PHP & WordPress Developer Online Test

The PHP & WordPress Developer online test uses scenario-based MCQ questions to evaluate a candidate's ability to build responsive WordPress websites (blogs, e-commerce, static sites) and customize them by creating and installing custom themes, widgets and plugins. The code-tracing questions evaluate HTML/ CSS basics, JavaScript basics, PHP basics and understanding of the inner workings of WordPress for fixing and troubleshooting. The test has coding questions to evaluate hands-on programming knowledge.

Covered skills:

Installing WordPress on self-hosted servers
Converting Bootstrap templates to WordPress theme
Navigate around the WordPress core
Understanding of plugin and theme architecture
Customizing WordPress theme (plugins; widgets)
Managing updates and securing WordPress sites
Database queries to create tables
Optimizing WordPress sites for SEO
Basics of HTML/ CSS
Basics of JavaScript and PHP

Test Duration

45 mins

Difficulty Level

Moderate

Questions

3 HTML/CSS MCQs
5 WordPress MCQs
3 JavaScript MCQs
3 PHP MCQs
3 jQuery MCQs
1 PHP Coding Question

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The PHP & WordPress Developer Online Test helps recruiters and hiring managers identify qualified candidates from a pool of resumes, and helps in taking objective hiring decisions. It reduces the administrative overhead of interviewing too many candidates and saves time by filtering out unqualified candidates at the first step of the hiring process.

The test screens for the following skills that hiring managers look for in candidates:

Able to install and configure WordPress on self-hosted servers
Proficient in converting Bootstrap templates to WordPress themes
Skilled in navigating around the WordPress core
Deep understanding of plugin and theme architecture
Ability to customize WordPress themes using plugins and widgets
Competence in managing updates and securing WordPress sites
Proficient in database queries to create tables
Adept in optimizing WordPress sites for SEO
Thorough understanding of HTML and CSS basics
Familiarity with JavaScript and PHP basics

