How to Create a Custom WordPress Theme - Full Course

[@jinks908]

It's unbelievable that this kind of content is available for free. We honestly have no excuse for not learning whatever it is we want. Thank you so much Andrew and thanks to the channel for providing such amazing material. Subscriber for life. 👍

[@sergiu2325]

This is exactly what I thought.

[@SHARAFx16]

agreed

[@FollowAndrew]

You're welcome! There truly is tens of thousands of dollars worth of knowledge/content packed into this video!

[@antoniofuller2331]

​@@FollowAndrew400 Billion

[@Jennifooclay]

Finally a real custom theme development tutorial, I think i've searched KZbin for one like this for almost 2-3 years and have not found one that didn't spend most of the time installing an existing theme, and other surface level stuff like only HTML and CSS. I had also spent 3 months in a bootcamp and they didn't cover anything to do with CMS and barely scratched PHP. Thank you for this!

[@ygjt76v0-----]

😀

[@Musfiq77]

Right

[@sanikumar-ql9zg]

Hii

[@nextrie]

This is the gold content we've all wanted for a long time. Thank you for this WordPress tutorial. So many channels talk about top-level WP stuff, but not about developing a custom theme from an HTML template.

[@FollowAndrew]

Thanks, developing WordPress themes definitely has quite a few quirks, but this should be a good guide on getting started!

[@WEBDEVIndo]

You are right nextTRIE. This channel very recommended

[@christianpuchner6520]

I am just starting to watch and already know that this is gold

[@marklsimonson]

This is exactly what I needed. I switched a personal site of mine to WP a few years ago for technical reasons, but was stumped on how to get the design I'd developed over many years adapted as a WP theme. I gave up and went with something serviceable but completely lacking in the look and feel I wanted. I'm nearly finished now with adapting my original site design to WP, thanks to your clear and concise explanations.

[@mattlarsen]

This was my first introduction to converting an HTML template into a working CMS and it was amazing. The pacing was perfect and each module was simple enough to follow along. With WordPress changes, I experienced a few small differences between my WordPress behavior and the tutorial, but these were easy to surmount and the code is still fresh and relevant.

[@kaioganso]

Best dev tutorial I've ever seen, I was a total wordpress theme noob comming in and I'm leaving very confident and with a very clear vision on how it all works. Thanks a lot, god bless.

[@fabestcoder]

Watch More- #FabestCoder

[@asthaneupane2514]

How would you create other pages, such as Gallery, About, History / Timelines?

[@JP-ps8fb]

The hook at 47:00 is not 'after_theme_setup', it's 'after_setup_theme' for anyone who had trouble getting the title tag to print.

[@adiljamshad215]

It really saddens me that Andrew did not mention this little mistake. He did change "after_theme_setup" to "after_setup_theme". But he did not mention in video.

[@charlie-george]

@@adiljamshad215 How did he get his working with the incorrect spelling?

[@adiljamshad215]

@@charlie-george of course, I couldn't make it work with incorrect hook. I searched on google about this issue and found similar issue on stackflow. Then I rectified the issue and it started working!

[@charlie-george]

@@adiljamshad215 Good work mate. That's the strength of us devs. We encounter problems like this, inevitably, but it's our ability to problem-solve that makes us most valuable.

[@travisantoniello]

Glad this is only a couple of comments down, cheers

[@sanathkumar6526]

Honestly, my fav channel on KZbin

[@japhethjay4880]

Amazing tutorial, I think like me most people might get confused somewhere, he doesn't say to copy the content of the css file into your stylesheet under the comments you create, or maybe I just didn't see that, I had to struggle with that until I just copied the content and it worked, hope this helps someone, thanks again for the tutorial though am watching 2 years later in 2023 hahaha.

[@zulfiqaralikhan3227]

Hello Sir, I completed your tutorial in three days with watching, pausing, practicing, and now I am very very familiar with the WordPress structure. Thank you for sharing your experience. I know how hard work you did in this long video. Thumbs up sir. Again thanks for giving back to the community... Love From Pakistan

[@Nartek01]

DONE! Ran the whole course from 3pm to 12:20am, I was slacking in school when we were going through CMS theme development, and then on the internship I was teached how to use ACF + Gutenberg Blocks and realize that I didn't even know what hooks were. This course was very helpful for me and will show it too my peers.

