I have prepared a list of possible questions which are commonly asked or should be asked from a candidate applying for the position of a WordPress developer. What are WordPress plugins?What are WordPress themes?What are WordPress child themes?What is Gutenberg?How to choose a best WordPress plugin?Can you develop a WordPress plugin from scratch?Can you design a WordPress theme from scratch?Can you customize WordPress plugins developed using OOP concepts?What is the difference between OOP and Structural programming?What are hooks?Can you define a custom hook?What are actions?What are filters?What is the difference between actions and filters?How to extend the existing functionality of...
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Category: Wordpress
WordPress Security Checklist
Following are some general recommendations to enhance security of a WordPress website. Use a security plugin e.g. Wordfence (if not already installed) and make sure that it’s updated to the latest version. Following is a short summary of recommended Wordfence settings:Make sure that the “Enabled and Protecting” mode is enabled after the “Learning” period is ended.In “Protection Level”, make sure to optimize the Wordfence firewall by enabling the Extended Protection mode.Upgrade the plugin to the premium version to enable the “Real Time IP Blacklist” feature to protect the website from malicious activities using the updated and latest database.The other default...
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Common PHP Warnings/ Errors and their Solutions
Recently, we have updated our PHP version to the latest stable version (7.4.9) for our WordPress website. After the update we started getting PHP warnings. We have listed some of the warnings with their possible solutions in this blog post.
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In this post, we will have a demo of our learning management system known as UniLMS which is shipped as a WordPress plugin. We will discuss the main features, modules, and components of the plugin. We will also test the modules and features of the plugin by creating dummy data. What is UniLMS? UniLMS is a learning management system developed for universities, schools, colleges, academies or any other type of institutes to manage their day-to-day activities. The software is shipped as a plugin that can be used on any WordPress website. Modules/ Components of UniLMS Following is a list of...
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A Guide To WordPress REST API Authentication
WordPress provides a REST API to get, update, and delete the WordPress website data. This means that we can use WordPress CMS as a backend system to create & manage content and Angular or React to design our frontend application to consume the content using the WordPress REST API. In this blog post, we discussed the authentication process to safely and securely consume WordPress data using WordPress REST API.
forwardChecklist For Developing A WordPress Website
WordPress is a very powerful and popular content management system to design and develop professional websites. In this blog post, we have provided a checklist for developing a WordPress website.
forwardHow To Access Block Directory Inside Gutenberg Block.js File?
Sometimes, we need to access the block directory url inside Gutenberg block.js file (see following scenario). Let’s say that inside the block folder you have an images folder containing logo.png image and you want to access that image inside the block.js file. In this blog post we will learn how to access the image inside images folder from block.js file.
forwardCreate Gutenberg Template Using Inner Blocks
In previous blog posts, we have learned how to create custom Gutenberg blocks. In this tutorial we will learn how to create Gutenberg template with pre-defined blocks using inner blocks component.
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WordPress provides Format API to add custom buttons in formatting toolbar to apply specific styles to the selected text. When a format is applied to a text selection, the text selection is wrapped with HTML tag. In this tutorial, we will learn how to register a new format, add a button in the toolbar and apply the format when the button is clicked.
forwardAre You Ready For WordPress 5.4? Features and Important Markup Changes
WordPress 5.4 is planned to be released on March 31, 2020. The first release candidate for WordPress 5.4 is already released on March 03, 2020. In this blog post, we will discuss the new features and important code changes coming in WordPress 5.4 so that the theme and plugin developers can prepare themselves and plan the version updates accordingly.
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