website review

By the end of this module, you will have a complete WordPress website that demonstrates your understanding of WordPress fundamentals.