Become a WordPress Developer: Unlocking Power With Code

About Course

Become a WordPress Developer: Unlocking Power With Code – Free Udemy Course

Unlock the full power of WordPress and go beyond “just a blog platform” by learning how to code completely custom WordPress powered sites. This comprehensive course is updated for 2023 with new chapters on Block Themes, Full Site Editing, Gutenberg Block Type Creation, Plugin Development, React.js basics, custom MySQL essentials, and more!

Learn from an experienced instructor with 12 years of experience in WordPress, PHP, and JavaScript. This course will teach you everything you need to know to become a successful WordPress developer. You’ll build a website for a fictional university and learn how to:

Install WordPress on your computer
Learn the PHP language
Set up a new theme
Create custom post types and fields
Relate pieces of content
Learn JavaScript basics
Leverage the WP REST API
Use JavaScript to communicate with WordPress
Create user accounts
Build a “My Notes” feature
Add a “like” feature
Deploy your website live
And much more!

This course is completely free and available on Udemy. Become highly valuable and relevant to companies hiring WordPress developers. Join now and start coding custom websites!

Why code is the key to building whatever you can imagine with WordPress
The ability to write PHP to manipulate the data of a WordPress site
The ability to write JavaScript to add on-the-fly interactivity to a WordPress site
How to code your own new custom block types for the "Gutenberg" Block Editor
The skills, knowledge and vocabulary to work professionally as a WordPress developer

Course Content

01 – Welcome!

A Message from the Professor
001 Welcome to the Course!.mp4

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02 – Getting Started

03 – First Coding Steps PHP

04 – WordPress Specific PHP

05 – Pages

06 – Building the Blog Section

07 – Events Post Type

001 Custom Post Types.mp4

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002 Using The Modern Block Editor For Our Custom Post Type.html

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003 Displaying Custom Post Types.mp4

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004 Quick Timeout Misc Updates.mp4

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005 Custom Fields.mp4

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006 A Note About the WordPress Post Edit Screen.html

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007 Ordering (Sorting) Custom Queries.mp4

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008 Manipulating Default URL Based Queries.mp4

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009 Past Events Page (Custom Query Pagination).mp4

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08 – Programs Post Type

09 – Professors Post Type

10 – Cleaner Code (Less Duplication)

11 – JavaScript Preparation

12 – Campus Post Type

13 – Live Search (UI JavaScript)

14 – WordPress REST API (AJAX)

15 – Customizing the REST API

16 – Combining Front-End & Back-End

001 3 Column Layout for Search Overlay.mp4

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002 Custom Layout & JSON based on Post Type.mp4

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003 Quick Note About The Next Lesson.html

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004 Search Logic That’s Aware of Relationships.mp4

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005 Search Logic That’s Aware of Relationships (Part 2).mp4

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006 Completing Our Search Overlay.mp4

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007 jQuery Free Live Search.mp4

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25687888-Search.js

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17 – Non-JS Fallback Traditional Search

18 – User Roles and Permissions

19 – User Generated Content

001 My Notes Feature.mp4

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002 My Notes Front-end Part 1.mp4

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003 My Notes Front-end Part 2.mp4

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004 Quick Note About The Next Lesson.html

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005 Delete Posts with the REST API.mp4

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006 Edit Update Posts with the REST API.mp4

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007 Creating New Notes.mp4

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008 Creating New Notes (Part 2).mp4

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009 Note Permissions and Security (Part 1).mp4

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010 Note Permissions and Security (Part 2).mp4

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011 Per-User Post Limit.mp4

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012 Quick Note About CSS.html

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013 jQuery Free My Notes.mp4

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20 – Like or Heart Count for Professors

001 Let Users Like Content (Part 1).mp4

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002 Let Users Like Content (Part 2).mp4

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003 Creating Custom POST and DELETE Endpoints.mp4

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004 Programmatically Create a Post.mp4

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005 Enforce Limit of One Like Per UserTeacher Combo.mp4

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006 Completing the LikeBox.mp4

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007 jQuery Free LikeBox.mp4

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28049136-Like.js

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21 – Going Live Deploying Our WordPress Site

22 – Extra Credit Challenges & Topics

23 – Plugin Development PHP

001 Introduction to Plugin Development.mp4

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002 Let’s Create Our First Plugin.mp4

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003 Adding a Settings Page For Our Plugin.mp4

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004 Settings API (Saving Settings Data).mp4

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005 Finishing Our Settings Form.mp4

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006 Actually Counting the Words, Characters, and Read Time.mp4

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007 Translations Localization (For PHP).mp4

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008 Admin Sub-Menu.mp4

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009 Custom Admin Menu Icon.mp4

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010 Alternative Manually Handling Admin Form Submit.mp4

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011 Finishing Word Filter Plugin.mp4

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24 – Plugin Development Blocks, Gutenberg & React

25 – Plugin Multiple Choice Block Type (React)

001 Quick Note About Loading Block Asset Files.html

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002 Starting Our Multiple Choice Block Type.mp4

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003 Styling Our Block.mp4

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004 Event Handling & Updating Block Attributes.mp4

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005 Focus New Field For Immediate Typing.html

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006 Setting Up The Correct Answer.mp4

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007 How To Use React on The Front-End of WordPress.mp4

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008 Passing Block Data From PHP Into JavaScript React.mp4

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009 Letting Users Click On (Guess) An Answer.mp4

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010 Attention To Detail.mp4

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011 A Note About Animations Transitions in React.html

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012 Let Admin Choose Background Color of Block.mp4

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013 Block Text Alignment & Block Preview.mp4

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014 Using The block.json File.mp4

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40528088-block-json-example.zip

