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WordPress & WooCommerce: Build Websites and Online Stores for Nigerian Businesses

From domain and hosting to a fast, secure WordPress site and a WooCommerce store taking naira payments by Paystack or Flutterwave, with shipping zones, legal pages, maintenance and the freelance business of building them.

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About this course

WordPress powers a huge share of the world's websites and a great many Nigerian business sites, and WooCommerce turns it into a full online store. Businesses keep paying people who can build these properly and keep them running. This course takes you from nothing to a live store. You will learn when WordPress is the right choice, how to choose a domain and hosting and install WordPress, how to build pages with a fast theme and the block editor, how to choose plugins without breaking the site or installing malware, how to add forms, content and images that sell the business, how to set up WooCommerce with products, variations and stock in naira, how to take payments with Paystack or Flutterwave, bank transfer or pay on delivery and reconcile them, how to set shipping zones and run orders to delivery, how to make the site fast on Nigerian mobile data, secure it and back it up, how to write the privacy, refund and delivery pages that build trust, and how to price, scope, maintain and hand over sites as a freelancer. Every lesson follows a Port Harcourt web designer building for a food brand, a school and a gadget shop. Free, like every Skillnaija course.

It is Monday night in Rumuokoro, Port Harcourt, and Chuka Obi has three voice notes waiting. Adunni, who sells pepper blends and sauces from Ibadan, is drowning in Instagram orders: people ask the price, she replies at midnight, half never pay, and a customer in Abuja wants to pay by card. Mrs Horsfall at Bright Minds School wants parents to find admissions information without calling the office forty times a day. Tonye at GadgetHub PH wants his phone accessories online before December. Chuka has built two sites on free builders and wants to be the person businesses call for WordPress stores. First question: is WordPress even the right tool?

What you'll learn

Course syllabus — 12 lessons

  1. Why WordPress, and what you will build16 min
  2. Domains, hosting and installing WordPress16 min
  3. Themes, the block editor and site building17 min
  4. Plugins without the mess16 min
  5. Forms, content and a site that sells the business16 min
  6. WooCommerce: setting up the store17 min
  7. Payments: Paystack, Flutterwave, transfer and pay on delivery16 min
  8. Shipping, delivery and orders15 min
  9. Speed, security and backups17 min
  10. Legal pages, trust and conversion16 min
  11. The freelance WordPress business16 min
  12. Handover, portfolio and the project17 min

Your project

Your WooCommerce Store

One document (Google Doc with view access, or an uploaded Word or PDF file) with a headed section for each of the six parts, including the site link or screenshots. No real customer data; test orders only.

Certificates on Skillnaija are earned, not issued for attendance: you submit this project, it is graded against a rubric, and passing issues a certificate anyone can verify. See the full project brief, rubric and free workbook →

Frequently asked questions

Is WordPress & WooCommerce: Build Websites and Online Stores for Nigerian Businesses free?

Yes. WordPress & WooCommerce: Build Websites and Online Stores for Nigerian Businesses is completely free on Skillnaija. You need a free account to open the lessons, and there is no charge for the course, the project, or the certificate.

How long does WordPress & WooCommerce: Build Websites and Online Stores for Nigerian Businesses take to complete?

6 weeks · ~4 hrs/week. There are 12 lessons, about 3 hours of material in total. You learn at your own pace and your progress is saved.

Do I need any experience to start WordPress & WooCommerce: Build Websites and Online Stores for Nigerian Businesses?

Beginner-friendly. You can start from scratch — no prior experience is assumed.

What will I learn in WordPress & WooCommerce: Build Websites and Online Stores for Nigerian Businesses?

You will build practical skills in Domains, DNS and hosting, Installing and configuring WordPress, Block themes and the site editor, Choosing and auditing plugins, Forms, content and on-page SEO basics, WooCommerce products and inventory, Paystack and Flutterwave checkout, Shipping zones and order workflow, Speed optimisation for mobile data, WordPress security and backups, Privacy, refund and delivery policies, Freelance packages, maintenance and handover. Every lesson is written for a Nigerian context, with examples drawn from how the work is actually done and paid for here.

Do I get a certificate for WordPress & WooCommerce: Build Websites and Online Stores for Nigerian Businesses?

Yes, but it has to be earned. You complete the course project — Your WooCommerce Store and submit it for grading. Passing the project issues a verifiable certificate; finishing the lessons alone does not.

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