Course Description

This was an 16 hour course which went in depth on how WordPress works under the hood, from template files and tags to hooks and internal APIs. The course was a deep and detailed dive on all of the fundamentals of WordPress theme development that strengthen the foundation of my WordPress skills.

Skills Covered

• Developed a deep understanding of PHP for WordPress including the loop, vonditionals, hooks and more.
• Reviewed the best practices when working with child and starter themes
• Reviewed the ins and outs of the template hierarchy
• Gained additional experience enqueuing and working with JavaScript and CSS in themes
• Studied the Complete list of template tags to use when customizing and extending themes
• Gained a deep understanding of how to use action and filter hooks to programmatically control WordPress
• Built a solid starter template for WordPress plugins
• Reviewed Common Practices and Techniques for Building Custom WordPress Plugins