Tag: functions

PHP for WordPress Development: The Free Course

Fred Meyer / April 21, 2020

Posted In: Back-End Development, Courses
Tags: functions, learn php, PHP
Difficulty: Intermediate

This free course on PHP for WordPress introduces the core topics you need to understand to practice the PHP side of WordPress development.

WordPress Coding Patterns: Setting Function Options with $args

Fred Meyer / August 9, 2016

Posted In: Back-End Development
Tags: functions, PHP, WordPress APIs, WordPress Coding Patterns, WordPress Development
Difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate

Today’s topic is a pattern in WordPress programming called $args. It crops up all the time—so often that simply understanding it will make you a significantly more confident WordPress programmer. Let’s take a look!

Two Key Principles for Understanding WordPress Functions

two hand | two principles of wordpress functions

Fred Meyer / September 23, 2014

Posted In: Back-End Development
Tags: functions, PHP, the loop
Difficulty: Intermediate

If you don’t understand WordPress functions, your code will do a lot of things the hard way.