WordPress Developer’s Toolbox
Web designers and developers are getting an increasing number of requests from clients for custom theme development, and a growing number of designers are also building their own themes to distribute for free or to sell as premium themes. With all of the WordPress development that is going on, there is a need for an organized collection of resources to educate, inspire and equip developers to improve the quality and efficiency of their work. This post provides all kinds of WordPress-related resources to do just that.
1. Helpful Resources
While there are all kinds of resources available for Web designers and developers, these are especially nice to have on hand when working with WP themes.
The WordPress Help Sheet
This is a nice resource to refer back to when you are developing themes. It’s a one-page collection of PHP snippets and code that will come in handy when designing with WP.
The Advanced WordPress Help Sheet
A slightly more advanced version of the help sheet.
Huge Compilation of WordPress Code
A helpful post that provides code snippets for a variety of common functions.
WordPress Template Tag Reference Guide
This is a handy guide to have nearby when you’re building a theme. It lists the various template tags used by the WP system.
Unraveling the Secrets of WordPress’ comments.php File
A good starting point for getting more familiar with how comments work in WP and what you can do with them as a designer.
48 Unique Ways to Use WordPress
Want some ideas on how you can use WP in your next project?
Theme Switcher Reloaded
For displaying demos of multiple themes on your website or blog.
2. WordPress Tutorials
One of the advantages of using WP is the amount of information that is readily available from others who are willing to share their techniques. For designers and developers, there are tutorials on just about any aspect of working with WP. Here are some that deserve to be highlighted.
2.1. Basics of Creating a Theme
Designing for WordPress
A series written by Chris Coyier of CSS-Tricks that includes videos and articles.
Developing a WordPress Theme
Helps you with coding each of the necessary WP files.
How to Create a WordPress Theme from Scratch
If you want to get started with your first theme from scratch, this is a good resource.
How to Create WordPress Themes from Scratch – Part 1
Another useful article for setting up the basics of a theme from scratch.
How to Create WordPress Themes from Scratch – Part 2
The second part gets into slicing and coding.
Dissection of a WordPress Theme – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
A detailed look at what makes up a WP theme and how to create your own.
So You Want to Create WordPress Themes Huh?
An excellent series of tutorials on just about every aspect of theme development.
From XHTML/CSS to WordPress
If you already have a site or template built, here is how to convert it to WP.
2.2. Multiple Hints, Tips, and Tricks
WordPress Theme Hacks
A must-bookmark post at Web Designer Wall that quickly shows the code needed for a variety of tricks when working with WP themes.
Mastering Your WordPress Theme Hacks and Techniques
Another exhaustive resource with tips on many different aspects of designing on WP.
The Most Desired WordPress Hacks: 11 Common Requests and Fixes
This post includes a variety of information, including tips on custom fields, creating menus, working with categories and authors and more.
2.3. Working with Categories
Removing Several Categories from the Loop in WordPress
There will be times when you want to take posts in a certain category out of the loop and show them someplace else. This tutorial shows you how.
Displaying WordPress Categories in a Horizontal Dropdown Menu
Shows you how to create drop-down navigation using CSS and JavaScript.
3.4. Navigation Menus in WordPress
Creating Two-Tiered Conditional Navigation in WordPress
Get an advanced navigation menu with the right WP coding and CSS.
Using Sliding Doors with WordPress Navigation
Use this popular navigation style in your WP themes.
2.4. WordPress as a CMS
How to Use WordPress as a Membership Directory
This tutorial covers one non-traditional use of WP that may be of interest in some of your projects.
Using a WordPress Page as Your Homepage
In some projects, you may want a static page to be set as the home page, rather than to display recent blog posts.
Build a Dynamic Design Portfolio with WordPress
Some specifics for creating an effective portfolio website powered by WP.
2.5. Working with Comments:
Hack Together a User Contributed Feed with WordPress Comments
Learn how websites in the TUTS family have their community links section set up.
Adding Form Validation to WordPress Comments Using jQuery
Learn how to validate comment form submissions without reloading the page.
How to Highlight Author Comments in WordPress
Setting the author comments to stand out from reader comments can make it easier for others to identify your responses to questions and comments.
How to Separate WordPress Comments and Trackbacks
You may want to give your comment area a cleaner look by keeping pingbacks and trackbacks out of the main comment area.
How to Add Gravatars to WordPress Themes
You can make your comment section more appealing by displaying gravatars for each commenter.
