Do WordPress developers write code?
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WordPress developers do write code, including PHP, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, and more. They build themes, plugins, and full websites. WordPress powers over 43% of websites and is used by businesses, publishers, non-profits, and more due to its scalability, ease of use, and support community. Good WordPress developers have a range of skills including PHP, security, performance optimization, and tools like WP-CLI.
Do WordPress developers write code?
- 1. Do WordPress Developers Actually Write Code? Stanko Metodiev | CTO at DevriX
- 2. Stanko Metodiev About me CTO @ DevriX Dad of a princess WordPress veteran Leader of the group WordPress So鍖a (WPBGUG) Lead Organizer of WordCamp So鍖a 2023 More than 12 years in developing complex SaaS platforms and multisite solutions
- 3. Table of Contents 1. What WP Developers Can Actually Use? 2. Common WordPress Myths 3. What is WordPress? 4. Whos Using WordPress? 5. Bene鍖ts of WordPress 6. WordPress Site Builders 7. Web Developers & WordPress 8. Tooling 9. Skills of a Good WordPress Developer
- 4. So, do WordPress developers actually write code?
- 7. How many of you are developers?
- 8. What WP Developers Can Actually Use/Do/Write? PHP HTML/CSS JavaScript & React/Vue Server work/DevOps Full-Stack Stanko Metodiev
- 9. Common WordPress Myths Stanko Metodiev
- 10. Common WordPress Myths Its not secure Its slow It doesnt o鍖er support Its not scalable Stanko Metodiev
- 11. Common WordPress Myths (2) Its free which means low quality All WordPress sites look the same Its not suitable for eCommerce Its just for blogging Stanko Metodiev
- 12. What is WordPress? A free and open-source content management system (CMS) written in hypertext preprocessor language (PHP) and paired with a MySQL or MariaDB database with supported HTTPS. Released on May 27, 2003 Founders - Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little Stanko Metodiev
- 13. Whos Using WordPress? Stanko Metodiev
- 14. WordPress powers of all websites *. => You can build all types of websites on WordPress. 43.1% Stanko Metodiev
- 15. Industries Using WordPress eCommerce Platforms Example: https://xpoleus.com/ Digital Publishers Example: https://www.thesouthafrican.com/
- 16. Industries Using WordPress Institutions Example: https://www.whitehouse.gov/ Blogs Example: https://news.microsoft.com/
- 17. Industries Using WordPress Corporate Sites Example: https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/ Nonpro鍖ts Example: https://invisiblechildren.com/
- 18. Why such huge international businesses choose WordPress? Stanko Metodiev
- 19. Bene鍖ts of WordPress Scalable Easy to manage Large online support community Broad variety of themes Plugins for every feature SEO optimized Secure and reliable Stanko Metodiev
- 20. WordPress Site Builders Non-developers building sites Using Page Builders, Gutenberg and ready-to-use themes/plugins Stanko Metodiev
- 21. WordPress Site Builders (2) Finding quick solutions to problems Pushing forward Page builders and tools Provides the opportunity for additional monetization Questionable reliability in the long-run * Stanko Metodiev
- 22. Development & WordPress Stanko Metodiev
- 23. WordPress developers often need full-stack skills. Doing both the front-end and the backend of a website, some server work and tools
- 24. Themes Stanko Metodiev HTML/CSS JavaScript PHP * Sass/Less CSS Design a11y
- 25. Plugins Stanko Metodiev PHP OOP vs functional SQL and Database management MVC Composer Design patterns
- 26. Plugins (2) Stanko Metodiev API Integrations Payment Gateways Automation Unit Tests Scripting
- 27. Server work Stanko Metodiev Lamp stack Unix DevOps * Bash Automation
- 28. Optimization and Performance Stanko Metodiev Slow site optimization Server performance Caching tools Minification Core Web Vitals
- 29. Security Stanko Metodiev Ethical hacking Updates Penetration testing
- 30. React and JS React with Next.js GraphQL / Gatsby JS Gutenberg Stanko Metodiev
- 31. Gutenberg Building blocks Creating patterns Contributing back Converting more and more sites to the new editor Stanko Metodiev
- 32. Open Source Contributing back Working with people across the globe Joining communities Pushing forward and learning together Communication skills Stanko Metodiev
- 33. Open source is source code that is made freely available for possible modi鍖cation and redistribution. Source: Wikipedia * free as freedom of speech, not free as a free lunch Stanko Metodiev
- 35. Tooling Stanko Metodiev Personalized Text Editor/IDE Shortcuts and alias WP-CLI Query Monitor Local server - Lamp/Mamp/Xampp* SSH/Terminal Git/Version Control Coffee
- 36. Tooling (2) Stanko Metodiev Node/npm Automate repeating tasks Webpack/Gulp/Grunt Composer Xdebug Logs Chrome dev tools *
- 37. Tooling (3) Stanko Metodiev ngrok Postman Cloudflare More Coffee :D Grafana/New Relic The list goes on
- 38. Skills of a Good WordPress Developer Communication skills PHP HTML/CSS SQL JavaScript Web design SEO Knowledge of industry trends Attention to detail Communication skills Analytical thinking
- 39. Recap Stanko Metodiev WordPress developers DO write code. What can WP developers use? Common WordPress Myths Who and why is using WordPress? WordPress Site Builders Web developers and WordPress
- 40. Get in Touch @metodiew Twitter metodiew WordPress.org DevriX CTO @ Stanko Metodiev LinkedIn Stanko Metodiev metodiew.com