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WordPress

Information Technology > Web platform development

Description

WordPress is a versatile content management system (CMS) used to create and manage websites. It offers a user-friendly interface for creating posts and pages, customizing site appearance with themes, and extending functionality with plugins. As you advance in WordPress skills, you can delve into more technical aspects like PHP coding for custom theme and plugin development, database management, and SEO optimization. Expertise in WordPress also involves understanding its core structure, using APIs, integrating third-party services, and troubleshooting complex issues. Despite its complexity at higher levels, WordPress remains one of the most accessible platforms for website creation and management.

Expected Behaviors

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LEVEL 1

Fundamental Awareness

At this level, users are expected to have a basic understanding of what WordPress is and how it functions. They should be able to navigate the WordPress dashboard, create new posts, add images to these posts, and publish them on their website.

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LEVEL 2

Novice

Novices should be capable of installing WordPress, choosing and installing themes, and performing basic customization of these themes. They should also know how to create pages, set up menus, use widgets, and have a basic understanding of SEO for WordPress.

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LEVEL 3

Intermediate

Intermediate users should be proficient in installing and customizing plugins, understanding user roles and permissions, and creating custom post types. They should have a basic knowledge of PHP for WordPress, understand the WordPress file structure, and be able to perform basic troubleshooting.

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LEVEL 4

Advanced

Advanced users are expected to be skilled in creating child themes, advanced theme and plugin customization, understanding and using hooks, and creating shortcodes. They should also be knowledgeable about advanced SEO for WordPress, security best practices, performance optimization, and database management.

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LEVEL 5

Expert

Experts should be adept at developing custom themes and plugins, advanced PHP for WordPress, understanding and using APIs in WordPress, and integrating with third-party services. They should also be proficient in advanced troubleshooting and debugging, migration between hosts or servers, understanding the WordPress core, and contributing to the WordPress community.

Micro Skills

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LEVEL 1

Fundamental Awareness

Knowing the difference between WordPress.org and WordPress.com
Understanding the basic features of WordPress
Recognizing the benefits of using WordPress
Navigating through the dashboard
Identifying the functions of different sections in the dashboard
Understanding the purpose of dashboard widgets
Using the 'Add New' function
Entering post title and content
Selecting post format
Adding categories and tags to a post
Uploading images from your computer
Inserting images into a post
Adjusting image alignment, link, and size
Using the 'Preview' function before publishing
Understanding the difference between 'Save Draft' and 'Publish'
Setting post visibility and scheduling posts
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LEVEL 2

Novice

Understanding the requirements for WordPress installation
Creating a database for WordPress
Downloading and uploading WordPress files
Running the WordPress install script
Understanding the difference between free and premium themes
Searching for themes in the WordPress repository
Uploading and installing themes from third-party sources
Activating themes
Changing site title and tagline
Customizing colors and fonts
Setting up header and background images
Using the customizer to preview changes
Understanding the difference between posts and pages
Using the page editor
Setting page attributes like template and order
Publishing and updating pages
Creating a new menu
Adding items to a menu
Assigning a menu to a location
Reordering and nesting menu items
Understanding what widgets are
Adding widgets to widget areas
Configuring widget settings
Reordering widgets
Knowing the importance of SEO
Using SEO-friendly URLs
Understanding the role of keywords
Using categories and tags for SEO
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LEVEL 3

Intermediate

Understanding the WordPress plugin directory
Searching for plugins
Evaluating plugin ratings and reviews
Installing plugins from the WordPress dashboard
Manually installing plugins via FTP
Understanding plugin settings
Configuring plugin settings
Updating plugins
Troubleshooting plugin conflicts
Knowledge of default WordPress user roles
Assigning and changing user roles
Understanding capabilities of each role
Creating custom user roles
Using the register_post_type function
Setting up custom taxonomies
Displaying custom post types on your site
Understanding PHP syntax
Editing WordPress theme files
Creating a functions.php file
Understanding WordPress loop
Knowledge of core WordPress files
Understanding the wp-content folder
Understanding the themes folder
Understanding the plugins folder
Identifying common WordPress errors
Debugging in WordPress
Understanding the WP_DEBUG feature
Resolving theme and plugin conflicts
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LEVEL 4

Advanced

Understanding parent and child theme relationship
Creating a child theme directory
Creating style.css for child theme
Enqueueing parent and child theme stylesheets
Customizing theme functions
Overriding template files
Creating custom templates
Using action and filter hooks in theme customization
Understanding plugin structure
Customizing existing plugins
Creating custom plugin settings
Using action and filter hooks in plugin customization
Understanding action hooks
Understanding filter hooks
Adding custom actions
Adding custom filters
Removing or modifying existing actions and filters
Understanding shortcodes
Creating basic shortcodes
Creating enclosing shortcodes
Creating shortcodes with attributes
Configuring SEO plugins
Optimizing content for SEO
Understanding and using meta tags
Creating SEO-friendly URLs
Implementing schema markup
Implementing strong passwords
Keeping WordPress updated
Using security plugins
Implementing SSL
Hardening WordPress installation
Using caching plugins
Optimizing images
Minifying CSS and JavaScript
Database optimization
Implementing CDN
Understanding WordPress database structure
Performing database backup
Performing database restore
Optimizing WordPress database
Running SQL queries on WordPress database
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LEVEL 5

Expert

Designing theme layout
Coding in PHP, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
Creating theme files
Implementing responsive design
Integrating with WordPress APIs
Testing and debugging the theme
Identifying plugin requirements
Coding in PHP
Integrating with WordPress hooks
Creating admin pages for the plugin
Testing and debugging the plugin
Understanding WordPress core PHP functions
Writing custom PHP functions
Debugging PHP code
Securing PHP code
Optimizing PHP code
Using REST API
Creating custom endpoints
Securing API requests
Integrating third-party APIs
Understanding API of the third-party service
Creating secure connections
Handling data exchange
Error handling and debugging
Using debugging tools
Reading and understanding error logs
Fixing database issues
Backing up website data
Transferring files and database
Updating URLs
Configuring new server settings
Testing website after migration
Understanding WordPress architecture
Familiarity with WordPress source code
Understanding WordPress database schema
Knowledge of WordPress coding standards
Participating in WordPress forums
Contributing to WordPress core development
Creating and sharing WordPress plugins and themes
Speaking at WordPress events
Writing tutorials and guides about WordPress

Skill Overview

  • Expert3 years experience
  • Micro-skills154
  • Roles requiring skill1

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