WordPress advanced learning resources

  • Hi! Hope it’s the proper place to post this. I’m looking for advice regarding educating myself further on WordPress.

    I’ve been developing websites using WP and _s (Underscores) as a starter theme, and a couple of other bits and pieces for the last good 1.5-2 years now. I have a relative solid toolset and workflow, I feel comfortable working the way I do. In WP I have a basic understanding of the templating system, custom post types and taxonomies, custom queries, some of the most frequently used functions. Although I’m usually able to pull off what I plan to, I search the Codex quite often.

    I’m aware of how much I don’t know about WP, so I’m looking for a way to dig deeper. There are lots of short tutorials on creating specific elements, which is fine if I need them, but I’m looking for a more extensive learning resource to learn more about the most used actions, hooks, filters and classes (I don’t even know what a WP class is), and the inner working of WP in general. The Codex is great, although I feel that it’s a bit like reading a dictionary to learn a language. I need something more like a class book.

    Where should I proceed? Thanks, cheers!
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    Gabor

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  • When I was at your stage, I learned a lot from this book:

    It’s more advanced and in depth than many resources out there. After learning the fundamentals, it was difficult to find more advanced learning resources.

    Getting better at PHP in general is always helpful. Under the hood, the WP_Query class is a PHP class. I started to think of WordPress as a layer on top of PHP. This helped me write better custom features where I can extend WordPress with my own PHP.

    Thread Starter galingong

    (@galingong)

    Thank you for your recommendation, this read looks massive. You’re right, PHP is not my strongest skill, but it’s funny that it’s exactly WordPress that I learn most of my PHP knowledge from. Thanks again, I’m getting this book right away, it’s a bargain used.

    Hi @galingong

    Having no idea if you are willing to spend some money, but KnowTheCode by Tonya Mork is well worth the money.

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