Beginner WordPress Developer

Ready to start developing for WordPress? In this course, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of how WordPress works, learn about the tools you will need for local development, and discover the fundamental concepts of WordPress development.

A brief overview of how WordPress works

Understand how a web server powers a WordPress site, from the hardware stack through to the database. Review and follow a standard front-end and admin page request.

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WordPress and web servers Preview The WordPress file structure Preview The WordPress database Preview Permalinks, rewriting urls on Apache and Nginx Preview Front-end page request Preview Admin page request Preview

Local development requirements

Learn about the tools you need on your computer to develop for WordPress

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Local development environment Preview WordPress Installation Preview Code editor Preview Other useful development tools Preview

The programming languages of WordPress

Learn about the 5 programming languages of WordPress; HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and MySQL.

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HTML Preview CSS Preview JavaScript Preview PHP Preview MySQL Preview

The WordPress development stack

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Test your knowledge

WordPress hooks

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WordPress Hooks Preview Action Hooks Preview Filter Hooks Preview Working with hooks Preview

An introduction to developing WordPress themes

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Introduction to themes for developers Preview Theme structure Preview Main stylesheet Preview Templates Preview Global Settings and Styles Preview Create Block Theme plugin Preview

An introduction to developing WordPress plugins

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What is a plugin? Preview Plugin requirements Preview Custom post types Preview Custom taxonomies Preview Custom post type data Preview Enqueuing CSS or JavaScript Preview

An introduction to developing WordPress blocks

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Setting up your block development environment Preview Scaffolding a new block Preview Building your first block Preview Block functionality Preview Block attributes Preview Block supports and styles Preview Static vs dynamic blocks Preview

An introduction to the WordPress REST API

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The WordPress REST API Preview Using the WordPress REST API Preview Interacting with the WordPress REST API Preview Extending the WordPress REST API Preview

Extending WordPress

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Time to test your skills

An introduction to developing for WordPress securely

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Securely developing plugins and themes Preview Fixing common security vulnerabilities Preview Tools to detect security vulnerabilities Preview

An introduction to Internationalization

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What is Internationalization? Preview The commonly used Internationalization functions Preview

An introduction to WordPress multisite

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Setting up a WordPress multisite network Preview Managing a WordPress multisite network Preview Advanced multisite management Preview Developing for a multisite network Preview Building plugins and themes that support multisite Preview

Debugging in WordPress

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The built-in WordPress debugging options Preview Examining the state of your PHP code Preview Examining the state of your JavaScript code Preview Useful debugging plugins Preview

Common WordPress developer tasks

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