Become a WordPress Developer: Unlocking Power With Code
Learn PHP, JavaScript, WordPress theming & the WP REST API to Create Custom & Interactive WordPress Websites
What you’ll learn
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Why code is the key to building whatever you can imagine with WordPress
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The ability to write PHP to manipulate the data of a WordPress site
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The ability to write JavaScript to add on-the-fly interactivity to a WordPress site
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How to code your own new custom block types for the “Gutenberg” Block Editor
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The skills, knowledge and vocabulary to work professionally as a WordPress developer
Requirements
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Basic WordPress knowledge (how to create a blog post, etc…)
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A basic understanding of HTML (e.g. “p” is for paragraph, “h1” is for headline, etc…)
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No CSS knowledge required (although it helps to understand that CSS is used to add style & design to a page)
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No JavaScript knowledge required (although it helps to understand that JS is used to add interactivity to a page)
Who this course is for:
- Developers who want to use WordPress as a true Content Management System and not “just a blog platform.”
- Those looking to learn the PHP and JavaScript languages.
- People who want to learn about the “REST API” which allows us to interact with WordPress data on-the-fly in realtime.
- Anyone interested in custom post types, custom fields, and creating relationships between various content types.