WordPress Training Team Launches New Course for Designers: Beginner WordPress Designer

The Training Team has launched a new course on Learn WordPress specifically for designers: Beginner WordPress Designer. This learning pathway is crafted to help designers new to WordPress gain the skills needed to create professional websites.

The course covers essential topics such as building a style guide, understanding block themes, and adopting a block-first approach to design. It also teaches best practices in web design, theme customization, layout composition, and working with media blocks.

This learning pathway is free and open to everyone and consists of 24 lessons organized into 6 sections, requiring approximately 4 hours to complete:

Introduction to designing with WordPress
Getting to know WordPress
Web design best practices
Customizing themes and templates
Layout composition
Working with media blocks

Lesley Sim, Co-founder of Newsletter Glue tweeted, “This looks so good and so useful.”

Learn WordPress is an educational initiative by the Training team aimed at helping users of all levels improve their WordPress skills.

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- sk maltare
  December 26, 2024 at 10:25 PM View in Forum
  
  its great help provided to me. thanks for doing it for mr. i was waiting for such consolidated matter on training. i have started, and eagerly waiting to complete this training.
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- James Matt
  December 27, 2024 at 12:08 PM View in Forum
  
  Exciting news from the WordPress Training Team! The new Beginner WordPress Designer course is a fantastic resource for designers looking to master WordPress.
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- Emmanuel
  December 28, 2024 at 10:11 AM View in Forum
  
  Thanks WordPress for the course, will be sure to attend
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- Jake
  December 28, 2024 at 10:13 AM View in Forum
  
  Matt Mullenweg turned WordPress into a dumpster fire
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- Laiba
  December 30, 2024 at 8:16 PM View in Forum
  
  The “Beginner WordPress Designer” course is a fantastic resource for designers, offering clear guidance and practical skills to master WordPress design basics.
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- Sidaani
  January 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM
  
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  Such a fantastic resource for designers new to WordPress! The Beginner WordPress Designer course seems like a great way to build a solid foundation. The lessons on theme customization and working with media blocks will be super helpful. Kudos to the WordPress Training Team for putting this together!
  
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- Sidaani
  January 24, 2025 at 2:27 AM
  
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  This sounds like a fantastic opportunity for designers looking to get into WordPress! The course covers all the key areas, from web design best practices to working with media blocks, and it’s great that it’s free and accessible to everyone. Props to the Training Team for creating such a valuable resource – this will definitely help designers get up to speed with WordPress in no time!
  
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- Sidaani
  January 25, 2025 at 4:07 AM
  
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  This new “Beginner WordPress Designer” course sounds like a fantastic resource for designers getting started with WordPress! I love that it covers everything from style guides to theme customization and layout composition. It’s great to see resources like this being offered for free – perfect for building solid foundational skills. Kudos to the Training Team for putting this together!
  
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- Ek-Electric
  February 28, 2025 at 9:46 AM
  
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  Great post. Thanks!
  
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- webranker1
  March 24, 2025 at 9:59 AM
  
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  The launch of the Beginner WordPress Designer course is a fantastic step forward for designers looking to master WordPress! Covering crucial topics like block themes, layout composition, and web design best practices, this course is an invaluable resource for beginners. It’s great to see WordPress continually investing in education to empower the community. For those looking to enhance their WordPress expertise and SEO strategies, check out WebRanker1 for more insights and expert guidance.
  
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- jilllynndesign
  June 24, 2025 at 10:37 AM
  
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  Wish this course was around when I was first getting started in WordPress :)
  
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