This document discusses how to create a theme in WordPress from scratch. It explains that creating a theme allows one to learn fundamentals, hard code plugin functionality, and reduce code bloat. Key steps include including required files like style.css and index.php, following the template hierarchy, starting with basic templates and creating more specific ones, using the loop to display content, and including menus and functions.php. Code for an example theme is provided in a GitHub link.

1. Scratch Building
a Theme
In WordPress

2. Why create a theme?
● learn the fundamentals
● hard code plugin functionality
● reduce code bloat

3. How to create a theme
● Required files:
○ style.css
○ index.php

4. How to create a theme
● Template hierarchy is important.
● Start developing the most basic template
and create more specific templates as you
go.
● http://codex.wordpress.
org/Template_Hierarchy

5. How to create a theme
● The Loop is the <?php
if ( have_posts() ) :
basic code block
while ( have_posts() ) :
used to display your the_post();
content. endwhile;
● http://codex. else:
?>
wordpress.
<p>Sorry, no posts
org/The_Loop matched your criteria.</p>
<?php
endif;
?>

6. How to create a theme
● menus
● functions.php

7. Code
You can see my code in my github account.
https://github.com/BFTrick/creating-a-
wordpress-theme-from-scratch

8. End
That is the most basic intro for Wordpress that I
can come up with.
● http://codex.wordpress.
org/Theme_Development