How to organize your WordPress site | WordPress for beginners

Yoast · Beginner ·📣 Digital Marketing & Growth ·6y ago
This video about organizing your WordPress site is part of the free online WordPress for beginners training. Learn more about creating and maintaining a WordPress website in our free online course at https://academy.yoast.com/courses/wordpress-for-beginners/. This course includes reading materials and quizzes. ► About this video What does a well-organized site look like? After watching this video, you'll know exactly how you can create the perfect site structure for your WordPress site. In this video, we discuss what an ideal site structure looks like by looking at an example site. We explain what you should do with your home page, menu, and breadcrumbs to make sure people find what they need on your site! 👍Did you enjoy this video? Don’t forget to click the like button! #SiteStructure #WordPress #WordPressTutorial #Yoast #YoastSEOacademy #WordPressForBeginners ► Items discussed in this video 0:00:02 - Introduction 0:00:15 - The ideal site structure 0:01:39 - Example site 0:03:37 - The home page 0:04:35 - The menu 0:05:32 - Breadcrumbs ► What should you watch next? Do you want to know more about categories and tags? Check out this video: https://youtu.be/y5GlKlHVzRg Or watch one of our videos about: ‣ WordPress security: https://youtu.be/KNNI96tBwEo ‣ How to write a post or page in WordPress: https://youtu.be/jEgJ0INpzXQ ‣ WordPress back end tour: Admin menu: https://youtu.be/v_CsntSNIqs ► About the WordPress for beginners training Whether you want to create your own personal blog, an online store, or a business website – with WordPress, creating your own website is easy as pie. If you know what you’re doing, of course. In this free online WordPress for beginners course, we’ll guide you through every step of setting up, creating, and maintaining your own WordPress website. All content for this course is created by the SEO and WordPress experts at Yoast. They’re the creators of the #1 SEO plugin for WordPress worldwide. Combined, they have over a 100 years
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0:02 Introduction
0:15 The ideal site structure
1:39 Example site
3:37 The home page
4:35 The menu
5:32 Breadcrumbs
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