Learn Theme Development

Read these tutorials to learn how to create custom WordPress themes. If you want to be a WordPress theme developer, you'll learn everything you need to know.
  1. Quick Tip: Adding a Simple Print Stylesheet to WordPress

    Quick Tip: Adding a Simple Print Stylesheet to WordPress

    Tutorial Beginner

    Adding a print stylesheet to your Wordpress site is a wise move. The environment will thank you for applying this article to your website. It's such a simple...

  2. Create a Settings Page For Your WordPress Theme

    Create a Settings Page For Your WordPress Theme

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Creating your own theme for WordPress is a great way to give your blog or other WordPress powered web site an original touch. But even the nicest looking...

  3. Do-It-Yourself WordPress Scheduling: Mastering WP-Cron

    Do-It-Yourself WordPress Scheduling: Mastering WP-Cron

    Tutorial Intermediate

    As one of the lesser-used WordPress features, WP-Cron often gets overlooked by developers. Its applications, however, are no laughing matter. From caching...

  4. Developing Your First WordPress Theme: Day 3 of 3

    Developing Your First WordPress Theme: Day 3 of 3

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Themes are a huge part of what makes WordPress as popular as it is, and in this three-part series we’ll take you through a step-by-step process that results...

  5. Developing Your First WordPress Theme: Day 2 of 3

    Developing Your First WordPress Theme: Day 2 of 3

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Themes are a huge part of what makes WordPress as popular as it is, and in this three-part series we'll take you through a step-by-step process that results...

  6. Developing Your First WordPress Theme: Day 1 of 3

    Developing Your First WordPress Theme: Day 1 of 3

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Themes are a huge part of what makes WordPress as popular as it is, and in this three-part series we'll take you through a step-by-step process that results...

  7. Innovative Uses of WordPress Post Types and Taxonomies

    Innovative Uses of WordPress Post Types and Taxonomies

    Tutorial Intermediate

    With the release of Wordpress 3.0, two great ways to better organize and display content were introduced: post types and taxonomies. These two advances...

  8. WordPress Shortcodes: The Right Way

    WordPress Shortcodes: The Right Way

    Tutorial Intermediate

    One of the primary reasons why WordPress is the most popular CMS platform available is the sheer level of customizability that it brings to the table. Today,...