{"id":35938,"date":"2020-01-28T14:26:32","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T14:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/?p=35938"},"modified":"2020-01-28T14:26:32","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T14:26:32","slug":"wordpress-development-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wordpress-development-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Helpful Development Resources for WordPress Developers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"35938\" class=\"elementor elementor-35938\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e4a4217 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e4a4217\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-88d815f\" data-id=\"88d815f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5505047 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5505047\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Looking to improve your WordPress development skills in 2020?<\/p><p>Here at Elementor, we focus on making it a lot easier for you to design and <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/for\/developer\/\">develop WordPress sites<\/a>. But <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/create-website-with-wordpress\/\">using Elementor<\/a> isn&#8217;t the only way to improve your WordPress development skills \u2014 you can also use the great resources that we&#8217;ve included in this post.<\/p><p>Below, we&#8217;ve included 15 helpful resources to aid you with WordPress development. Some are blogs and communities where you can read tutorials and ask questions, while others are straightforward references, like a huge directory of WordPress hooks and APIs.<\/p><p>Let&#8217;s dig in!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ad719f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6ad719f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-gac=\"CTA_Elements\" data-gaa=\"Link\" data-gal=\"Position_Text_CTA\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/web-designer-vs-web-developer\/\">Web Designer vs Web Developer: What\u2019s the Difference?<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3a26c29 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3a26c29\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bdcec3b\" data-id=\"bdcec3b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-482a1b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"482a1b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">15 Helpful WordPress Developer Resources\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dfd3706 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dfd3706\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-30d3589\" data-id=\"30d3589\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13cb63f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13cb63f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">1. Official WordPress.org Developer Resources\n<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86e6fc4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"86e6fc4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Official-WordPress.org-Developer-Resources-r4q6x3y7ib1zxer035jm6hkxw0dovdui5qzuqp0jqi.png\" title=\"Official WordPress.org Developer Resources\" alt=\"Official WordPress.org Developer Resources\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a780b2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a780b2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ok, I pretty much had to start this post off with the official Developer Resources subsite at WordPress.org. If you&#8217;re <em>not<\/em> familiar with this page, it&#8217;s packed with tons of WordPress developer resources like:<\/p><ul><li>Full documentation of the WordPress core codebase<\/li><li>Coding standards<\/li><li>Dedicated resources for the block editor, themes, and plugins<\/li><li>Handbooks on the WordPress REST API and WP-CLI<\/li><\/ul><p>So if you want to learn how a certain part of WordPress works, or what it does, you should start with the official resources.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-403048f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"403048f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0c63e7e\" data-id=\"0c63e7e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b87579e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b87579e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.stackexchange.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">2. WordPress Stack Exchange<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-127fdd4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"127fdd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/WordPress-Stack-Exchange-r4q72dtluu9x2n37afm965o1vudu28sa7urxol70p6.png\" title=\"WordPress Stack Exchange\" alt=\"WordPress Stack Exchange\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d850cae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d850cae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you&#8217;re a developer, you probably know Stack Exchange \u2014 it&#8217;s that place where you can make money on code snippets that others are looking to copy and paste.<\/p><p>But did you know that Stack Exchange has its own dedicated WordPress section?<\/p><p>On the WordPress development Stack Exchange, you&#8217;ll find tons of questions dealing with specific parts of WordPress development. And if someone hasn&#8217;t already asked a question that pertains to your issue, you can always post your own questions to get responses from the community.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4892cb2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4892cb2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d6e4389\" data-id=\"d6e4389\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75f0a1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"75f0a1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wptavern.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">3. WP Tavern\n<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40f11fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"40f11fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/WP-Tavern-e1580280903247-r4q70ud4nm601nbra9n9l1nuu3z6g3o4c8aad9h9uq.png\" title=\"WP Tavern\" alt=\"WP Tavern\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b14aad0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b14aad0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>WP Tavern is your resource for all the news on WordPress. It&#8217;s not so much a resource on WordPress development directly, but it does cover lots of topics WordPress developers need to know.<\/p><p>For example, if the Gutenberg team adds a new experimental feature to the plugin version of the block editor, WP Tavern will detail that feature so that you can be aware of it before it becomes part of the core.<\/p><p>Similarly, if there&#8217;s a new major or minor WordPress release, WP Tavern will document it and tell you what&#8217;s new and what you need to pay attention to.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d200dfd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d200dfd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c233f1\" data-id=\"1c233f1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ab448a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9ab448a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deliciousbrains.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">4. Delicious Brains Blog<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11921f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"11921f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=443\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Delicious-Brains-Blog-1024x567.