2.6. Working with Headers, Footers, and Sidebars:
Client Friendly WordPress Themes: Header.php
If you’re designing themes for clients, here are some things to consider.
Simple Random Header Image for Your Blog
Provides the code for a randomly rotating header image.
Creating a Widget-Ready Footer in WordPress
You can give your theme’s users more options by allowing for widgets in the footer.
Mashing Up Feeds Using Yahoo Pipes
Covers the steps of adding a list of links to your sidebar that consist of posts from various blogs; in this case, blogs from the same network.
How to Install DomTABs on WordPress
Improve your sidebar by giving visitors more to choose from, without taking up more space.
WordPress Sidebar Turned Apple-Flashy Using jQuery UI
Create a more attractive sidebar that will be noticed by visitors.
2.7. Web 2.0 Integration
Creating a Life-Stream and Social Media Hub
A look at the process of setting up a personal website that incorporates your social media accounts, such as Twitter, Digg, StumbleUpon and Flickr.
Create a YouTube Section with WordPress
Video is becoming a bigger part of blogs and websites, and this tutorial will help you create an attractive section for YouTube videos.
2.8. Styling
Styling Individual Posts Using the_ID
If you want to get creative, individual posts can be styled differently by using the post ID assigned by WP.
Multiple WordPress Page Layouts in One Single Template
Create a more flexible theme that changes the layout based on various factors.
2.9. WordPress SEO
WordPress SEO
Although SEO involves much more than how a website is built, development can have a big influence on rankings down the road.
Blocking Your WordPress Categories and Archives from Google
A simple step that can improve your website’s SEO.
WordPress and SEO
A good primer on developing search-friendly websites.
SEO for WordPress Tips
Another article that looks at SEO from the perspective of a WP designer or user.
2.10. Working with Feeds
Creating Posts that Only Appear in RSS
Send special subscriber-only content that won’t appear on your front page or archives.
Publishing External RSS Headlines to Your WordPress Site
A simple tutorial that will show you how to add RSS headlines to your website.
2.11. Working with Featured Posts
How to Create a Featured Post Carousel for WordPress
Displaying featured content on the front page is pretty common right now. This tutorial shows you how to set that up for yourself.
Create a Tabbed Featured Post Area in WordPress
Give your theme an attractive look and feature the appropriate content.
2.12. Working with Custom Fields
Using WordPress Custom Fields: Introduction
If you’re not familiar with using custom fields, this is a good place to start.
WordPress Custom Fields: Laying Text Over Your Lead Graphic
A great way to improve the look of your theme by taking advantage of custom fields.
2.13. Other Tutorials
13 Tags to Delete from Your Theme
Page load time can easily be an issue with more involved WP themes. You can help the cause by getting rid of unnecessary calls to the database.
How to Make a Random Post Button
A different functionality that may be right for one of your upcoming themes.
Customize Your 404 Page
You can improve the usability of your blog by customizing the 404 page that visitors may find from time to time.
Adding an Author Page to Your WordPress Blog
You’ve probably seen blogs that have a specific page for each author. Here’s a tutorial on setting that up.
How to Install WordPress Manually
Most hosting companies offer an easy WP installation. If yours doesn’t, this post can help.
Adding Thumbnails to Your Posts in WordPress
Thumbnails are popular, especially for magazine themes. Here’s an explanation of how they can be added.
How to Easily Make WordPress Archives that Rock
Provides some code and strategy for setting up effective archives.
3. Articles from the Official WordPress Codex
The official WordPress Codex provides a wealth of information for developers, as well as for WP users in general. This list is just a sample of some of the articles that are most relevant to developers.
Theme Development
This article will cover the basics of designing themes for WP, and it links to a number of additional resources on the subject.
The Loop
Get the details on the loop, one of the most essential elements of the theme system.
Creating an Archive Index
There are a lot of different options when working with archives in theme development. This article is a good starting point.
Customizing Your Sidebar
Sidebars provide developers with plenty of options for experimentation and tweaking.
Conditional Tags
To create versatile WP themes, understanding conditional tags is essential.
Stepping into Templates
The basics of how templates work in WP.
Template Hierarchy
Explains how templates work together in a theme.
Template Tags
WP relies on a variety of template tags throughout a theme.
Using Custom Fields
Custom fields open up a whole new world of opportunities for developers.
