Whether or not you’re employed with WordPress full-time or simply as a passion, one factor’s for certain – you’re studying this as a result of WordPress means one thing to you.
Now, as a lot as WordPress is usually work for many people, I’m of the agency perception that it shouldn’t be nearly work. No, there’s positively some components of enjoyable you possibly can connect to this CMS. So I brainstormed the listing under of fifty issues to do with WordPress earlier than you die.
Some issues are enjoyable, some are work, some are lofty objectives to set your self, and different are simply good quaint good issues you are able to do for the WordPress neighborhood.
Sure, under you’ll discover your WordPress bucket listing. And never simply your bucket listing, mine too – I’ve marked those I’ve accomplished myself, although I nonetheless have a methods to go.
So scroll by way of, rely what number of you’ve achieved, and share your rating out of fifty within the feedback under.
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#1. Construct an internet site
OK, so possibly that is very freaking apparent, however hey, we gotta begin someplace can we not? WordPress is the preferred CMS on the planet, powering greater than 27% of internet sites on the web. If you happen to haven’t joined the membership, make the leap and do it now! (To Do / Finished)
#2. Begin a Weblog
No matter you do, you most likely are (or no less than must be) an knowledgeable in your space. And what higher approach than making a greater identify for your self that beginning a weblog the place you share your information? Not solely will you be sharing your experience, you might be possible to have the ability to higher market your self and your providers. (To Do / Finished)
#3. Put up Each Day for One 12 months to Your Weblog
So yeah, beginning a weblog is a good first step. But hundreds of blogs fall flat as a result of individuals merely don’t publish sufficient content material. If you need your weblog to develop, that you must publish common, informative content material. Commit your self to posting as soon as a day for a complete 12 months and you’ll set your self as much as continually give attention to producing content material. Not prepared for such a dedication? Begin straightforward – publish as soon as every week. However do commit your self and hold a daily schedule- come rain or shine. No excuses. Share your experience and finally it can grow to be one thing you’ll look ahead to doing. (To Do / Finished)
#4. Begin an On-line Store
There are a lot of the explanation why you’d wish to begin an internet site, however certainly some of the well-liked causes is to do enterprise on-line. Heck, ecommerce is the brand new financial system, so why not soar on the bandwagon and arrange your personal on-line store powered by WordPress? You’ve obtained loads of instruments that can assist you get began, with some of the well-liked being WooCommerce. Go on, promote one thing! Myself… I’m making an attempt to merge all my passions into one: drones, WordPress, running a blog, search engine marketing, safety… (To Do / Finished / Work in Progress)
#5. Make Your First $1000 On-line
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”
– Lao Tzu, Chinese language thinker
If you happen to’re trying to begin a web-based enterprise, that is your first and best milestone – your first step. Set $100 as your goal and when you’ve achieved that, multiply it by 10 it. Intention for $10,000. Then multiply it once more… and once more… you get the drift. (To Do / Finished)
#6. Construct a Web site That Will get a 1000 Guests a Month/Week/Day
Identical to making your first $1000 on-line, goal to create an internet site that grows in each income and site visitors. So set your self a SMART goal for this 12 months and work in the direction of it. (To Do / Finished)
#7. Setup a Portfolio Web site
Hey, we’re within the digital age, so identical to all the pieces in your life, your CV must be on-line. Arrange your personal website, utilizing your identify or the model that finest represents you and get your portfolio website up and operating. Be sure you make it a superb showcase of your skillset. (To Do / Finished)
#8. Create a Membership Web site
When you’ve created sufficient of a following and site visitors, it’s time to make some critical passive revenue. Absolutely the best approach to try this in the present day is to create a paid membership website that gives worth within the type of sharing / educating your personal experience. The premium content material ought to solely be accessed through a membership website. Setting this up is, after all, no straightforward process, but when you’re finished, the return you get on it ought to yield a very good passive revenue for fairly a very long time. (To Do / Finished)
#9. Construct an On-line Course
A really explicit sort of membership website, and one which has grow to be well-liked lately. Utilizing movies you possibly can create a web-based course, charging on a per consumer foundation. I’ve attended on-line programs myself the place I’ve paid greater than a $1000, so for those who’ve obtained nice worth to supply your guests, this might be your ticket to an superior revenue stream. (To Do / Finished)
#10. Construct a Group Web site
You wish to know the best option to construct a daily stream of nice site visitors to your web site? Construct a passionate and engaged on-line neighborhood. While it is probably not the following Fb, a neighborhood can simply be constructed off of a WordPress website utilizing bbPress, after which it’s as much as you to reap the advantages from that neighborhood. (To Do / Finished)
#11. Construct a 1000 Subscriber E-mail Listing
