Become an Advanced WordPress Developer

After mastering the concepts covered in the Become a Junior WordPress Developer learning path, get the skills you need to develop advanced websites with WordPress as the back-end solution. With this learning path, you'll develop advanced WordPress development skills, build advanced solutions in traditional themes and plugins, and extend the functionality of WordPress with the REST API.

• Build advanced WordPress themes.
• Explore advanced plugin development.
• Learn how to build web solutions with the WordPress REST API.

• Course 1: WordPress: Building a Secure Site
• Learn how to launch a WordPress website that is safe and secure. Find out how to address vulnerabilities, create and manage safe user accounts, edit files for security, and more.
• Course 2: WordPress: Internationalization
• Take your WordPress site worldwide. Use the built-in internationalization features and functions to make your themes and plugins translation-ready.
• Course 3: 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 4: WordPress: Advanced Custom Fields
• Use the Advanced Custom Fields plugin to add new fields to posts and pages in WordPress.
• Course 5: WordPress: Action and Filter Hooks
• Take the next step in WordPress development. Learn how to work with action and filter hooks and use them to customize the behavior of WordPress core, themes, and plugins.
• Course 6: WordPress: Plugin Development
• Learn how to build, extend, and distribute your own WordPress plugins with the WordPress API and PHP.
• Course 7: WordPress: REST API
• Use the WordPress REST API to interact remotely with your WordPress site. Learn how to use the API inside and outside of WordPress, modify responses, and more.
• Course 8: Building a Headless WordPress App with REST API
• Learn how to build a headless app—a standalone app that uses WordPress as a back end—using OAuth2, JavaScript, and the WordPress REST API.