This is not your average “learn how to build a plugin” or “let’s create a child theme together” workshop. Delivered by the principal of a digital agency Zeitguys and WordPress core contributor Tom Auger, the focus of this hands-on workshop is how to customize WordPress to meet the client’s business requirements. Bring a laptop and be ready to code along as we:

• Discuss requirements gathering and gap analysis
• Choose a parent theme
• Set up and customize a child theme
• Bring in custom fonts
• Create custom post types and custom taxonomies
• Work with custom meta data
• Customize the administrative back-end

What Level of Developer is this Session For? This session targets anyone with a little PHP coding experience. We don’t expect you to be an expert, or even know that much about WordPress. However, we will be getting into the weeds with php classes and some best practices, so if you’re scared of <?php > then you might wish to look at the other awesome tracks that are happening today.

This is a hands-on workshop. You are expected to bring a laptop (Mac or PC) already set up for local development. If you have a laptop but have never set up a local development environment, or are unsure whether you meet the prerequisites, come an hour earlier and attend the “Setting Up a Local Development Environment” workshop where experts will help you get what you need.

Obligatory Disclaimer: based on the number of attendees, and the experience level of the attendees, we may not cover every one of the points listed above. We will have at least one additional Expert on hand (in addition to the instructor) to help you out if you get stuck.