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🧐 Question
Medium Custom WordPress Shortcode Shortcodes Php Shortcode Usage Content Rendering	Solve
You're creating a custom WordPress shortcode that users can insert into their posts and pages to display a promotional banner. Your initial PHP code is as follows: A user inserts your shortcode into a post like this: However, when the user previews the post, the content inside the `[promo-banner]` shortcode isn't displayed. Instead, the user sees the shortcode itself. What change can you make to fix this issue? A: Replace `'promo-banner'` with `'[promo-banner]'` in the `add_shortcode` function. B: Replace `'promo-banner'` with `'[promo-banner]'` in the shortcode inserted into the post. C: Change the `promo_banner_shortcode` function to accept only one parameter. D: Use `do_shortcode` function to process the `$content` inside the `promo_banner_shortcode` function. E: Replace `$content` with `$atts['content']` in the `promo_banner_shortcode` function.
Medium Iteration in WordPress Plugin Asynchronous JavaScript Concurrency Async/await	Solve
You're developing a WordPress plugin where you need to fetch comments for a list of posts from a WordPress database using AJAX. The JavaScript code is as follows: The processComments function processes the comments for other operations and is working as expected. However, when running the code, you notice that the console logs for fetched comments don't appear in the order of the post IDs. Instead, the logs appear in a seemingly random order each time. What change can you make to ensure the comments are fetched and processed in the order of the post IDs? A: Use a traditional for loop instead of forEach. B: Use setTimeout to delay the execution of fetchComments. C: Use sort on postIDs before calling forEach. D: Change forEach to map and use Promise.all. E: Make processComments function asynchronous and await it in the forEach loop.
Medium Responsive load Optimization Performance Optimization Scripting	Solve
Here’s the code snippet of interest from a client's WordPress code: You are reviewing the client's code and have to make recommendations to improve speed of the WordPress site. Which of these are good recommendations? A: Cache the website to improve the site but need to move the responsive logic to CSS. The conditional logic might not be cached if the cache provider does not trigger the conditionals B: Cache the website to improve the site. No need to move the responsive logic to CSS C: jQuery is very commonly loaded on live sites multiple times due to poorly written plugins/themes. Ensure required JS files are enqueued only once and when they are needed D: CSS in <head> file will affect the speed of the site since the entire CSS file has to be loaded before rendering the site. It is advised to load only the CSS that is mandatory in the <head> and move the rest of the CSS to the later portions of the HTML
Medium Shortcode Development in WordPress Shortcodes WP_Query Loop	Solve
You're developing a WordPress plugin that provides a shortcode to display the latest posts. The shortcode is [latest-posts count="3"], where the "count" attribute determines the number of latest posts to display. Your initial PHP code is as follows: You test the shortcode on a page and find that the page content following the shortcode doesn't display. What change can you make to fix this issue? A: Use `return $query->have_posts();` instead of `$query->the_post();`. B: Use `wp_reset_query();` after the while loop. C: Use `the_content();` after the while loop. D: Use `wp_reset_postdata();` after the while loop. E: Use `return $output;` before the while loop.
Medium WP REST API REST API HTTP Requests JSON Response	Solve
You're developing a custom WordPress plugin to fetch and display a list of posts using the WordPress REST API. Your initial JavaScript code is as follows: This code works fine when the website URL is `http://localhost/wordpress`. However, when you move your website to a different domain (for example, `http://example.com`), the list of posts doesn't display. What change can you make to fix this issue? A: Replace `/wp-json/wp/v2/posts` with `http://example.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts`. B: Replace `/wp-json/wp/v2/posts` with `http://localhost/wordpress/wp-json/wp/v2/posts`. C: Use `wp_localize_script` to pass the website URL from PHP to JavaScript, and prepend it to `/wp-json/wp/v2/posts`. D: Use `admin_url('admin-ajax.php')` to replace `/wp-json/wp/v2/posts`. E: Use `site_url('/wp-json/wp/v2/posts')` to replace `/wp-json/wp/v2/posts`.
Easy Background Properties Css	Solve
Consider the following shorthand CSS example: background: #f7f7f7 url(jolie.jpg) no-repeat scroll 0px 0px; Which of the following show the individual background properties represented by the shorthand:
Easy Colorful sentences Html/css Color Styling	Solve
Our intern is writing a colorful blog post, and has written the following code. What colors will the sentences be? A: Sentence 1 will be gray, Sentence 2 will be pink. B: Both sentences will be gray. C: Sentence 1 will be pink, Sentence 2 will be gray. D: Both sentences will be pink. E: The code does not make sense; will throw an error.
Easy Links Css Syntax Css Stylesheet Application	Solve
In the following HTML, what will be the color of link with class "mark"
Medium Let's Hack CSS Property Html Css	Solve
Consider the following HTML and CSS: Which additional CSS rule(s) will render the following image? Choose ALL that apply. A: div{ flex-direction : column; align-items : center; } B: div{ flex-direction : row; align-items: center; } C: div{ flex-direction: column; justify-content: center; } D: div{ flex-direction: row; justify-content: center; }
Medium Async Await Promises Promises Async-Await Asynchronous Programming	Solve
What will the following code output? A: 24 after 5 seconds and after another 5 seconds, another 24 B: 24 followed by another 24 immediately C: 24 immediately and another 24 after 5 seconds D: After 5 seconds, 24 and 24 E: Undefined F: NaN G: None of these
Medium Bitcoin prices Axios Promises	Solve
Review the following JavaScript code and pick the correct options: Assume that the API returns a successful 200 response code and a JSON object as the response body. What would the value of ‘a’ be after the code is executed?
Medium My Module Scope Javascript Es6 Closure	Solve
What will the output of the following JavaScript code be?
Medium Promise Resolve Promises Async-Await Code Analysis Syntax Understanding	Solve
What does the following code output?
Easy Throw, Try, Async Promises Async-Await Async/await	Solve
What does the following JS code output?
Medium Dynamic Function Calls Arrays Strings Functions	Solve
Consider the following PHP pseudo code: The processArray function processes the $data array based on the transformation operations defined in the $operations array. The operations array dictates which transformation function to call for each sub-array key. What will be the output of the above code?
Hard Alter and Change OOPs	Solve
What does the following code output?
Hard Exceptions Exceptions Exception Handling Syntax	Solve
What does the following code output?
Easy PDO MySQL Database Connections Php Data Binding Pdo Usage	Solve
Consider the following table data and PHP code. What is the result?
Medium Session Management and Object Serialization Sessions Serialization	Solve
Consider the following PHP script: Assuming you run the script twice in a row without clearing the session data, what will be the output on the second run?
Easy Registration Queue Logic Queues Sorting By Custom Order	Solve
We want to register students for the next semester. All students have a receipt which shows the amount pending for the previous semester. A positive amount (or zero) represents that the student has paid extra fees, and a negative amount represents that they have pending fees to be paid. The students are in a queue for the registration. We want to arrange the students in a way such that the students who have a positive amount on the receipt get registered first as compared to the students who have a negative amount. We are given a queue in the form of an array containing the pending amount. For example, if the initial queue is [20, 70, -40, 30, -10], then the final queue will be [20, 70, 30, -40, -10]. Note that the sequence of students should not be changed while arranging them unless required to meet the condition. ⚠️⚠️⚠️ Note: - The first line of the input is the length of the array. The second line contains all the elements of the array. - The input is already parsed into an array of "strings" and passed to a function. You will need to convert string to integer/number type inside the function. - You need to "print" the final result (not return it) to pass the test cases. For the example discussed above, the input will be: 5 20 70 -40 30 -10 Your code needs to print the following to the standard output: 20 70 30 -40 -10
Easy Unique words with index	Solve
You are given a list of words. For each word that appears for the first time, you need to print that word along with the index of its first appearance in the list. Ignore all subsequent duplicates — only print each word the first time it appears, and print it in the order it originally occurred. For every unique word, print the word and the index (in a space-separated way) in a new line. Note: 1. The index should start from 0 2. The words are case-sensitive
Medium Visitors Count Strings Logic String Parsing Character Counting	Solve
A manager hires a staff member to keep a record of the number of men, women, and children visiting the museum daily. The staff will note W if any women visit, M for men, and C for children. You need to write code that takes the string that represents the visits and prints the count of men, woman and children. The sequencing should be in decreasing order. Example: Input: WWMMWWCCC Expected Output: 4W3C2M Explanation: ‘W’ has the highest count, then ‘C’, then ‘M’. ⚠️⚠️⚠️ Note: - The input is already parsed and passed to a function. - You need to "print" the final result (not return it) to pass the test cases. - If the input is- “MMW”, then the expected output is "2M1W" since there is no ‘C’. - If any of them have the same count, the output should follow this order - M, W, C.