Search Engine Optimization for WordPress
This article contains some general SEO information, as well as some that is specific to WP themes.
4. Blank Themes
It’s possible to save yourself a considerable amount of time in development by starting with a blank theme. Blank themes are not intended to be used as they are, but rather as a starting point or framework to increase efficiency with the tasks that are common to the development of almost every WP theme.
Whiteboard
A free WP theme framework.
Starkers
A completely naked WP theme from Elliot Jay Stocks. (Note: some users are having problems with Starkers on WP 2.6. Improvements are hopefully soon to come.)
Naked
A starter theme with only very basic styling.
The Starter Theme Project
This is basically an empty template. It is not a theme that is intended to work out of the box.
5. WordPress Design Inspiration
Readers of Smashing Magazine are obviously familiar with excellent sources of design inspiration. The resources listed here will help you if you are specifically interested in seeing what others have been able to do on the WordPress (WP) platform.
We Love WP
The best gallery dedicated strictly to websites powered by WP. It is updated rather frequently and has a decent-sized archive.
The Gallery at WPCandy
A bit of a smaller gallery than We Love WP, but still worth checking out if you’re interested in seeing what others are able to do with WP.
Unmatched Style
This design gallery has a tag for WP-powered sites.
CSS Glance
A large (and continually updated) category for WP.
45 Beautiful and Creative WordPress Designs
A mini-gallery from design blog Six Revisions.
25 Outstanding WordPress Designs
Another mini-gallery from Six Revisions.
Creative Examples of WordPress Theme Modifications
An interesting blog post that shows sample theme designs compared to the themes that were their starting point.
60+ Unusual WP Blog Designs
Noupe put together a bunch of designs that stand out.
6. Icons for Your Themes:
Improve the look of your theme by using some icons that are available for free.
RSS: Best Design Practices and Icons
A collection of RSS-feed icons from Smashing Magazine.
110+ Free RSS Icons to Show Off Your RSS Feed
A nice collection that will give you some options when it comes to RSS.
Fresh, Free and Gorgeous RSS/Feed Icons
A previous collection from Smashing Magazine.
Cheers: A Free “Social” Icon Set
12 icons of glasses and social media from Smashing Magazine.
Feed Icons
If you’re looking for the standard RSS icon, get it here.
7. Places to Distribute Free Themes You Have Developed
Many theme developers choose to distribute their themes from their own websites or blogs because it draws more visitors and gives them control over the distribution. However, there are some other places where you can try to get your theme listed. Some will simply link back to your website, and others will offer visitors direct downloads from their own websites. In general, make sure that you’re familiar and comfortable with the directory or gallery before submitting your theme. Some have been known to distribute themes with sponsored or hidden links.
Official WordPress Theme Directory
There are around 300 themes included at the moment.
Weblog Tools Collection
This blog announces new themes and plug-ins to its 11,000+ subscribers.
8. Galleries of Free Themes that Accept Submissions from Designers:
9. Marketplaces to Sell Your Themes
Most developers of premium themes will sell them from their own websites or blogs or, if they have several for sale, set up websites specifically for marketing and selling them. However, there are also some marketplaces that will sell your theme for you, in exchange for a cut of the profit.
Theme Forest
A new and already popular marketplace for templates and themes, including those for WP.
Templamatic
A similar marketplace for themes and templates.
WPforSale
A marketplace for premium themes and plug-ins.
For more WP-related content at Smashing Magazine, see:
- 83 Beautiful WordPress Themes You (Probably) Haven’t Seen
- 100 Excellent Free WordPress Themes
- 30 Free High Quality WordPress Themes
- 45 Excellent Blog Designs (includes many that are powered by WP)
- When to Use Magazine-Style Themes for Blogs
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Benjamin Bixby
September 15th, 2008 2:06 pmAwesome. It’s about time somebody posted something like this!
Brandon
September 15th, 2008 2:12 pmVery nice collection – definitely bookmarking this one. I’ve done a good 6 custom themes in the last handful of months, and demand just seems to be getting bigger for it… WP grants a lot of power to freelancers out there who don’t write backend script… but it can get a little hairy if you’re new, so having a good index page to check for easy to find resources is awesome… especially since their codex can be a bit unwieldy for non-coders. MakeDesign,NotWar is one of the themes that I’ve developed from a core Woothemes template, but I definitely used more than a few of the links you’ve posted above to modify it to my liking. Thanks again!
