What does WordPress developer actually do? WordPress developers are the people behind WordPress. They know the platform inside and out and can create custom plugins and modules for WordPress to make your site function in a way that is best for you. WordPress developers need to be experts with PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and SQL (just to name a few) in order to work on the backend of WordPress.
If someone wanted their website designed with WordPress but didn’t want any customization or programming done by an experienced developer, they could use themes instead – which would still require a lot of knowledge on how everything works together seamlessly.
What is HTML?
HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language. HTML is what makes up the structure of a webpage – it’s essentially just texting with tags around certain pieces to denote what it should be or how it should function.
They are not all required by every website, but they are good things to know in case you need them! If you want to be able to code your own WordPress site, I would highly suggest learning these languages because having this knowledge will help you tremendously, as becoming a developer can mean being self-taught and knowing multiple programming languages that translate into many different languages.
This blog post won’t go over everything about each language (that could take forever), so instead, I’ll list some links below where you can learn more!
What does CSS stand for?
CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets. CSS is what makes the design elements of a webpage look how they do – it’s essentially just texting with tags around certain pieces to denote colors, fonts, images and more!
Cascading Style Sheets helps developers to style WordPress projects. There would be no themes or plugins without CSS because they are what make the design elements of a website look how they do!
What is PHP used for?
PHP is an extremely popular server-side scripting language that’s used on many websites besides WordPress. It helps to make dynamic and interactive features like contact forms, comments sections, shopping carts/checkouts (on eCommerce stores), databases (like the one your site runs on) and more!
It also allows for different things to happen based on certain variables or conditions. For example, if someone filled out a form incorrectly, you could have PHP email them back, letting them know what they did wrong so next time they can correct it. This would be way harder than just having PHP do it automatically without any human interaction required at all!
JavaScript
As we know, it’s a text-based programming language used both on the client-side and server-side. Which will help you to make web pages interactive. JS gives web pages interactive elements that engage a user. JavaScript can be put into JS files or included in HTML documents with script tags!
I’m not going over how JavaScript works because there’s just too much information for this blog post, but I will leave some resources where you can learn more about it if you’re interested!
SQL
The SQL stands for “Structured Query Language”, though it’s also known as SEQuel (pronounced sequel) because of its similarities to other languages like JavaScript. SQL queries are the foundation on which WordPress’ code bases stand, so understanding how they work will be extremely helpful when you get started with your new career path.
Conclusion
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