WordPress Beginner Videos

This page provides a series of video tutorials designed to guide you through fundamental WordPress concepts and tasks.

This tutorial explains how to access the backend of your WordPress website and provides an overview of the main sections and features of the WordPress dashboard.

How to Create a Page

This tutorial will show you how to create static content pages on your WordPress website, which are typically used for information that doesn’t change frequently, like an “About Us” or “Contact” page.

How to Create a Post

This tutorial will guide you through the process of creating blog posts in WordPress. Posts are dynamic content entries that are usually displayed in reverse chronological order and are often categorized and tagged.

Posts vs. Pages

This tutorial will clarify the key differences between WordPress posts and pages, helping you understand when to use each for different types of content on your site. Pages are for static content, while posts are for dynamic, time-sensitive content like blog entries.

How to Create Columns

This video will show you how to group content into columns.

Distraction-Free Writing

This tutorial explains how to use the distraction-free writing mode in WordPress, which provides a clean interface to help you focus on writing your content without other dashboard elements visible.

How to Create a Link ( Hyperlink )

This tutorial will teach you how to add hyperlinks to text or images in your WordPress content, allowing you to link to other pages on your site or external websites.

How to Add an Image

This tutorial will guide you through the steps of uploading and inserting images into your WordPress pages and posts from your computer.

How to Password Protect Pages

This tutorial will explain how to restrict access to specific WordPress pages by setting a password that visitors will need to enter to view the content.

This tutorial will explain how to control whether or not a comment form is displayed on your WordPress posts and pages, allowing you to manage user interactions on your site.

How to Embed Videos

This tutorial will show you how to insert videos from platforms like YouTube directly into your WordPress content.

How to Create Categories & Tags

This tutorial will explain how to use categories and tags to organize your WordPress blog posts, making it easier for visitors to find related content. Categories are broad topics, while tags are more specific keywords.

How to Use WordPress Plugins

This tutorial will guide you on how to install and activate WordPress plugins. Plugins are extensions that add new features and functionality to your WordPress website. You can install plugins by searching in the WordPress admin area or by uploading a zip file.

Create a Custom Menu

This tutorial will teach you how to create and customize navigation menus for your WordPress website, allowing you to organize and display links to important pages in your header or footer.

Posts Revisions

This tutorial covers how WordPress tracks and saves revisions of your posts and pages, allowing you to go back to previous versions of your content if needed

Adding & Managing Users

This tutorial will explain how to add new user accounts to your WordPress website and manage their roles and permissions, controlling what actions different users can perform on your site.

Managing Comments

This tutorial will guide you on how to moderate and manage comments that have been submitted on your WordPress posts and pages, including approving, deleting, and replying to comments.

WordPress Settings & Configurations

This tutorial covers the various settings panels available in the WordPress admin area, such as general settings, reading settings, and permalink settings, and explains how to configure them.

Change WordPress Password

This tutorial will explain the different methods you can use to update your WordPress user account password for security reasons. If you forget your password, you can usually reset it from the login page.

Media Library

This tutorial will provide an overview of the WordPress Media Library, where all your uploaded images, videos, and other media files are stored and managed.

WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org

This video does a side-by-side comparison of WordPress.com, which is a hosted platform with limitations, and WordPress.org, the self-hosted, more flexible open-source software. The Music Maker theme requires a self-hosted WordPress.org installation.

Updated on March 9, 2025

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