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-35953\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1024\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Delicious-Brains-Blog-1024x567.png 1024w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Delicious-Brains-Blog-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Delicious-Brains-Blog-768x425.png 768w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1507\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Delicious-Brains-Blog.png 1507w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ff0716 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ff0716\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Delicious Brains is the company behind a number of developer-focused WordPress plugins like the popular WP Migrate DB Pro and WP Offload Media.<\/p><p>Because their customer base is primarily comprised of WordPress developers, Delicious Brains does the smart thing and posts a ton of detailed WordPress development tutorials on the Delicious Brains blog. For example, you can learn how Laravel Valet works or how to use tmux for local development.<\/p><p>One of my favorite tutorials on Delicious Brains is a detailed <a href=\"https:\/\/spinupwp.com\/hosting-wordpress-yourself-2018-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Hosting WordPress Yourself&#8221; guide<\/a> which shows you how to self-host WordPress on DigitalOcean. This article has since been migrated to the SpinupWP site, which is another project from Delicious Brains that also includes WordPress development tutorials.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-02649e4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"02649e4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9993063\" data-id=\"9993063\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6de9b1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6de9b1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.codecademy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">5. Codeacademy<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-565e774 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"565e774\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=514\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Codeacademy-1024x658.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-35956\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1024\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Codeacademy-1024x658.png 1024w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Codeacademy-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Codeacademy-768x494.png 768w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1536\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Codeacademy-1536x987.png 1536w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1578\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Codeacademy.png 1578w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4591d2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4591d2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Codecademy is one of the most popular sites to learn how to code. If you want to pick up a new language to improve your WordPress development chops, it&#8217;s a great place to start.<\/p><p>The most relevant courses for WordPress developers (or would-be developers) are probably those in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.codecademy.com\/catalog\/language\/php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PHP<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.codecademy.com\/catalog\/language\/html-css\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HTML &amp; CSS<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.codecademy.com\/catalog\/language\/javascript\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JavaScript<\/a> sections.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dc738a2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dc738a2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-57c875a\" data-id=\"57c875a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-398c2d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"398c2d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wpshout.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">6. WPShout\n<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1085f4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1085f4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=469\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/WPShout-1024x600.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-35958\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1024\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/WPShout-1024x600.png 1024w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/WPShout-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/WPShout-768x450.png 768w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1342\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/WPShout.png 1342w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d33f39f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d33f39f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>WPShout is a popular blog focused on &#8220;In-Depth WordPress Tutorials for Developers.&#8221;<\/p><p>One of the nice things about WPShout is that they also include plenty of beginner-friendly tutorials for people who are just getting into WordPress development. That is, you don&#8217;t need to be a seasoned pro to get value from WPShout.<\/p><p>The writers of WPShout also publish their own courses \u2014 if you&#8217;re just getting into WordPress development, you might be interested in their <a href=\"https:\/\/courses.wpshout.com\/up-and-running\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Up and Running<\/a> WordPress development course.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1c538e4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1c538e4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-76fdf69\" data-id=\"76fdf69\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e626c91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e626c91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/advancedwp\/\" target=\"_blank\">7. Advanced WordPress Facebook Group\n<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a48221 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9a48221\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=577\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Advanced-WordPress-Facebook-Group-1024x738.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-35960\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1024\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Advanced-WordPress-Facebook-Group-1024x738.png 1024w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Advanced-WordPress-Facebook-Group-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Advanced-WordPress-Facebook-Group-768x554.png 768w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1463\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Advanced-WordPress-Facebook-Group.png 1463w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c839c76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c839c76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Advanced WordPress is a popular Facebook group with over 32,000 members.<\/p><p>As the name suggests, it&#8217;s focused on advanced WordPress topics, like WordPress development.<\/p><p>It&#8217;s quite active, so if you have a WordPress development question or just want to bounce ideas off other WordPress developers, it&#8217;s a great place to be.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b5d3a7e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b5d3a7e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6976b5e\" data-id=\"6976b5e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc91e80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dc91e80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smashingmagazine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">8. Smashing Magazine\n<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f6af37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0f6af37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=484\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Smashing-Magazine-1024x619.