	🧐 Question	🔧 Skill
	Medium Custom WordPress Shortcode Shortcodes Php Shortcode Usage Content Rendering	2 mins WordPress	Solve
You're creating a custom WordPress shortcode that users can insert into their posts and pages to display a promotional banner. Your initial PHP code is as follows: A user inserts your shortcode into a post like this: However, when the user previews the post, the content inside the `[promo-banner]` shortcode isn't displayed. Instead, the user sees the shortcode itself. What change can you make to fix this issue? A: Replace `'promo-banner'` with `'[promo-banner]'` in the `add_shortcode` function. B: Replace `'promo-banner'` with `'[promo-banner]'` in the shortcode inserted into the post. C: Change the `promo_banner_shortcode` function to accept only one parameter. D: Use `do_shortcode` function to process the `$content` inside the `promo_banner_shortcode` function. E: Replace `$content` with `$atts['content']` in the `promo_banner_shortcode` function.
	Medium Iteration in WordPress Plugin Asynchronous JavaScript Concurrency Async/await	3 mins WordPress	Solve
You're developing a WordPress plugin where you need to fetch comments for a list of posts from a WordPress database using AJAX. The JavaScript code is as follows: The processComments function processes the comments for other operations and is working as expected. However, when running the code, you notice that the console logs for fetched comments don't appear in the order of the post IDs. Instead, the logs appear in a seemingly random order each time. What change can you make to ensure the comments are fetched and processed in the order of the post IDs? A: Use a traditional for loop instead of forEach. B: Use setTimeout to delay the execution of fetchComments. C: Use sort on postIDs before calling forEach. D: Change forEach to map and use Promise.all. E: Make processComments function asynchronous and await it in the forEach loop.
	Medium Responsive load Optimization Performance Optimization Scripting	3 mins WordPress	Solve
Here’s the code snippet of interest from a client's WordPress code: You are reviewing the client's code and have to make recommendations to improve speed of the WordPress site. Which of these are good recommendations? A: Cache the website to improve the site but need to move the responsive logic to CSS. The conditional logic might not be cached if the cache provider does not trigger the conditionals B: Cache the website to improve the site. No need to move the responsive logic to CSS C: jQuery is very commonly loaded on live sites multiple times due to poorly written plugins/themes. Ensure required JS files are enqueued only once and when they are needed D: CSS in <head> file will affect the speed of the site since the entire CSS file has to be loaded before rendering the site. It is advised to load only the CSS that is mandatory in the <head> and move the rest of the CSS to the later portions of the HTML
	Medium Shortcode Development in WordPress Shortcodes WP_Query Loop	2 mins WordPress	Solve
You're developing a WordPress plugin that provides a shortcode to display the latest posts. The shortcode is [latest-posts count="3"], where the "count" attribute determines the number of latest posts to display. Your initial PHP code is as follows: You test the shortcode on a page and find that the page content following the shortcode doesn't display. What change can you make to fix this issue? A: Use `return $query->have_posts();` instead of `$query->the_post();`. B: Use `wp_reset_query();` after the while loop. C: Use `the_content();` after the while loop. D: Use `wp_reset_postdata();` after the while loop. E: Use `return $output;` before the while loop.
	Medium WP REST API REST API HTTP Requests JSON Response	2 mins WordPress	Solve
You're developing a custom WordPress plugin to fetch and display a list of posts using the WordPress REST API. Your initial JavaScript code is as follows: This code works fine when the website URL is `http://localhost/wordpress`. However, when you move your website to a different domain (for example, `http://example.com`), the list of posts doesn't display. What change can you make to fix this issue? A: Replace `/wp-json/wp/v2/posts` with `http://example.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts`. B: Replace `/wp-json/wp/v2/posts` with `http://localhost/wordpress/wp-json/wp/v2/posts`. C: Use `wp_localize_script` to pass the website URL from PHP to JavaScript, and prepend it to `/wp-json/wp/v2/posts`. D: Use `admin_url('admin-ajax.php')` to replace `/wp-json/wp/v2/posts`. E: Use `site_url('/wp-json/wp/v2/posts')` to replace `/wp-json/wp/v2/posts`.
	Easy Background Properties Css	2 mins HTML/CSS	Solve
Consider the following shorthand CSS example: background: #f7f7f7 url(jolie.jpg) no-repeat scroll 0px 0px; Which of the following show the individual background properties represented by the shorthand:
	Easy Colorful sentences Html/css Color Styling	2 mins HTML/CSS	Solve
Our intern is writing a colorful blog post, and has written the following code. What colors will the sentences be? A: Sentence 1 will be gray, Sentence 2 will be pink. B: Both sentences will be gray. C: Sentence 1 will be pink, Sentence 2 will be gray. D: Both sentences will be pink. E: The code does not make sense; will throw an error.
