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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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Steven Snell has been designing websites for several years. He actively maintains a few blogs of his own, including DesignM.ag, which regularly provides articles and resources for web designers.
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- 2September 15th, 2008 2:12 pm
Very 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!
- 3September 15th, 2008 2:33 pm
Excellent article!!!
- 4September 15th, 2008 2:35 pm
Fantastic post! Loads of great resources covered.
Thanks for featuring 3 posts from Noupe :) - 5September 15th, 2008 2:37 pm
omg..that’s huge :) thank you smashing magazine!
- 6September 15th, 2008 2:45 pm
AMAZING! thank you, I’m just about to start learning Word press and this is exactly what I needed, amazing post.
- 7September 15th, 2008 2:56 pm
Thanks for all the linkbacks guys! Appreciate it a ton! Great post.
- 8September 15th, 2008 3:06 pm
EPIC
- 9September 15th, 2008 3:09 pm
holly molly, this crazy shitttt, two thumb up!! very usefull.
- 10September 15th, 2008 3:49 pm
excellent, thanks for this article!
cheers!
- 11September 15th, 2008 3:54 pm
Wow! Fantastic post!
- 12September 15th, 2008 4:01 pm
Fantastic, and HUUUGE! Thanks for featuring PuttingBlogsFirst! :D
- 13September 15th, 2008 4:12 pm
what 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
- 14September 15th, 2008 4:25 pm
This is a stunning amount of content. Well done!
- 15September 15th, 2008 4:48 pm
OMG!!!! That’s awesome!!! THANK YOU :-)
- 16September 15th, 2008 5:15 pm
thank you very much, this article is huge!
- 17September 15th, 2008 5:25 pm
Excellent timing! I just set-up my first WP blog and was about to theme it. These articles will sure come in handy.
Thanks Smashing!
- 18September 15th, 2008 6:36 pm
thank you, this source is useful!
- 19September 15th, 2008 6:47 pm
Wooha… A long post.. Lots of resources..
Thank you smashers.. ! - 20September 15th, 2008 6:55 pm
This is excellent! I’ve been waiting for something just like this! Thanks!
- 21September 15th, 2008 6:56 pm
Thanks, i really enjoyed the article. Eventhough it took ages to load. *stupid it megacable!*
- 22September 15th, 2008 7:08 pm
Wow, never once thought I’d have a featured link on smashingmagazine :)Thanks Steven!
- 23September 15th, 2008 7:49 pm
This is a fantastic post. Comprehensive, and something I will keep bookmarked and marked and marked again :)
- 24September 15th, 2008 10:01 pm
this 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
- 25September 15th, 2008 10:43 pm
Great! post as usual, Blank theme are good to start.
- 26September 15th, 2008 11:15 pm
Amazing Dev Tools! One of the best posts on Wordpress and Wordpress resources. A smashing thanks!!
- 27September 15th, 2008 11:41 pm
wow . what a article? really it’s good.
- 28September 15th, 2008 11:43 pm
Great post. Really.
- 29September 16th, 2008 12:17 am
I’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! - 30September 16th, 2008 12:51 am
Great article we all love and respect WP, as an idea maybe Drupal developers toolbox as a next topic?
- 31September 16th, 2008 1:10 am
This 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!
- 32September 16th, 2008 1:15 am
Hi!
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)?
- 33September 16th, 2008 1:16 am
just amazing!!!!
- 34September 16th, 2008 1:23 am
it’s huge !!!!
thank you smashers… :)
- 35September 16th, 2008 1:26 am
I think it you took the time to work through all the above, you’d be an absolute Wordpress menace!
- 36September 16th, 2008 2:10 am
thank you for the great post.
- 37September 16th, 2008 2:17 am
thank you — over a million times — this is truly appreciated –
later days
- 38September 16th, 2008 2:18 am
Exactly what i’ve been looking for – you couldn’t have had better timing!
Thanks SM!!
- 39September 16th, 2008 2:22 am
This is an excellent post and a great resource for the WordPress community. Thanks a lot!
- 40September 16th, 2008 2:33 am
Very nice collection of helpful things!
- 41September 16th, 2008 3:16 am
You 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 !
- 42September 16th, 2008 3:53 am
Great post! I hope I have time to read all :-)
- 43September 16th, 2008 3:54 am
Only one word applies to this post….
Epic
well done.
- 44September 16th, 2008 4:47 am
Wow, that is a truly amazing resource! It’s great to see all of these tutorials and help files gathered in one place.
- 45September 16th, 2008 4:49 am
brilliant article, good work
- 46September 16th, 2008 4:54 am
Oh my god! This list is awesome, thanks!
- 47September 16th, 2008 5:01 am
wow!!
- 48September 16th, 2008 5:02 am
Best Smashing Magazine post EVER!
- 49September 16th, 2008 5:07 am
thanks!
- 50September 16th, 2008 5:24 am
This is awesome! Now lets get one for Drupal! There needs to be more Drupal on Smashing.
- 51September 16th, 2008 5:38 am
i 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
- 52September 16th, 2008 7:29 am
I 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.
- 53September 16th, 2008 7:47 am
Great resource! Although recycling some of those posts on icon collections (near the end) seems out of place.
- 54September 16th, 2008 7:53 am
Huge and amazing post!
- 55September 16th, 2008 7:58 am
Amazing and useful article, thanks for sharing :D
- 56September 16th, 2008 7:59 am
Thank you Smashing Magazine, this is my favorite online resource for designers, bar-none!
- 57September 16th, 2008 8:22 am
Awesome article! I will use this as a reference for development of my new theme. Thanks ;-)
- 58September 16th, 2008 8:44 am
thats what i’m talking about! AWESOME Quality post.
