Wordpress vs coding - why devs SHOULD learn Wordpress

[@garybeltrand5802]

I learned Wordpress about 2-3 years ago, then I felt like I really needed to learn "real" coding, so I spent the last year on HTML and all the complex layout techniques in CSS/Sass, and also got to around intermediate level with JavaScript. Coding is great, but I can tell the time and energy commitment is so much more than Wordpress that hand-coding may not be the right choice for all projects. Wordpress is definitely worth keeping it in your pocket.

[@SuperSimpleDev]

Yea 😄 you got it exactly, it’s a good tool to have in your toolbelt for certain situations

[@jwoods9659]

I learned all this stuff to get a work and learn how to be a devs.....now I feel like I should have not spent a day learning anything and just did wordpress.

[@neel6978]

Hi🌾 How long it takes to ace the wordpress If I put 9 hours a day. And as someone who knows and has experience with both wordpress and frontend (I guess) market, to what level do you think I should learn wordpress. I know there is no limit for learning. Just wanna see the things in a practical way. Wanted to know your opinion. Thx in advance

[@neel6978]

@@garybeltrand5802 thank you dear gary

[@anthonychurch1567]

The same with me. I've just learnt GatsbyJS to create my own website for freelancing. WordPress is great for a small site but the problem with a complex website isn't so much just the market but more the inflexibility and potential poor performance if non-developers have free reign of the site. It's like we can have these multisite WordPress installations great for different department websites but the theme and plugins need to be carefully controlled and supported.

[@okijohn7153]

You have made my day, your explanation about the need to learn WordPress is awesome. I have been building websites for 4 years, using HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, etc. Didn't want to learn WordPress because I felt it will probably make me a lazy developer. But your video has changed my notion. Thanks for sharing. Cheers

[@SuperSimpleDev]

Glad it helped :)

[@hardyharhar9375]

From watching other videos I'm given to believe that although the WordPress job market might not be wonderful, WordPress is still great for freelance web developers, some of whom make a very good living with it. Anway, as a technically minded user and dev wannabe who has dabbled in programming, this video is by far the most informative I've seen on WordPress.

[@kimberlykulkovit6433]

I think this video definitely confirms all the conversation I've had with fellow freelancers who state that WordPress is great for freelancing while learning HTML, CSS, JavaScript are great for getting a job. It depends on the goal but I think WordPress relieves a lot of the work associated with creating a nice site for local businesses.

[@margin-fades]

I was looking for this comment. Thanks. I was wondering how freelance development played into this.

[@fissionchips223]

Wow. This is such a terrific distillation, I am blown away. This answered so many small questions I've had about WP vs HTML/CSS/JS . . . Thank you so much for making this video and just cutting to the real meat of the discussion. It's validated many of my observations. You are a gifted teacher and I can see you are really talented at communicating a wide-ranging understanding of this. Few people seem to grasp the forest from the trees and you demonstrate this solidly. . . Thank you again for boiling this down so well and giving people a chance to learn and enter this job market. In this economy, rare people like you are rapidly lifting people up into hopefulness. I am not sappy, but I hope you reap tremendous rewards for your educational efforts, they are significant contributions, brother! Cheers!

[@MMOLEARN]

Just use premade websites.... demo imports all premade....

[@paulestrada2770]

They both have their advantages, Wordpress you can build websites quickly on the fly whereas coding from scratch you'll need time. At the same time with your custom website if there are any bugs you can remedy.

[@cheshy2289]

This is the most accurate point of view on WP i found and what we should tell to new self-taught web developpers. If you want to work in a small web agency, WP is just perfect. But for working in a company who makes some Research & Development in web services or something like that, you need to be able to technically build wordpress yourself. This isn't the same path neither the same investment.

[@brontobytesdm9003]

but why not know how word press is coded and understand it and add on to it. as its tried true and people can explain or tell you why things wont or will work. ?

