CERTIFICATE IN WORDPRESS DEVELOPMENT ( L-06 )

Course Syllabus::

1. • A brief overview of how WordPress works
     • An introduction to how a web server works with WordPress
     • The WordPress file system
     • Creating basic things like posts, pages, and users, and changing settings
     • Permalinks, and how they work with the rewrite module on both Apache and Nginx
     • How a dashboard page request loads
     • How a front-end page request loads
   • The programming languages of WordPress
     • HTML
       • Introduction to Accessibility
     • CSS
     • JavaScript
     • PHP
     • MySQL
   • WordPress development fundamentals
     • Setting up a local development environment
     • Action Hooks and Filter Hooks
     • The WordPress database
     • WordPress coding standards
     • Enabling the debug.log
   • An introduction to developing WordPress themes
     • Classic themes vs block themes
     • Theme requirements
     • Templates and template parts
     • The WordPress Template Hierarchy
     • Classic themes – Template tags and conditional tags
     • Block themes – patterns
     • Block themes – theme.json
     • Enqueuing CSS and JavaScript
     • Custom functions
   • An introduction to developing WordPress plugins
     • Plugin requirements
     • Creating custom post types and taxonomies
     • Using post meta
     • Enqueuing CSS and JavaScript
     • Introduction to developing plugins securely
     • Preventing common vulnerabilities
   • An introduction to Internationalization
     • The commonly used Internationalization Functions
     • An overview of the Internationalization
   • An introduction to Roles and Capabilities
     • How to create/modify/remove roles and capabilities
     • How to check user capabilities
     • Custom content types and capabilities
   • An introduction to Common WordPress APIs
     • Responsive Images
     • Dashboard widgets
     • Database
     • Filesystem
     • Global Variables
     • Metadata
     • Options
     • HTTP Requests
     • Rewrite
     • Settings
     • Shortcode
     • Transients
   • An introduction to the WordPress REST API
     • Using the WordPress REST API
     • Interacting with the WordPress REST API
     • The WordPress REST API under the hood
       • an overview of how the REST API works, detail about design decisions
     • Interacting with the WordPress REST API
     • Extending the WordPress REST API
       • custom fields, authentication
       • modifying responses
       • creating custom routes and endpoints
   • An introduction to developing WordPress blocks
     • An introduction to React
     • Using JSX vs vanilla JavaScript
     • Setting up the block development requirements
     • Building your first simple block
       • Converting a Shortcode into a Block
       • Styling your WordPress Blocks
       • Using Block Attributes to Enable User Editing
   • An introduction to WordPress multisite
     • Setting up a Multisite network
     • Managing a Multisite network
     • Advanced Multisite Management
     • Building plugins and themes that support multisite (WIP)
     • The differences between developing for multisite vs single site (WIP)
   • Debugging in WordPress
     • Enabling the built-in WordPress debugging options (WIP)
     • Examining the state of your PHP code using error_log and print_ror vardump (WIP)
     • Examining the state of your JavaScript code using the console object

Eligibility::

A college degree is not strictly necessary to become a WordPress Developer. Many employers prioritize hands-on experience with WordPress, proficiency in programming languages like PHP, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and a portfolio showcasing practical work over formal education.