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.
Lessons
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 PreviewAn introduction to developing for WordPress securely
An introduction to developing WordPress blocks
An introduction to developing WordPress plugins
An introduction to developing WordPress themes
An introduction to Internationalization
An introduction to the WordPress REST API
An introduction to WordPress multisite
Common WordPress developer tasks
Lessons
Quiz timeDebugging in WordPress
Extending WordPress
Lessons
Time to test your skillsLocal 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 PreviewThe programming languages of WordPress
Learn about the 5 programming languages of WordPress; HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and MySQL.
