Title: Courses/Tutorials for developing themes & plugins?
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Courses/Tutorials for developing themes & plugins?

 *  [o0MSK0o](https://wordpress.org/support/users/o0msk0o/)
 * (@o0msk0o)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/coursestutorials-for-developing-themes-plugins/)
 * // I’m not sure if this is the right place to be posting this, but…
 * I know HTML, CSS, and PHP, and I wanted to learn to make WordPress Themes and
   plugins.
 * I’ve looked at numerous courses on places like Udemy, Treehouse, or Lynda.com,
   but I cannot find any that explain everything in detail.
 * What I mean when I say ‘in detail’ is explain what each function that is used
   does. I started one course on Udemy that, at one point (when talking about adding
   support for logo uploads in the theme customizer), said, ‘It’s okay if you don’t
   actually understand what this PHP code does, you can just copy and paste it from
   the wordpress codex’, and I certainly do not want a course like this, which in
   attempt to make something simple, skips information.
 * I’m looking for an online course which goes through creating themes and plugins(
   It doesn’t have to be the same course for both, I don’t mind doing two courses)
   which goes through creating a complex theme, and explains everything that is 
   done, so that everything from that can be applied to other projects.
 * Any link to courses (free or otherwise) would be greatly appreciated.

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 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/coursestutorials-for-developing-themes-plugins/#post-6695484)
 * Maybe it’s worth reading material for understanding the basics of any theme distributed
   on WordPress.org – from the Codex.
    Then looking at a very bare theme like BlankSlate.
   The code is on the SVN theme repo & it’s available to download for your IDE. 
   Poke around and learn while you play.
 *  [Rambo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rahul020691/)
 * (@rahul020691)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/coursestutorials-for-developing-themes-plugins/#post-6695663)
 * Start with Codex. It is the best resource and you will keep coming back to it.
   
   I will suggest Jeffrey Way Tuts+ courses and Pippin’s Plugin development courses
   for becoming a better developer. These start from a basic level and make you 
   a good developer.
 * TIP: PHP is important buddy. Check podcasts by Dustin Hartzler too.
 * My 2 cents

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