Gabriel Pleszowski
Good, fast, cheap
Focus on best practices in WordPress and PHP to get faster
Six most requested skills:
- Front-End
- Modern JavaScript knowledge
- Advanced JavaScript Frameworks (React, Angular)
- Responsiveness
- Mobile First
- Bootstrap
- An Eye for Design
- Proper HTML & CSS (of course)
- WooCommerce
- 30%-40% all e-commerce sites
- API Integrations
- REST API specifically
- WP has HTTP API functions
- Stripe, SalesForce, MailChimp, Google, Social Networks
- Complex Features
- Be a full-stack developer
- Advanced plugin development
- PHP and MySQL mastery
- OOP in WordPress
- Speed Customization = Caching
- WP_CLI for imports and big updates
- WordPress REST API – custom endpoints
- Advanced Plugins
- Advanced Custom Fields
- Gravity Forms
- Yoast SEO
- W3 Total Cache
- Non-development skills (Design, DevOps)
- Migrations
- SSL certifications
- DNS settings updates
- Security measures
- DevOps Guy
- Pantheon
- Bluehost, Pressable, A2 Hosting
- DigitalOcean
- WP Engine
- AWS
- Google Cloud
- Containerize if possible (Docker / Kontena)
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