Develop Custom Themes with Wordpress (Included with Premium)

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Wordpress powers a quarter of the Internet.

Learn how to build and launch custom sites and web apps using Wordpress, PHP, HTML, CSS and more. This course is comprehensive and covers the breadth of skills necessary to build your own custom sites with Wordpress. No previous coding experience is required.

Wordpress powers about 25% of the websites in the world, so these skills are useful. Wordpress developers earn on average $65,000 per year and upwards of $100,000 with more experience. You can also use these skills for freelancing, launching a startup or online store, or selling custom site themes to the public.

In this course, you'll learn Wordpress theme development in full. This will allow you to build your own websites and give them a custom user interface (look and feel). You'll walk away with the confidence to create your own sites on the fly.

You can then extend your sites to have capabilities like social networking, login/logout systems, e-commerce/online store, membership subscriptions, and much more using the vast Wordpress plugin ecosystem.

Specifically, in this course, you'll gain new skills in the following areas:

  1. Setting Up for Coding
  2. How Wordpress Theme Files Work
  3. Important PHP Code
  4. How to Save and Display Page Content From a MySQL Database
  5. HTML5 and CSS3
  6. Twitter Bootstrap for Layout and Design
  7. Plugin API Hooks
  8. Dynamic Navigation Menus
  9. Common Wordpress Functions for the Functions File
  10. Custom Page Templates
  11. Integrating a User Commenting System
  12. Custom Fonts
  13. How to Read the Wordpress Documentation
  14. Professional Best Practices in Wordpress Web Development

This course is part of our Premium Membership.


Curriculum


  Intro
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  Setup
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  Theme Basics
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The Missing Course on Wordpress Development

This course is ideal for web designers, blog authors, business owners, freelancers, and anyone interested in learning how to customize Wordpress with code. No experience is required, and there is no need to purchase additional software or materials. All tools and software are accessible free of charge.

Upcoming courses include:

  • Wordpress Plugin Development
  • Wordpress Customization
  • Wordpress Best Practices
  • HTML5 & CSS3
  • Javascript Mastery
  • PHP & MySQL
  • Node.js
  • React
  • Angular 2.0
  • Ruby on Rails
  • Meteor
  • and more!

Frequently Asked Questions


When does the course start and finish?
The course starts now and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course - you decide when you start and when you finish.
How long do I have access to the course?
You'll get unlimited access to this course along with all of our premium-level courses, for as long as you subscribe (cancel anytime). New courses we are adding include Wordpress Plugin Development, Wordpress Best Practices, Javascript Mastery, Frameworks, Node.js, HTML & CSS, PHP & MySQL and more.
What if I am unhappy with the course?
We're confident you'll love our courses. If you are unsatisfied with your membership, contact us in the first 30 days and we will give you a full refund.
 

Get full access to this course and more with our Premium Membership.