[@gurukarthik9682]

This video deserves a million views, subscribed🔥

[@SuperSimpleDev]

Thanks for your support! I really appreciate it!

[@easyva5004]

For sure 💯

[@remax110]

I agree.

[@edwardfuentevilla5977]

Your absolutely correct! WordPress really saves a lot of time providing us all this feature rich functions. Developing this from ground up would eat a lot of development time.

[@andreir3821]

On the other side of that, its very rewarding to be able to create something like that yourself. You maybe don't need all of this features and can tailor them however you want. And its yours, its not stored on someone else (WP) server. Seeing how many companies nowadays owning your shit. Idk wordpress websites cant feel like your own website, you rely so much on features provided.

[@alexdonofrio6140]

I wish more people saw this, people need to understand this. I can code in React / NodeJS, C#, PHP, JS, etc but feel like doing wordpress websites gives people a bad rep because the general public does not understand the real wordpress developers (actual experienced workers) use it to save time on coding every single thing. (Things that have been done before, and when those solutions are not perfect,. we can improve on them due to GPL licensing.) And when I build / write addons for other plugins, I look into the base plugin and what CVEs (Exploits) are available.

[@SuperSimpleDev]

Yea absolutely, it takes soo much time to code every single little thing on a production level website. It’s important to learn to reuse pre-built solutions (not just Wordpress but in general)

[@poolmine50]

Hey man, we are planning to make a website for our real estate listing start up and we are in doubt if we should do it by Nodejs or wordpress because of the future scaling and security issues

[@alexdonofrio6140]

@@poolmine50 hey! I would love to speak more about this; What you are doing is something that would be absolutely possible through WordPress and there are probably a ton of premade solutions you could build on. If you went with NodeJS it would start out as a very bare bones system without a backend dashboard. You should in this case look into a CMS for the website, and WordPress allows most who are already familiar to jump on and manage content without much web expertise. I would consider building the site in WordPress and the actual listing software compare the different options. (It technically could be possible to build an application in NodeJS / ReactJS and integrate it with the WordPress site); Are you trying to build a SaaS / Plugin? What you are building though doesn't require that level of complexity and can probably just be done as a WordPress plugin (build on top of something if you have too, but weight the options) I would be interested in speaking more maybe about this, leave a message at ifixtech.ca

[@tldw8354]

@@SuperSimpleDev fully agree

[@talweiss2128]

just use react components

[@wujeonghyun6865]

I love writing, and I also love learning new stuff, which is why I started to learn HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to create my own blog from scratch, because I thought using WordPress was 'not cool'. But after watching this video, I'm totally persuaded that I'll use WordPress to create my blog website, but my knowledge of HTML, CSS, JS will help me understand the framework much better than I would without the knowledge. Thank you for such a great content.

[@SunflowerKrump]

great! i really like it " my knowledge of HTML, CSS, JS will help me understand the framework much better than I would without the knowledge "

[@margin-fades]

This is really helpful. I woke up this morning pondering this exact question when your video popped into my feed. It really helped to have you lay out the amount of things that would be unrealistic to build from scratch. Thanks so much for posting this.

[@Thavilang]

Yeah! I think the thing most people don't think about it is: if you have templates to install, so you can make a template too, if you have plugins to install, so you can make a plugin too.. in fact you can actually do whatever you want in wordpress if you know what you're doing and the CMS it will be still doing some important things to you like deal with user access and provides you an easy whay to menage content in a freandly whay for final users (whitch means, your client), AND you will have a massive free (or pay) funtionaties from the comunity to use with a few clicks.

[@SaschaRissling]

I'm going full freelance in january and I already have two interested clients in working with me that need help with wordpress. I havent used wordpress outside of writing a blog. I as a javascript developer am almost clueless what wordpress means at scale. Thanks for this video!

[@callumclayton3685]

Thankyou so much for this video, only a few months into web development here and can say whole heartedly this video clarified so much!

