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Programming Language for Wordpress

If I wanted to start building sites using Wordpress, what programming languages should I learn?
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But keep in mind that there's also a lot you can do in WordPress without needing to know any code. Really depends on how customized you want to make it.
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What about manipulating existing templates? Would that be PHP as well?
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Thanks for your help, guys!
I work for a web agency that does Wordpress websites. We use a (paid) theme that incorporates a visual builder tool, which means instead of using lots of Wordpress shortcodes (that look like [this]), one instead drags and drops components to build responsive content. Using appropriate plugins, there's a lot you can do without touching PHP. We find there's much more CSS work than PHP.

I do have experience programming in PHP though, and where clients have wanted unusual functionality built into their site PHP has been needed.