Learn how to effectively develop, customize, and extend WordPress websites with a strong foundation in key development practices. From creating custom themes and widgets to understanding the WPDB class for secure database interactions, this course gives you the skills to design robust, dynamic websites. As you progress, you will explore crucial topics like AJAX functionality, cron jobs, and customizing the admin interface, all while mastering the WordPress template hierarchy.

Your journey will start by understanding WordPress fundamentals such as dashboard widgets, WPDB, and customizing the login page. You'll then dive into deeper customization techniques with child themes and layouts, setting up navigation and widget areas, and creating page templates. The course also covers handling recurring tasks and managing plugin/theme activation and deactivation functions, ensuring you are well-equipped for real-world WordPress development. This course is designed for those looking to expand their web development skills, whether you're a beginner to WordPress or aiming to refine your knowledge of theme and plugin development. Basic familiarity with HTML and CSS will be helpful, but no prior WordPress experience is required.