- Quick guide on how PHP works and is used in a WordPress environment. This will help you with creating plugins and themes
- Free tutorial
- Rating: 4.5 out of 54.5 (1,162 ratings)
- 25,510 students
- 54min of on-demand video
- Created by Patrick Gerrits
- English
What you’ll learn
- Write PHP that is commonly used in WordPress
- Get started with creating their own plugins or themes
- Go further with more in depth courses on how to build plugins and themes
Requirements
- You should be familiar with HTML and CSS
- You should know you way around WordPress
Description
This step-by-step course will teach you how to use PHP for WordPress . When you are finished with the course you will be able to start learning how to work with Plugins and Themes within the WordPress environment.
This Course is great for getting you started with PHP when you want to learn more about WordPress but you don not have any PHP experience. HTML and CSS experience is nice to have, as we won’t discuss that in detail.
In under a hour of video in which you will learn everything you need to know to get you started with PHP. In this course we will take you trough all basic PHP elements that are commonly used in WordPress. Like conditional statements, loops, functions and other basic PHP syntax. This course is not made for learning you all what PHP has to offer. This course gives you a good basic to continue working on creating a plugin or a theme within WordPress. Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. If you are not pleased with the content, you can ask for a 100% refund, no questions asked.
For this course you will need a basic understanding of HTML and CSS.
Who this course is for:
- This course is meant for people who want to start learning more about WordPress or want to write their own plugins and themes. This course explains all the commonly used PHP to help you get started.
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Course content
3 sections • 16 lectures • 54m total lengthCollapse all sections
Introduction4 lectures • 9min
- Introduction01:32
- What is PHP01:05
- How PHP is Used03:26
- Editing PHP02:52
- Quiz 12 questions
PHP for WordPress11 lectures • 45min
- PHP04:21
- How to Add HTML to PHP Files01:16
- Template Tags05:30
- Conditional Statements01:37
- The Loop05:08
- Creating your own Loop09:16
- Custom Functions04:44
- Introduction to hooks01:00
- Examples of Actions & Filters.07:42
- Variables02:28
- Coding Standards01:31
- Quiz 22 questions
Wrap-up1 lecture • 1min
- Wrap-up00:40