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-35962\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1024\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Smashing-Magazine-1024x619.png 1024w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Smashing-Magazine-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Smashing-Magazine-768x464.png 768w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1536\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Smashing-Magazine-1536x928.png 1536w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1687\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Smashing-Magazine.png 1687w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdaa6e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cdaa6e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Smashing Magazine is one of the most popular general web design and development blogs.<\/p><p>While it&#8217;s not 100% focused on WordPress, you can find plenty of WordPress-specific tutorials along with heaps of general web development and design topics.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d0232f0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d0232f0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1ed7e77\" data-id=\"1ed7e77\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8acea6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f8acea6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/javascriptforwp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">9. Zac Gordon\/JavaScript for WordPress\n<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c69b2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8c69b2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"504\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=504\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/JS-for-WordPress-1024x645.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-35964\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1024\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/JS-for-WordPress-1024x645.png 1024w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/JS-for-WordPress-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/JS-for-WordPress-768x484.png 768w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1536\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/JS-for-WordPress-1536x967.png 1536w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1688\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/JS-for-WordPress.png 1688w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d637e34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d637e34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Zac Gordon is a popular educator who makes a number of courses focused on WordPress development.\u00a0<\/p><p>First \u2014 the important thing:<\/p><p>Most of these courses are <strong>not<\/strong> free, though he does offer a few free courses.<\/p><p>But if you&#8217;re willing to pay, Zac&#8217;s courses have a great reputation and can help you with an important part of WordPress development in 2020 and beyond &#8212; JavaScript.<\/p><p>In total, you&#8217;ll find courses like:<\/p><ul><li>JavaScript Basics<\/li><li>React Explained<\/li><li>Enqueuing JavaScript in WordPress<\/li><li>AJAX in WordPress<\/li><li>The WordPress REST API<\/li><li>Gatsby Basics<\/li><li><a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/products\/static-hosting\/\"   title=\"Headless\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"3366\">Headless<\/a> WordPress with Gatsby<\/li><li>Gutenberg development<\/li><\/ul><p>So if you want to up your JavaScript skills as they apply to WordPress, this is a great place to start.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e2285f1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e2285f1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-830ffd8\" data-id=\"830ffd8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28c832e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"28c832e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/businessbloomer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">10. Business Bloomer (WooCommerce)\n<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae15b60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ae15b60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=416\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Business-Bloomer-1024x533.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-35966\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1024\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Business-Bloomer-1024x533.png 1024w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Business-Bloomer-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Business-Bloomer-768x399.png 768w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1536\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Business-Bloomer-1536x799.png 1536w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1871\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Business-Bloomer.png 1871w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4d640c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e4d640c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Business Bloomer is a great resource for one specific aspect of WordPress development \u2014 <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/features\/woocommerce-builder\/\"   title=\"WooCommerce\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"1574\">WooCommerce<\/a>.<\/p><p>Rodolfo, the owner, posts tons of WooCommerce development tutorials. But one of the best resources here is Rodolfo&#8217;s Visual Hooks guide, which shows you exactly where all of the WooCommerce hooks apply using a real preview.<\/p><p>Here&#8217;s an example of the visual hook guide for the single product page:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc58a75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cc58a75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"651\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=651\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Business-Bloomer2-1024x833.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-35968\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1024\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Business-Bloomer2-1024x833.png 1024w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Business-Bloomer2-300x244.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Business-Bloomer2-768x625.png 768w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1536\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Business-Bloomer2-1536x1249.png 1536w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1887\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Business-Bloomer2.png 1887w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef57b1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef57b1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>So if you work with WooCommerce a lot, you&#8217;ll definitely want to check out this one.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-530a9a6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"530a9a6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5ca1142\" data-id=\"5ca1142\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae5ced4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ae5ced4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/css-tricks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">11. CSS-Tricks\n<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85bcbee elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"85bcbee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"434\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=434\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/CSS-Tricks-1024x556.