February 16, 2024 — This workshop will highlight areas of the WordPress dashboard and the documentation area to find answers and information about each of the dashboard parts.

February 16, 2024 — The Make WordPress Training team are stewards of Learn.WordPress.org – the official education website for WordPress. The Learn WordPress website is currently in the process of a revamp and will launch with clearer structure, design, and pathways to learn from in July 2024. There’s never been a more exciting time to get involved with the WordPress Training Team and have a strong impact on the WordPress community!

In this workshop, team rep Ben will introduce attendees to the Training Team, and its five areas of contribution. Participants will learn what it means to be a Content Creator, Editor, Content Translator, Subject Matter Expert, and Administrator, for the team. Participants will leave with a clear understanding of what they can do next to contribute to the Training Team and its goals.

February 15, 2024 — This lesson will cover ten tips you could implement to improve your SEO rankings. SEO is essential if you want your website to rank higher in search engine results.

February 13, 2024 — This lesson will cover seven steps to improve your site’s security. Ensuring your website’s security is paramount in today’s digital landscape. With cyber threats becoming increasingly sophisticated, it is crucial to implement robust measures to protect your website and the valuable data it holds

February 13, 2024 — One of the biggest advantages of using WordPress is installing and utilizing plugins to extend the functionality of your website. This lesson will explore how to search, review, and install the right plugins to meet your needs.

February 13, 2024 — This one-hour session explores how JavaScript is used in modern WordPress development. Whether you’re just beginning your WordPress journey, or if you’re already familiar with development and looking to stay updated with the latest techniques, this talk will equip you with the knowledge and practical tools to effectively build your own custom blocks and Editor extensions.

Links shared in the talk are available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14hfp9Pe2bEzRTQLcoYTcmuD5WshIs6BS40O_UeDkqvA/edit

February 13, 2024 — In this presentation, Karthick Murugan has explained the Gutenberg blocks, what are static blocks and dynamic blocks, how to create a simple static block, and tools that can help to create these blocks.

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February 12, 2024 — This lesson will explore integrating media or external content into your website. This will be achieved by utilizing embed blocks, the HTML block, and the direct insertion of pertinent URLs onto your site.

February 12, 2024 — In this lesson, we will create and customize a header and footer using the patterns provided by our theme.

February 10, 2024 — In this week’s live stream, I attempted, unsuccessfully, to enable Xdebug with the WordPress core local development environment, mostly because I was looking at the wrong documentation. Then I try to get the wordpress-develop code set up for debugging in my personal local development environment with frustrating but eventually successful results.