Here are some useful WordPress courses. Do you have any others you’d like to add? Let us know!
General WP Courses
WPShout – described as “In-Depth WordPress Tutorials for Developers”
Free Code Camp (free, natch) – Very accessible and of course free, so if you don’t get on with it you don’t lose anything. I don’t think there is a lot of WordPress conent (feel free to correct me on this!) But it does have a tonne of JS and React stuff
WP101 – Described as Easy WordPress video tutorials for beginners. I’ve heard this is the go to place for beginners. Haven’t tried it myself though
Press Ups – A more personal way to learn WP? (Again I haven’t tried it). Looks like lots of short free WordPress screencasts
KnowTheCode (paid) – A huge resource of videos for developers, including a selection of free ones. I found the delivery style of the videos a bit difficult. But it’s probably the most comprehensive resource out there. Learn how to build themes and plugins “the right way”. Learn local development as well. Seemed to have a bit of a bias towards building sites using the Genesis theme as a framework.
Gutenberg courses
Gutenberg Development Courses (online, paid for) featuring instructors Zac Gordon and Joe Casabona. Joe teaches users about how do use the new Gutenberg interface and Zac teaches developers how to develop for Gutenberg, including how to upgrade an older site to be compatible with Gutenberg.
The course will cost you $79 (about £55) but there is a discount for ($49) if you use the discount code earlyadopter (see WP Tavern)
I’ve done courses with Zac before and found them very friendly and useful.
Creatorcourses – Another Gutenberg specific course. One of our members has enrolled so should have some feedback soon. There’s also a discount via the Gutenberg Courses above.
CSS / Design courses
Wes Bos has announce a new CSS Grid course (online, paid for) . If you’re new to CSS Grid or want to know more, check it out.
Learn JS Deeply courses
This is more of an aside than a course suggestion. The future of WordPress development is going to require a deep understanding of JavaScript include the new stuff in ES2015/16/18 and the use of frameworks like React.
Matt Mullenweg goes into some detail about why learning JS deeply will be important for developers in this video:
So, does anyone have any good suggestions for how to learn JS deeply?
I’ve been doing the Advanced Web Developer Bootcamp (online, paid for) on Udemy, which isn’t WordPress specific but does have an excellent section on the latest JS (ES2015 / 16 / 17) and a section on React (you need to know the latest JS to develop for react because it makes heavy use of modern JS features).
Videos
Jakson – Short YouTube videos that tackle many aspects of WordPress development.
Here’s a taster:
24 resources for learning WordPress
Here’s a timely article from regular speaker and co-organiser of the WordPress Cambridge Meetup group, Steven Watts of Newt Labs on some of the best resources for learning WordPress. Includes a selection of some of the best WordPress courses, blogs and Youtube channels for 2018.
Summing up
If you have any course suggestions for wither users or developers? Let us know!