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Prepare a WordPress Parent Theme
Theme developers must follow some rules for a WordPress parent theme to function properly. Luckily, WordPress makes it easy for theme developers to make parent themes by doing most of the hard work. [more…]
How to Create a MySQL Database for WordPress
In WordPress, your content (options, posts, comments, and so on) is stored in a MySQL database in your hosting account. One of the first steps in creating a WordPress site is to create this MySQL database [more…]
Upload WordPress Files to Your Host Server
To upload (transfer) WordPress files to your host server, you will need an FTP client. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) gives you the ability to transfer files from your computer to your web hosting account [more…]
WordPress List Pages Template Tag
The WordPress list pages template tag displays a list of the static pages, such as About Me or Contact, that you can create on your WordPress website. Displaying a link to the static pages with the [more…]
WordPress Categories Template Tag
WordPress lets you create categories and assign posts to a specific category (or multiple categories). Categoriesprovide an organized navigation system that helps you and your visitors find posts you’ve [more…]
WordPress Content Types (Query Posts Tag)
WordPress makes it possible to pull in specific types of content on your website through the query_posts(); template tag. You place this template tag before The Loop, and it lets you specify which content [more…]
12 Useful WordPress Template Tags
WordPress template tags give you more ways to control how content displays on your website. Here are twelve useful template tags and how to use them when you create a WordPress theme. [more…]
WordPress Post Archives Template Tag
The WordPress Post Archives template tag is a powerful way to display the blog post archives in a number of ways on your website. Using the <?php wp_get_archives [more…]
Display Content with WordPress Template Tags
When you create a WordPress theme, you use a combination of template tags to display certain types of content, such as blog posts, calendars, navigation menus, page content, archive links, and so on. Take [more…]
WordPress Release Cycles
A new version of WordPress is released about three times per year, despite the fact that the WordPress development community is made up of primarily volunteer developers who donate their time and talents [more…]
How to Run the WordPress Install Script
The final step in the WordPress installation procedure is to run its install script, install.php. Doing so connects the WordPress software you uploaded to the MySQL database. [more…]
How to Troubleshoot WordPress Installations
WordPress often installs easily, but if you encounter problems, there are things you can do to troubleshoot the installation. These common WordPress installation problems are some that you might run into [more…]
Use Template Tags for Post Formats
After adding post format support to your WordPress, you should provide some unique styling for each type of format. If not, your different post formats will look just like the rest of your blog posts, [more…]
Register New Widget Areas to Your WordPress Theme
Most WordPress themes are coded with widgetized sidebars, which means that you can use the widgets within WordPress to populate your sidebar area with content, navigation menus, and lists. Here's how to [more…]
Add Widget Areas to Your WordPress Template Files
Most of the content you want to add into your sidebar can be accomplished with WordPress widgets. Generally you don't need to mess around with the code in the [more…]
WordPress Custom Post Types and Custom Taxonomies
Custom post types and custom taxonomies have expanded the content management system (CMS) capabilities of WordPress and are likely to be a big part of plugin and theme features as more developers become [more…]
Create Named Templates in WordPress
The basic WordPress template files that make up a standard WordPress theme are: index.php, header.php, footer.php, sidebar.php, and style.css. The WordPress theme engine is flexible and gives you several [more…]
Create and Use WordPress Template Parts
A WordPress template part is very similar to the Header, Footer, and Sidebar templates except you can branch out and create any number of template parts to call into your WordPress theme to provide specific [more…]
Content-Specific Standard WordPress Templates
Four content-specific WordPress template types are available: author, category, page, and tag. Most WordPress template files span a wide scope of site views specific to the view, not the content. For example [more…]
WordPress Page Templates
WordPress Page templates allow you to create a standalone template (just like page.php or single.php) inside a WordPress theme that the user can selectively use on any specific page she chooses. Although [more…]
Add Support for Custom Navigation Menus
The WordPress menu-building feature is a great tool WordPress offers to theme developers. A navigation menu is a built-in theme feature that offers a listing of links displayed on your site. These links [more…]
Create a Custom Post Type in Your WordPress Theme
In order to create and use custom post types on your WordPress website, you need to be sure that your WordPress theme contains the correct code and functions. In the following steps, you create a very [more…]
Example of WordPress Custom Post Types
After you complete the steps to create a basic custom post type to your WordPress website, it’s added to the left navigation menu in the Dashboard, as shown. In this example, the custom post type is called [more…]
Build a Template for a Custom Post Type in WordPress
By default, custom post types utilize the single.php template in your theme — unless you create a specific template for your custom post type. You may find the regular WordPress [more…]
Post Formats in WordPress
Including post formats in your WordPress theme allows you to designate a different content display and styling for certain types of designated posts. Unlike custom post types, you can’t create different [more…]