[@EngrLola]

🙏 Thanks to your channel, I sent it to my son… I am retired and at 61 now. Wordpress gave me lot of extra income since 2010, creating website for my friends and relatives and later on clients around the world. After 1 month of learning Wordpress, HTML & CSS, in2010, I applied a franchise to resell web host, domains SSL, etc, where I placed all my web clients. My residual monthly income is so awesome to imagine. 💕

[@MdSabitYasin]

Thanks

[@eximtrade7726]

Any plugin in to have only one email list for multiple landing pages

[@drixtechempire]

Hello

[@360dereceaz]

Great Explanation! If you could just add an info about what users can stock on or what issues developers can face when they are using a WordPress - then it would be even better. Thanks

[@samislam2746]

This video is the most important video I watched in my 7 years experience of coding

[@ajmalnajath1399]

I had to comment just so that youtube giving this video some algorithm love. Awsome vid bro🔥

[@SuperSimpleDev]

Thanks for the support! You're awesome 👊

[@yuoiujuiob5401]

I always was wondering about this topic and now I fully understand concepts and differences between wordpress and plane code. Thank You for posting and making this video! Luv🤟

[@SuperSimpleDev]

Glad it helps! Yea, coding is great for getting a job, Wordpress is great for solo work (freelancing or side business) because of so much pre-built functionality. Both support custom coding, we just get a head start with Wordpress.

[@Emery-Coffey]

Super informative and clarifying video, I'm 2 years late to seeing it! But definitely glad I checked this one out.

[@mayanxoni]

I use WordPress for most of my freelance projects (mainly e-commerce sites). Plugins allow me to save a lot of time, hence making delivery faster.

[@SuperSimpleDev]

Yes Mayank, you're absolutely right. I use wordpress for e-commerce as well and could never imagine myself coding all those features from scratch!

[@Darbyslaton]

Do you create your own child theme to hand code? I want to create a blog and demonstrate my coding skills.

[@allowrapoo2692]

@@SuperSimpleDev I was wondering the same. I was still learning a css and html course, got kinda demotivated when I realized we could do the same thing with no knowledge of coding at all.

[@SuperSimpleDev]

@@Darbyslaton sorry youtube didn’t notify me about your comment. But yup! You hand code a child theme. It’s challenging though, you’re coding in HTML/CSS/PHP and within the Wordpress system

[@SuperSimpleDev]

@@allowrapoo2692 you’re right in the sense that coding a website from scratch with HTML and CSS doesn’t have value anymore. Maybe in the 2000s you could make money from local businesses by coding a website for them, but today if you ask any local business, they use a website builder. However, where HTML and CSS have value is: a lot of companies have web apps (KZbin, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, etc.). These are web apps that you absolutely can’t create with Wordpress (or any website builder) because they are complex and massive. But these companies need developers to add on new features to their web app or tweak existing features using HTML and CSS (and other languages). These companies pay a lot of money for people who can do this. In this situation, learning to hand code is very valuable financially

[@yuhaoli-h2y]

You are an inspiration to other video - makers. Your work is truly remarkable.

[@rayc3103]

Surprisingly, despite Wordpress being as old as it is, the platform has been growing in market share

[@dinorossi6611]

Oh, Big time! It is an amazing platform. And, now with Gutenberg being improved, it will surpass a variety of coding options.

[@vancedadder]

@@dinorossi6611 Gutenberg?

[@dinorossi6611]

@@vancedadder Yes. WP editor.

[@vancedadder]

@@dinorossi6611 ah I see. Thank you for informing me about it coz am not a WP developer. I'm guessing you are, how you doin?

