WordPress theme development in a short version is explained as follows:
Every WordPress theme has its own folder, which you may find in the
wp-content/themes
folder of your WordPress installation.The bare minimum that every WordPress theme needs is an
index.php
file and astyle.css
file. Theindex.php
file determines the way the home page looks like, by the so-called WordPress loop. There are also other possibilities for the home page, which we'll see in a minute. Thestyle.css
file contains all styling or calls for other CSS files. It also contains the name and author of the theme.From the
index.php
file, lots of different PHP files can be called. Here are a couple of the most common ones, including their meaning: