Become a WordPress Developer: Unlocking Power With Code

41h 45m 55s
English
Paid

Course description

Learn PHP, JavaScript, WordPress theming & the WP REST API to Create Custom & Interactive WordPress Websites. Unlock the full power of WordPress and go beyond "just a blog platform" by learning how to code completely custom WordPress powered sites. I've spent the last 12 years studying WordPress, PHP, and JavaScript and now I'm here to teach you everything I know. Come along on this journey with me and become a WordPress developer.
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Together we will build a website for a fictional university and along the way we will:

  • Install WordPress on your personal computer so you have a private playground copy of WordPress to practice and experiment with

  • Get introduced to the PHP language (this is what powers WordPress)

  • Set Up a New Theme (You'll learn how to convert any HTML template into a living breathing WordPress theme)

  • Create Custom Post Types and Custom Fields

  • Relate pieces of content with each other (e.g. a professor and a program)

  • Learn the basics of (object-oriented) JavaScript

  • Leverage the WP REST API

  • Learn to use JavaScript to communicate with the WordPress back-end on-the-fly

  • Let visitors sign up for a basic account on our site

  • Build a "My Notes" feature (user specific single page application with real-time CRUD actions)

  • Let users "like" or "heart" a professor (update the professor's like count on-the-fly)

  • Deploy our website live up onto the web for the entire world to view

  • And much more!

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All Course Lessons (173)