You might need learn someplace on-line that e mail is useless. Otherwise you may belong to the college of thought that e mail continues to be some of the profitable methods to transform guests to paying clients. I belong to the latter and imagine you need to too. Begin constructing your e mail listing in the present day. Once more, set a goal, begin with 10. Then a 100, then a 1000 and hold constructing. (Finished)
#12. Combine Your Bodily Retailer with Your WordPress Retailer
Your on-line presence must be an extension of your bodily presence. And there are many methods to combine, moreover organising a store. Something from taking appointments on-line through your website, to exhibiting a Google Map of your presence, ensure that your website is an extension of your brick and mortar store. (To Do / Finished)
#13. Turn into a WordPress Skilled
Utilizing and designing WordPress web sites is a pleasant option to make a residing. Turning into a WordPress knowledgeable, significantly for those who area of interest into one thing particular equivalent to safety, search engine marketing, plugins, themes, the REST API or no matter will get your juices flowing, there’s loads of WordPress niches you possibly can (and may) grow to be an knowledgeable in. You can also make a reputation for your self a lot sooner by changing into an authority in a particular area of interest. (To Do / Finished / Work in Progress)
#14. Present WordPress-Primarily based Companies
Driving on the success of WordPress is a good way of organising or constructing a enterprise. Whether or not you try this through coding, design, search engine marketing, safety, digital advertising and marketing, content material copywriting, or no matter else area of interest you wish to give attention to, you possibly can and may use your WordPress experience as a option to enhance confidence and improve enterprise coming your approach. (To Do / Finished)
#15. Rank a Non-Branded Key phrase #1 on Google
One of many final goals of your web site must be to drive site visitors (and enterprise) to your website. And certainly one of the best ways to drive site visitors to your website is by getting Google to like your website and rank it within the prime positions for key phrases associated to your enterprise. While that is in no way a straightforward process, particularly for prime quantity, excessive competitors key phrases, you need to actually give attention to doing this, particularly in your cash key phrases. (To Do / Finished)
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Contribute to the WordPress Group
While there are many methods to earn cash with WordPress, it’s in its essence an open-source neighborhood, which is supported by lots of of people with no direct remuneration associated to WordPress. The neighborhood is just in a position to transfer ahead if individuals truly give again to the WordPress challenge and the neighborhood round it.
Have you contributed but? What are you ready for!
#16. Take a look at a BETA Model of WordPress and Report a Bug
Numerous work goes into each launch of WordPress, whether or not it’s a serious or minor model. That implies that while a lot of the work is supposed to introduce new options and repair bugs, inevitably new bugs will creep in. But, while you set up a brand new model of WordPress, it’s principally bug-free. That is because of the lots of (if not hundreds of individuals) who set up BETA variations and ensure all the pieces is working high quality. As individuals set up BETA variations, bugs are found, reported, mounted and the launched model shall be higher total. Putting in a BETA model is useless straightforward, but it’s a very vital approach of contributing to the neighborhood. You don’t have to be a developer or a hard-core programmer. If you understand how to put in WordPress, you’re good to go. (To Do / Finished)
#17. Reply a Query on the WordPress Assist Boards
There are actually lots of of questions posted to the WordPress help boards each day. Maintaining with this quantity of posts requires lots of of hours of labor by volunteers who generously hand over their time. If you happen to’ve obtained some expertise with WordPress, serving to others out who’ve much less expertise than you is a legitimate approach of contributing to the WordPress neighborhood. (To Do / Finished)
#18. Assessment a WordPress Theme
If you happen to’ve been across the WordPress neighborhood, you’ll know that WordPress themes are a dime a dozen. With so many WordPress themes to go round, you’re going to have a troublesome time going by way of each one among them your self. Folks in the identical place as you could have the identical downside. So while testing a theme, why not write a overview about it? You’ll be giving again to the neighborhood and saving a while for the following individual taking a look at this particular them. (To Do / Finished)
#19. Develop a WordPress Theme
Let’s return on my final sentence. Sure, WordPress themes are a dime a dozen. However with the preferred themes equivalent to Divi and Avada being in such excessive demand, that they hold getting churned out continuous. So why not soar on the bandwagon and develop one your self? Three causes: one, you’ll be giving again to the neighborhood; two, you’ll be capable of get some site visitors from it; and three, construct an excellent one and it’ll simply grow to be a pleasant cash earner. (To Do / Finished / Work in Progress)
#20. Create a WordPress Plugin
