Learn to customise WordPress with code the professional way — child themes that survive updates, actions and filters to change behaviour, properly enqueued assets, and a small custom plugin with a custom post type. You will walk away able to extend any WordPress site safely without ever editing core or parent-theme files.
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How WordPress builds a page — the Loop and templates — free to watch, no account needed.
What you'll learn
- Customise WordPress with code using child themes, hooks and a custom plugin
- Explain how WordPress builds a page through the Loop and the template hierarchy
- Use actions and filters to change behaviour and data without editing core
- Enqueue styles and scripts correctly with versioning and dependencies
- Register a custom post type and apply safe coding practices for updates
Syllabus
How WordPress Works & Child Themes
How WordPress builds a page — the Loop and templatesFree preview
Child themes — customise safely without losing changes on update
The Template Hierarchy & Enqueuing Assets
The template hierarchy — how WordPress chooses a file
Enqueuing styles and scripts the right way
Hooks — Actions and Filters
Actions — running your code at the right moment
Filters — modifying data as it passes through
Building a Custom Plugin & Custom Post Types
Writing a simple custom plugin
Custom post types and safe coding
Lab — 10 Exercises & Solutions
Exercises 1–5
Exercises 6–10