WPShout

WPShout is a WordPress learning and publishing site. Its homepage introduces it as "a hub for advanced WordPress users, developers & savvy business owners," and the tagline is "Your Website, Sorted." For a learner, the part that matters is the Learn section: a set of free WordPress developer courses, a paid professional development course, and a large archive of tutorials. The copyright line runs from 2009, and the site says that "Since 2009, more than 10 million people used our resources to build their websites," elsewhere phrased as "Trusted by 10,000,000+ people."

The courses

The free courses sit under the heading "Free WordPress Developer Courses," and the site describes them as "thorough, carefully sequenced introductions to core topics in WordPress development." There are three:

• Beginner WordPress Development: "Learn WordPress development from the ground up."
• PHP for WordPress Development: "Your first step into coding for WordPress."
• Command Line and WP-CLI: "Speed up your WordPress workflow."

Read together they form a sensible order for someone moving from using WordPress to building for it: first how WordPress works under the hood, then enough PHP to write themes and plugins, then the command line tools that make day-to-day development faster. A link points to "WPShout Courses for more WordPress development courses."

The paid offer is aimed at people who want to do this for a living. Under the heading "Serious about WordPress development?" the homepage describes it as a course to "Learn to build high-value block themes and plugins with AI and automation in this professional WordPress development course," with a "Start Learning Now" button. The homepage does not show its price, length or format.

There is also a free email course on site speed: "Sign up for our email course and learn how, with some simple fixes, you can reduce your loading times by even 50-80%." The two LMS articles end by inviting readers to the same "crash course on speeding up your WordPress site."

Tutorials and resources

Most of WPShout is free reading. The topic menu covers WordPress basics, WordPress tutorials, best WordPress themes, web design and development, growth and marketing tips, eCommerce and web hosting. Recent articles on the homepage show the mix: connecting the Cursor editor to WordPress through MCP, a workflow for refreshing old blog posts for SEO, building pages with an AI page builder for Gutenberg, and how to sell courses in WordPress without WooCommerce.

Practical extras sit alongside the articles:

• Code Snippets: "Our stash of CSS, HTML, and JavaScript code snippets."
• Jadro: "Download our free Full Site Editing WordPress theme."
• Pattern Collection: a gallery of block patterns by designers and illustrators.
• Comics: "Collections of comics about developer life, WordPress adventures, and more."
• Tools named "Who Is Hosting This Website?" and "What WordPress Theme Is That?"
• WordPress news and a WordPress jobs board.

Two newsletters keep readers coming back: BizzaroDevs, "Our monthly newsletter with all the weird and wonderful tech news," and a general newsletter with "20,000+ weekly readers."

Hosting tests

Web hosting gets serious attention, which matters for anyone who plans to run a course site on WordPress. The site says "Since 2009, our team has tested and reviewed 50+ hosting providers," and that its method "includes constant performance monitoring and valuable user feedback from our annual web hosting survey." The featured article on the homepage, "Fastest WordPress Hosting With No Caching," describes stripping caching away "on 16 popular hosts to find out who truly delivers top performance." There is also a web hosting comparison chart, a list of all hosting reviews and the hosting survey itself.

WordPress LMS plugin reviews

For creators deciding how to sell courses from their own WordPress site, WPShout's reviews of LMS plugins are a practical starting point. One article rounds up free LMS plugins, another compares established paid plugins, and a third covers selling courses without WooCommerce. The reviews are hands-on and written in the first person: the author describes installing each plugin, working through its setup wizard, building a sample course, connecting payments, and noting where features turned out to be locked behind a paid tier or harder to find than expected. They compare plugins on things a course seller cares about, such as the course builder, quizzes, drip schedules, certificates, payment options, instructor management and which features each free version holds back.

These articles are editorial guidance, not a software product. The prices and features they describe belong to the plugin makers, and readers should confirm them with each vendor before buying. Questions can be left in the comments, where the author says "either myself or someone else on the team will do our best to help you."

Who is behind it

The "Who We Are" section says "We are a team of engineers, tech writers and business owners who love educating people about various aspects of WordPress and showing you what you can build with it," and that the team "boasts 100+ years of combined experience in website building and running online businesses." The footer lists a network of related sites: Themeisle, Optimole, Domain Wheel, WP Full Pay and Revive Social. The site also publishes an editorial policy.

Two developers are quoted on the homepage. Carrie Dils says "I can't tell you how many times I've Googled a question and WPShout has the answer I need," and Vova Feldman calls it "Quality, in-depth content that is easy to digest. It's the kind of content you would be paying for, but for free."

Who it suits and who it does not

WPShout suits people who already use WordPress and want to go further: a site owner ready to write PHP, a freelancer moving into block themes and plugin work, or a developer who wants a reference to search when a problem comes up. The free courses give a clear path from basics to WP-CLI, and the professional course is aimed at people building themes and plugins for clients. Course creators who plan to sell from their own WordPress site will find the LMS plugin reviews and hosting tests useful groundwork.

It suits less well a complete beginner who wants a video-led course with an instructor, quizzes and a certificate, since the site positions itself for "advanced WordPress users" and the homepage describes no live teaching or certificates. Anyone who needs live help or a structured credential will need to look elsewhere.