This code demo saved my bacon on a client project that needed a very specifically styled file upload input box.

Learning WordPress development starts with a lot of key questions, including this one: “What language is WordPress written in?” Another common one is “Should I learn PHP or JavaScript first?” WordPress programming languages is a big topic, but we’ll cover all you need to get started.

For writing online content, Markdown is a favorite of Redditors and nerds everywhere for writing richly marked-up text without the wordiness of typing HTML tags by hand.

I started this article in a reflective mood, looking back on 2014 and considering the state of WordPress. As I write the article itself, though, I’m pretty excited, and the way I’m writing it is a big part of that:

Here we’ll cover creating a dynamic widget: one that accepts, formats, and displays user input.

We’ll be looking at some useful ways to display images on the page that you simply can’t get with the Visual editor alone.

If you’re looking to understand the inner workings of WordPress, one of the most important things you’ll need to understand is the distinction between server-side and client-side languages, environments, and processes.

Note: If you’re interested in learning how to use the WordPress Text editor, I’ve included the Text contents of this post as a PNG image and a .txt file. Follow along with the post and you’ll learn just about everything you need to know!

As a very powerful, well-documented, and relatively user-friendly CMS, WordPress attracts a lot of do-it-yourself energy.

I’m not sure how I could work without Chrome Developer Tools. When I do front-end development on WordPress sites, I use it absolutely all day long, and it saves me hours every day relative to working without it.