[@tldw8354]

gutenberg fit a gap between connecting custom UI things (nice for the user) with custom code in your theme/plugin (for the dev). it really is great and extremely simple to use as a dev if you once learn how it interconnects in the wordpress ecosystem. I used it now for the first time (for a magazine platform) and instanly boosted my productivity even further. just great. And the authors are also easier in the game. and i have to admit, that I was avoiding gutenberg as long as possible - for no good reason

[@DimitriNakos]

My first Tech job is with a WordPress company. I love it. :) I would argue if you find a company making custom themes or with a line of plugins it would be a great place to work. And you would be learning things other developers would neglect.

[@SuperSimpleDev]

Yes! A plug-in or theme development company is a great place to work. And it is legit software development experience

[@howiewang4238]

I am currently working in a WordPress company as a junior dev. I have to learn WP from scratch because I came from a MERN self-taught background. I feel I am going backwards. It is not easy to land a dev job. And my goal is to get into FANG companies as software engineer. Any advice? Thanks.

[@DimitriNakos]

@@howiewang4238 you aren't going backwards. Not all companies are moved into newer coding technologies. The majority are using old systems. Don't listen to the majority of youtube and tech twitter telling you "learn this now!!" They are lying to their audience. Learn JavaScript well and you can learn anything else later.

[@howiewang4238]

@@DimitriNakos Thank you for your honest reply. I will learn to be patient. And definitely keep it constant and work my way up.

[@nabil170277]

@@howiewang4238 Hi Howie Can u recommend a beginner course in WordPress for a beginner please?

[@Chris-zt4ol]

I think you are right that Wordpress brings a lot of functionality out of the box or with plugins but for almost all of those features there is a better alternative backend as a service, which provide a way better user expierince because of Wordpresses versatility it is also really cramped and super slow when you try to build something big with it, same goes for using it as a webframework, its really opinionated what its job is and got tons of code you might not even need for you.

[@alexandrufilipescu1301]

What alternatives are there?

[@tldw8354]

@@alexandrufilipescu1301 writing custom themes and plugins and avoiding the use of bloatet plugins.

[@heronlewis1089]

super great! I had to sift through so many videos to find this gold. Much thanks!

[@smylmvv]

In a good way is okay to use Wordpress but if you want to make some changes as you said, it's great if you learn how to code. So, in my opinion, I prefer to learn code first and then using another websites builder like Wordpress, Joomla, Wix, etc. and the frameworks too. Companies now, they asking you if you know how to learn to use Wordpress and also if you know how to code from 0 for they can hiring you. If you can programm by your own to make projects, it's okay.

[@EllantEladar37]

The only thing I don't like in wordpress is that if you aren't knowledgeable in basic web programming you can't easily make a website of your own and the plugins in wordpress are sometimes free but if you want the full features of the selected plugin you need to pay a certain amount which sucks for me if you're a beginner in web programming.

[@97kos]

Fact... For me prize of plugins can be horrible... 😔 For example - when I thought about using one plugin with LaTeX equations, the plugin creator said to me - 300 dollars... I was very upset, because I am a teacher and using it could be devastating for my pocket money...

[@Wanderer2035]

I think if you need to create website for someone as a quick favor or for freelancing, then CMS’s are good, but other than that coding is better, especially for working for a company.

[@aBugInTheSystem]

Man! What amazing channel! Thank for your time here with us💐❤️

[@fabersoul]

Lol I'm an animator, so wanting to learn html over wp is like saying I'm gonna create my own software for animation then animate vs just using adobe after effects

[@stephenboateng2056]

hi bro im basha from ghana, actually im new into web development but wants to learn animation alongside I actually needs yr help🙏🙏🙏

[@tiaan_va]

This has got to be the worst comparison I’ve ever heard in my life...... Learning the code would be like learning how to use the graph editor to customize your animation curves for the best animation and WP would be like just clicking on “easy-ease” for a pre-defined animation curve

[@greenculturemedia]

You're a great teacher and you deserve my subscription 👏

[@camilotello3296]

This is the video I really needed to watch! Thank you so much :)

[@karlisbrakis2324]

Such a great explanation bro, I just started my internship and now i know a lot about this topic! 😀

[@rickyhobbs3004]

That was super helpful - interesting thought that the reason we dont hear experienced developers spruiking WP is because of the job market.

