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Become a WordPress Developer: Unlocking Power With Code

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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!

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What Will You Learn?

  • 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

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

17 – Non-JS Fallback Traditional Search

18 – User Roles and Permissions

19 – User Generated Content

20 – Like or Heart Count for Professors

21 – Going Live Deploying Our WordPress Site

22 – Extra Credit Challenges & Topics

23 – Plugin Development PHP

24 – Plugin Development Blocks, Gutenberg & React

25 – Plugin Multiple Choice Block Type (React)

26 – Plugin Featured Professor

27 – Plugin Development Custom SQL Database Table

28 – Block Themes & Full Site Editing

29 – Final Chapter

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SS
4 months ago
Very good course
CS
5 months ago
Great course. Very well done

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