If there’s something extra prolific than WordPress themes, it have to be WordPress plugins. On the time of scripting this publish, the WordPress plugin listing contained about 45,000 of them. Sure, you learn that proper. While making a theme requires a designer and a coder, a WordPress plugin requires a a lot decrease barrier to entry – the power to (barely) code in PHP (although, clearly, being a fairly good coder is a plus!). But generally we nonetheless really feel there’s a lack of alternative for particular features. Whenever you come throughout a plugin that you simply assume may work higher (full display menu anybody?), roll up your sleeves and repair it your self by writing your personal plugin. Keep in mind, plugins within the official WordPress listing are open supply, so that you’ve obtained an excellent place to begin! (To Do / Finished)
#21. Contribute a Line of Code to WordPress Core
So fairly a number of of you on the market are hardcore WordPress builders. Whereas most of you focus by yourself job or enterprise, it’s builders identical to you with related skillsets who’re which might be writing new code, fixing bugs, closing safety holes and in any other case contributing to the WordPress core. If you happen to’ve obtained the WordPress experience, why not contribute to the core WordPress code. (To Do / Finished)
#22. Contribute to WordPress Codex or Documentation
While there are many coders on the market, not all of us are fairly as gifted. But, there are nonetheless loads of methods to contribute to WordPress. One of many simpler methods to contribute to the neighborhood – one thing that may make an actual distinction – is contributing to the WordPress codex. While there may be loads of individuals lining as much as code, documentation is just not seen fairly as prestigiously, but it’s obligatory nonetheless. (To Do / Finished)
#23. Get Printed on a Main Weblog
When you’ve established expertise and information doing a lot of the above, it’s time to share your information. And what higher option to get your self printed than on an influential WordPress weblog. At WPMU DEV we’re at all times in search of gifted, educated (and enjoyable writers), so Managing Editor Raelene Morey can be completely happy to listen to from you (Ed – Get in contact for those who’ve obtained the chops to match the likes of David Attard, Rachel McCollin, Jenni McKinnon, Jon Penland and Daniel Pataki). If not on WPMU DEV, there are many influential and nice blogs on the market: WPTavern, CodeinWP, WPLift, WPNewsify and plenty of extra. (To Do / Finished)
#24. Go to a WordCamp
While spending most of your hours working with WordPress is an efficient factor and a very good option to grow to be a WordPress knowledgeable, interacting with individuals who do the identical factor goes to actually assist you to speed up the method. WordCamps are conferences that concentrate on all the pieces WordPress. Whereas a few of these get fairly giant (WordCamp US and WordCamp Europe, particularly) as a result of they’ve constructed a status over a number of years, many of those occasions are native, casual, community-organized occasions the place you get to share your successes and difficulties with like-minded individuals (who’ve most likely finished a bunch of issues on this listing, too!). (To Do / Finished)
#25. Converse at a WordCamp
When you’re in your option to changing into a WordPress knowledgeable, what higher option to seal your status as an knowledgeable than to really converse at a WordCamp? Begin at smaller WordPress Meetup or WordCamp occasion and work your option to presenting at bigger occasions. (To Do / Finished)
#26. Attend a Native WordPress Meetup in Your Space
Whereas WordCamps are usually large-scale occasions, WordPress meetups are a way more casual (and common, usually as soon as a month) approach of getting concerned together with your native WordPress neighborhood. (To Do / Finished)
#27. Be a part of an On-line WordPress Group
With WordPress being so prolific, there are many WordPress-based teams, websites, communities, boards, and what have you ever. There’s the WPMU DEV neighborhood for starters, the place your SuperHero standing climbs as you work together with different members. There’s the Superior WordPress Fb group, one of many largest (and most busy, although a bit technical) teams, the r/WordPress neighborhood on Reddit, and the WordPress help boards. Take your decide and be a part of within the enjoyable! And don’t overlook to get pleasant and useful. (To Do / Finished)
#28. Contribute to an On-line WordPress Group
Being useful is unquestionably one of the best ways to get your identify on the market, improve your affect, your site visitors and, after all, as a side-effect, your enterprise. Ensure that relatively than simply posting locally when you could have a query or downside, you additionally assist others out, too. (To Do / Finished)
#29. Write a(n) (E)Ebook On / About WordPress
Whether or not it’s a guide about WordPress or a guide on WordPress is totally your name, after all. Ebooks are the brand new books and are one other nice option to get your identify on the market. Pour as a lot worth into the guide and promote it proper and also you’ll see a improbable return in your funding. (To Do / Finished)
#30. Obtain GOD Mode at WPMU DEV (aka Code Norris)
If you happen to check out my status right here at WPMU DEV, you’ll see that I’m at Degree 3, Design Lord, Baby of Thor, which feels fairly fancy! Little did I do know earlier than I wrote this text that status ranges hold going as much as Degree 30 aka Code Norris. So for those who grasp round right here typically, you may wish to make it your mission to succeed in the Code Norris degree, identical to our Head of Assist Timothy Bowers, the one degree 30 individual I frequently converse to on-line and one among my newly shaped WordPress on-line buddies (see the following enjoyable factor to do with WordPress). Enjoyable Reality: Timothy was a WPMU DEV member earlier than he joined the help crew! Sure, true story. You may learn his story right here. (To Do / Finished)
