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The Recipe for a Great Theme
Have you ever looked at a WordPress theme and thought, “Man, I wish I could do that!” Well, here’s a little secret: You totally can. Yes, you can make a theme, and you don’t need to be a theme expert...
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5 Common Theme Development Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Review is a key part of Theme Wrangling, so we spend a lot of time looking “under the hood” at themes. Here are some of most common theme development errors that come up in the review process, and some...
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Why Hard Working Classes Slack in WordPress
Nathan Ford wrote a great article about how you can use the attribute selector to define styles for a multitude of classes that share a common element. Initially I thought this was great (I actually...
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Language Packs in 3.7 and WordPress Themes
Make sure your theme is ready for language packs by following this essential guide from Otto: Language Packs 101 – … Read More →
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Customizing Jetpack’s Sharing module
One of my favorite feature in Jetpack is sharing, but if you are a theme designer/developer like me, it can be really frustrating trying to customize it. By adding a simple filter to functions.php or...
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What Developers Need to Know About Theme Design
Making a theme is really exciting. It’s a great way to practice your coding skills. It could be a good way to bring in some extra pocket change. Best yet, seeing someone use something you’ve built is...
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A Set of Theme User Experience Requirements
This year, we’ve focused heavily on improving people’s experience using themes on WordPress.com. We’ve dug into defining the most common and tricky issues for people using themes through research, user...
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What We Look for in Themes for WordPress.com
What kinds of themes do we look for when we add to our collection on WordPress.com? We get this question a lot, both from existing and potential theme shops. And while some of the specifics evolve over...
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Open source font pairings for your next theme
Pairing type can be hard, especially when you’re limited to using only free, open source fonts in your themes. What that means can be confusing, and there aren’t a ton of high quality sources for you...
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With WordPress 5.8 launching on July 20th, it seems like a great time to round up some resources to help theme authors prepare for the future. By now, you’ve probably heard about block themes and the...
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