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-35971\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1024\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/CSS-Tricks-1024x556.png 1024w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/CSS-Tricks-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/CSS-Tricks-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1536\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/CSS-Tricks-1536x835.png 1536w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1706\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/CSS-Tricks.png 1706w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76a794b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"76a794b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>CSS-Tricks offers exactly what its name says &#8211; a bunch of helpful snippets (tricks) for WordPress and web development.<\/p><p>Today, it&#8217;s actually more than just CSS &#8212; you&#8217;ll also find other snippets for JavaScript, htaccess, PHP, and <a href=\"https:\/\/css-tricks.com\/snippets\/wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">even a dedicated section for WordPress snippets<\/a>, like how to get the featured image URL or the first image from a post.<\/p><p>In addition to the snippets themselves, CSS-Tricks also has a blog with development topics and tutorials.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f2bc4d9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f2bc4d9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-38d7e3b\" data-id=\"38d7e3b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e222ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9e222ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tommcfarlin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">12. Tom McFarlin\n<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-106f4f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"106f4f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"604\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=604\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Tom-McFarlin-1024x773.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-35972\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1024\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Tom-McFarlin-1024x773.png 1024w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Tom-McFarlin-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Tom-McFarlin-768x579.png 768w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1536\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Tom-McFarlin-1536x1159.png 1536w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1694\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Tom-McFarlin.png 1694w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2bec05 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a2bec05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tom McFarlin is a solo blogger who has a popular longstanding blog on &#8220;practical WordPress development&#8221;. Every week (or so), Tom posts a new tutorial on some specific part of WordPress development.<\/p><p>Tom&#8217;s tutorials are usually pretty short, focused on very specific topics, and include plenty of code examples. For example, you can learn how to search post metadata in the WordPress dashboard or send authorization headers with WordPress.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-26182d6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"26182d6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4df8bdc\" data-id=\"4df8bdc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e4a5a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e4a5a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/torquemag.io\/category\/development\/\" target=\"_blank\">13. Torque Mag\n<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b0958d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7b0958d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"434\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=434\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Torque-Magazine-1024x555.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-35974\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1024\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Torque-Magazine-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Torque-Magazine-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Torque-Magazine-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1536\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Torque-Magazine-1536x833.png 1536w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1687\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Torque-Magazine.png 1687w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cddab3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cddab3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Torque Mag is a general WordPress publication from the folks at WP Engine, one of <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/wordpress-hosting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elementor&#8217;s recommended WordPress hosts<\/a>.<\/p><p>It&#8217;s not fully focused on WordPress development \u2014 for example, you&#8217;ll also find general plugin roundups. But Torque does include a dedicated Development section that includes plenty of development tutorials. However, they don&#8217;t get into the nitty-gritty details too much as you&#8217;d find at Delicious Brains or on a more heavy-duty developer blog.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b310408 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b310408\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e334406\" data-id=\"e334406\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa555ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aa555ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/code.tutsplus.com\/categories\/wordpress\/courses\" target=\"_blank\">14. Envato Tuts+\n<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28bd3cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"28bd3cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=575\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Envato-Tuts-1024x736.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-35976\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1024\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Envato-Tuts-1024x736.png 1024w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Envato-Tuts-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Envato-Tuts-768x552.png 768w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1536\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Envato-Tuts-1536x1104.png 1536w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1687\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Envato-Tuts.png 1687w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a70e77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a70e77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/envato-elements\/\"   title=\"Envato\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"3607\">Envato<\/a> Tuts+ is a set of blog posts, courses, and eBooks from Envato (of ThemeForest fame) that help you learn WordPress and web development.<\/p><p>Much of the content is available for free. For the content that <em>isn&#8217;t<\/em>, you can get access with an Envato Elements membership, which also gets you access to <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/10-best-resources-for-elementor-templates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tons of Elementor templates<\/a> and web design resources.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bf6424f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bf6424f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-10e6b34\" data-id=\"10e6b34\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e71eee9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e71eee9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hookr.io\/\" target=\"_blank\">15. 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