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Master the Art of WordPress Theme Development

Written by WordPress developer and author Jeff Starr, WordPress Themes In Depth is an intermediate to advanced level book that dives deep into the vast ocean of WordPress theme development. The book begins with a strong focus on the fundamentals and then continues into customization, development, security, optimization, and front-end techniques.

Full color

Step-by-step guide

Searchable PDF format

Bundled themes & demos

Lots of copy/paste code samples

Helpful diagrams & tables

Concise & easy-to-read

12 chapters / 450 pages

300+ external resources

At-a-glance notes

Many tips & tricks

The book delivers a wealth of advanced techniques, including Theme Features, Theme Options, Theme Customizer, Custom Fields, Shortcodes, Widgets, Plugins, and much more.

Along the way, there are numerous theme-building tutorials, templates, checklists, and demo files to facilitate learning and help get things right the first time.

Master the art of building awesome WordPress themes

Go in-depth on the Theme Template and Template Hierarchy

Learn how to share and sell your own WordPress themes

Learn how to develop themes according to the WordPress API

Follow along with step-by-step theme-building tutorials

Learn how to build themes that are secure and well-optimized

Learn how to implement the Theme Customizer and Theme Options

Learn front-end techniques built with HTML5, CSS3, and jQuery

Learn about the Loop, Template Tags, Custom Functions, and Theme Features

Beautiful Full-Color Design

WordPress Themes In Depth is a beautifully designed book that contains over 450 finely crafted pages with clean layout and easy-to-read typography. Every page is meticulously designed in full color and 100% focused on WordPress theme development.

Bundled Themes and Demos

WordPress Themes In Depth includes five themes and over 20 demos. Themes include the DIY Theme, General Theme, shapeSpace, Tao of WP, and 2020, which you currently are viewing. The book provides step-by-step tutorials for building the Simplest Theme, DIY Theme, and General Theme, and features an in-depth walkthrough of the 2020 theme.