Bogdan
September 15th, 2008 2:33 pmExcellent article!!!
Noura Yehia
September 15th, 2008 2:35 pmFantastic post! Loads of great resources covered.
Thanks for featuring 3 posts from Noupe :)
dragoshell
September 15th, 2008 2:37 pmomg..that’s huge :) thank you smashing magazine!
jazR
September 15th, 2008 2:45 pmAMAZING! thank you, I’m just about to start learning Word press and this is exactly what I needed, amazing post.
Michael Castilla
September 15th, 2008 2:56 pmThanks for all the linkbacks guys! Appreciate it a ton! Great post.
Tommy Day
September 15th, 2008 3:06 pmEPIC
ade
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Gene
September 15th, 2008 3:49 pmexcellent, thanks for this article!
cheers!
vladocar
September 15th, 2008 3:54 pmWow! Fantastic post!
Muhammad Siyab
September 15th, 2008 4:01 pmFantastic, and HUUUGE! Thanks for featuring PuttingBlogsFirst! :D
Jeff Livings
September 15th, 2008 4:12 pmwhat an amazing list. You weren’t kidding when you said toolbox and not just tips. I’ll have to read this over the next few weeks to take it all in and apply it to my own projects.
thanks for this
Andrei Gonzales
September 15th, 2008 4:25 pmThis is a stunning amount of content. Well done!
tAlpA
September 15th, 2008 4:48 pmOMG!!!! That’s awesome!!! THANK YOU :-)
Siliad
September 15th, 2008 5:15 pmthank you very much, this article is huge!
Herdy
September 15th, 2008 5:25 pmExcellent timing! I just set-up my first WP blog and was about to theme it. These articles will sure come in handy.
Thanks Smashing!
bob
September 15th, 2008 6:36 pmthank you, this source is useful!
Ben Jacob
September 15th, 2008 6:47 pmWooha… A long post.. Lots of resources..
Thank you smashers.. !
Matt
September 15th, 2008 6:55 pmThis is excellent! I’ve been waiting for something just like this! Thanks!
Thomas
September 15th, 2008 6:56 pmThanks, i really enjoyed the article. Eventhough it took ages to load. *stupid it megacable!*
Mark Penix
September 15th, 2008 7:08 pmWow, never once thought I’d have a featured link on smashingmagazine :)Thanks Steven!
Stu Andrews
September 15th, 2008 7:49 pmThis is a fantastic post. Comprehensive, and something I will keep bookmarked and marked and marked again :)
klk
September 15th, 2008 10:01 pmthis wud have been great last month when i was creating my first wptheme lol well better late than never i guess ;) thanx it will be helpful
omkar
September 15th, 2008 10:43 pmGreat! post as usual, Blank theme are good to start.
Mike B
September 15th, 2008 11:15 pmAmazing Dev Tools! One of the best posts on WordPress and WordPress resources. A smashing thanks!!
sarahjosaf
September 15th, 2008 11:41 pmwow . what a article? really it’s good.
dreig
September 15th, 2008 11:43 pmGreat post. Really.
celal
September 16th, 2008 12:17 amI’m looking forward to make my own wp theme. So this article is very very usefull and unique in the www :)
Thanks Steven thanks Smashing!
Fotomanijak
September 16th, 2008 12:51 amGreat article we all love and respect WP, as an idea maybe Drupal developers toolbox as a next topic?
Christian Dalsvaag
September 16th, 2008 1:10 amThis article is just amazing. Thank you for all the effort you put into it, will be posting this as a favorite, and I am sure this deed will not go unseen. Thanks a lot!
Dutraveller
September 16th, 2008 1:15 amHi!
Im in doubt: Joomla or WordPress? or other one? I want to develop websites to different markets(lawyers, etc..) but i searched in google and many people said that for blogs wordpress is the choosen, but for more complex sites or normal sites, joomla is better.
Ive tried Joomla(just for 2 hours) and it seems that the template system is not the best…(i think).
Can anyone help and tell me which is the best to develop sites(normal sites with a backend)?
crypta
September 16th, 2008 1:16 amjust amazing!!!!
Pelardo
September 16th, 2008 1:23 amit’s huge !!!!
thank you smashers… :)
Nathan Beck
September 16th, 2008 1:26 amI think it you took the time to work through all the above, you’d be an absolute WordPress menace!
scoa
September 16th, 2008 2:10 amthank you for the great post.