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26 – Plugin Featured Professor

001 Starting Our Featured Professor Plugin.mp4

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002 Loading a List of Professors.mp4

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003 Displaying Professor Info.mp4

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004 Professor Preview In Editor (Part 1).mp4

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005 Professor Preview In Editor (Part 2).mp4

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006 Control Post Meta With Block Type.mp4

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007 Add Related Posts to Professor Detail Page.mp4

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008 Translations Localization (For JavaScript).mp4

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27 – Plugin Development Custom SQL Database Table

001 Understanding The Pros and Cons of the Post Paradigm.mp4

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002 Creating Our Own Custom Table.mp4

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003 Querying Our Table.mp4

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004 Building Dynamic Queries (Part 1).mp4

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005 Quick Note About PHP Arrays.html

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006 Building Dynamic Queries (Part 2).mp4

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007 Create Pet From Front-End.mp4

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008 Delete Pet From Front-End.mp4

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28 – Block Themes & Full Site Editing

001 What Is Full Site Editing.mp4

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002 Creating A Block Theme.mp4

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003 Where Should We Begin With Block Themes.mp4

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004 Custom Banner Block (Part 1).mp4

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005 Custom Banner Block (Part 2).mp4

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006 Making Our Block Editable.mp4

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007 Generic Heading Block.mp4

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008 Finishing Generic Heading Block.mp4

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009 What Is theme.json In A Block Theme (Part 1).mp4

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010 What Is theme.json In A Block Theme (Part 2).mp4

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011 How To Disable Most Typography & Color Choices.html

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012 Custom Button Block (Part 1).mp4

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013 Custom Button Block (Part 2).mp4

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014 Color Picker For Button Block (Part 1).mp4

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015 Color Picker For Button Block (Part 2).mp4

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016 Quick Note About Link Chooser Popover.html

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017 Our PHP Render Approach.mp4

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018 User Uploaded Background Images (Part 1).mp4

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019 User Uploaded Background Images (Part 2).mp4

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020 Quick Details Banner Block.mp4

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021 Events And Blogs Area (Part 1).mp4

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022 Events And Blogs Area (Part 2).mp4

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023 Header & Footer Blocks.mp4

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024 Slideshow Block (Part 1).mp4

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025 Slideshow Block (Part 2).mp4

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026 Templates (Part 1).mp4

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027 Templates (Part 2).mp4

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028 Single Page & Post Templates.mp4

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029 Remaining Templates.mp4

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030 Only Allow Certain Block Types In Certain Editor Environments.mp4

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031 Creating A Blank Template For Landing Pages.mp4

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29 – Final Chapter

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Student Ratings & Reviews

5.0

Total 2 Ratings

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Somtea somtea

6 months ago

Very good course

Colin Smith

7 months ago

Great course. Very well done

About Course

What Will You Learn?

Course Content

01 – Welcome!

A Message from the Professor

001 Welcome to the Course!.mp4

02 – Getting Started

001 What is a Dev Environment (Your First Installation).mp4

002 If You’re Unable to Install Local by Flywheel.html

003 About The Recent Big Changes To WordPress.mp4

004 First Taste of PHP.mp4

03 – First Coding Steps PHP

001 A Note About URLs My Address Bar.html

002 Creating a New Theme.mp4

003 PHP Functions.mp4

004 PHP Arrays.mp4

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04 – WordPress Specific PHP

001 The Famous Loop in WordPress.mp4

002 Header & Footer.mp4

003 Optional If You Want To Skip To One of The Final Chapters In The Course.html

004 Convert Static HTML Template into WordPress (Part 1).mp4

005 Convert Static HTML Template into WordPress (Part 2).mp4

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05 – Pages

001 Interior Page Template.mp4

002 Parent & Children Pages.mp4

003 To Echo or Not To Echo.mp4

004 Menu of Child Page Links.mp4

005 A Few Quick Edits Improvements.mp4

006 Navigation Menus.mp4

007 Navigation Menus (Continued).mp4

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06 – Building the Blog Section

001 Blog Listing Page (index.php vs front-page.php).mp4

002 Blog Continued.mp4

003 Blog Archives (archive.php).mp4

004 Custom Queries.mp4

005 Blog Few Quick Edits & Improvements.mp4

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07 – Events Post Type

001 Custom Post Types.mp4

002 Using The Modern Block Editor For Our Custom Post Type.html

003 Displaying Custom Post Types.mp4

004 Quick Timeout Misc Updates.mp4

005 Custom Fields.mp4

006 A Note About the WordPress Post Edit Screen.html

007 Ordering (Sorting) Custom Queries.mp4

008 Manipulating Default URL Based Queries.mp4

009 Past Events Page (Custom Query Pagination).mp4

34817904-24-2021.zip

08 – Programs Post Type

001 Creating Relationships Between Content.mp4

002 Displaying Relationships (Front-End).mp4

003 Quick Program Edits.mp4

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09 – Professors Post Type

001 Quick Note About The Next Lesson.html

002 Professors Post Type.mp4

003 Featured Image (Post Thumbnail).mp4

004 Featured Image Sizes & Cropping.mp4

005 Page Banner Dynamic Background Image.mp4

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10 – Cleaner Code (Less Duplication)

001 Reduce Duplicate Code – Create Our Own Function.mp4

002 Quick Fix For Page Banner Function.html

003 Using Our pageBanner Function.mp4

004 Reduce Duplication – get_template_part().mp4

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11 – JavaScript Preparation

001 Solution For Webpack Error In Next Video.html

002 Getting Our Computer & Project Ready for JavaScript.mp4

003 Important Note About The Next Lesson.html

004 Optional The Finished Product Of This Course All In One Import File.mp4

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