WordPress Theme Development From Scratch to Advanced, Build Custom WordPress Themes Using PHP, Template Hierarchy, Modern Tooling, pnpm & Monorepo Workflow.
Course Description
Want to truly understand how WordPress themes work behind the scenes instead of just installing ready-made themes? This course teaches you how to build a fully functional WordPress theme completely from scratch, step by step.
You will start with the fundamentals of WordPress theme structure, learning how core files like index.php, functions.php, and template files work together using the WordPress template hierarchy. From there, you’ll move into building real theme components, creating custom page templates, single post layouts, and reusable structures that mirror real-world development practices.
This course doesn’t just stop at traditional theme development. You’ll also learn modern WordPress theme workflows using tools that professional developers use today. We cover how to manage assets with pnpm, organize code using a monorepo structure, and work with @wordpress/scripts to streamline your development process. This helps you write cleaner code, scale projects more easily, and work in a way that aligns with modern development standards.
You’ll also learn how to properly enqueue styles and scripts, add custom functionality through functions.php, and turn static HTML designs into dynamic WordPress-powered pages.
By the end of this course, you won’t just know how to “use” themes; you’ll know how to build your own professional, scalable WordPress themes ready for client projects or advanced customization.
