WordPress Theme Development Series (1/96). Prefer one article? Read the complete WordPress theme development tutorial.
Short description
A WordPress theme controls how your site looks and how templates render content. This series covers classic and block themes, template hierarchy, Customizer, WooCommerce templates, security, performance, and wordpress.org submission.
Steps
- Learn theme structure and hierarchy first.
- Build classic templates, then explore block themes.
- Finish with a complete professional theme project.
Learning path
Theme basics + hierarchy → templates/loop
Menus/widgets/customizer → assets/hooks
Block themes/FSE → WooCommerce
Security/SEO/a11y → release