- 59September 16th, 2008 8:45 am
This post leaves me with one question: where to begin?!
Great content.
- 60September 16th, 2008 8:52 am
After 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.
- 61September 16th, 2008 9:16 am
Wowwwwwwww, very good post!!!
- 62September 16th, 2008 10:01 am
For someone who spends hours combing through wordpress.org docs, this is gold. More of this please!
- 63September 16th, 2008 10:12 am
An awesome compendium!
- 64September 16th, 2008 10:46 am
what a list …
- 65September 16th, 2008 10:57 am
Very good post. Thanks…
- 66September 16th, 2008 11:36 am
Thanks 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.
- 67September 16th, 2008 11:40 am
Excelent site, go direcctly to my favorites
- 68September 16th, 2008 5:57 pm
Thank you for this incredible list! I’m just about to start a new project and this will certainly come in handy several times over.
- 69September 16th, 2008 6:09 pm
not only a toolbox this a an encyclopedia of the wordpress. thanks Steven.
- 70September 16th, 2008 7:56 pm
..great.. good job, Stev..
- 71September 16th, 2008 8:31 pm
WOW! 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! - 72September 16th, 2008 8:40 pm
Hey nice List! Also awesome to see some articles written by me up there ;)
- 73September 16th, 2008 9:37 pm
Wow. Great..
Awaiting post from you. Everyone going to bookmark this.
Great article. Keep it up.Thanks
- 74September 16th, 2008 10:26 pm
Hello,
for inspiration : CssLeak have now a section for Wordpress http://www.cssleak.com/Category/Unique-Wordpress-Themes.html - 75September 16th, 2008 11:16 pm
Great one, guys! Love it!
- 76September 17th, 2008 12:21 am
Another great and useful post :)
Thank’s smashing team! - 77September 17th, 2008 2:14 am
excelent stuff – thanks for this!
- 78September 17th, 2008 2:20 am
This is by far the most awesome collection of wordpress information in one place I’ve ever seen. Bravo!
- 79September 17th, 2008 4:35 am
Wow.. 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!
- 80September 17th, 2008 8:11 am
This is a great post I use alot of these techniques when I designed ENUWS.com
- 81September 17th, 2008 9:22 am
Nice! Wow!
Thanks.
- 82September 17th, 2008 10:08 am
This 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” - 83September 17th, 2008 11:12 am
Absolutely amazing! Thanks for the wonderful resources!
- 84September 17th, 2008 11:29 am
Hi!
I have a website with hacks, plugins and themes. Here are some helpful functions to be included with Wordpress themes:
- 85September 17th, 2008 11:42 am
Smashing Magazine, you da boy!
Seriously awesome resource. Thank you!
- 86September 17th, 2008 11:49 am
Working 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
- 87September 17th, 2008 1:55 pm
Definitely one hell of a good resource. Smashing Magazine strikes again
- 88September 17th, 2008 3:16 pm
Great stuff.
Any chances of you guys putting together same kind of thing for TextPattern, ExpressionEngine, MovableType, Drupal and alike? That’s be very handy.
- 89September 18th, 2008 8:29 am
Definitely one of the best resource collections here! More of the same please :-)
- 90September 18th, 2008 12:32 pm
Steven – You’re a Freak!! Awesome, Awesome!!
Thanks,
Bill at The Spinning Donut - 91September 18th, 2008 6:15 pm
Another 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.
- 92September 19th, 2008 5:42 pm
thank 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
- 93September 19th, 2008 9:15 pm
Wow!
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. - 94September 19th, 2008 9:52 pm
A lot of things i always wanted but dint know where to look! answered!
- 95September 21st, 2008 11:02 am
I love Tycho (ISO50).
- 96September 21st, 2008 1:55 pm
Holy crap, what a post. For a WP hack like me, this is awesome. Thank you so much for putting this out ther.
- 97September 22nd, 2008 4:12 am
Wow! What a post!
A lot of useful information here. Really great job.
Thanks a lot!
Well done! - 98September 23rd, 2008 10:06 am
This is a great resource! Thanks for doing the leg work.
- 99September 26th, 2008 10:32 pm
Danke, für das mächtige Paket, viel zu mächtig für einen Autodidakten …
- 100October 1st, 2008 12:26 pm
Thanks so much!
- 101October 6th, 2008 9:57 pm
I have been looking for a resource like this for awhile. This is one of the most impressive posts on WordPress customization,
- 102October 14th, 2008 10:33 pm
Huge list of useful resource, just coming at right time. Thanks a ton. Just love article from smashingmagazine
- 103October 21st, 2008 5:23 am
cool & useful stuff. thanx
- 104November 27th, 2008 5:11 am
nice list. Very useful for us Wordpress Developers
- 105December 16th, 2008 1:01 pm
Thank you for this, great resources!
- 106December 18th, 2008 9:12 am
Thanks a million for this priceless collection of wordpress material
- 107January 20th, 2009 8:43 pm
Awesome! Just what I needed.
- 108March 25th, 2009 4:48 am
Teentop links directory, link exchange, add url, add link
- 109April 27th, 2009 7:19 am
I 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
- 110July 4th, 2009 4:48 pm
I 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).. :)
- 111July 8th, 2009 5:13 am
Thanks so much!
- 112July 18th, 2009 11:33 pm
Great article indeed
I will step into designing soon
Thanks - 113September 6th, 2009 10:50 pm
this page is very Important
thank you with wordpress plugins - 114September 12th, 2009 11:13 pm
Excellent article…
i would like to call this a bible to learn & improve on wp.
thanks for such a great info…
Added to Bookmark…
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Awesome. It’s about time somebody posted something like this!