Post Status Excerpt (No. 19) — How Can New Developers Get Started In WordPress?

The first step to getting started might not be technical.

As new people come into Post Status looking for some guidance, there is a tendency among old hands to say things used to be much easier. Although it was a simpler time ten years ago, getting started in WordPress development presented challenges to new developers much as web development generally does today for seasoned developers. With a mature WordPress ecosystem now, new and experienced developers should set their expectations about business success carefully.

Also covered in this episode: David remembers that a decade ago, even though the web and WordPress were less complex, development in many ways wasn’t any less challenging. Remember WordPress MU (Multisite)?

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