Jessel Sookha
September 16th, 2008 2:17 amthank you — over a million times — this is truly appreciated –
later days
Gee
September 16th, 2008 2:18 amExactly what i’ve been looking for – you couldn’t have had better timing!
Thanks SM!!
ShanghaiTechWriter
September 16th, 2008 2:22 amThis is an excellent post and a great resource for the WordPress community. Thanks a lot!
Thorvald
September 16th, 2008 2:33 amVery nice collection of helpful things!
MyW
September 16th, 2008 3:16 amYou at smashing, are reading in minds ! I just started to build my first wp theme saturday and you release this post. I was blocked, I think this will really help me ! Thanks !
mau
September 16th, 2008 3:53 amGreat post! I hope I have time to read all :-)
jbcarey
September 16th, 2008 3:54 amOnly one word applies to this post….
Epic
well done.
Amanda Fazani
September 16th, 2008 4:47 amWow, that is a truly amazing resource! It’s great to see all of these tutorials and help files gathered in one place.
Fatih Güner
September 16th, 2008 4:49 ambrilliant article, good work
beepoll
September 16th, 2008 4:54 amOh my god! This list is awesome, thanks!
Dave Miers
September 16th, 2008 5:01 amwow!!
John
September 16th, 2008 5:02 amBest Smashing Magazine post EVER!
Sevein
September 16th, 2008 5:07 amthanks!
Anthony Bruno
September 16th, 2008 5:24 amThis is awesome! Now lets get one for Drupal! There needs to be more Drupal on Smashing.
mabigreen
September 16th, 2008 5:38 ami do not say it’s the best post you’ve ever had. But i’ts one of them!
thanks a lot for this great and usefull post
Richard Tape
September 16th, 2008 7:29 amI very rarely comment on articles I find on the internet but found myself compelled to do so on this one. This is an absolutely outstanding resource for anyone that is considering using WordPress. Quite simply the single best post relating to WordPress I have seen (and I’ve seen an awful lot). Thank you very much indeed – many, many people will find this amazingly useful.
Matt J.
September 16th, 2008 7:47 amGreat resource! Although recycling some of those posts on icon collections (near the end) seems out of place.
Richarley Menescal
September 16th, 2008 7:53 amHuge and amazing post!
Fabryz
September 16th, 2008 7:58 amAmazing and useful article, thanks for sharing :D
Justin
September 16th, 2008 7:59 amThank you Smashing Magazine, this is my favorite online resource for designers, bar-none!
Benni
September 16th, 2008 8:22 amAwesome article! I will use this as a reference for development of my new theme. Thanks ;-)
Tom Karels
September 16th, 2008 8:44 amthats what i’m talking about! AWESOME Quality post.
Matt
September 16th, 2008 8:45 amThis post leaves me with one question: where to begin?!
Great content.
J.J.
September 16th, 2008 8:52 amAfter you’ve built your WP site and handed it over to your client to manage the content, you can use http://wpscreencasts.com to help train them.
Pedro Rogério
September 16th, 2008 9:16 amWowwwwwwww, very good post!!!
Laura
September 16th, 2008 10:01 amFor someone who spends hours combing through wordpress.org docs, this is gold. More of this please!
Lisa
September 16th, 2008 10:12 amAn awesome compendium!
Tom
September 16th, 2008 10:46 amwhat a list …
Abdullah Cetin CAVDAR
September 16th, 2008 10:57 amVery good post. Thanks…
Mark
September 16th, 2008 11:36 amThanks a lot for this very detailed article. I’ve just finished creating a new website using WordPress. I had to do quite a few hacks to make it perfect. This article will definitely help me for my next site.
Juan Carlos
September 16th, 2008 11:40 amExcelent site, go direcctly to my favorites
SoGy
September 16th, 2008 5:57 pmThank you for this incredible list! I’m just about to start a new project and this will certainly come in handy several times over.
Stew
October 27th, 2011 8:47 amJust do me a favor and keep writing such trenchant aalsnyes, OK?
HMERT
September 16th, 2008 6:09 pmnot only a toolbox this a an encyclopedia of the wordpress. thanks Steven.
AriefDJ™
September 16th, 2008 7:56 pm..great.. good job, Stev..
Amelia
September 16th, 2008 8:31 pmWOW! This is almost a blog within a blog!
This is a great article and I’ll be refering to it alot.
