How to Edit WordPress Code (HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript)

If you’re reading this article, you’re probably already a WordPress user and already have experienced the easy to use, the graphical user interface of the WordPress platform. If your website is based on a theme, I’m sure you discovered that the themes could have some limitations when using the graphical user interface.

Themes are composed of, HTML, PHP, CSS, and JavaScript WordPress source code files. I will cover what these languages do in a bit more detail later on in the article. We’re not going to go into the specifics of the coding languages here, and this article will already assume you are proficient in these languages or at least you will be by the time you come to do the updates. If you’re not, and this is something you wish to learn, there are a lot of useful articles and training courses online. Alternatively, if you’re not confident in editing code yourself, WP Agents have a team of experts who can perform the updates for you. Updates are included in many WP Agents?WordPress Maintenance?packages. So no unexpected bills at the end of the month.

Before editing any WordPress code, it is imperative to back up your website; then if any irreparable damage does occur, your website can be quickly restored.

Using a child theme is also a good idea, as this enables you to make localized modifications without changing the source code and changing any functionality of the parent theme. One of the main benefits of using a child theme is that any updates to your parent theme, including those from your theme developer don’t affect your modifications.

Types of coding language and their primary uses

I am going to cover the four most common languages used in editing your theme below. The purpose of this section is mainly to give those who are not yet proficient with these languages an overview of their uses and where to start should they wish to learn.

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