	Easy Links Css Syntax Css Stylesheet Application	2 mins HTML/CSS	Solve
In the following HTML, what will be the color of link with class "mark"
	Medium Let's Hack CSS Property Html Css	3 mins HTML/CSS	Solve
Consider the following HTML and CSS: Which additional CSS rule(s) will render the following image? Choose ALL that apply. A: div{ flex-direction : column; align-items : center; } B: div{ flex-direction : row; align-items: center; } C: div{ flex-direction: column; justify-content: center; } D: div{ flex-direction: row; justify-content: center; }
	Medium Async Await Promises Promises Async-Await Asynchronous Programming	2 mins JavaScript	Solve
What will the following code output? A: 24 after 5 seconds and after another 5 seconds, another 24 B: 24 followed by another 24 immediately C: 24 immediately and another 24 after 5 seconds D: After 5 seconds, 24 and 24 E: Undefined F: NaN G: None of these
	Medium Bitcoin prices Axios Promises	2 mins JavaScript	Solve
Review the following JavaScript code and pick the correct options: Assume that the API returns a successful 200 response code and a JSON object as the response body. What would the value of ‘a’ be after the code is executed?
	Medium My Module Scope Javascript Es6 Closure	2 mins JavaScript	Solve
What will the output of the following JavaScript code be?
	Medium Promise Resolve Promises Async-Await Code Analysis Syntax Understanding	2 mins JavaScript	Solve
What does the following code output?
	Easy Throw, Try, Async Promises Async-Await Async/await	2 mins JavaScript	Solve
What does the following JS code output?
	Medium Dynamic Function Calls Arrays Strings Functions	2 mins PHP	Solve
Consider the following PHP pseudo code: The processArray function processes the $data array based on the transformation operations defined in the $operations array. The operations array dictates which transformation function to call for each sub-array key. What will be the output of the above code?
	Hard Alter and Change OOPs	2 mins PHP	Solve
What does the following code output?
	Hard Exceptions Exceptions Exception Handling Syntax	2 mins PHP	Solve
What does the following code output?
	Easy PDO MySQL Database Connections Php Data Binding Pdo Usage	2 mins PHP	Solve
Consider the following table data and PHP code. What is the result?
	Medium Session Management and Object Serialization Sessions Serialization	2 mins PHP	Solve
Consider the following PHP script: Assuming you run the script twice in a row without clearing the session data, what will be the output on the second run?
	Easy Registration Queue Logic Queues Sorting By Custom Order	30 mins Coding	Solve
We want to register students for the next semester. All students have a receipt which shows the amount pending for the previous semester. A positive amount (or zero) represents that the student has paid extra fees, and a negative amount represents that they have pending fees to be paid. The students are in a queue for the registration. We want to arrange the students in a way such that the students who have a positive amount on the receipt get registered first as compared to the students who have a negative amount. We are given a queue in the form of an array containing the pending amount. For example, if the initial queue is [20, 70, -40, 30, -10], then the final queue will be [20, 70, 30, -40, -10]. Note that the sequence of students should not be changed while arranging them unless required to meet the condition. ⚠️⚠️⚠️ Note: - The first line of the input is the length of the array. The second line contains all the elements of the array. - The input is already parsed into an array of "strings" and passed to a function. You will need to convert string to integer/number type inside the function. - You need to "print" the final result (not return it) to pass the test cases. For the example discussed above, the input will be: 5 20 70 -40 30 -10 Your code needs to print the following to the standard output: 20 70 30 -40 -10
	Easy Unique words with index	2 mins Coding	Solve
You are given a list of words. For each word that appears for the first time, you need to print that word along with the index of its first appearance in the list. Ignore all subsequent duplicates — only print each word the first time it appears, and print it in the order it originally occurred. For every unique word, print the word and the index (in a space-separated way) in a new line. Note: 1. The index should start from 0 2. The words are case-sensitive
	Medium Visitors Count Strings Logic String Parsing Character Counting	30 mins Coding	Solve
A manager hires a staff member to keep a record of the number of men, women, and children visiting the museum daily. The staff will note W if any women visit, M for men, and C for children. You need to write code that takes the string that represents the visits and prints the count of men, woman and children. The sequencing should be in decreasing order. Example: Input: WWMMWWCCC Expected Output: 4W3C2M Explanation: ‘W’ has the highest count, then ‘C’, then ‘M’. ⚠️⚠️⚠️ Note: - The input is already parsed and passed to a function. - You need to "print" the final result (not return it) to pass the test cases. - If the input is- “MMW”, then the expected output is "2M1W" since there is no ‘C’. - If any of them have the same count, the output should follow this order - M, W, C.

