Why WordPress powers the web - Test Your Understanding

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to display the site title in a WordPress theme.

Wordpress

<?php bloginfo([1]); ?>

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A'admin_email'

B'url'

C'description'

D'name'

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'url' instead of 'name' which outputs the site address.

Using 'description' which outputs the tagline, not the title.

The bloginfo('name') function outputs the site title in WordPress themes.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to enqueue a stylesheet in WordPress.

Wordpress

wp_enqueue_style([1], get_template_directory_uri() . '/style.css');

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A'bootstrap'

B'jquery'

C'main-style'

D'custom-script'

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using script handles for stylesheets causes confusion.

Not using a unique handle can cause conflicts.

When adding a stylesheet, you give it a handle like 'main-style' to identify it.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the WordPress loop to display post titles.

Wordpress

<?php if (have_posts()) : while ([1]) : the_post(); ?>
  <h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<?php endwhile; endif; ?>

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Ahave_posts()

Bquery_posts()

Cget_posts()

Dthe_post()

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using the_post() in the condition causes errors.

Using get_posts() returns an array, not a boolean.

The loop condition must call have_posts() to check if posts exist before iterating.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to register a custom post type in WordPress.

Wordpress

register_post_type([1], [2]);

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A'book'

Barray('label' => 'Books', 'public' => true)

Carray('label' => 'Movies', 'public' => false)

D'movie'

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Swapping the order of arguments causes errors.

Using incorrect array keys or values.

The first argument is the post type key like 'book'. The second is an array of settings.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a shortcode that outputs 'Hello World'.

Wordpress

function [1]() {
  return [2];
}
add_shortcode([3], '[1]');

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Ahello_world_shortcode

B'Hello World'

C'hello_world'

D'Hello World!'

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using the function name as the shortcode tag string incorrectly.

Returning without quotes causes errors.

The function name is used to define the shortcode callback. The return is the output string. The shortcode tag is a string identifier.