[@camaramansoo]

I will start improving my coding skills in to at least intermediate level, to my imagination and thought become strong and fast, I will then divert to WordPress and Elementor plugs and woocommerce and others for making projects

[@codingshikhi]

I can not sit but write a comment... Really amazing video. And I'm also a lover of wordpress

[@SuperSimpleDev]

Thanks for watching and for your support 😄

[@fatmaalihaithm7605]

Thank you sooooo much.. You are awesome ... Now I feel more confident in learning wordpress because I want to make a great website to show my project and not to work in programming. Thanks again

[@ChaoticNeutralMatt]

This is the best video I've found in this so far.

[@mohamedaminezouhairi579]

New valuable information that I wasn't aware of, I'm happy that I learned it from you, thank you.

[@superAweber]

Thanks for this. It's such a simple distinction that clears loads of unclear thinking. So WordPress is a framework, I'll think of it as an operating system for web publishing. If I buy a theme or plugin I buy the actual program I want to use on this operating system. So as a (tech savvy) publisher I don't really need to 'learn Wordpress', just how to operate my program. In 10 years it's the first time I've understood it.

[@SuperSimpleDev]

Yea, exactly! It enables non-technical people to manage their own website and add plugins/themes to it. As a developer, if I wanted to build a website that lets non-technical people log in and manage, that would be really really hard with custom code

[@erichepperlewp]

Wow! Great analysis, Simon. I would love to see a tutorial on how to create something like a directory/listings website (without using expensive third-party plugins like Elementor, Crocoblock, etc.) with a WordPress custom theme / custom plugin. Would love to see somebody actually to a tutorial on that, because all the "Build a web app with WordPress" videos always involve some all-in one plugin. I've been building WordPress websites for 3 years now, and writing custom PHP snippets/plugins for about a year, and I understand LAMP and have built a few applications, but nothing to brag about. I agree WordPress is great for a basic business site, but I've been building a directory site and using Elementor and have learned a lot. I've also had write a lot of custom PHP code to fill in the gaps where WordPress/Elementor/ACF doesn't handle it.

[@SuAust]

Great Video Simon! Thanks for making it.

[@foodforyourbrainphyophyoaung]

Thank you. This is amazing explanation

[@SuperSimpleDev]

Thanks for watching!

[@vivisu492]

Thank you so much for a clear explanation of what WordPress does.

[@mr.onelife5195]

Thank you very much. You explained it so well I only had to watch it once. I honestly didn't feel like a minute was wasted.

[@zhengfou]

Another comprehensive video that I've watched on this channel. It really helps me a lot on my web development career. Godbless to you sir.

[@SuperSimpleDev]

Great to hear!

[@jeslela]

Great video. Really cleared up some questions. Thanks! 👍🏽

[@warlockCommitteeMeeting]

wow this guy is amazing. keep humble and grinding. nice job.

[@oliviayp]

Super informative and clarifying video, I'm 2 years late to seeing it! But definitely glad I checked this one out. 💕🤜

[@jagadeeshpeddamallu9744]

Conscience and informative video man, Keep the good work going. Really appreciate the effort. 🙏🏻

[@SuperSimpleDev]

Thanks, will do!

[@hellelo.5840]

WordPress is always a bad Idea if you are proficient in coding, otherwise its really good. So WordPress is the same but its value vary from someone to another and from client to another.

[@edwardbaring6909]

Thank you! You are awesome Simon!