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#31. Make a New On-line Pal
One of many nice issues about working with WordPress is what number of new individuals I’ve met. I’m fairly certain that I gained’t truly get to fulfill most of those individuals in individual, but I actually get pleasure from getting in contact with them from time to time. (To Do / Finished)
#32. Make a New Pal in Actual-Life
Whereas it’s going to be exhausting to fulfill in individual the entire individuals I’ve met on-line by way of WordPress, I do ensure that at any time when I can, I truly meet a number of of my WordPress buddies in real-life. Today, I must be assembly with Jean from WPMayor – we’re each from Malta (but we have now by no means come throughout one another) and I’m certain we’ve obtained loads of stuff to share! Discover the chance to fulfill any person new. Educate them one thing they don’t know and study from them, too. (To Do / Finished)
#33. Take a Selfie with WordPress Co-Founder Matt Mullenweg
He’s certainly one of many main influencers on this planet in the present day. While getting to listen to him converse is already an excellent studying expertise and an honor, you may wish to prime it off by getting a selfie taken with him, too. (To Do / Finished)
#34. Get a WordPress Tattoo
Or in my case simply get a tattoo! It’s one thing I’d love to do however have by no means had finished as a result of I haven’t but determined what I ought to get. On such issues I’m considerably undecided. While I’m at it possibly I ought to get a WordPress emblem tattoo? (To Do Perhaps / Finished)
#35. Attend a WordCamp in Each Main Metropolis
So this one is a little bit of twist on my want to journey to as many locations on this planet as humanly doable. While it’s unlikely {that a} WordCamp shall be held at Machu Pichu, Chicen Itza, Uluru or the Azure Window, you’ll get to go to Paris, London, New York, Mumbai, Sydney … (To Do / Finished)
#36. Smoke a Cigar with WordPress Influencer Chris Lema
While I’m under no circumstances encouraging your unhealthy habits, for those who haven’t smoked a pleasant cigar, your life is just not actually full. Chris Lema, WordPress evangelist / influencer might help you make the best selections each in the case of WordPress and cigars, so go on and have a smoke with Chris. (To Do / Finished)
#37. Give WPMU DEV CEO James Farmer a hug (Or a Beer, or Each!)
So sure, James might need been fairly the controversial man previously, however all that’s just about behind. Critically, he’s a pleasant man and enjoyable to talk to in individual. So why not simply get pleasure from a pleasant chilly beer with James? WPMU DEV is for certain an enormous firm, which has considerably benefitted the WordPress neighborhood, whether or not you prefer it or not. (To Do / Finished)
#38. Put on a WordPress T-Shirt Each Day for a 12 months
To begin with, be sure you have sufficient t-shirts to do that one – I don’t need you to scent funky! However for those who’ve constructed up sufficient attendances at WordCamps and conferences and decide up quite a lot of swag, chances are high you’re all set to verify this one off your listing. The actual problem is definitely sticking it out for all 12 months. If you happen to can doc your progress (or the disgust of your colleagues!) a lot the higher! (To Do / Finished)
#39. Embellish Your Workplace / Workspace with a WordPress Theme
If you happen to work for each an internet design and a inventive company, you will get actually fancy with this. Get inventive with the WordPress emblem, features, well-liked WordPress themes, plugins and corporations and go all-out together with your WordPress theme. It’s an excellent alternative for a publicity stunt and a technique you may even go viral. (To Do / Finished)
#40. Go Viral with a WordPress-based Put up
Talking of going viral, there’s an superior, superior feeling when one thing you publish about WordPress (or on WordPress, for that matter) goes viral. The feeling of awesomeness and rush of dopamine as you watch the real-time hits on Google Analytics climb up and up is one thing you certainly must expertise no less than as soon as in your lifetime. (To Do / Finished)
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#41. Setup a Web site That Hundreds in Much less Than 1 Second
OK, so for those who’ve been across the internet growth trade for a when you ought to know by now {that a} web site must load quick with a view to give your customer an excellent consumer expertise. Anyone can create an internet site, however fewer individuals can arrange an internet site that hundreds in lower than 3 seconds. If you happen to actually wish to be within the elite class, problem your self to create an internet site which hundreds in lower than 1 second. And for those who want hand getting your website peaking at tremendous velocity, then set up the Hummingbird efficiency and optimization plugin to get your website actually speedy. (To Do / Finished)
#42. Make a Web site So Safe It’s Totally Hacker Proof
As a safety geek, I’m of the opinion that given ample time and sources, any web site might be hacked. But, that’s no purpose why you need to simply sit again and watch for the unhealthy guys to knock in your door, aka your login web page. In truth, I get pleasure from making their life depressing. Anyone who stumbles onto one among my web site goes to have a fairly exhausting time moving into it! It’s best to do likewise, first with one, then with ALL of your web sites. (To Do / Finished – hopefully!)
