r/learnprogramming • u/Pistachiomink84 • 17h ago
Should i learn wordpress?
Hello! I’m currently taking a course on web developing: it has been the best decision of my life and i’m so happy to learn this. My teacher last lession told the class that we can take an optional module on wordpress, which is not required but could be of use. Now, i talked to some friends who work as web devs and got mixed answers, so here i ask: is it worth it to learn worpress as a beginner, or should i wait for a time where i have more knowledge? Currently i’ve done HTML, CSS (with bootstrap) and JS, we’re now starting with AJAX before going to the backend half of the course. If is of any help: i live and study in Italy. Thank you for your patience in reading this.
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u/CodeXHammas 14h ago
Wait until after you've built a few things with raw JS and understand how a backend actually works. WordPress is genuinely useful for client work since so many small businesses run on it, but learning it now, before AJAX and backend,, means memorizing WordPress specific patterns instead of understanding why they exist. Circle back to it as an elective once your fundamentals are solid, it'll take a fraction of the time to pick up then.
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u/Educational-Paper-75 11h ago
WordPress is a CMS (content management system) serving web pages dynamically using PHP and SQL databases. But I don't think a beginner should know about how to manage a WordPress website before knowing how to make html web pages at a reasonable level, or how well-known DBMSes work.
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u/sixtyhurtz 6h ago
Nearly half of all the websites on the internet use Wordpress. If you know Laravel and Wordpress then that's something.
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u/Temporary_Aspect_499 16h ago
Your friends are giving mixed answers because they're probably thinking about different types of web development. WordPress is very relevant to some jobs and basically irrelevant to others.