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.