Become an Advanced WordPress Developer

Overview

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After mastering the concepts covered in the Become a Junior WordPress Developer learning path, get the skills you need to develop advanced websites with WordPress as the back-end solution. With this learning path, you'll develop advanced WordPress development skills, build advanced solutions in traditional themes and plugins, and extend the functionality of WordPress with the REST API.

Build advanced WordPress themes.
Explore advanced plugin development.
Learn how to build web solutions with the WordPress REST API.

Syllabus

Course 1: WordPress: Building a Secure Site

Learn how to launch a WordPress website that is safe and secure. Find out how to address vulnerabilities, create and manage safe user accounts, edit files for security, and more.

Course 2: WordPress: Internationalization

Take your WordPress site worldwide. Use the built-in internationalization features and functions to make your themes and plugins translation-ready.

Course 3: WordPress: Custom Post Types and Taxonomies

Custom content is what makes WordPress shine. Learn how to create custom post types and taxonomies to extend what you can do with WordPress.

Course 4: WordPress: Advanced Custom Fields

Use the Advanced Custom Fields plugin to add new fields to posts and pages in WordPress.

Course 5: WordPress: Action and Filter Hooks

Take the next step in WordPress development. Learn how to work with action and filter hooks and use them to customize the behavior of WordPress core, themes, and plugins.

Course 6: WordPress: Plugin Development

Learn how to build, extend, and distribute your own WordPress plugins with the WordPress API and PHP.

Course 7: WordPress: REST API

Use the WordPress REST API to interact remotely with your WordPress site. Learn how to use the API inside and outside of WordPress, modify responses, and more.