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Become a Junior WordPress Developer

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Overview

Prepare for a new career with $100 off Coursera Plus
Gear up for jobs in high-demand fields: data analytics, digital marketing, and more.
Get the skills you need to develop custom websites powered by WordPress. With this learning path, you'll build a solid foundation for developing your advanced WordPress skills. Go beyond simply choosing WordPress themes, and learn how to actually manipulate WordPress to build content and designs that match your unique needs.
  • Learn the essentials of WordPress and web standards.
  • Build a custom WordPress theme.
  • Discover advanced developer tools and techniques.

Syllabus

  • Course 1: WordPress 5 Essential Training
    • WordPress makes web publishing accessible to everyone. Learn how to build your own feature-rich blog or website with the self-hosted version of WordPress.
  • Course 2: WordPress 5 Essential Training: Site Administration
    • Learn how to administer a WordPress website. Find out how to adjust settings, add users, customize menus and themes, install plugins, and more.
  • Course 3: WordPress: Workflows
    • Be a more efficient WordPress developer. Discover time-tested workflows for building WordPress sites and themes.
  • Course 4: Version Control for Everyone
    • Start incorporating version control into other types of digital projects, such as graphic design, writing, photography, prototyping, and even lesson planning.
  • Course 5: CSS Essential Training
    • Explore the concepts that form the foundation of CSS. Learn how to select content, style text, manage layouts, and more as you work on a real-world project.
  • Course 6: HTML Essential Training
    • Learn how to write HTML, the programming language that powers the web.
  • Course 7: WordPress: Building Child Themes
    • Learn how to customize your WordPress site with child themes.
  • Course 8: Making Sense of the CSS Box Model
    • Review the core concepts of the CSS box model, including techniques such as styling text and images, floating content, using display properties, and positioning elements.
  • Course 9: WordPress: Accessibility
    • Build an accessible website with WordPress. Learn how to use accessibility principles and WordPress plugins and themes to make your website accessible to all.
  • Course 10: JavaScript Essential Training
    • Get hands-on experience scripting in JavaScript. Learn how to work with objects, variables, data types, conditionals, functions, loops, the DOM, and more.
  • Course 11: 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 12: WordPress: Advanced Custom Fields
    • Use the Advanced Custom Fields plugin to add new fields to posts and pages in WordPress.

Taught by

Morten Rand-Hendriksen, Morten Rand-Hendriksen, Joe Casabona, Joe Chellman, Christina Truong, Jen Simmons, Patrick Rauland, Morten Rand-Hendriksen, Joe Dolson, Morten Rand-Hendriksen, Joe Casabona and Joe Casabona

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