Welcome to this rundown on echo in PHP! This article is part of our series explaining the fundamentals of PHP for WordPress development, so that you can start learning the language of WordPress “under the hood” and unlock the powers of a full-fledged WordPress developer.

This article is an accessible dive into one of the bedrock concepts of modern programming: functions.

WordPress, the content management system the internet loves. You can use it for years without needing to tackle PHP, but eventually you’re finding yourself needing it. You go to Bing and search “php for beginners” and you find yourself here. The journey to learn PHP for WordPress development is long, but let’s start!

Last time, we covered the fundamentals of object-oriented programming (OOP) in PHP: what an object is, what a class is, and how they interact.

An out-of-date copyright year in a site’s footer is a common sight, especially early in a new year. It happens because people don’t take advantage of WordPress’s server-side language, PHP, to auto-update the copyright year in WordPress. Instead they’re manually changing it. But it’s a complex and menial task, so it’s easy to put off.

Want to know how to include a JavaScript file onto your WordPress site? Here, we explain and demo an awesome WordPress function called wp_enqueue_script() that is the correct way to include JavaScript files in WordPress.

Over on Thoughtful Code, I wrote about why even in 2018 I’d choose PHP to make a new software application in. The heart of my reasoning is the conclusion:

I’ve written here on WPShout about PHP namespaces before. But that article is old, and lacks among other things the fun expanding brain meme that our friend Steve Grunwell included in his post. Steve’s post has other reasons to recommend it, aside from the dope meme game.

Before we look at how to register WordPress custom shortcodes, let’s be clear: If there’s one thing Gutenberg is about to kill, it’s the use of WordPress shortcodes in content creation.

I thought Nashville was so fun for WordCamp US last year that I just had to get back before December. ;p