Build path · Beginner to intermediate

Build Websites Faster with AI

Plan, write, code and design WordPress and Elementor sites with AI assistants, then check everything properly so you get the speed without shipping its mistakes.

Who this course is for

This course is for people who build websites with WordPress and Elementor, or are learning to, and want to use AI assistants without the risk. You might be a freelancer building sites for local businesses, a small business owner looking after your own site, or someone who has tried an AI chat tool, been impressed for five minutes, then found it invented a plugin setting that does not exist. You will learn where AI genuinely saves time, where it gets things wrong, and how to check every output before a client or a customer ever sees it. There is no hype here: if a tool or feature is not worth your time, Shaz will tell you.

What you should know first

You do not need any experience with AI tools. Every assistant, setting and term is explained from scratch in Module 1. You should be comfortable with the basics of WordPress and Elementor: logging in to the dashboard, creating a page, adding and editing widgets, and publishing. If any of that is new to you, take the Begin2Code Elementor Beginner course first and then come back. You do not need to know how to code. Module 4 shows you how to ask for small pieces of HTML, CSS and JavaScript, read them well enough to spot problems, and test them safely before they go live.

By the end of the course you will be able to

Explain in plain English how AI assistants generate answers, and where they are reliable and unreliable.
Write clear, structured prompts that produce usable sitemaps, page outlines, copy and code on the first or second attempt.
Turn a messy client brief into a clear sitemap, page plan, content list and quote with AI support.
Draft and edit web copy and SEO content that sounds human, is fact-checked and is genuinely useful to visitors.
Generate and debug HTML, CSS and small JavaScript snippets with AI, and test them on a staging site with a backup in place before they go live.
Create or source images responsibly, understanding licences, copyright and when to be open about AI use.
Judge which AI features inside WordPress and Elementor save real time, and which jobs are better done in a general assistant.
Protect client and personal data under UK GDPR, understand the current UK copyright position on AI-assisted work, and follow a repeatable AI-assisted workflow on every project.

Your course project

Across the course you build a three-page WordPress and Elementor website for Muddy Paws Grooming, a small independent dog grooming salon at 14 Otley Road, Headingley, Leeds LS6. The owner, Jodie Hartley, grooms with one part-time assistant and takes bookings by phone on 0113 496 0123 or through an enquiry form. She offers a full groom, a bath and brush, a puppy introduction groom and nail trims, all priced in GBP. (Muddy Paws is a fictional business made up for this course.) The finished site has three pages: Home, Services and Prices, and Contact and Booking. AI helps you plan the sitemap, draft and edit the copy and SEO content, write small CSS and code fixes, and create or source the images. You check every one of those outputs before it goes live, the same way you would on paid client work. Alongside the website you build your own toolkit to reuse on every future project: a prompt library, an AI checking checklist, a client AI policy written for Muddy Paws and a step-by-step AI-assisted workflow. Each lesson's "Try it yourself" task and each module's "Add to your project" step moves the project forward, so by Module 7 you have a finished capstone ready for Shaz's written feedback.

Curriculum

Module 1: How AI assistants work (and where they fail) · 11 lessons
- 1.0 Course trailer and welcome
- 1.1 What you will build and how this course works
- 1.2 What a large language model actually does
- 1.3 The main assistants compared, fairly
- 1.4 Hallucinations and out-of-date knowledge
- 1.5 Free, paid or business: choosing and setting up your account
- 1.6 Prompting fundamentals
- 1.7 Conversations, files and reusable instructions
- 1.8 Project 1: your assistant set-up and AI log, with a worked example
- 1.9 Module 1 recap
- Module 1 worksheet
- Module 1 check (quiz)
Module 2: Planning a website with AI · 9 lessons
- 2.1 From brief to questions
- 2.2 Sitemaps and page structure
- 2.3 Wireframe outlines
- 2.4 Competitor and keyword research support
- 2.5 Content inventories and migration plans
- 2.6 Project plans and quotes
- 2.7 Project 2: your site plan, with a worked example
- 2.8 Module 2 recap
- Module 2 worksheet
- Module 2 check (quiz)
Module 3: Copywriting and SEO content · 9 lessons
- 3.1 Giving AI a voice to follow
- 3.2 Drafting page copy
- 3.3 Editing out the AI sound
- 3.4 Search quality and helpful content
- 3.5 Meta titles, descriptions and FAQs
- 3.6 Fact-checking and claims
- 3.7 Project 3: copy for your three pages, with a worked example
- 3.8 Module 3 recap
- Module 3 worksheet
- Module 3 check (quiz)
Module 4: Code, CSS fixes and debugging · 9 lessons
- 4.1 Asking for code the right way
- 4.2 CSS fixes for Elementor
- 4.3 Debugging with error messages
- 4.4 Small snippets: shortcodes, functions and JavaScript
- 4.5 Reviewing AI code for problems
- 4.6 Staging, backups and rollback
- 4.7 Project 4: your CSS fix and snippet, with a worked example
- 4.8 Module 4 recap
- Module 4 worksheet
- Module 4 check (quiz)
Module 5: Images and media: creativity with caution · 9 lessons
- 5.1 What AI image tools can and cannot do well
- 5.2 Licensing and terms of service
- 5.3 Copyright, trade marks and likeness
- 5.4 Honest use of images
- 5.5 Editing, upscaling and alt text
- 5.6 Stock, real photography and when to choose them
- 5.7 Project 5: your image plan, with a worked example
- 5.8 Module 5 recap
- Module 5 worksheet
- Module 5 check (quiz)
Module 6: AI inside WordPress and Elementor · 10 lessons
- 6.0 Module intro and version check
- 6.1 The AI landscape inside WordPress
- 6.2 Elementor AI in the editor
- 6.3 Agent-style assistants for WordPress
- 6.4 SEO plugins with AI features
- 6.5 Chatbots and AI on the front end
- 6.6 Measuring if it actually saves time
- 6.7 Project 6: your AI tools audit and time test, with a worked example
- 6.8 Module 6 recap
- Module 6 worksheet
- Module 6 check (quiz)
Module 7: Checking, privacy, the law and your workflow · 13 lessons
- 7.0 Before we start: the law in this module and how to check it
- 7.1 A checking routine for every output
- 7.2 Client data and UK GDPR
- 7.3 The UK copyright position on AI
- 7.4 Telling clients you use AI
- 7.5 Building your AI-assisted workflow
- 7.6 Keeping up without the hype
- 7.7 Project 7: your checking routine, AI policy and workflow, with a worked example
- 7.8 The capstone: what to submit and how it is marked
- 7.9 A worked example: Quillmere Books' capstone, marked out loud
- 7.10 The final exam, your tutoring and what comes next
- 7.11 Module 7 and course recap
- Module 7 worksheet
- Module 7 check (quiz)
Final exam · 0 lessons
- Final exam (quiz)