#43. Clear a Hacked WordPress Web site
A couple of weeks again a good friend of mine obtained a message through his Google Search console that his web site “Is perhaps hacked.” I had by no means cleaned a hacked web site earlier than and it was fairly a devious hack to do away with. But, the tougher it was, the extra of a problem it was for me – and one which I fairly loved being a safety geek and all. I took it upon myself to ensure I actually cleaned it up. It took fairly a while, analysis and energy, but the sensation of satisfaction on the finish was a very good feeling. (To Do / Finished)
#44. Impress Your Shopper by Utilizing WP-CLI to Administer Their Web site (Whereas They Look On!)
We do take the WordPress Admin as a right, but there’s one other approach you possibly can administer your web site – WP-CLI. If you happen to’re a fan of the outdated black / white terminal, or simply wish to actually impress your (potential) shopper and appear like an actual WordPress professional, take the time to study WP-CLI in our information 10 Methods WP-CLI Can Velocity Up WordPress Growth. (To Do / Finished)
#45. Use WordPress to Run Arrange Your Life
There are sufficient WordPress plugins and features to permit to arrange and run most of your life, each on-line and offline. However for those who’re an actual WordPress nerd, you may wish to do that to trace your schedule, health, funds, all the pieces. There’s loads of methods to do that, and if not, get inventive! Take a look at our guides Monitoring Payments and Receipts with WordPress and The right way to Create Your Personal Exercise Diary With WordPress. (To Do / Finished)
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#46. Construct a Web site for a Non-Revenue
Fairly a number of of you studying this weblog are most likely already making a bunch of cash designing websites for a residing. But, some voluntary organizations on the market that don’t have the funding to have interaction internet builders may actually use your assist to get their voice heard. Give one thing again to the broader neighborhood by serving to a voluntary group arrange an internet site on the internet. (To Do / Finished)
#47. Construct a Web site for Any person for Free
While working with a non-profit is nice (and I’m hoping you gave them a particular fee!), a fair higher approach of serving to is so that you can construct their website with out charging something for it. It’s a good way to make use of your experience for the widespread good and construct up your portfolio. (To Do / Finished)
#48. Arrange a Fundraiser
Giving any person a voice is nice however what’s even higher is for those who can assist them elevate funds for his or her explicit trigger. Whereas this gained’t value you a lot to arrange, you’ll be doing a world of fine for the group you might be supporting. (To Do / Finished)
#49. Create a WordPress Web site That Creates a Constructive Affect
I’ve been impressed by MadeWithCode for this one. You may discover that most of the nice entrepreneurs on the market, as soon as they’ve made sufficient cash to final them a number of lifetimes a lot of them flip to philanthropy and making a constructive influence on this planet. When you won’t be a billionaire like Invoice Gates, why not begin making your influence on the world now? Create a WordPress website that’s there particularly to assist create a constructive influence on the neighborhood round you or at giant. (To Do / Finished)
#50. Be Good to Every Different
Loads of occasions on this world, it simply appears like we’re competing in just about all the pieces. Politics, race, international locations, enterprise, Fb likes and shares… It truly is a rat race. Whereas competitors could be a wholesome factor, a lot strife additionally comes out of it. Whether or not you do it with WordPress or not, within the WordPress neighborhood or not, through your WordPress web site or not, on-line or not, let’s simply be good to one another. OK? (To Do / Finished / Work in Progress)
Editor’s Be aware: This publish has been up to date for accuracy and relevancy. [Originally Published: Jan 2017 / Revised: March 2022]
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