[@OZTutoh]

Completed this course in Nov 2024. It still works. 1:49:20 My only issues was that I could not get the Name, Email and Website fields to appear, even though they were turned on in my settings back-end. I suspect it might be a update WordPress made to security and bot-scraping-email-addresses prevention. Be patient and get to the end to see how regular pages are linked to your menu (around 2:10:18) . You'll probably figure out how to do it yourself halfway through.

[@OZTutoh]

35:10 Also, never forgot wp_footer() if you want to run Javascript in WordPress. Please.

[@YasminFilms]

A wonderful introduction to custom WordPress themes. Just as an FYI at around 47:00 he amends the 'title-tag' but doesn't mention he also changed 'after_theme_setup' to 'after_setup_theme' -- I spent far too long scratching my head over what I was doing wrong!

[@gamersview7791]

hello @YasminFilms want your help why my custom css file is not loaded. but adrew custom css file is loaded. i have done exactly what adrew did but still my custom css file is not loaded.

[@carlholms8502]

Thanks for pointing that out @YasminFilms :)

[@GeekBastion]

Here are some timestamps i made while following along with your video and thought other people might find them helpful 00:00:00 intro 00:04:30 Files structure 00:13:00 template hierarchy 00:14:50 adding theme info that displays in wordpress appearance section backend 00:18:30 migrating custom theme to wordpress 00:42:00 theme split 00:57:55 menus 01:15:20 favicon 01:20:00 add dynamic custom logo 01:25:20 add posts 01:34:00 metadata / tags / published date 01:39:20 comments 01:54:00 archive 02:10:10 Pages 02:12:00 Widgets 02:25:50 404 page and search

[@codingshiv1670]

Hey ! do you know how t setup the environment? u know any video regarding it ? pls help me

[@GeekBastion]

@@codingshiv1670 wdum

[@codingshiv1670]

@@GeekBastion I need a environment setup walkthrough video fo his project . pls help. at start he say there is another environment setup video by him I couldnt find. Im new to web dev . so pls help with env needed for the project he is explining

[@GeekBastion]

@@codingshiv1670 if you are new you probably should not start with this one until you know HTML, CSS, JS, some php, setting up local servers with wamp or xamp and know your way around wordpress interface

[@codingshiv1670]

@@GeekBastion I have knowlege in html css js php basics. help me setup environment for this project so that I can practice that as a part of my preparation for interviews.

[@andreranulfo-dev8607]

I don't have the words to thank you. You just helped a simple guy put food in his table with your tutorial.

[@jeremywallis3867]

Thanks for making the tutorial. I have just finished it. As usual with these things, where things didn't initially work or where I got lost in an explanation or section of code, it provided an opportunity to get Googling and hence develop a more in depth understanding. One thing I battled to understand was the overall layout of the page which, initially, I just assumed you had done with a grid layout. But later I realised you hadn't done that and had relied on the side bar using position: fixed to take it out of the usual page flow and then position: sticky for the page title area. Again, the confusion cleared after some Googling and my knowledge increased a bit! Thank you for taking the time to do this :-)

[@ds2556]

Out of the dozens of courses I've done for various web development related learning you by far are my favorite teacher!

[@MetalGinger]

This tutorial has been GREAT! Best resource I've come across on KZbin with creating custom themes. Thank you!

[@_._lis_._]

Awesome! Though this tutorial is not in-depth as the ones in boot-camps, I will highly recommend anyone who is going to go through a course/boot-camp. There are tons of info covered in a typical course hence it is very easy to be lost. Going through this tutorial first will help you to connect things. Approaching the course after this video makes it much understandable.

[@jakariahossain-q4x]

Thank GOD, Finally the greatest tutorial I found. Better than many paid courses. Short and clear.

[@StephanPetrequin]

Thanks for providing a great tutorial! I have a friend who wants a much needed update to their site. Being a .net & next.js developer with no experience with Wordpress wasn't sure how to proceed. Thanks to your tutorial I'm getting the hang of Wordpress and already making great progress in navigating the old theme, and updating it with a new theme.

[@PLUS-sj4sf]

This tutorial was one of the best tutorials I have ever had for wordpress!! Thanx a million. I would appreciate if you post a tutorial regarding customizing and editing the backend and dashboard section, thank you!!!

[@netti1294]

Very great content! Many thanks for that! Andrew explains details and functionalities which helped me understand WordPress. Anyone else having trouble with the custom logo at 1:17:43 ? This code worked for me (so it maybe helps someone else too) function config_custom_logo() { add_theme_support( 'custom-logo' ); } add_action( 'after_setup_theme' , 'config_custom_logo' );

[@andreranulfo-dev8607]

Me! Thanks a lot!

