Topics:

1. Prerequisites to learn wordpress

2. Wordpress Setup and installation

3. Exploring Wordpress Dashboard

4. Themes

5. Plugins

6. Creating a basic Website using existing themes and plugins

7. How to host WP website to LIVE

Theme Development:

1. Wordpress Built-in Theme library

2. Hooks( action and filter)

3. Wordpress Built-in Theme library

4. Theme Structure / Folder Structure

5. Widget and widget area creation

6. Sections in customizer for theme options

Plugin Development:

1. Widget Development

2. Plugin Basics

3. Shortcode plugin development

4. Dashboard menus creation

5. Custom Post creation

Ready to start developing WordPress themes? Youâ??re in the right place.

In this opening chapter, weâ??ll take a look at what WordPress themes are and how they work. Then, weâ??ll discuss the GPL, the software license used for WordPress and all of the themes in the WordPress theme directory.

Next, weâ??ll look at some of the tools youâ??ll need in your WordPress theme development toolkit and teach you how to setup a local development environment.

Weâ??ll finish up this chapter by looking at a few solid WordPress theme examples.