[@fkwebdev]

Watching in 2024 after so many misconceptions about WordPress and coding

[@ninjaoftherift1620]

I've a front end developer/designer in the works currently doing an IT degree. I have my own agency. Coding from scratch is great for projects that the end goal is high performance at the cost of some functionalities and design. WordPress is great you custom code in Gutenberg and it doesn't hinder preformance. However I have web development and design agency and alot of time clients want to edit the site, the problem is they have very little technical background so even simple page builders that add a lot of bloat and need to be heavily optimized like elementor are hard for them. So it really depends, then comes wix that has its own JS framework and library, it's great but wix hosting is extremely expensive. So it rly depends on each project but WordPress with a fast page builder or Gutenberg should do the trick with some optimization and good coding.

[@swallowedinthesea11]

You don't offer a service to maintain their websites?

[@ninjaoftherift1620]

@@swallowedinthesea11 I do I offer management and hosting through my agency hosting I'd they go with WordPress or other CMS

[@swallowedinthesea11]

@@ninjaoftherift1620 Thank you!

[@ninjaoftherift1620]

@@swallowedinthesea11 no problem

[@dansyz80]

Great info! Thank you 🙏 I’m just start learning WP

[@birdzhanali2447]

Thanks for answering to my question. Your are awesome ! Two years of coding and a was wondering why we have learning HTML CSS JS + FrameWorks + Library .

[@luisbuxo7095]

I simon, thank you for your channel and the information shared. I was wondering, regarding your experience, do you recommend to transfer a wordpress website to html css pure code in order to stop paying plugins to get better editable features in wordpress? If yes, do you know if there is any channel or video in youtube to learn how to do that for no software engineers? I know Wordpress is a nice tool together with Woocommerce and others, I have created a nice multilingual e-commerce website without programming knowledge but in order to maintain it I keep paying plugins that i do not need anymore so i would like to transfer it and make it grow with CSS and HTML knowledge learnt on the process. Thanks for your work! :)

[@SuperSimpleDev]

Thanks for watching! My opinion is not to transfer a wordpress site to pure code since it would take a significant amount of work. Pure code is usually if you have a team and then it makes it easy for everyone to contribute small parts to the website with pure code. Without a team, it would take a lot of time and effort to recreate the base features that wordpress and plugins offer.

[@edmarmendoza4764]

Yes wordpress is great. We can create a simple website or blogs. I also use this to create systems and also plugins. I think Wordpress can do better from the future.

[@Zen.Obie1]

Nice video. It’s a no brainier if your doing an E-commerce website with variations and attributes.

[@remotract6726]

the big mistake is to say wordpress vs coding when the true is to deal witth wordpress as framwork will make most of the work with just a click (like voyager for laravel ) then you MUST code to reduce the plugins number and to create 100% of the client required with the best prctices and performence in mind , i create wordpres for any idea even full companies mangement systems and it works very well, now i work on site which have +11GB database and we still depend on the great wordpres it's all about HOW YOU/YOUR DEVELOPER DEAL WITH IT

[@Elisakr2024]

Very nice, very useful!! And very honest to make some money in short time! Thanks for the video!!

[@concretefist5672]

I love your videos mate!

[@tldw8354]

It is kinda hard to sell a custom build professional wordpress webapps with all custom theme code and features, that could not be installed with plugins. I work with some agencies to sell my worktime locally and farther away. Your points are abolutely correct. And I'm diong this for over 9 years now. .. Want to mention, that wordpress is just the building ground for any simple or complex web app or web shop or whatever. I personaly use a webapp to manage all my customer and tasks and invoices and so on. I almost never have to worry about the cms in the background, because it just delivers a solid base for doing your own shit, if you are cabalbe of programming/coding with js/php/mysql/css/html/ or react etc.pp

[@xeffiong]

Thanks for confirming what I've always believed. Why go and manufacture your cement and building materials when you could just buy them and put them together?

[@becayebalde3820]

I’ve learned in only 2-3 hours the basics on how to build a custom WordPress theme I’m using it those skills to build a website with a blog part for an Architecture Company. Gotta admit, WordPress saved me for the blog part. My client use the graphic editor to add blog posts without even needing me.