#Lesson TitleDurationAccess
1
Welcome to the Course! Demo
10:00
2
What is a Dev Environment? (Your First Installation)
13:35
3
About The Recent Big Changes To WordPress
03:48
4
First Taste of PHP
16:32
5
Creating a New Theme
12:05
6
PHP Functions
14:53
7
PHP Arrays
12:29
8
The Famous "Loop" in WordPress
14:31
9
Header & Footer
18:34
10
Convert Static HTML Template into WordPress (Part 1)
03:30
11
Convert Static HTML Template into WordPress (Part 2)
18:04
12
Interior Page Template
17:53
13
Parent & Children Pages
16:59
14
To Echo or Not To Echo
09:02
15
Menu of Child Page Links
19:58
16
A Few Quick Edits / Improvements
09:22
17
Navigation Menus
15:39
18
Navigation Menus (Continued)
05:07
19
Blog Listing Page (index.php vs front-page.php)
19:59
20
Blog Continued
13:15
21
Blog Archives (archive.php)
12:10
22
Custom Queries
19:59
23
Blog: Few Quick Edits & Improvements
06:32
24
Custom Post Types
17:50
25
Displaying Custom Post Types
19:49
26
Quick Timeout: Misc Updates
14:24
27
Custom Fields
19:10
28
Ordering (Sorting) Custom Queries
14:10
29
Manipulating Default URL Based Queries
17:52
30
Past Events Page (Custom Query Pagination)
18:32
31
Creating Relationships Between Content
18:41
32
Displaying Relationships (Front-End)
19:59
33
Quick Program Edits
08:51
34
Professors Post Type
19:13
35
Featured Image (Post Thumbnail)
19:07
36
Featured Image Sizes & Cropping
09:16
37
Page Banner Dynamic Background Image
15:13
38
Reduce Duplicate Code - Create Our Own Function
19:51
39
Using Our "pageBanner" Function
10:55
40
Reduce Duplication - "get_template_part()"
11:29
41
Getting Our Computer & Project Ready for JavaScript
16:07
42
Optional: The Finished Product Of This Course: All In One Import File
13:31
43
Campus Post Type
19:47
44
Campus Map on Front-End
18:52
45
Campuses Continued
19:54
46
Final Campus Details
04:36
47
Live Search
09:54
48
Open and Close Search Overlay
18:17
49
Keyboard Events in JavaScript
19:39
50
Managing Time in JavaScript
15:33
51
Waiting / Loading Spinner Icon
19:59
52
Load WP Content with JS
17:51
53
Generate HTML Based on JSON
19:59
54
Conditional Logic Within Template Literal
17:44
55
Quick Misc Edits
10:52
56
Synchronous vs Asynchronous (Part 1)
11:47
57
Synchronous vs Asynchronous (Part 2)
10:12
58
REST API: Add New Custom Field
15:51
59
REST API: Add New Custom Route (URL)
16:38
60
Create Your Own Raw JSON Data
14:11
61
WP_Query and Keyword Searching
08:26
62
Working With Multiple Post Types
10:41
63
3 Column Layout for Search Overlay
19:59
64
Custom Layout & JSON based on Post Type
19:34
65
Search Logic That's Aware of Relationships
16:03
66
Search Logic That's Aware of Relationships (Part 2)
19:47
67
Completing Our Search Overlay
14:26
68
jQuery Free Live Search
06:51
69
Traditional WordPress Searching
19:02
70
Traditional WordPress Searching (Part 2)
19:59
71
User Roles and Permissions
19:59
72
Open Registration
20:00
73
Open Registration (Part 2)
11:49
74
"My Notes" Feature
20:00
75
"My Notes" Front-end Part 1
07:32
76
"My Notes" Front-end Part 2
14:56
77
Delete Posts with the REST API
17:52
78
Edit / Update Posts with the REST API
18:31
79
Creating New Notes
14:53
80
Creating New Notes (Part 2)
08:49
81
Note Permissions and Security (Part 1)
19:59
82
Note Permissions and Security (Part 2)
20:00
83
Per-User Post Limit
19:57
84
jQuery Free My Notes
06:14
85
Let Users "Like" Content (Part 1)
19:32
86
Let Users "Like" Content (Part 2)
12:55
87
Creating Custom POST and DELETE Endpoints
14:14
88
Programmatically Create a Post
19:18
89
Enforce Limit of One Like Per User/Teacher Combo
17:29
90
Completing the LikeBox
19:46
91
jQuery Free LikeBox
02:19
92
Going Live with Our Website
09:04
93
Path A (Simple and Quick)
18:27
94
Path B (Advanced / Manually Moving a Site)
13:24
95
Database Config for Two Site Environments
10:22
96
Ignoring Certain Files with Git
07:52
97
Automatic Git Deployments to Web Host
14:59
98
Challenge: Make Homepage Slideshow Dynamic
09:32
99
Introduction to Plugin Development
13:36
100
Let's Create Our First Plugin
10:40
101
Adding a Settings Page For Our Plugin
15:00
102
Settings API (Saving Settings Data)
19:52
103
Finishing Our Settings Form
19:59
104
Actually Counting the Words, Characters, and Read Time
19:57
105
Translations / Localization (For PHP)
19:44
106
Admin Sub-Menu
16:00
107
Custom Admin Menu Icon
17:06
108
Alternative: Manually Handling Admin Form Submit
15:24
109
Finishing Word Filter Plugin
18:04
110
Introduction to JavaScript Plugin Development
19:45
111
Introduction to JSX
19:47
112
Block Type Attributes
20:00
113
Let's Discuss the Output of Our Block (Part 1)
11:53
114
Let's Discuss the Output of Our Block (Part 2)
10:08
115
Starting Our Multiple Choice Block Type
18:26
116
Styling Our Block
11:26
117
Event Handling & Updating Block Attributes
20:00
118
Setting Up The Correct Answer
19:53
119
How To Use React on The Front-End of WordPress
18:52
120
Passing Block Data From PHP Into JavaScript / React
12:26
121
Letting Users Click On (Guess) An Answer
15:16
122
Attention To Detail
14:37
123
Let Admin Choose Background Color of Block
15:07
124
Block Text Alignment & Block Preview
08:31
125
Using The "block.json" File
17:28
126
Starting Our Featured Professor Plugin
14:24
127
Loading a List of Professors
13:10
128
Displaying Professor Info
19:59
129
Professor Preview In Editor (Part 1)
05:23
130
Professor Preview In Editor (Part 2)
19:23
131
Control Post Meta With Block Type
19:58
132
Add Related Posts to Professor Detail Page
12:06
133
Translations / Localization (For JavaScript)
11:30
134
Understanding The Pros and Cons of the "Post" Paradigm
20:00
135
Creating Our Own Custom Table
19:43
136
Querying Our Table
16:07
137
Building Dynamic Queries (Part 1)
10:57
138
Building Dynamic Queries (Part 2)
17:35
139
Create Pet From Front-End
11:35
140
Delete Pet From Front-End
09:41
141
What Is Full Site Editing?
10:11
142
Creating A Block Theme
19:59
143
Where Should We Begin With Block Themes?
10:40
144
Custom Banner Block (Part 1)
04:40
145
Custom Banner Block (Part 2)
18:55
146
Making Our Block Editable
10:16
147
Generic Heading Block
12:15
148
Finishing Generic Heading Block
18:50
149
What Is "theme.json" In A Block Theme? (Part 1)
02:52
150
What Is "theme.json" In A Block Theme? (Part 2)
19:36
151
Custom Button Block (Part 1)
05:02
152
Custom Button Block (Part 2)
19:12
153
Color Picker For Button Block (Part 1)
11:07
154
Color Picker For Button Block (Part 2)
14:11
155
Our PHP Render Approach
18:51
156
User Uploaded Background Images (Part 1)
10:16
157
User Uploaded Background Images (Part 2)
14:17
158
Quick Details: Banner Block
09:08
159
Events And Blogs Area (Part 1)
06:26
160
Events And Blogs Area (Part 2)
14:39
161
Header & Footer Blocks
12:46
162
Slideshow Block (Part 1)
16:56
163
Slideshow Block (Part 2)
11:20
164
Templates (Part 1)
08:31
165
Templates (Part 2)
12:22
166
Single Page & Post Templates
18:41
167
Remaining Templates
14:41
168
Only Allow Certain Block Types In Certain Editor Environments
07:53
169
Creating A "Blank" Template For Landing Pages
06:06
170
Challenge: Have an Update Plan in Place (Security)
08:13
171
Challenge: Query Vars
12:48
172
Finale: JavaScript Next Steps
06:07
173
Bonus Lecture
03:36

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