How to become WordPress Expert?

Becoming WordPress Expert? It's not easy. Here are some tips which helps you  to master in WordPress.

• You need to spend at least one year, So start now.
• Codex will play important role. So use codex whenever you need.
• Go to this website and read handbooks. https://developer.wordpress.org/
• Watch YouTube WordPress video tutorials.
• Be strong in following languages,scripts and Databases, PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, MySql.
• Buy some online video tutorials, Recommended Websites : Eduonix, Tutsplus, Udemy, Lynda, Teamtreehouse (Use All websites, different courses)
• Hire an expert or teacher online for WordPress learning
• Always do your coding project based, I mean developing themes or plugins (I'm sure this will help you)
• Don't waste your time to learning basics of languages again and again. I mean If you are intermediate, try with developing project, don't learn PHP, HTML individually. 
• If you are beginner, start with developing HTML, PHP and JavaScript projects. if you complete two or three projects, then switch to learn WordPress.
• Read some blogs like tutsplus.
• Follow WordPress authors in Social Media. They will share some important inforamtions. It's a shortcut way for fast learning.  
• Learn about WordPress core.
• Finish at least 5 simple theme development in a month.
• Try to develop 5 simple plugins in a month.
• Spend at least one hour per day for video tutorials.
• One hour for developing or writing codes.
• One hour for reading WordPress tutorial blogs and Authors blog.

 Developing themes and plugins will help you a lot than others.

HTML to WordPress - Step 1

1. Create a folder with a name at your WordPress themes folder.
2. Create index.php and style.css files.
3. Copy the following code into your style.css file and save it.

/*
Theme Name: Femiya Theme
Theme URI: http://1wmedia.in
Author: Jamal Mohammed
Author URI: http://1wmedia.in
*/

4.  Now go to your WordPress dashboard - Appearance - Themes - and mouse over to the Femiya Theme and Click Activate.
5. Copy the index.html file and paste it into index.php
6. Now copy the main styles from the CSS folder and paste it into the style.css - Should be below the */ code. (View 3rd  point).
7. Create header.php and footer.php.
8. Cut the header part from index.php and add it to header.php file
9. Replace header part at index.php with the following code.
<?php get_header(); ?>

10. Cut the footer part from index.php and add it to your footer.php file.
11.  Now replace footer part at index.php with the following code.
<?php get_footer(); ?>

12. Save all the files.

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