[@_lslvr]

Thanks Simon! This was a very concise but enlightening insight to WordPress.

[@SuperSimpleDev]

Thanks for watching 😄

[@juanadearco6356]

You explain things really well!

[@visualmodo]

Excellent WordPress guide!

[@SuperSimpleDev]

Thanks for watching! You guys have some great looking themes

[@mega-menu]

WP really saves a lot of time providing us all this feature and flexible functions!

[@massimerbouche5804]

Exactly what I was looking for. Hard to find info on wordpress from the POV of a developer

[@MohaFares]

thank you for the info man

[@ভোমরা]

WoW Love From Bangladesh😍

[@SuperSimpleDev]

👋 thanks for watching 😄

[@ভোমরা]

@@SuperSimpleDev 🥰

[@fpxy00]

Yeah... for regular websites and B2C stores WP is fine. But if you are building complex B2B solutions with features such as co-browsing and live price and QT negotiations, personalized views for sifferent types of clients etc... its simply not build for that. Custom design with regular functionalities is doable for WP.

[@tiaan_va]

All those things are possible using Wordpress if you know how to do it... just saying...

[@MrDeSilva]

you are great Simon,,,the way you explain everything.. thank you very much for your contribution and cheers from the Panama Canal.

[@seenuz1]

Your spot-on

[@marcosgabriel6221]

Great explanation!! 👏👏

[@elrio1445]

Thank you! Great video 👍

[@lukmannakib7497]

Agree on most part but not about job market part, I think the Job market is pretty good now with good benefit, for skill developers

[@user-dw7hj6oq3m]

Thank you Simon for making this video and it is very helpful,would you have any plans in thr future to make a wordpress tutorial to create a web app? Thank you!

[@flavioneto1081]

I enjoyed the video, but most of the things you are showing as wordpress features are regular CMS features. While I definitely agree it would take forever to build them from scratch to each website, I don't see it as exactly comparable to a frontend framework, react for example is made to build interfaces, and a cms - as it stands in the name - is to manage content. So it's pretty common to actually connect a cms (which will offer similar features as the mentioned) with a react built website - jamstack and so would be a common way to take it further

[@SuperSimpleDev]

Yes, you're right! They are not really comparable and have different purposes. Though it's nice to have both in a developer's tool belt in different situations

[@flavioneto1081]

@@SuperSimpleDev agree!

[@DatJot]

React and wordpress can go hand in hand. You can use Wordpress for the backend and use React or NextJS or even Microsoft's Blazor for your front end. This is known as a headless Wordpress system and is pretty fast. Wordpress has a REST API, which you can easily create secure custom end points. Headless Wordpress systems are great for creating web apps, websites, Android apps or IOS apps that needs to utilize an online database. For instance, your mobile app might track geo locations and record everything in a sqlite database while the mobile device is offline but once the mobile device is connected to the internet it syncs up using a Wordpress custom endpoint. With Wordpress being the backend, you already have an administration backend panel which can be customized by creating your own plugins to extend Wordpress. Wordpress offers a lot and can save developers a lot of time. Like SuperSimpleDev, I view Wordpress as a framework that has a lot of bells and whistles. Anyways, happy coding and if you are not played with Wordpress, I recommend giving it a spin.

[@CondeAlberto]

@@DatJot Yes, exactly. You know what you are talking about. Wordpress can indeed be pretty fast. And the market is big. Oh yes, there is competition for sure. IMO it is best suited for freelancing.

[@pixel7038]

For me I’ve been using Wordpress with a list of plugins available and a mix of custom plugins written in svelte and typescript. Lot of predefined css available from Wordpress themes to avoid coding in svelte

[@lavendercode]

Excellent video! You can do a lot with Wordpress.

