WordPress Theme Development
A course by Ignacio Cruz Moreno , Web Developer

Learn to create a complete theme from scratch using the most well-known content manager on the web
WordPress themes are the visual foundation of any website and the best way to get started in WordPress development. In this online course, learn an original and practical approach to building a theme on WordPress from scratch, working step by step until you've created your own blog.
Your guide on this journey is Ignacio Cruz Moreno, a developer specialized in WordPress who also teaches the courses Creation of a Professional Website with WordPress and Introduction to PHP Web Development.
What will you learn in this online course?
29 lessons & 22 downloads
- 97% positive reviews (241)
- 9,503 students
- 29 lessons (3h 51m)
- 22 additional resources (1 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch · Turkish
- Level: Advanced
- Unlimited access forever
What is this course's project?
Create a website with two different types of content: a blog and a portfolio.

Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Anyone curious about developing WordPress themes.
Requirements and materials
You need intermediate-level knowledge of HTML and CSS to take this course, as well as a basic understanding of PHP.
All you need for materials is a computer.

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Ignacio Cruz Moreno
A course by Ignacio Cruz Moreno
Ignacio Cruz is a web developer specialized in WordPress. He works for WPMU DEV and develops plug-ins and themes for Edublogs.
He is very involved in the WordPress community, devoting part of his time to fixing bugs and proposing improvements, and is also a co-organizer of the WordPress Madrid Meetup.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Presentation
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Influences
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U2
First steps
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Installation and preparation of the project
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The WordPress database
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Debugging code
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U3
Introduction to the development of topics
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Planning based on the design
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Anatomy of a subject
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A simple and unhelpful theme: pure HTML
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U4
Development of topics
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Head and foot of the site
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Hooks in WordPress
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Basic theme support
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Internationalization
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Widgets
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Navigation menus
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The Loop or how to show the content
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Images in WordPress
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U5
Separate content in templates
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Header, footer and areas of Widgets
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Files, search, author and 404
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Identification and separation of content
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Single Post, pages and comments
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U6
Extending WordPress
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CSS classes of body and content
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Creation of the Portfolio: personalized posts, taxonomies and meta boxes
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Custom post and page templates
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Options for header, background and logo
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Styles in the WordPress block editor
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Styles in the WordPress II block editor
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JavaScript and WordPress
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U7
Themes Son and last retouches
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Son themes
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RTL support and Theme packaging
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FP
Final project
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Development of themes in WordPress
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Cours intéressant est facile à suivre. Le professeur est clair dans ses propos. exelent pour moi.
Me parece excelente su forma de explicar, aún estoy aprendiendo PHP, por lo que he tardado más con este proyecto, pero recomiendo mucho el curso para gente que entienda wordpress y quiera aprender más.
Voy por la mitad y me está encantando el curso!
Lo fácil que explica, el paso a paso y los ejemplos claros se agradecen mucho!
Bueno curso.
Me sirvió para refrescar un poco mi conocimiento sobre la programación en WordPress luego de tener mucho tiempo sin trabajar en este CMS.
il corso sembra valido ma il professore corre come un treno e capire in fondo tutto sembra impossibile.