Plugins

Introduction Plugins are ways to extend and add to the functionality that already exists in WordPress. The core of WordPress is designed to be lean and lightweight, to maximize flexibility and minimize code bloat. Plugins then offer custom functions and features so that each user can tailor their site to […]

Templates

Templates are the files which control how your WordPress site will be displayed on the Web. These files draw information from your WordPress MySQL database and generate the HTML code which is sent to the web browser. Through its powerful Theme system, WordPress allows you to define as few or as many Templates as you like […]

CSS Coding Standards

CSS Coding Standards Like any coding standard, the purpose of the WordPress CSS Coding Standards is to create a baseline for collaboration and review within various aspects of the WordPress open source project and community, from core code to themes to plugins. Files within a project should appear as though […]

Know your sources

For Your Records As you design your Theme or style, you will be using HTML and CSS references. Here are a few resources you will become very familiar with over time. We recommend that you save or bookmark this page as a reference while you’re working on your WordPress Themes. HTML […]

WordPress and CSS

WordPress relies heavily on the presentation styles within CSS. With the use of Themes, you have an almost infinite choice of layout options. WordPress Themes make it easy to change your website look, and open up the field to help you create your own Theme and page layout. CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets. It […]