Job Interview Questions Of WordPress

WHAT ARE PLUGINS ?

It is the add-on extension or piece of any code which is used to run any sort of application. It can add new features to your site.

DISADVANTAGES OF WORDPRESS ?

• Need to download many plugins for additional features which makes the site slow.
• Frequent themes and plugins updates.
• Vulnerability and data security can be the factor.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN POSTS AND PAGES ?

• Post:- They are timely piece of content which have the publish date whereas
• Pages:- They are timeless static content and they don’t have any publish date.

IS CREATION OF WEBSITE ON WORDPRESS IS SAFE ?

Yes, absolutely the creation of site is very much safe here in WordPress.

BEST POPULAR THEMES OF DESIGNING E-COMMERCE SITES IN WORDPRESS ?

• OceanWP
• Astra
• Divi
• Storefront

WHY MYSQL IS BEEN THE PART OF WORDPRESS ?

MySQL is a type of database which is used to store and retrieve all the data including the post content, page content and etc.

BEST PLUGINS FOR GOOD RANKING OF WEBSITE DEVELOPED UNDER WORDPRESS ?

• Yoast SEO
• Redirection
• MonsterInsights
• Rank Math
• LiteSpeed Cache
• WP Super Cache

HOW CAN WE ABLE TO DESIGN THE CAROUSEL SECTION IN WORDPRESS ?

There are many plugins available for designing the carousel section like WordPress Carousel and Carousel Slider etc.

HOW CAN WE INCLUDE GOOGLE MAPS IN WORDPRESS ?

In the widget section, you can search for the Google Maps and then you can able to include it in your site.

WHAT IS WPFORMS ?

It is a type of powerful form builder which allows you to create the beautiful form design with running functionality too.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WORDPRESS.ORG VS WORDPRESS.COM ?

WordPress.org is the open source software which is 100% free for everyone and easily you can download the WordPress from here. Just you need to take care of the updates or backup here. whereas

WordPress.com is a hosting service provider, where you need to purchase the hosting then you can able to install the WordPress. Here they will be taking acre of your backups, other updates and etc.

WHAT ARE HOOKS IN WORDPRESS ?

They are any type of functions that can be applied to an Action or Filter in WordPress where Action and Filter are those functions that can be modified by theme and developers to change the default behavior or functionality of WordPress.

WAYS OF OPTIMIZING THE WORDPRESS WEBSITES ?

• Can install plugins the cache remover like:- LiteSpeed Cache, WP Cache and WP Rocket etc.
• By minifying the files of your site.
• By using the highly optimized images.

WHAT CAN BE THE SITUATION IN WHICH YOU CANNOT SUGGEST WORDPRESS TO YOUR CLIENT ?

If the client really wants the powerful, secure and functional web platform then might the WordPress can be the bad choice.

WHAT ARE THE SHORTCODE IN WORDPRESS ?

Shortcodes generally shortens or simplifies the addition of features to the WordPress sites. We can able to include the Galleries, videos and other different functionality just by the piece of shortcode.

WHAT IS THEME IN WORDPRESS ?

Theme, we can say is particularly a folder of files that together give the proper design or look to your WordPress site. It can include images, JavaScript, CSS files, blog post and etc.

DESCRIBE THE STEPS OF SEARCHING AND INSTALLING THE THEMES IN WORDPRESS ?

Inside the WordPress dashboard, we need to find the Appearance and inside that appearance we need to search for the themes and there we can upload or can check the existing themes.

USES OF WP-CONFIG FILE IN WORDPRESS ?

Generally this wp-config file of WordPress use to self generate when we use to install the WordPress. It use to contain the details specific to the installation and server environment. Many configuration settings use to saved under this wp-config file.

DESCRIBE ABOUT WIDGETS IN WORDPRESS ?

Widgets can be any piece of content or design structure which we can able to add under specific areas like Sidebar, footer etc.

CURRENT VERSION OF WORDPRESS ?

Current version of WordPress is 5.6 “Simone”.

TYPES OF USER ROLES IN WORDPRESS ?

• Super Admin
• Administrator
• Editor
• Author
• Subscriber
• Contributor

WHAT IS THE DEFAULT TABLE PREFIX IN WORDPRESS ?

Default table prefix in WordPress is 'wp_'. But mostly it is recommended for changing it.

DEFINE THE LOOPS IN WORDPRESS ?

Loops in WordPress are the PHP code which is used to display the post. In simple words it is used for executing a block of statements repeatedly under a particular condition is fulfilled.

CAN THE DEACTIVATED PLUGINS OF WORDPRESS SLOW DOWN THE WEBSITE ?

No, the deactivated plugins of WordPress won’t take any part in the website. So they won’t slow down the website.

