Wordpress Development test

The WordPress Development test evaluates a candidate’s expertise in building and customizing WordPress websites using PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and WordPress-specific functions. The test spans a wide range of development tasks, from creating custom themes and plugins to optimizing website performance.

Candidates will demonstrate their ability to write clean, well-structured code that adheres to WordPress standards, focusing on using hooks, filters, and the WordPress API to extend site functionality. The test assesses skills in creating responsive themes, ensuring cross-browser compatibility, and optimizing themes and plugins for speed, security, and usability.

Key areas of focus include developing custom post types, taxonomies, and advanced custom fields, as well as integrating third-party APIs and custom database queries. Candidates will also be tested on managing security in development environments and troubleshooting issues related to theme conflicts, plugin errors, and database connections.

Additionally, the test evaluates a candidate's ability to ensure SEO best practices in development, including clean URLs, metadata, and structured data. Knowledge of version control systems, particularly Git, for collaborative development is also assessed, as well as the ability to optimize performance through techniques like caching and database optimization.

Finally, the test covers the candidate's expertise in deploying WordPress websites to live environments, ensuring smooth deployments and proper server configurations. This test is ideal for developers working on custom WordPress projects, ensuring they have the skills to build secure, performant, and SEO-friendly WordPress websites.