[@pakinem3991]

thaaaaanks a lot I spent the whole day trying to figure it out you are a life saver

[@riveto_ir]

this was amazing! I'm a js developer and I learnt it in no time with a little video on PHP!! Thanks for this awesome video 😍🔥✌🏻

[@watchryang]

For the menus, if you want the classes for the , you can add the full line into the Navigation Label field. So Blog Post will work. Just make sure to change the href and set the display value, and this will pull in the CSS.

[@auniquehandle]

tank, u're great

[@harshadnaik767]

Thanks

[@lexerquine3008]

absolutely a gem! no error whatsoever and everything worked perfectly following step by step. thank you so much for your work and great video.

[@muneebmukhthar4880]

This is the best WordPress tutorial I ever found!. Thanks, Andrew for making it.

[@tonbii]

Great tutorial. The best tutorial for Wordpress I have ever seen. Thank you, Andrew.

[@darkrayl3igh]

Around 1:10:00, you explained that we need a custom walker to add the class attribute to the anchor tag. However, soon after, you simply added the icon to the menu item by adding HTML to the title of the menu item in the WordPress interface. My question is, why can't we just add the entirety of the tag inside of the title of the menu item in the WordPress interface? Whatever we put in there will be put inside of the tags right? Isn't this good enough for a workaround?

[@arnab_d9]

This is a great short and crisp turorial. This content is gem for beginners. Thank you so much!!

[@Dylson]

Mate! Great beginner friendly tutorial on Wordpress! It's a great place to start and I learned quite a lot! Looking forward to adding this to the portfolio!

[@quirkymarshmallow9324]

Hey Andrew, Really nice video! I do not know of any other course that cover theme development in such details. I learned new useful stuff that I didn't know, even though I have worked with WordPress before. Thank you for putting that much effort into the video.

[@iotmadeez1192]

This is truly GOLD class tutorial! Thanks a tonne Andrew for making Wordpress Themes Creation so simple for novices like me.

[@FulfillingMinds]

Thanks!

[@mightydawnweb]

This tutorial was fantastic! A really great start to theme-building! I'm excited to start building mine as I follow along. Thank you for all the work you put into this! Subscribed!

[@snjosyula]

What a video, wonderful. 2.30 Mn Wordpress Crash course. In return i clicked all your ads :)

[@vegito8502]

Great introductory course. However would recommend focusing on the walker nav menu class to better support menus

[@Rewolbebol]

I just love how you explain everything in suck details, thank you !

[@biolbam]

This tutorial is so good. it took me 2 days to follow along and learnt many core points of wp that i really wanted to know. Thank you!

[@manishsrivastava4698]

This is on of the best tutorial , at least I know from now.... where to start.Thanks a lot Andrew.

[@Kaamz1926]

if you need an alternate way without using "echo" at 1:24:34 then this is for you: blank ' ' is for default value, you ay use 'description' as well

[@MarianoFrias]

Great tutorial! Very detailed and well explained! Round of aplause 👏👏

[@gilbertvasquez7913]

I've done some basic PHP training and have worked with Wordpress and themes. This was a great tutorial to see how PHP ties into the functionality of themes. Cool stuff.

[@miyushanrodrigo3708]

Thank you Andrew. This is a great tutorial for beginners who like to learn WordPress theme developments.♥♥

[@Sp33nDy]

Thank you for your video, it was very detailed and accessible. I'm using a translator to thank you for your video. Thank you so much, I had some issues with page output, but following your step-by-step instructions, everything worked out!

[@georgesngandeu9115]

This dude is a wordpress god, very very well explained!!!!! Thank you fcc!!!!!! I am definitely supporting this project

[@rongdong1914]

I learned too many things about web development from these tutorials. so many thanks

[@zerogkaos]

This is still gold! Thank you so very much mate!

[@patrickgeorgiev1350]

Great help for SEO on WordPress, I can understand how to customize stuff without any 3rd party plugins that create bloat, great work!

[@wutever0]

Quite a lot of effort you put there.. Thanks a lot Andrew! All the best

[@stefan_josch]

You are my hero. Great job! Best quality of video and content. Thank You!