	🧐 Question	🔧 Skill	💪 Difficulty	⌛ Time
	Custom WordPress Shortcode Shortcodes Php Shortcode Usage Content Rendering	WordPress	Medium	2 mins	Solve
You're creating a custom WordPress shortcode that users can insert into their posts and pages to display a promotional banner. Your initial PHP code is as follows: A user inserts your shortcode into a post like this: However, when the user previews the post, the content inside the `[promo-banner]` shortcode isn't displayed. Instead, the user sees the shortcode itself. What change can you make to fix this issue? A: Replace `'promo-banner'` with `'[promo-banner]'` in the `add_shortcode` function. B: Replace `'promo-banner'` with `'[promo-banner]'` in the shortcode inserted into the post. C: Change the `promo_banner_shortcode` function to accept only one parameter. D: Use `do_shortcode` function to process the `$content` inside the `promo_banner_shortcode` function. E: Replace `$content` with `$atts['content']` in the `promo_banner_shortcode` function.
	Iteration in WordPress Plugin Asynchronous JavaScript Concurrency Async/await	WordPress	Medium	3 mins	Solve
You're developing a WordPress plugin where you need to fetch comments for a list of posts from a WordPress database using AJAX. The JavaScript code is as follows: The processComments function processes the comments for other operations and is working as expected. However, when running the code, you notice that the console logs for fetched comments don't appear in the order of the post IDs. Instead, the logs appear in a seemingly random order each time. What change can you make to ensure the comments are fetched and processed in the order of the post IDs? A: Use a traditional for loop instead of forEach. B: Use setTimeout to delay the execution of fetchComments. C: Use sort on postIDs before calling forEach. D: Change forEach to map and use Promise.all. E: Make processComments function asynchronous and await it in the forEach loop.
	Responsive load Optimization Performance Optimization Scripting	WordPress	Medium	3 mins	Solve
Here’s the code snippet of interest from a client's WordPress code: You are reviewing the client's code and have to make recommendations to improve speed of the WordPress site. Which of these are good recommendations? A: Cache the website to improve the site but need to move the responsive logic to CSS. The conditional logic might not be cached if the cache provider does not trigger the conditionals B: Cache the website to improve the site. No need to move the responsive logic to CSS C: jQuery is very commonly loaded on live sites multiple times due to poorly written plugins/themes. Ensure required JS files are enqueued only once and when they are needed D: CSS in <head> file will affect the speed of the site since the entire CSS file has to be loaded before rendering the site. It is advised to load only the CSS that is mandatory in the <head> and move the rest of the CSS to the later portions of the HTML
	Shortcode Development in WordPress Shortcodes WP_Query Loop	WordPress	Medium	2 mins	Solve
You're developing a WordPress plugin that provides a shortcode to display the latest posts. The shortcode is [latest-posts count="3"], where the "count" attribute determines the number of latest posts to display. Your initial PHP code is as follows: You test the shortcode on a page and find that the page content following the shortcode doesn't display. What change can you make to fix this issue? A: Use `return $query->have_posts();` instead of `$query->the_post();`. B: Use `wp_reset_query();` after the while loop. C: Use `the_content();` after the while loop. D: Use `wp_reset_postdata();` after the while loop. E: Use `return $output;` before the while loop.
	WP REST API REST API HTTP Requests JSON Response	WordPress	Medium	2 mins	Solve
You're developing a custom WordPress plugin to fetch and display a list of posts using the WordPress REST API. Your initial JavaScript code is as follows: This code works fine when the website URL is `http://localhost/wordpress`. However, when you move your website to a different domain (for example, `http://example.com`), the list of posts doesn't display. What change can you make to fix this issue? A: Replace `/wp-json/wp/v2/posts` with `http://example.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts`. B: Replace `/wp-json/wp/v2/posts` with `http://localhost/wordpress/wp-json/wp/v2/posts`. C: Use `wp_localize_script` to pass the website URL from PHP to JavaScript, and prepend it to `/wp-json/wp/v2/posts`. D: Use `admin_url('admin-ajax.php')` to replace `/wp-json/wp/v2/posts`. E: Use `site_url('/wp-json/wp/v2/posts')` to replace `/wp-json/wp/v2/posts`.
	Background Properties Css	HTML/CSS	Easy	2 mins	Solve
Consider the following shorthand CSS example: background: #f7f7f7 url(jolie.jpg) no-repeat scroll 0px 0px; Which of the following show the individual background properties represented by the shorthand:
	Colorful sentences Html/css Color Styling	HTML/CSS	Easy	2 mins	Solve
Our intern is writing a colorful blog post, and has written the following code. What colors will the sentences be? A: Sentence 1 will be gray, Sentence 2 will be pink. B: Both sentences will be gray. C: Sentence 1 will be pink, Sentence 2 will be gray. D: Both sentences will be pink. E: The code does not make sense; will throw an error.
