What you’ll learn
- How to create a WordPress theme from scratch
- How to use the WordPress system to your advantage to create amazing advanced functionality
- How to earn money through selling your custom themes
- How to take control of WordPress as a content management system with custom posts types and taxonomies
- How you should secure your WordPress theme to give peace of mind to your user
Who this book is for
Pro WordPress Theme Development is for web designers and developers who want to start creating their own themes and get the most out of them. This book is for web professionals who are familiar with PHP and WordPress, and have used both before, but want to go from editing themes to creating their own custom themes. Pro WordPress Theme Development is perfect for developers who want to create themes from scratch with advanced features, capitalize on the large WordPress community, and monetize their new found skills.
Table of Contents
- Getting Started
- Theme Anatomy and Template Hierarchy
- Content Options and The Loop
- Using Custom Post Types
- Creating Custom Taxonomies and Fields
- Customize with Hooks and Short Codes
- Theme Options
- Users, Roles, and Permissions
- Plugins - When The Time is Right
- Security and Performance
- Distributing Your WordPress Theme
- Extending your WordPress Theme
- Plugin Development
- WordPress Multisite