Comments on: Become a Freelance WordPress Developer: How to Make a Career of It

By: David Hayes

David Hayes — Wed, 13 Apr 2022 14:40:04 +0000

In reply to Jane James. Hey Jane, Up and Running does cover WP_Query and the REST API. Neither is an exhaustive treatment but we think we do a great job orienting you to what those APIs are for and how to use them when the time comes. All the best!

By: Sanu

Sanu — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 04:26:25 +0000

Informative article, Fred. Keep up the good work!!

By: Jane James

Jane James — Mon, 11 Oct 2021 12:46:31 +0000

This article was so so detailed and I just laughed and agreed with so many. I’m just in my second year of freelancing and launching a business in a pandemic has been tough. I maintain my rate of $75 an hour and I have clients that pay it but I have also lost a lot of work to offshore devs as well.

I will take a look at your course. I am working as a corporate WordPress dev and I am looking for a deep dive into wp query and working with the rest api.

Are these topics covered in this course?

By: Fred Meyer

Fred Meyer — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 17:30:00 +0000

Great question. Well, WordPress development is one kind of web development more broadly. To be a well-rounded web developer would typically take a more complete skillset than being a well-rounded WordPress developer. (For example, a full-stack web developer would want to understand a web development framework like Laravel for PHP, or Ruby on Rails, or Node/React for JavaScript, all of which fall outside of the knowledge a WordPress developer needs.)

So there are happy freelancers who do general-purpose web development, and happy freelancers who do only WordPress development. It comes down to your skillset.

Hope that’s helpful!

By: Andriy Haydash

Andriy Haydash — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 08:40:41 +0000

Great article.

I especially like the fact that you mention specialization as I think it’s a great way to attract better clients and stand out from the crowd.

By: Kennedy Kyereme

Kennedy Kyereme — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 16:49:27 +0000

Great article!

By: Varun Sharma

Varun Sharma — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 07:52:41 +0000

Incredible post..!! I like it a lot. Thanks, Fred.

By: Fred Meyer

Fred Meyer — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 14:48:37 +0000

In reply to David in Mississippi.

Thank you so much, David! 🙂

For most aspiring WordPress freelancers, I’d Google “wordpress meetup [my location]” – such as “wordpress meetup mississippi” or “wordpress meetup boston”.

You can also go on Meetup.com itself and browse its “technology” section, and you’ll find all kinds of interesting things, especially if you’re near a large city. So in your case, you may find a Meetup of people who are passionate about data architecture, or UI/UX.

I hope that helps!

Fred