WordPress Development

Professional WordPress: how WordPress works, themes and child themes, the block editor, custom post types, plugins, hooks, security and performance.

PHP-250 Year 2 3 credits 12 lessons planned ▶ Video lessons coming soon

Offered by HSM University · PHP Programming

Course content

  1. 1How WordPress worksComing
  2. 2Local development and hostingComing
  3. 3Themes and the template hierarchyComing
  4. 4Child themesComing
  5. 5The block editor and block themesComing
  6. 6Custom post types and taxonomiesComing
  7. 7Hooks: actions and filtersComing
  8. 8Writing a pluginComing
  9. 9The REST API in WordPressComing
  10. 10Security and updatesComing
  11. 11Performance and cachingComing
  12. 12Capstone: a custom theme and pluginComing

Requirements

Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.

Description

Professional WordPress: how WordPress works, themes and child themes, the block editor, custom post types, plugins, hooks, security and performance.

Part of the Information Technology stream, typically taken in year 2.