DOES WORDPRESS USE COOKIES ?

Yes, WordPress use cookies to analyze the website functioning, for advertisement and to track the user activity.

FUNCTION TO GET WEBSITE URL IN WORDPRESS ?

The function through which we can get the website URL in WordPress is get_site_url();

HOW WE CAN ENABLE THE DEBUG MODE IN WORDPRESS ?

Simply we need to edit the wp-config file and there we need to change the WP_DEBUG constant value to true.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY WORDPRESS TAXONOMY ?

It is a way to organize groups of posts and custom post types. By default, WordPress comes with four taxonomies like- category, tag, link category and post format.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS TO RUN WORDPRESS ?

• PHP 7 or greater version
• The mod_rewrite Apache module
• HTTPS support
• MySQL 5.6 or higher version / MariaDB 10.0 or higher version.

WHAT ARE IMPORTERS IN WORDPRESS ?

Importers are the plugins that provide the functionality to import a bulk XML file with any number of records. We can able to import Posts, Page, Custom Posts and Users Data in an XML file.

WHAT IS A CHILD THEME ?

The extension of a parent theme is a child theme. If we make any type of changes inside the parent theme, then any update will undo the changes. But when we work on the child theme, the customizations are preserved on an update.

HOW CAN YOU DISABLE COMMENTS IN WORDPRESS ?

We can disable the comments in WordPress through the following steps:-

• Step 1:- Login to your WordPress admin panel.
• Step 2:- Then go to the Settings menu.
• Step 3:- Under Settings click on the Discussion.
• Step 4:- Uncheck the Allow people to post comments on new articles, checkbox
• Step 5:- Click on the Save changes button.

IS THERE ANY BETTER CMS THAN WORDPRESS ?

No doubt, WordPress is a good CMS, but yes there are other good CMS as well, like Drupal and Joomla.

IS BLOG MUST ON WORDPRESS ?

WordPress was originally a blogging software, where easily the user can manage the blog posts etc.However, the answer is no, that means it totally depends upon the user whether he/she wants the blog or not. But Blog posts is been the plus point for the SEO purpose.

IS IT POSSIBLE TO MAKE ANY OTHER PAGES TO THE FRONT PAGE IN WORDPRESS. IF YES, THEN HOW ?

• Step 1:- Go to WordPress admin panel.
• Step 2:- Select "A Static Page".
• Step 3:- Choose your page from "Front Page" section.
• Step 4:- Save it.

WILL WORDPRESS HAVE A RESPONSIVE DESIGN ?

The answer is simple, yes WordPress have a responsive design. As it is a fact that in today's world people are more confortable in viewing the website in mobile devices and due to this WordPress updates itself and it gives us the assurity to create the responsive designs.

IN WHAT WAYS YOU CAN USE THE WORDPRESS ?

We can use the WordPress in the following ways:-

• Blog
• CMS
• Gallery
• Portfolio
• Rating Website
• E-commerce
• Membership Site

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY WORDPRESS CIRCLE ?

To show post WordPress utilize the PHP code, and this code which we use is known as the WordPress circle.

NAME DEFAULT POST TYPES IN WORDPRESS ?

WordPress has 5 defualt post types and these are as follows:-

• Posts
• Pages
• Attachments
• Revisions
• Navigation Menu

DO, DEACTIVATED PLUGINS SLOW DOWN THE PROCESS OF A WORDPRESS SITE ?

No, the deactivated plugins don't slow down the process of a WordPress site. As the WordPress use to load only the active plugins and avoids the deactivated plugins.

IS WORDPRESS DYNAMIC OR STATIC ?

WordPress is dynamic. It is because nearly the whole thing in WordPress, counting Pages, is generated dynamically and for this it use the PHP language.

WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONAL TAGS IN WORDPRESS ?

Within a specific condition Conditional tags which are like pre-built functions, which use to display the content or perform any action.

• is_single(); - it will check for the single page
• home(); - it will check for the home page

WHAT IS LOCALIZATION ?

The process of translating a theme or plugin and internationalizing it is known as localization.

WHERE WE SHOULD KEEP THE STYLESHEET OF A THEME ?

By default WordPress consider style.css file as theme's main stylesheet and it should keep this file in theme's root folder.

PLUGIN OR THEME WHICH LOADS FASTER ?

Plugin use to load faster than theme, and it gives plugins some special priviliges over themes. As plugins are very shorter part than the theme.

IS IT POSSIBLE TO RUN MULTIPLE DOMAINS FROM A SINGLE WORDPRESS INSTALL ?

Yes, it is possible to run multiple domains from a single WordPress installation using domain mapping way.