Mastering WordPress Theme Development

Learn to build WordPress themes step by step, from basic setup to advanced features.

What you’ll learn
Learn to create WordPress themes from scratch
Learn about the four types of WordPress themes
Customize your WordPress theme to the Woocommerce sales platform
Create language translations for your theme
Create plugin support that works with your theme
Create a hybrid theme that is a middle ground between a standard classic and a modern block WordPress theme
Learn to create modern block based WordPress Themes

Requirements
To start this course you need to have very good knowledge of HTML5, basic knowledge of CSS, PHP, Java Script

Description
This course is designed to take you from a complete beginner to an intermediate level in WordPress theme development. Throughout this journey, you’ll learn to create three distinct types of WordPress themes: a classic theme, a hybrid theme that combines traditional and modern approaches, and a cutting-edge Full Site Editing (FSE) theme that leverages the latest WordPress features. We’ll start by exploring what WordPress themes are, covering key terminology and theory that every developer needs to know. You’ll dive into the structure and layout of theme files and directories, understand the role of each file, and learn how to customize your theme using the WordPress Customizer. The course will also cover the creation of custom post types (CPTs), giving you the ability to manage specialized content. You’ll master handling the WordPress loop to control the display of posts, and learn how to ensure your themes are WooCommerce-ready, allowing seamless integration with e-commerce functionality. We’ll also explore how to ensure compatibility with popular plugins to extend your theme’s capabilities, and how to prepare your themes for translation into other languages. By the end of this course, you’ll have a solid foundation in WordPress theme development, equipped to create visually appealing, highly functional, and versatile themes that meet the highest standards.
Who this course is for
If you want to learn how to create WordPress themes from the source code yourself without the support of generators
If you want to know the detailed structure and construction of a WordPress theme
If you want to learn how to create themes from classic to modern block
If you want to deepen your knowledge of WordPress