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Curriculum

The full curriculum

Five modules · 40 video lessons · two real projects you build from scratch — a custom theme and a plugin.

✦ And it keeps growing — new lessons are added regularly, so your skills stay current.

Module 1 — Foundations & Dev Environment · 6 videos

Set up a professional local workflow so you write, test and ship WordPress code with confidence.

1.1 How WordPress is built: core, themes & plugins
11:24
1.2 Spinning up a local site with Local by Flywheel
12:48
1.3 VS Code + PHP Intelephense for WordPress
09:57
1.4 Version-controlling a theme with Git
13:10
1.5 WP-CLI essentials every developer needs
10:42
1.6 Debugging with WP_DEBUG & Query Monitor
08:35

Module 2 — Theme Development From Scratch · 9 videos

Build a custom theme file by file and understand exactly how WordPress renders a page.

2.1 The template hierarchy explained
14:06
2.2 index.php, header.php & footer.php
12:19
2.3 The Loop in depth
15:48
2.4 functions.php & the after_setup_theme hook
11:33
2.5 Enqueuing styles & scripts the right way
10:08
2.6 Reusable template parts with get_template_part()
09:41
2.7 theme.json & block-theme foundations
13:57
2.8 Navigation menus & widget areas
10:26
2.9 Making your theme translation-ready
08:52

Module 3 — Custom Plugins, Hooks & Filters · 8 videos

Extend WordPress safely with your own plugin, the way professional developers do.

3.1 Plugin headers & activation hooks
10:15
3.2 Actions vs filters — the mental model
12:44
3.3 Writing your first custom hook
09:21
3.4 Registering a custom post type
13:38
3.5 Custom taxonomies
10:59
3.6 Building shortcodes
08:47
3.7 An admin settings page with the Settings API
16:02
3.8 The Options API & transients (caching data)
11:50

Module 4 — REST API & Gutenberg Blocks · 9 videos

Bring WordPress into the modern JavaScript era with custom endpoints and React-powered blocks.

4.1 A tour of the WordPress REST API
12:31
4.2 Building custom REST endpoints
15:09
4.3 Authentication, permissions & nonces
13:22
4.4 block.json & scaffolding a block
10:44
4.5 Your first static block with JSX
14:58
4.6 Dynamic, server-rendered blocks
16:17
4.7 Block attributes & InspectorControls
12:06
4.8 Managing state with @wordpress/data
13:49
4.9 Packaging with @wordpress/scripts
09:33

Module 5 — Performance, Security & Deployment · 8 videos

Ship fast, secure sites and learn a real staging-to-production workflow.

5.1 Object & page caching strategies
12:55
5.2 Database & query optimization
13:41
5.3 Sanitizing, escaping & validating data
15:20
5.4 Securing wp-config.php & file permissions
10:37
5.5 Image & asset optimization
09:28
5.6 A staging → production workflow
12:14
5.7 Deploying with Git & CI
14:46
5.8 Final project: ship a custom theme + plugin
17:52

Hands-on

Real code, explained line by line

Exactly the kind of code you write in Module 3.

<?php
/**
 * Register a "Tutorial" custom post type and a custom read-time filter.
 * The exact kind of code you write in Module 3.
 */
add_action( 'init', function () {
    register_post_type( 'tutorial', [
        'labels'       => [ 'name' => 'Tutorials', 'singular_name' => 'Tutorial' ],
        'public'       => true,
        'has_archive'  => true,
        'show_in_rest' => true,            // exposes it to the Block editor + REST API
        'menu_icon'    => 'dashicons-video-alt3',
        'supports'     => [ 'title', 'editor', 'thumbnail', 'excerpt' ],
        'rewrite'      => [ 'slug' => 'tutorials' ],
    ] );
} );

add_filter( 'the_content', function ( $content ) {
    if ( is_singular( 'tutorial' ) ) {
        $minutes  = max( 1, (int) ceil( str_word_count( wp_strip_all_tags( $content ) ) / 200 ) );
        $content  = '<p class="read-time">⏱ ' . $minutes . ' min read</p>' . $content;
    }
    return $content;
} );

— the same pattern you'll write in Module 3, line by line.

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