[@Rikki2684]

I think there's two type of people commenting in videos like this, and they all assume everybody is interested in the same path they've chosen. On one hand there's the people who are either employed or looking to get employed in a webdesign company and swear to learning html, css, javascript, commercial frameworks and back-end. And on the other hand there's the people who are thinking about freelancing or already freelancing on full time and swear to learning wordpress, shopify and similar cms platforms. Before you take advice from anybody you should know who you're talking to first, because they all assume you're in the same boat as them and they'll give you good, but the wrong advice. I don't know why anybody looking to get hired in a webdesign company would study wordpress, and I don't know why anybody looking to begin freelancing would study programming. You should know some basic programming and you should know some basic cms regardless of which path you take, but spending time and effort into learning something you strictly don't need is just slowing you down and wasting your time. Until you've mastered the skills you need first, you shouldn't focus on learning any other (freelancing is not just about learning wordpress btw, you also have to learn running your own business and manage clients). And yes I know there will be a lot of people saying "oh but I'm a freelancer and I code everything myself in addition to wordpress" or "oh but I'm employed at a web company and we use wordpress in addition to hand coding". Yea, if you already get paid to make websites this question isn't really for you, you've made your choices and invested the time, and more power to you! This question is really about being efficient with your time and not what is superior. Knowing everything is obviously superior.

[@mitotv6376]

Nice comparison

[@undramoyunchuluun7058]

Great explanation! thanks very much!

[@ProsperousLongLife]

I'm Really~ Thankful for this Knowledge. Thanks

[@ewelinaczapiewska1396]

Great video! :)

[@timothyharrison5105]

Greetings, Simon! Do you have any recommendations on someone that teaches WordPress similar to your teaching style? I really appreciate all the tutorials you've put up thus far.

[@humbilitymeek9785]

Thanks for the light! Just wish to know if while building a website with WordPress you can decide to code some part of the project rather than completing it all with WordPress

[@SuperSimpleDev]

You could code some parts of the website in PHP through a child theme or plug-in, but you would need a very good understanding of how Wordpress works, so it’s not very beginner friendly 😅

[@Bossfightmedia]

Very, very informative Video. As I do not search for a Job, but just wanna make a Portfolio Website with WP, it still feels like quite a good Option xD I am not even a software developer, but this Video still was super informative. I would personally say you could notch up the quality of the presentation with neat little sound effects when things Pop up, but thats the Editor perfectionism talking. You did a superb job at explaining regardless, so hats off. Great video!

[@RaviKumar-xf5bc]

Nice marketing video for wordpress.

[@sumingyu1527]

Great video Sisisi!!

[@SuperSimpleDev]

Thank you!

[@yavuzselimoksuz6795]

Awesome to learn that simplicity

[@watchernode6138]

9:30 Listen to this part, Reason for Wordpress jobs being crap is. WordPress is too generic and only suitable for small to medium businesses. It can't manage scale properly. At the end of the day, you need to add custom business logic, you may not get the perfect plugin for that.

[@rahulbaghel1680]

Wordpress is a very powerfull CMS if u go in there code files there are files components all like react laravel file structures... And i think its more advanced then them too.... So wordpress is only good if u know how to code.... Then h can customize solve bugs and many more

[@Giora_marani]

So my question is this: Why do these big companies prefer scratched coding rather than WorldPress, if they both are capable for the same functionality? Or maybe they aren't and i misunderstood? My question is divided to two parts? What are the advantages of CSS JS HTML on WP if WP can be fully customed? And why would large companies prefer the first if it will cost them much more money to develop? Thank you :)

[@Michael-vz5cy]

Exactly. That's what I am wondering too. Especially if Word Press is much faster, couldn't big companies get their websites done spending much less on paying employees (fewer employees/fewer hours) ?

[@rammaheshwari9748]

Amazing Explaination 🔥

[@SuperSimpleDev]

Thanks for watching 🙂

[@daddygaming2828]

Great video on this topic

[@theconjuror112]

Really great information here. Thanks.

[@SuperSimpleDev]

Thanks! I'm glad it helps