Creating a WordPress Theme Tutorial

Have you ever wanted to learn how to create a WordPress Theme from scratch? Here’s an incredible primer via ThemeShaper that has gotten an incredible amount of attention because, well, it deserves it.

The first version was done by Ian Stewart and now the second edition has been released, with the last part covering the distribution of a WordPress Theme being completed recently.

It’s everything you need to get started and is fast becoming a staple for those that are first entering into the theming waters.

The entire Table of Contents is listed below and I suspect that you’ll be spending some time here:

1. WordPress Theme Tutorial Introduction
2. Developing Theme Sense
3. Theme Development Tools
4. Creating a Theme HTML Structure
5. Template and Directory Structure
6. Setting Up Your Theme Functions
7. Secure Your WordPress Theme
8. The Header Template
9. The Index Template
10. The Single Post, Post Attachment, & 404 Templates
11. The Comments Template
12. The Search Template & The Page Template
13. The Archive Template
14. The Sidebar Template & The Footer Template
15. Reset-Rebuild Theme CSS & Define Your Layouts
16. Custom Background & Custom Header
17. Distributing Your WordPress Theme

Thanks to Ian and the rest of the Theme Wrangler team that brought it together!