Advanced Guide to Plugins, Hooks, and Theme Templates - A comprehensive resource for WordPress developers
This repository contains a complete guide to becoming a professional WordPress developer, covering everything from basic theme development to advanced plugin creation and modern WordPress technologies.
- Total Content: 150KB+ of comprehensive documentation
- Code Examples: 50+ practical code snippets
- Skill Levels: 3 (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced)
- Learning Time: 40-60 hours
- Projects: 3 complete portfolio projects
- Part 1 - Starting the Professional Journey
- Part 2 - Mastering Themes & Templates
- Part 3 - Becoming a Plugin Developer
- Part 4 - Advanced Developer Skills
- Part 5 - Scaling to Professional Level
- Part 6 - The Future of WordPress Development
- WP-CLI Command Cheatsheet
- WordPress Hooks & Filters Reference
- Plugin Boilerplate Structure
- Hosting & Tools Recommendations
- Custom Portfolio Theme (Beginner)
- Event Management Plugin (Intermediate)
- Gutenberg Block Suite (Advanced)
- Interactive Website - Complete responsive website with all content
- PHP 7.4+ - Server-side programming
- JavaScript/React - Modern frontend development
- REST API - WordPress REST API development
- MySQL - Database management
- HTML/CSS - Frontend development
- Git - Version control
- Theme Development - Custom themes and templates
- Plugin Development - Custom plugins and extensions
- Gutenberg - Block editor development
- WP-CLI - Command line interface
- Hooks & Filters - WordPress event system
- Composer - PHP dependency management
- Node.js - JavaScript runtime
- Docker - Containerization
- CI/CD - Continuous integration/deployment
- WordPress 5.0+
- PHP 7.4+
- MySQL 5.7+
- Git
- Local development environment (LocalWP, XAMPP, etc.)
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Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/wordpress-developer-guide.git cd wordpress-developer-guide -
Set up local environment
# Using LocalWP (recommended) # Download from: https://localwp.com/ # Or using XAMPP # Download from: https://www.apachefriends.org/
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Start learning
- Begin with Part 1
- Follow the guide sequentially
- Build the portfolio projects
- Practice with the code examples
- WordPress Basics - Understanding the ecosystem
- Theme Development - Creating custom themes
- Template Hierarchy - WordPress template system
- Basic Customization - Hooks and filters
- Plugin Development - Creating custom plugins
- Custom Post Types - Advanced content management
- REST API - Building custom endpoints
- Database Operations - Working with wpdb
- Gutenberg Blocks - Modern block development
- Performance Optimization - Caching and optimization
- Security - WordPress security best practices
- Deployment - CI/CD and production deployment
- Duration: 8-12 hours
- Skills: PHP, CSS, WordPress themes
- Features: Template hierarchy, responsive design, customizer
- View Project
- Duration: 15-20 hours
- Skills: PHP, JavaScript, REST API
- Features: Custom post types, database, frontend forms
- View Project
- Duration: 20-25 hours
- Skills: React, JavaScript, WordPress API
- Features: Custom blocks, build tools, modern development
- View Project
The guide includes a complete responsive website with:
- Interactive navigation
- Code examples with syntax highlighting
- Downloadable project templates
- Mobile-friendly design
- Search functionality
Visit the website directory to explore the interactive version.
We welcome contributions! Please see our Contributing Guide for details.
- Fork the repository
- Create a feature branch (
git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature) - Commit your changes (
git commit -m 'Add amazing feature') - Push to the branch (
git push origin feature/amazing-feature) - Open a Pull Request
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.
- WordPress community for the amazing platform
- Contributors and reviewers
- Open source projects that inspired this guide
- Issues: GitHub Issues
- Discussions: GitHub Discussions
- Email: your-email@example.com
- Add video tutorials
- Create interactive code playground
- Add more portfolio projects
- Translate to other languages
- Create mobile app version
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