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Hi all.
I know HTML, CSS and JS, and that seems to be sufficient when working with Elementor and templates. Plugins do the heavy lifting.
So I am debating if I should learn PHP at all. I might like to make some plugins in the future, but it’s just an idea, so I don’t know if I should invest the time and effort into learning PHP.
Thoughts?
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I did because I wanted to be able to fully understand WordPress and have the ability to write plugins etc. having that knowledge effectively makes WordPress “limitless” as far as what you can build.
The other reason would be that it landed me a 6 figure job at an agency just doing back-end WordPress work.
There’s plenty of (free) online resources to get your feet wet. Do it!
Depends on what you want to do with WordPress and what your job/goals are. There isn’t anything wrong with not knowing php, but it’ll limit how far you can go.
I’m literally writing my own plugin right now 😅 all of the existing solutions are $40+/mo 😩
This is what you tell yourself in the beginning. Soon you will need to write small snippets for wordpress hooks in php. Then later you will need to write small php functions with parameters and outputs. And sooner or later you will enjoy fully deploying a plugin that solves a requirement where a premium plugin will charge you $40 for something you can easily achive. Specially with GPT AI doing the heavy lifiting.
Because I’m a WordPress dev…? lol
WordPress is written in PHP. If you’re going to be a serious WordPress Dev why would you not? I would think to be able to call yourself a WordPress developer the line between that and a WordPress designer would be whether or not you can build your own custom themes and/or plugins.