313 – Shorten the Timeframe to Become a WordPress Developer

Announcements WordPress 4.7 RC New Plugin Directory Is there a plugin for that? With more than 43,000 plugins in the WordPress repository, it’s hard to find the perfect one. Each week, I will highlight an interesting plugin form the repository. For more great plugins, download my 50 Most Useful Plugins eBook. Strong Testimonials is a full-featured testimonials plugin that works right out of the box for beginners and offers advanced features for pros, all backed by strong support. Become a WordPress Developer Huge Flexibilities Large amounts of opportunities Low barrier to entry to get started Best way to get started? Just build websites You’ll run into tons of problems and learn how to solve them as you go. Most projects will start with All I need to do is X, but then as you peel back the onion, you’ll see it’s much more complex than that. One great place to start is to find a current WordPress developer and help out with content management for them. Here’s what you should build: Your own blog, start using it, and learn how to control the visuals You need to have built a site for yourself before you build one for someone else This includes creating a child theme and have modified visuals with CSS Doing this will help you to build quite a few skills FTP CSS / HTML WordPress Editor Text / Code Editor You won’t need to learn Git or Sass or Command Line until you know the basics You need to start hacking on something Wedding websites are another great place to start WordPress Learning Resources – Lynda.com – WP in One Month – Become a Respected WordPress Developer – WordPress Stack Exchange –Apply Filters – Other podcasts – Google is your friend View on YourWebsiteEngineer.com