{"id":7995,"date":"2019-05-07T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/blog\/?p=7995"},"modified":"2024-01-23T14:34:53","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T19:34:53","slug":"do-you-need-to-know-html-for-wordpress-hosting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/blog\/do-you-need-to-know-html-for-wordpress-hosting\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Need To Know HTML For WordPress Hosting?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/know-html-wordpress.jpg\" alt=\"Do You Need to Know HTML for WordPress? | InMotion Hosting\" class=\"wp-image-8118 skip_lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/know-html-wordpress.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/know-html-wordpress-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/know-html-wordpress-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/know-html-wordpress-560x373.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;re often asked about the importance of HTML coding knowledge when it comes to managing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/wordpress-hosting\">WordPress Hosting<\/a>. Is all knowledge valuable? Or, can you scrape by completely without any coding skills?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learning coding has never been easier than in 2019. You can literally Google up whatever coding language you want to learn and a whole cornucopia of good things are delivered to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But working in the digital world is <em>not<\/em> all about coding. The field of knowledge work in the digital age spans a wide variety of skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not all of those skills are technical in nature or involve any coding:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>People skills<\/li><li>Marketing skills<\/li><li>Design skills<\/li><li>Business acumen<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You can go far with any the above, and <em>none<\/em> of those <em>require<\/em> coding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">No Coding Skills Needed for WordPress Hosting<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s true that WordPress works great in both regards. It depends on your goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to build custom themes and plugins for WordPress, then yes, you will need to know these languages:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>HTML<\/li><li>CSS<\/li><li>PHP<\/li><li>JavaScript<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;ll find these languages build upon and support each other, so once you get some momentum behind learning them you&#8217;ll take off fast and it&#8217;ll get easier as you go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But building custom themes and plugins is only one part of what you can do in WordPress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, if you want to launch a successful blog, <em>no coding skills are required at all<\/em>. You can use one of the thousands of themes that are already out there or have a designer build a custom one for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to having a blog, your focus must be on the quality of the writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Are your posts valuable, surprising, or interesting to the reader?<\/li><li>Have you researched the information you&#8217;ve provided?<\/li><li>If your blog is opinion-oriented, have you thought carefully about how your thoughts can be interpreted?<\/li><li>Are you formulating clear ideas and communicating them appropriately through your writing?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;ll find that performing tasks like these well will give you plenty to work on and provide you significant return on your investment. So leave the coding behind; there&#8217;s just no need to worry about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is Self-Coding Valuable?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We like WordPress because of the Do-It-Yourself nature of the platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can do virtually anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This means there will be plenty of tasks you can accomplish yourself with a bit of self-coding and save money without having to hire a developer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, adding a Google tracking code to your WordPress theme. 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