We believe that educating our customers and helping them learn WordPress is one of the most important things we do. It empowers our clients, makes them smarter, and ultimately makes it so that we can focus more time on building our business and providing more value through our products and services. That’s why I decided to compile this list of the best places to learn WordPress online.
We’ve slowly been building a library of articles and tutorials ourselves, but these people already have great libraries, interactive experiences, and extremely thorough step-by-step instructions ready for you to access, anytime day or night.
They vary in price (some are free) and experience level needed, but all of them will help you get a few steps closer to dominating WordPress and making it a tool in your arsenal, instead of a thorn in your side.
Beginner WordPress Training
We’ll call this the 101 level. You know how to get around WordPress a little bit, but installing or updating plugins petrifies you, and you have no clue what a permalink even is. If that sounds like you, here are some great resources to get you started.
WP Sessions
I really hesitated including WP Sessions in the beginner category, but I also wanted it toward the top of this article since it’s an awesome resource for learning WordPress. The approach of WP Sessions is different than a lot of other sites that I’ve seen, as actual WordPress professionals give live presentations in a webinar style format, and then all of the sessions are recorded and added to their growing library.
There definitely are beginner topics at WP Sessions like Security for Site Owners and eCommerce for Site Owners, but there are highly advanced topics too like working with the WordPress REST API and WordPress and Backbone.js.
Cost: Individual Sessions starting at $9 or get access to all of the sessions for $299
WPMarmite
When you’re looking for more specific WordPress guides, for individual products like Elementor, WP Rocket, or Redirection, WPMarmite is a great option for you to explore. Many of their guides are available as downloadable pdfs as well.
They also provide in-depth reviews and easy-to-follow setup instructions for large complicated plugins like WooCommerce. Their WordPress plugin guides are extremely robust and detailed. All of the content is available in French too if that’s your first language.
24 responses to “The Best Places to Learn WordPress Online”
Thank you for the mention, Ryan – really appreciate that. Glad to be in such good company, as well.
You made it easy to include you. I’ve learned a WHOLE LOT from your stuff myself!
Another great list!
Another avenue is to browse the list and signup for http://wpmentor.org. You might have to muster up some courage to reach out to someone, but it’s totally worth it in the end. A lot of awesome people are forging great mentorships over there.
Hey Ryan, thanks for the shoutout….so much appreciated. Love seeing myself among all these other fantastic resources… cheers!
You missed Lynda.com! I learned everything I know from there!
Excellent list Ryan, everyone on the list is worth mentioning. At Cloudways we had compiled a list of 10 WordPress Teachers on the Web who are doing a great job actively
I think you missed Lynda.com they have been around for a long time now.
Great list and a great site. I was wondering if you might take a look at some of my WordPress tutorials and if you like them possibly consider a link on this post? Hope i’m not being too cheeky! Anyway, the site is https://wpeagle.com
A very comprehensive course on creating a website from scratch with WordPress (we’re talking 10 hours of video tutorials):
course.buildwithoutcode.com
If you are interested in learning how to integrate Bootstrap into WordPress, you should really check out BootstrapWP.com!
Thanks for including my Easy WP Guide Ryan. I really appreciate that. It’s great to be listed among these other fantastic resources
I’m a little slow getting to this, but of course! It’s a fantastic resource. Thanks for creating it!
Thank you for the article. I will share it with those who might find this helpful as well.
personally i recommend tree house i learned a couple of things from there
Another great place for one on one WordPress tutoring is wp-tutoring.com. They will work with you remotely on your particular site.
All the websites you mentioned here , extremely helpful and providing quality material for newbies. Thanks fot proving a great list of useful resources.
Another place to get one on one help is WP-tutoring.com. You get individualized instruction at all levels of WordPress knowledge.
One (admittedly self-interested) vote for the classes
We’ve got 30+ classes by Topher DeRosia. His latest is a long series on building with the Underscores themes.
You’ll find everything from super-beginner WordPress classes to a WordPress REST API class by Josh Pollock
Lynda.com is one of the best resources to learn WordPress. However, I also use YouTube to watch free WordPress videos.
I’ve been considering some training for quite some time. I’m a site admin – in the sense that there is no one else to do the job – so I just learn as I go. I would like to learn more about themes AND security – and possibly migrate my site to a different theme. Can anyone recommend a beginner theme tutorial? I would pay for monthly access just to learn it on my own but I’d like to pick the best site. THANKS for putting these all in one place.
I’d like to mention that I teach professional WordPress development over at Know the Code too. Check it out at https://KnowTheCode.io.
This is a great list – wp-tutoring.com also has a free WordPress tutorial for beginners on their website.
I was really in need of help to learn about wordPress.
Really helpful article.
i think lynda tutorials is a good choice!
Ryan sullivan you have provide a great list to learn WordPress online. I will find your post amazing for anyone who wants to learn WordPress online.