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When I picked up my new SUV last summer, the dealership tried to give me a quick overview of the dashboard and options available. They had me for the first five minutes and then I completely lost interest and just wanted to drive off into the sunset with my fancy new ride.

Sadly that training failure isn’t an isolated experience for me or anyone else.

For training to work well, the trainer needs to be knowledgeable, structured, patient, and have the ability to apply their skills to situations the trainees can understand. The trainee also needs to be in the right mindset, be in the proper setting, and have a need for the educational?content being presented.

That’s a whole lot of things to get right. And while I just named a few, I think you see my point of the stars needing to be aligned for training to work and be effective.

Now think back to my SUV purchase and my defunct training session. What went wrong?

I wasn’t prepared for the training, I wasn’t in the right mindset, and I was not in the right setting. And worse yet, I’m not the type of person that can sit and listen to someone give me a verbal lesson. I’m a jump in kind of girl that likes to figure out as much as she can on her own before asking for or receiving assistance.

When I picked up my vehicle, I was not in the mindset for training thus virtually everything the dealership said was ignored. I couldn’t absorb it and honestly, it just didn’t fit my preferred method of learning. I’m not the type of person who sits through a training session. And because of it I exited the training as fast as I could.

We’re Uniquely Human

Everyone has their own method of learning. We humans are unique and we all have our own ways of doing things. Whether a person is?learning to control their car navigation system or learning to code PHP, different training methods will work for different types of people.

Recently there was an article published in the Wall Street Journal about building websites. The article author talked about launching a website about the family dog and in doing so stated “I ruled out popular options such as WordPress, which isn’t as user friendly” which truly set me off because it was an overly simplified and inaccurate view of WordPress.

How does this author know it isn’t user friendly? Did she take the time to investigate WordPress, learn WordPress, or ask for opinions of those who build and manage websites in WordPress? I’m assuming not and I think this was a disservice to her readers.

In an effort to defend my beloved WordPress, let’s explore some of the great options available for users and coders who would like to learn WordPress. I’m pretty sure you, my reader, will fine something?that fits your style of learning.

The below WordPress courses and resources cover free and paid options for learning WordPress, coding with CSS or PHP, and launching a WordPress business.

Paid Tools for Learning WordPress & Coding

iThemes Training?

iThemes was founded by Cory Miller, who?I believe is?one of the most endearing and nicest people in the WordPress community. I used one of his stock themes when I was first starting out with WordPress and in more recent years I’ve had the opportunity to spend time with him at WordCamps and other WordPress events. Cory is smart and truly focused on provided solid products and services to the WordPress community.?Because I am so fond of Cory the person, I know iThemes Training must be top notch. He would produce nothing but excellence.

iThemes Training offers over 500 hours or on-demand training, 15 hours of live webinars each month, a members-only forum, and live events.?While this is a paid membership, I’m pretty sure it would be worth every penny spent.