How to choose a WordPress course.

The percentage of use of WordPress already exceeds 30% worldwide (see statistics at https://w3techs.com/technologies/details/cm-wordpress/all/all), which makes many people look for a WordPress Course to learn how to manage or even develop with this great software.

The results we see on Google are amazing. 

4.170.000 results for the search «WordPress course». There are many offers to choose from and that is where you have to be very careful.

What users demand

Potential students demand both online and face-to-face courses, are even looking for WordPress courses in their city, which tells us that there is a clear demand for face-to-face WordPress courses.

This has caused, overnight, lots of "WordPress experts" have embarked on the adventure of offering courses where they promise to teach each and every one of the secrets of this free software.

How to choose a good WordPress course

As in everything that has to do with training, the normal thing is that Let's look for professionals who have, at least, the knowledge that they must transmit to us, something that sounds logical on the one hand, but in practice it does not seem to be a point that matters too much to us.

There are tons of WordPress development courses for sale, offered by people who have never developed anything. Yes, just as it sounds, nothing. 

If you had a son who wanted to study, for example, medicine, what would you ask at least of those who are going to be his teachers, his professors?

And why don't you do the same when looking for training for yourself?

Look at the resume of the person or people who offer their WordPress courses, check that they are really dedicated or have been dedicated to working with WordPress, even at the user level.
A person who has been using WordPress for 10 years has a lot to teach, even if they are not a developer, don't you think?

My advice, check out their website, does it look professional, do they have work to show, what is their experience, do they write interesting WordPress related content, do they actively participate in the community.

Online or face-to-face WordPress course? 

It depends. 

It depends a lot on the time you have, since there are very good online courses offered by great professionals and the same happens with face-to-face courses. 

Choosing between training online or in person is for me a personal choice that should be based on your needs. One modality or the other is not better at all, both offer very professional and interesting training solutions. For example, I have been training online for many years and it has been a very effective system. 

What I would not like is for you to be fooled by those who have never done anything with WordPress other than create those courses (most likely after making a short WordPress course themselves) into thinking that WordPress courses, in general, are they are rubbish.

Select, test. There are many platforms that allow you to try a class before buying the course and it is a very effective way of knowing if that course brings you something or not. And I'm not talking about those free classes that serve little more than sell you the course. I mean a good kind of example.

Another good idea is to ask your hosting service provider, web designer/developer, or media professional to recommend someone well-known in the industry to train with online. 

Buy the courses or subscribe to a platform?

At this point and after asking many colleagues who use online course platforms, my answer is clear: Buy a good course and don't waste time with subscriptions at 10 euros for unlimited access to who knows how many courses you WILL NOT GO TO DO EVER. 

10 euros does not mean much to the vast majority of people and it is what makes us subscribe to these training supermarkets to have the illusory feeling of being trained, to do, in the best of cases, a couple of courses and leave the rest due to content saturation. 

This is like when you go to a free buffet and eat less than if you went to an a la carte restaurant. You have so much to choose from that you fill up just looking at it. 

For this reason my advice is that you choose a good course, at a fair price (be careful here with the bullies) and do it. And once you finish that course, buy another one and above all, finish it. 

Well, I hope that some of my advice will be useful to you when it comes to finding a good WordPress Course. If you need to tell me something or ask me a question, here I am.

See you soon!