This is a small set of slides that show the fundamentals of a creating a Wordpress theme.

1. Scratch Building
a Theme
In WordPress

2. Why create a theme?
● learn the fundamentals
● hard code plugin functionality
● reduce code bloat

3. How to create a theme
● Required files:
○ style.css
○ index.php

4. How to create a theme
● Template hierarchy is important.
● Start developing the most basic template
and create more specific templates as you
go.
● http://codex.wordpress.
org/Template_Hierarchy

5. How to create a theme
● The Loop is the <?php
if ( have_posts() ) :
basic code block
while ( have_posts() ) :
used to display your the_post();
content. endwhile;
● http://codex. else:
?>
wordpress.
<p>Sorry, no posts
org/The_Loop matched your criteria.</p>
<?php
endif;
?>

6. How to create a theme
● menus
● functions.php

7. Code
You can see my code in my github account.
https://github.com/BFTrick/creating-a-
wordpress-theme-from-scratch

8. End
That is the most basic intro for Wordpress that I
can come up with.
● http://codex.wordpress.
org/Theme_Development