	Links Css Syntax Css Stylesheet Application	HTML/CSS	Easy	2 mins	Solve
In the following HTML, what will be the color of link with class "mark"
	Let's Hack CSS Property Html Css	HTML/CSS	Medium	3 mins	Solve
Consider the following HTML and CSS: Which additional CSS rule(s) will render the following image? Choose ALL that apply. A: div{ flex-direction : column; align-items : center; } B: div{ flex-direction : row; align-items: center; } C: div{ flex-direction: column; justify-content: center; } D: div{ flex-direction: row; justify-content: center; }
	Async Await Promises Promises Async-Await Asynchronous Programming	JavaScript	Medium	2 mins	Solve
What will the following code output? A: 24 after 5 seconds and after another 5 seconds, another 24 B: 24 followed by another 24 immediately C: 24 immediately and another 24 after 5 seconds D: After 5 seconds, 24 and 24 E: Undefined F: NaN G: None of these
	Bitcoin prices Axios Promises	JavaScript	Medium	2 mins	Solve
Review the following JavaScript code and pick the correct options: Assume that the API returns a successful 200 response code and a JSON object as the response body. What would the value of ‘a’ be after the code is executed?
	My Module Scope Javascript Es6 Closure	JavaScript	Medium	2 mins	Solve
What will the output of the following JavaScript code be?
	Promise Resolve Promises Async-Await Code Analysis Syntax Understanding	JavaScript	Medium	2 mins	Solve
What does the following code output?
	Throw, Try, Async Promises Async-Await Async/await	JavaScript	Easy	2 mins	Solve
What does the following JS code output?
	Dynamic Function Calls Arrays Strings Functions	PHP	Medium	2 mins	Solve
Consider the following PHP pseudo code: The processArray function processes the $data array based on the transformation operations defined in the $operations array. The operations array dictates which transformation function to call for each sub-array key. What will be the output of the above code?
	Alter and Change OOPs	PHP	Hard	2 mins	Solve
What does the following code output?
	Exceptions Exceptions Exception Handling Syntax	PHP	Hard	2 mins	Solve
What does the following code output?
	PDO MySQL Database Connections Php Data Binding Pdo Usage	PHP	Easy	2 mins	Solve
Consider the following table data and PHP code. What is the result?
	Session Management and Object Serialization Sessions Serialization	PHP	Medium	2 mins	Solve
Consider the following PHP script: Assuming you run the script twice in a row without clearing the session data, what will be the output on the second run?
	Registration Queue Logic Queues Sorting By Custom Order	Coding	Easy	30 mins	Solve
We want to register students for the next semester. All students have a receipt which shows the amount pending for the previous semester. A positive amount (or zero) represents that the student has paid extra fees, and a negative amount represents that they have pending fees to be paid. The students are in a queue for the registration. We want to arrange the students in a way such that the students who have a positive amount on the receipt get registered first as compared to the students who have a negative amount. We are given a queue in the form of an array containing the pending amount. For example, if the initial queue is [20, 70, -40, 30, -10], then the final queue will be [20, 70, 30, -40, -10]. Note that the sequence of students should not be changed while arranging them unless required to meet the condition. ⚠️⚠️⚠️ Note: - The first line of the input is the length of the array. The second line contains all the elements of the array. - The input is already parsed into an array of "strings" and passed to a function. You will need to convert string to integer/number type inside the function. - You need to "print" the final result (not return it) to pass the test cases. For the example discussed above, the input will be: 5 20 70 -40 30 -10 Your code needs to print the following to the standard output: 20 70 30 -40 -10
	Unique words with index	Coding	Easy	2 mins	Solve
You are given a list of words. For each word that appears for the first time, you need to print that word along with the index of its first appearance in the list. Ignore all subsequent duplicates — only print each word the first time it appears, and print it in the order it originally occurred. For every unique word, print the word and the index (in a space-separated way) in a new line. Note: 1. The index should start from 0 2. The words are case-sensitive
	Visitors Count Strings Logic String Parsing Character Counting	Coding	Medium	30 mins	Solve
A manager hires a staff member to keep a record of the number of men, women, and children visiting the museum daily. The staff will note W if any women visit, M for men, and C for children. You need to write code that takes the string that represents the visits and prints the count of men, woman and children. The sequencing should be in decreasing order. Example: Input: WWMMWWCCC Expected Output: 4W3C2M Explanation: ‘W’ has the highest count, then ‘C’, then ‘M’. ⚠️⚠️⚠️ Note: - The input is already parsed and passed to a function. - You need to "print" the final result (not return it) to pass the test cases. - If the input is- “MMW”, then the expected output is "2M1W" since there is no ‘C’. - If any of them have the same count, the output should follow this order - M, W, C.

