Being WordPress Developer

There is so much to grasp and explore to be an efficient and smart WordPress Developer. We will see what exactly is needed if you want to call yourself a developer. Code over Plugins, Smart approach over Solutions, Right Networking, What drives WordPress, Plugins, Page Builders, Backups, Extending Functionalities.

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2. RAM RAM SA…
3. Did you guys get a Pen & Notepad in the swag kit?
4. Everyone taking notes on their devices should re-think… alert : unsolicited advise
5. Anyways…
6. How many of you have an experience of more than 8 years in WP Development?
7. Do you call yourself WP Developers?
8. How many of you are doing it for half a decade?
9. Do you call yourself WP Developers?
10. How many of you are doing it since a year or two?
11. Do you call yourself WP Developers?
12. If I ask you guys that I want to make a website, How many would you take that up?
13. One condition… NO PLUGINS… Now tell us, how many are still up?
14. If I ask you guys that I want to make a Lead Mgmt. System, How many would you take that up?
15. Same condition… NO PLUGINS… Now tell us, how many are still up?
16. No… We don’t hate plugins… In fact, Ajit has even built some. disclaimer
17. WordPress is beyond BLOG
18. WordPress is beyond BLOG 11 lakh search results
19. WordPress is beyond CMS
20. WordPress is beyond CMS 30 lakh search results
21. People who have actually built something beyond BLOG or CMS
22. People who have actually built something beyond BLOG or CMS Lesser than the no of families in Aat Number of families in Aat as per census 2011 : 78
23. WHY???
24. Timeline constraints Maybe
25. Budget constraints Maybe
26. Our love of plugins & readymade themes Maybe
27. We are still understanding how WordPress works internally Maybe
28. But should that really defer us from venturing out???
29. Ajit = WP Developer Jayman = WP Designer
30. Lead Mgmt. System built on Wordpress without plugins Team : Ajit & Jayman
31. Event listing built on Wordpress without plugins Team : Ajit
32. Eden Connect for Mahindra Agri
33. Upcoming tours for Khaki Tours
34. Team : Ajit & Jayman
35. User Onboarding Team: Ajit
36. As we have done it, we are here to share our learnings
37. And it really is not Rocket Science
38. CONFIDENCE
39. not in US
40. but in WordPress
41. EASE OF CODING
42. FLEXIBLE
43. COMMUNITY
44. TRAINING & RESOURCES
45. We have always delivered because it was on WordPress
46. BEING IN TOUCH WITH RIGHT PEOPLE
47. Jayman loves WordPress because Ajit can create anything with it
48. Ajit can write anything in it cause Jayman loves & sells WordPress everywhere
49. It is very important to be with people who can help you grow
50. WordPress FB Groups
51. Twitter
52. WordPress Slack Groups
53. WordCamps
54. Meetups
55. KNOW IMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT WORDPRESS
56. There is much more than directory structures, plugin repo and widgets in WordPress
58. CUSTOM POST TYPES
59. Custom Post Types are building blocks for new content types
60. Custom Post Types - Enquiries - Regions
61. Now this is where notepads will come in handy and devices won’t :p https://goo.gl/ePytcf https://goo.gl/QaI81x https://goo.gl/7Ua6Jc https://goo.gl/mrpZrh
62. POST META
63. Post Meta lets you add additional data to Custom Post Types
64. Custom Post Types - Enquiries - Regions Custom Taxonomies - City - Status Post Meta - Enquiries - Tracking Id - Name - Email - Mobile - Regions (Multiple/Repeatable) - Email - Contact
65. Now this is where notepads will come in handy and devices won’t :p https://goo.gl/hYaJm7 https://goo.gl/tXrmSd
66. CUSTOM TAXONOMIES
67. Custom Taxonomies sets up new relations, kinda like setting DB relationships.
68. Custom Post Types - Enquiries - Regions Custom Taxonomies - City - Status
69. Custom Post Types - Enquiries - Regions Custom Taxonomies - City - Status Enquiries & Regions were mapped to City
70. Custom Post Types - Enquiries - Regions Custom Taxonomies - City - Status Every enquiry had a status
71. Now this is where notepads will come in handy and devices won’t :p https://goo.gl/VX08eO https://goo.gl/fvMDLF https://goo.gl/n65avn https://goo.gl/Sj7lAa
72. WP_Query
73. This is real magic
74. 3 types
75. Post Query
76. Tax Query
77. Meta Query
78. $args_enquiry = array ( 'post_type' => enquiry, 'post_status' => 'publish', 'pagination' => false, ); $tax_query = array( 'relation' => 'AND', array( 'taxonomy' => 'city', 'terms' => array(‘1’), 'field' => 'term_id', 'operator' => 'AND', ), ); // Get Enquiry with tracking ID $meta_query = array( 'relation'=>'AND', array( 'key' => 'enquiry_tracking_id', 'value' => $tracking_id, 'compare' => '=', ) ); $args_enquiry[’tax_query'] = $tax_query; $args_enquiry[’meta_query'] = $meta_query _query; $query_region = new WP_Query($args_ enquiry);
79. Now this is where notepads will come in handy and devices won’t :p https://goo.gl/RygG8u https://goo.gl/ILvnpq https://goo.gl/HD1YBc
80. LMS •City •Status Taxanomies •Enquiry •Region PostType Meta •Tax_Query •Meta Query WP_Query
81. SNEAK PEEK
86. PLUGINS
87. See. We had said, we don’t hate Plugins
88. When to use Plugins?
89. WooCommerce
90. bbPress
91. BuddyPress
92. Edit Flow
93. When not to use Plugins?
94. UI Implementations
95. Backend Customizations
96. Social Implementations
97. BACKUP
98. Crashed, Hacked Sites Corrupt Databases Bad Hosting Provider Forgot to renew hosting
99. Backups are Holy Grail in success of any Developers
100. Our TAT is 15 mins
101. We did it for Endemol India, 4 years after building it and a year after stopping the maintenance.
102. This is it… REALLY… We told you it was not Rocket Science.
103. Ajit Bohra @ajitbohra Jayman Pandya @jaymanpandya THANK YOU Connect with us, We love talking :p