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WordPress Fundamentals: WP_Query and the Loop

WordPress — you push a button and it just goes, right? This course will take a deep look at the underlying magic that makes WordPress work and demystify those core components that make WordPress what it is.

Intermediate
1h 45m
(52)

Created by Chris Reynolds

Last Updated Mar 26, 2021

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WordPress Fundamentals: WP_Query and the Loop

WordPress — you push a button and it just goes, right? This course will take a deep look at the underlying magic that makes WordPress work and demystify those core components that make WordPress what it is.

Intermediate
1h 45m
(52)

Created by Chris Reynolds

Last Updated Mar 26, 2021

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What you'll learn

This course goes in depth into the magic that makes WordPress work. We're going to talk about query strings, how they are used in WordPress, and how to manipulate them to control the behavior and output of WordPress. We're also going to talk about the Loop, what the Loop does and how it works, and how to create custom Loops specific to your needs or the needs of your project. This is an intermediate course and expects some level of familiarity with theme or plugin development or experience in PHP development.

WordPress Fundamentals: WP_Query and the Loop
Intermediate
1h 45m
(52)
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Chris Reynolds - Pluralsight course - WordPress Fundamentals: WP_Query and the Loop
Chris Reynolds
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Chris is a freelance WordPress theme and plugin developer, one half of the design studio Arcane Palette Creative Design, lead developer of WordPress theme shop Museum Themes and Project Manager for the event management plugin Event Espresso. In his free time, he makes electronic music.

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