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The PHP & WordPress Online Test makes use of scenario-based questions to test for on-the-job skills as opposed to theoretical knowledge, ensuring that candidates who do well on this screening test have the relavant skills. The questions are designed to covered following on-the-job aspects:

Installing and configuring WordPress on self-hosted servers
Converting Bootstrap templates to WordPress themes
Navigating around the WordPress core
Understanding plugin and theme architecture
Customizing WordPress themes using plugins and widgets
Managing updates and securing WordPress sites
Executing database queries to create tables in WordPress
Optimizing WordPress sites for SEO
Implementing basics of HTML and CSS
Implementing basics of JavaScript and PHP

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Installing WordPress on self-hosted servers: This skill involves the process of setting up and configuring a WordPress installation on a server. It includes tasks such as downloading the WordPress files, creating a database, and configuring the necessary settings. Measuring this skill in the test helps assess a candidate's ability to properly install and set up a WordPress site, which is an essential foundation for any WordPress developer.

Converting Bootstrap templates to WordPress theme: This skill revolves around taking a pre-designed website template built with Bootstrap and converting it into a fully functional WordPress theme. It involves understanding the structure of a WordPress theme, integrating the template's HTML and CSS into the theme files, and making the necessary adjustments to ensure proper functionality. Measuring this skill helps evaluate a candidate's ability to work with existing designs and convert them into WordPress themes.

Navigate around the WordPress core: This skill refers to a candidate's ability to navigate and work within the WordPress core files, including the main functions.php file, template files, and other essential files. It includes understanding the file structure, locating and editing specific sections of code, and leveraging WordPress functions and hooks. Testing this skill helps assess a candidate's familiarity and efficiency in working with the WordPress core.

Understanding of plugin and theme architecture: This skill involves comprehending the architecture and structure of plugins and themes in WordPress. It includes understanding how to create and organize files and directories, using specific naming conventions, implementing hooks and filters, and properly integrating with the WordPress system. Assessing this skill helps determine a candidate's knowledge and proficiency in developing plugins and themes that follow best practices and adhere to WordPress standards.

Customizing WordPress theme (plugins; widgets): Customizing a WordPress theme involves making modifications to the appearance, functionality, and behavior of a theme. This skill entails working with plugins, widgets, and code changes to achieve the desired customizations. Evaluating this skill in the test helps gauge a candidate's ability to implement customizations effectively, enhancing the visual appeal and user experience of a WordPress site.

Managing updates and securing WordPress sites: This skill focuses on a candidate's knowledge and expertise in managing updates and securing WordPress sites. It covers tasks such as keeping WordPress core, plugins, and themes up to date, implementing security measures, and ensuring the site's protection against vulnerabilities and attacks. Evaluating this skill helps assess a candidate's ability to maintain and safeguard WordPress sites, ensuring their stability, reliability, and security.

