# I am a WordPress developer looking to learn Discourse development
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-am-a-wordpress-developer-looking-to-learn-discourse-development/120429
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [June 15, 2019, 5:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-am-a-wordpress-developer-looking-to-learn-discourse-development/120429 "2019-06-15T05:55:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@fzngagan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fzngagan)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2019, 5:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-am-a-wordpress-developer-looking-to-learn-discourse-development/120429/1 "2019-06-15T05:55:43Z")
I want to learn how the discourse code works and the APIs provided by discourse to develop custom features.
How should I or any new person proceed in this direction?
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2019, 6:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-am-a-wordpress-developer-looking-to-learn-discourse-development/120429/2 "2019-06-15T06:38:24Z")
I collected together a bunch of links a while back.
Take a look here: [How can I make my own Discourse plugins? - #2 by merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-make-my-own-discourse-plugins/90032/2) (it’s ever so slightly outdated but mostly still relevant)
Be prepared to be patient - it’s quite a steep learning curve but utterly worth it! Good luck!
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### Author:  [@fzngagan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fzngagan)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2019, 6:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-am-a-wordpress-developer-looking-to-learn-discourse-development/120429/3 "2019-06-15T06:40:23Z")
Thanks a lot man. I’ve already setup the software on my machine.
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### Author:  [@fzngagan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fzngagan)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2019, 6:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-am-a-wordpress-developer-looking-to-learn-discourse-development/120429/4 "2019-06-15T06:41:18Z")
Also, what is the scope for me if I want to take up development work for discourse in the future?
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2019, 6:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-am-a-wordpress-developer-looking-to-learn-discourse-development/120429/5 "2019-06-15T06:42:20Z")
That’s a discussion you need to have with the Discourse team. They are open to PRs, but of course you need to respect their goals, terms and their quality control :). I’d focus on plugins first 🙂
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2019, 12:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-am-a-wordpress-developer-looking-to-learn-discourse-development/120429/6 "2019-06-15T12:01:21Z")
Search “#howto theme” and '#howto plugin".
If you are looking for projects to get started, there are some things tagged #pr-welcome that you can do to submit PRs.
You can also take on work posted in #Marketplace.