Course Brief
This WordPress Theme & Plugin Development course takes learners from complete beginners to advanced WordPress developers. You will learn how to create dynamic and professional WordPress sites to customize existing themes or create them from scratch. This course will also teach you the development of powerful plugins to enhance WordPress functionality and enable you to build fully customized web solutions for your clients or projects.
You'll learn it all, from the base concept of architecture in WordPress right up to advanced concepts used in themes and plugin development. Of course, every module will be implemented with hands-on experience in real-world projects. You'll be pretty proficient in creating custom themes, developing and using third-party APIs, optimizing website performance, security- and scalability-oriented approaches for your WordPress projects, and more.
- Understanding WordPress architecture
- Setting up a development environment
- Theme structure and hierarchy
- Introduction to PHP for WordPress
- JavaScript Essentials to Design, develop, and improve JavaScript programs
- Creating basic templates (header, footer, sidebar)
- Integrating CSS for styling themes
- Dynamic content with WordPress loops
- Implementing template tags and functions
- Intro to Cybersecurity to protect your website and digital platforms
- Adding theme options via the Customizer
- Enabling responsive design with media queries
- Creating custom page templates
- Child themes: Why and how to use them
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- Understanding the purpose and structure of plugins
- Setting up a basic plugin
- Using action hooks and filters
- Working with WordPress APIs
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- Database interaction with WordPress
- Handling form submissions
- Plugin security best practices
- Custom widgets and shortcodes
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- Integrating third-party APIs
- Extending WordPress admin functionalities
- Creating custom post types and taxonomies
- Managing custom plugin updates
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- Improving website performance with caching
- Minifying CSS and JS files
- Mobile optimization techniques
- Ensuring cross-browser compatibility
- Accounts creation and guide to successful Gig creation on freelancing platforms like Fiverr, Upwork, LinkedIn Etc
- Testing themes and plugins
- Preparing your theme/plugin for public release
- Uploading themes to WordPress.org
- Final project presentation and feedback
- Hands-on Workshop on Effective Resume Building for Career advancement and interview skills
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