Database queries to create tables: This skill involves using database queries to create tables in WordPress. It includes understanding the structure and syntax of SQL queries, creating tables with the appropriate fields and data types, and properly integrating them into the WordPress database. Assessing this skill helps determine a candidate's ability to work with databases in WordPress, which is crucial for storing and retrieving data efficiently.

Optimizing WordPress sites for SEO: This skill revolves around optimizing WordPress sites for search engine optimization (SEO). It includes tasks such as configuring permalinks, optimizing meta tags, improving site speed and performance, and implementing other SEO best practices. Measuring this skill helps evaluate a candidate's ability to optimize WordPress sites for better visibility and ranking in search engine results.

Basics of HTML/CSS: This skill encompasses the basic understanding and proficiency in HTML and CSS, which are fundamental web development languages. It involves knowledge of HTML tags, attributes, and structure, as well as CSS selectors, properties, and styling techniques. Assessing this skill helps determine a candidate's foundation in front-end development, essential for creating and customizing WordPress themes and templates.

Basics of JavaScript and PHP: This skill focuses on the basic understanding and familiarity with JavaScript and PHP languages. It includes knowledge of JavaScript syntax, DOM manipulation, and basic scripting concepts, as well as familiarity with PHP syntax, variables, functions, and control structures. Testing this skill helps evaluate a candidate's ability to work with client-side and server-side scripting, which are crucial for building dynamic and interactive features in WordPress.

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The actual topics of the questions in the final test will depend on your job description and requirements. However, here's a list of topics you can expect the questions for PHP & WordPress Online Test to be based on.

WordPress installation

WordPress configuration

Bootstrap templates

Converting templates

WordPress core

Plugin architecture

Theme architecture

Customization

Updates management

WordPress security

Database queries

Table creation

SEO optimization

HTML basics

CSS basics

JavaScript basics

PHP basics

Installing plugins

Using themes

Widget customization

Backup and restore

WordPress hooks

WordPress actions

WordPress filters

WordPress shortcode

Debugging

PHP functions

JavaScript functions

Loops in PHP

Loops in JavaScript

Conditional statements in PHP

Conditional statements in JavaScript

Arrays in PHP

Arrays in JavaScript

Object-oriented programming

Error handling

Regular expressions

CDN usage

Front-end frameworks

Responsive design

WordPress REST API

PHP file handling

CSS preprocessors

JavaScript frameworks

WordPress Child themes

WordPress template hierarchy

WordPress custom post types

WordPress taxonomies

WordPress shortcodes

WordPress hooks and filters

WordPress AJAX

WordPress user roles

WordPress multisite

WordPress caching

WordPress security best practices

What roles can I use the PHP & WordPress Developer Online Test for?

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How is the PHP & WordPress Developer Online Test customized for senior candidates?

For intermediate/ experienced candidates, we customize the assessment questions to include advanced topics and increase the difficulty level of the questions. This might include adding questions on topics like

Creating and modifying PHP functions
Using PHP to interact with the WordPress database
Debugging and troubleshooting WordPress websites
Implementing AJAX and jQuery functionality in WordPress
Integrating third-party APIs with WordPress
Implementing custom post types and taxonomies
Developing WordPress plugins and widgets
Creating and customizing WordPress themes from scratch
Implementing responsive design in WordPress
Performing performance optimization for WordPress sites

The coding question for experienced candidates will be of a higher difficulty level to evaluate more hands-on experience.

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What is the PHP & WordPress Online Test?

The PHP & WordPress Online Test assesses a candidate's knowledge and skills in PHP, WordPress, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery. It is used by recruiters to evaluate potential hires for web development roles involving WordPress and PHP development.

Can I combine the PHP & WordPress test with JavaScript questions?

Yes, recruiters can request a custom test that combines PHP & WordPress with JavaScript questions. For more details, check out our JavaScript Online Test.

What topics are covered in the PHP & WordPress Online Test?

The test covers:

Installing WordPress on self-hosted servers
Converting Bootstrap templates to WordPress themes
Understanding plugin and theme architecture
Customizing WordPress themes and plugins
Basics of HTML/CSS, JavaScript, and PHP.

How to use the PHP & WordPress Online Test in my hiring process?

This test can be used as a pre-screening tool at the beginning of your recruitment process. You can include a link to the assessment in your job post or invite candidates directly by email. It's an effective way to identify skilled candidates early.

Can I test PHP & Laravel together in a test?

Yes, you can test PHP & Laravel together. This is recommended for roles requiring expertise in both. Check out our PHP & Laravel Test.

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