You went to a great deal of effort to compile and write this one. Amazing Job.
Thanks!
Harley
September 16th, 2008 8:40 pmHey nice List! Also awesome to see some articles written by me up there ;)
K.K.Shankar
September 16th, 2008 9:37 pmWow. Great..
Awaiting post from you. Everyone going to bookmark this.
Great article. Keep it up.
Thanks
Thomas
September 16th, 2008 10:26 pmHello,
for inspiration : CssLeak have now a section for WordPress http://www.cssleak.com/Category/Unique-Wordpress-Themes.html
Michiel
September 16th, 2008 11:16 pmGreat one, guys! Love it!
Beppone
September 17th, 2008 12:21 amAnother great and useful post :)
Thank’s smashing team!
Rob
September 17th, 2008 2:14 amexcelent stuff – thanks for this!
Dave Bowker
September 17th, 2008 2:20 amThis is by far the most awesome collection of wordpress information in one place I’ve ever seen. Bravo!
K-IntheHouse
September 17th, 2008 4:35 amWow.. THE most exhaustive list of resources for WordPress. You have covered every aspect of it and it’s going to be my reference for a long long time!
Alex
September 17th, 2008 8:11 amThis is a great post I use alot of these techniques when I designed ENUWS.com
Mehedi
September 17th, 2008 9:22 amNice! Wow!
Thanks.
Christina Hills
September 17th, 2008 10:08 amThis will come in handy when I teach my wordpress course to my students.
thanks for putting this together, I’m printing it out now
-Christina
“The Shopping Cart Queen”
Miladin
September 17th, 2008 11:12 amAbsolutely amazing! Thanks for the wonderful resources!
Jens Törnell
September 17th, 2008 11:29 amHi!
I have a website with hacks, plugins and themes. Here are some helpful functions to be included with WordPress themes:
http://www.web-templates.nu/category/wordpress-hacks/
Will
September 17th, 2008 11:42 amSmashing Magazine, you da boy!
Seriously awesome resource. Thank you!
Dashboards
September 17th, 2008 11:49 amWorking on a WordPress Dashboard plugin. With this plugin you can view your blog statistics using cool Dashboard Dials. The plugin details will be published soon at Dashboard Zone
Jeffro2pt0
September 17th, 2008 1:55 pmDefinitely one hell of a good resource. Smashing Magazine strikes again
TomSieron
September 17th, 2008 3:16 pmGreat stuff.
Any chances of you guys putting together same kind of thing for TextPattern, ExpressionEngine, MovableType, Drupal and alike? That’s be very handy.
Stuart Atkinson
September 18th, 2008 8:29 amDefinitely one of the best resource collections here! More of the same please :-)
Bill Stevens
September 18th, 2008 12:32 pmSteven – You’re a Freak!! Awesome, Awesome!!
Thanks,
Bill at The Spinning Donut
Lonnon Foster
September 18th, 2008 6:15 pmAnother excellent blank theme is Sandbox (Sandbox). It has clean, semantic markup, with liberal use of classes for great CSS design flexibility. I used it for the basis of my own blog (my own blog), and I’m quite pleased with how quickly I was able to extend it.
fr
September 19th, 2008 5:42 pmthank you for your wonderful site
there is just one thing and i don’t understand :
why do you put all the article in your RSS feed ?????
it makes my Google reader bug !
i suggest you just put the title, the begining of the article and one illustration in the rss
if i’m intersted in this subject i will click…
thank you
Eric Buckley
September 19th, 2008 9:15 pmWow!
I have been looking for a resource like this for awhile. This is one of the most impressive posts on WordPress customization, theme creation and WP Usage that I have ever see. Very impressive!
This one is getting bookmarked.
rohan sandeep
September 19th, 2008 9:52 pmA lot of things i always wanted but dint know where to look! answered!
Adam
September 21st, 2008 11:02 amI love Tycho (ISO50).
Justin
September 21st, 2008 1:55 pmHoly crap, what a post. For a WP hack like me, this is awesome. Thank you so much for putting this out ther.
Farid Abdulhadi
September 22nd, 2008 4:12 amWow! What a post!
A lot of useful information here. Really great job.
Thanks a lot!
Well done!
Brian
September 23rd, 2008 10:06 amThis is a great resource! Thanks for doing the leg work.
