Training
Putting all the pieces together…
Learn how to manage your WordPress website.
Blogging, SEO, maintenance, mail, and how they all work together.
2026 Training Schedule
Clients who have a website built by Silent Sidekick or who have purchased the WordPress Training Series may use this link to jump onto any of the training sessions listed here. Please note that all times are Pacific time; adjust for your time zone accordingly.
The schedule is updated periodically. If the times do not fit with your schedule, please email info@sidekickpress.com to arrange for another time. Or, if you have an active maintenance plan, please use the Schedule With Me button in the lower right-hand corner to schedule a 15-minute appointment. If you do not have an active maintenance plan, please use one of the paid options.
If you would like more information about our training session or if you would like to purchase WordPress training, please contact info@sidekickpress.com.
Upcoming Sessions
- Thursday, May 28, 9 a.m. (Pacific)
- Wednesday, June 10, 9 a.m. (Pacific)
- CANCELLED Wednesday, June 24, 9 a.m. (Pacific)
- Wednesday, July 1, 9 a.m. (Pacific)
- Wednesday, July 8, 9 a.m. (Pacific)
- Wednesday, July 22, 9 a.m. (Pacific)
- Wednesday, August 5, 9 a.m. (Pacific)
- CANCELLED Thursday, August 20, 9 a.m. (Pacific)
Topics covered…
Blogging
- Creating a new blog post
- Working with blocks
- Images
- Headings
- Lists
- Quotes
- Video
- Internal and external links
- Blog post settings
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
- Crawlers, spiders, or bots
- How does google find your site
- Google’s secret algorithm
- Value of links for search engines
- Crawlability
- Google’s mission
- Google’s search results page
- Snippets
- Holistic SEO (Yoast)
MailChimp
- Audience
- Templates
- Campaigns
- Automating a campaign
- Best Practices
Website Maintenance
- Backup
- Plugin update
- Theme update
- WordPress core update
- Broken link check
- Security check
- Clean spam