KChristoph
September 26th, 2008 10:32 pmDanke, für das mächtige Paket, viel zu mächtig für einen Autodidakten …
Johannes
October 1st, 2008 12:26 pmThanks so much!
Allowed
October 6th, 2008 9:57 pmI have been looking for a resource like this for awhile. This is one of the most impressive posts on WordPress customization,
OliMX
October 14th, 2008 10:33 pmHuge list of useful resource, just coming at right time. Thanks a ton. Just love article from smashingmagazine
davor
October 21st, 2008 5:23 amcool & useful stuff. thanx
cesarnoel
November 27th, 2008 5:11 amnice list. Very useful for us WordPress Developers
Kevin Althaus
December 16th, 2008 1:01 pmThank you for this, great resources!
navishkar
December 18th, 2008 9:12 amThanks a million for this priceless collection of wordpress material
Meshach
January 20th, 2009 8:43 pmAwesome! Just what I needed.
teentoplinks
March 25th, 2009 4:48 amTeentop links directory, link exchange, add url, add link
dains
April 27th, 2009 7:19 amI was thinking about making a guide to template tags, but never found the time. Then I found THIS PAGE. You’ve just sped up my development by a considerable amount. Thank you so VERY much for collecting all of this together for us!
David
Usability Testing
July 4th, 2009 4:48 pmI think that woothemes and the thesis theme are the two companies that are producing “usable” wordpress themes. Both companies have continued to evolve and push the envelop while offering more features to users. Thesis seems to be the best option for developers…would like to see more coverage of WP themes by smashingmagazine in 2009 (hint, hint).. :)
ripek
July 8th, 2009 5:13 amThanks so much!
Yasir Imran
July 18th, 2009 11:33 pmGreat article indeed
I will step into designing soon
Thanks
纹身
September 6th, 2009 10:50 pmthis page is very Important
thank you with wordpress plugins
PSD to XHTML
September 12th, 2009 11:13 pmExcellent article…
i would like to call this a bible to learn & improve on wp.
thanks for such a great info…
Added to Bookmark…
Regards
Synergy Informatics
PSD to XHTML
PHP Web Hosting
WordPress Hosting
Tarrebult
November 24th, 2009 1:07 amWPbud
January 14th, 2010 10:06 amExcellent, very useful
Thank you
sonnerie gratuite
March 2nd, 2010 11:08 pmThis looks absolutely perfect. All these tinny details are made with lot of background knowledge. I like it a lot. Keep on taking action!
J. Davis
August 2nd, 2010 6:27 amI want to create themes and sell on my website, where is everyone getting their images/clip art from? Everywhere I look, the licensing agreements say you’re not allowed to use the images as a part of something being resold.
WPClubs
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Justin Lewis
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Tas Wanita
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Kelly meath
March 1st, 2011 11:19 amI just recently created the “WordPress Developer Tools plugin”
The Developer Tools plugin for WordPress is the ultimate WordPress development tool. It creates an admin user interface for many of the code-enabled features in WordPress and commonly used web development libraries. The Developer Tools plugin can also generate template code for theme development. You can checkout a screen grab of the plugin here.
Features include:
* Load WordPress core libraries such as jQuery, Scriptaculous, Prototype, Thickbox and many many more
* Cufón JavaScript library for font replacement
* sIFR Flash / JavaScript library for font replacement
* SWF Object for embedding flash media on a webpage
* DD Belated PNG fix for IE6
* HTML5 shiv for Internet explorer
* Google Analytics
* Automatically open external links in a new window
* JavaScript required message
* Define the WordPress excerpt length
* Create WordPress menus with the Menu Manager
* Create sidebars
* Create custom taxonomies
* Create custom post types
* Enable feature image thumbnails
* Disable meta boxes on the page and post post-types
* Add image thumbnail size
* Change uploaded image re-sizing quality
* Disable WordPress core updates
* Disable WordPress plugin updates
* Disable TinyMCE auto formatting
* Hide admin menu items
* Hide the admin tool bar ( WP 3.1 )
* Disable dashboard widgets
* Custom login image
Other features include:
* Access to krumo( ) in theme files as an alternative to using var_dump( ) or print_r( ) when debugging php variables.
* Admin uid:1 (The WP setup admin user account ) specific features:
o Disable access to the Developer Tools plugin for all other admin user accounts
o Hide the default uid:1 admin user account from all other admins
o Database login, management and backup with sqlbuddy
* Multisite support
http://developertools.kjmeath.com/
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