[@LouiseJosephine]

There are 3 jobs in my home county (rural UK) and they're called "web developer" roles but when reading the description all three jobs say it involves creating Wordpress websites from static designs. I'm learning CSS/JavaScript, but seems like in my area Wordpress is still an important skill for paid work!

[@samruddhakalke469]

Your videos are the best man.. Second time used it for building website.. Cool..Thank you for making such videos

[@Mugge243]

Thank you so much for this course! I've disabled my adblock just to support you :D!!

[@vincentberlin1345]

Excellent! I had been looking for such a detailed tutorial about mutating HTML/CSS into a WP site for some time.

[@mujibilla1749]

Hey you inspired me. Because I was learning more then 2 day evan I couldn't understand. You did what I need. Thank you 😊

[@err5634]

Thanks so much. This was so helpful for a WP newbie. Well presented and not rushed, so easy to follow.

[@Brandamonium]

This is SOOOO helpful! Thank you. I learned a ton in a short amount of time.

[@jenearlyang7991]

Thank you Andrew Wilson for this great tutorial. The video divided into chapters and showing what it should look like has helped me tremendously!

[@MissBoom135]

Fantastic tutorial Andrew! Very informative and easy to follow along.

[@daon23]

For anyone having trouble with 47:00, the dynamic page title, don't wrap the add_theme_support() function within another function, it just works now apparently

[@daon23]

If I did the wrap it crashed the wp site

[@deeppatel1123]

for those whose CSS on the page is not loading, you need to copy the content from the style.css located in the template folder to the style.css file which you created and wrote the comment. also in functions.php if the enqueue code in the video doesn't work for you try this :

[@gatheroad]

legend

[@The_creepy_one1]

thanks dude

[@MiguelRodriguez-kv9ts]

If you are developing in xampp and have errors is better to use WP functions

[@SindyAnne]

Thank you for this tutorial! This is exactly how I learn and am able to wrap my head around thing once I am able to see it in action. :)

[@markohemmerich2135]

Danke!

[@Thaulopi]

Thanks a million for taking your time and giving me such a good tutorial. Thank you Sir!

[@mikolots]

Thank you for taking the time to explain things clearly.

[@hassanndamnjoya8632]

Just Amazing! The course is complete and I learnt a lot. Thanks so much

[@grahamabarnes]

I have been creating custom Wordpress themes for years, great video, could have done with this years ago as had to learn some of this stuff as and when needed.

[@kaycampbell364]

graham barnes could you mentor me

[@alephinnovations6008]

do you have a website or portfolio? I would really like to reach out as I have a few questions.

[@SurajPatel-tz5qq]

This is the golden vid for me i like it and i also like andrew 😁☺☺☺

[@yogibangalore6206]

super dooper smart teacher you are.. clearly explained..

[@motalofi]

This video got me my dream job. Thanks andrew!

[@chesterleespencer5808]

Thank you for helping the society with the best stuff...

[@nassimsleem7]

Hello, I have a little comment on this course, Andrew is very good, but also he do some changes and he cut it out from the video so we get confuse so please be careful next time for this issue because it is very important.!

[@calebb5490]

I dont know why, but i feel a subliminal calling to "follow Andrew." Good stuff!

[@thoufeequeahmed.j3659]

Hi sir most of the learners need a tutorial for this keywords " 🌍how to show user live location in our word-press website🌎 " in text format on the top navigation bar or anything places like alert window etc.." this tutorial its very helpful for us we are waiting for tutorial thank you .🤝

[@erichepperlewp]

Excellent tutorial! Love the step-by-step walkthrough

[@פבלויינשטיין-ו9מ]

Well that was probably all i needed to know to adjust stuff... Great video, thanks a lot!

[@raumze1t]

Very useful and competent thanks 🙏🏼

[@محدثهاحمدی-ق6ط]

THAT WAS AWSOME!!! thank you thousand times

[@khalidelgazzar]

Looks nice. On my watch list

[@khalidelgazzar]

Done. Watched.

[@irisschaumberger8737]

Maybe this has changed over the last 2 years, but the correct function code for the theme support is now [44:41]: function followandrew_theme_support (){ add_theme_support('title-tag'); } add_action('after_setup_theme','followandrew_theme_support'); (!) 'after_setup_theme instead' of' after_theme_setup'

[@alighieribosch]

He forgot to mention that. Completely his fault

[@ed8623]

thanks! i finished it and have a beautiful blog now

[@ygjt76v0-----]

Best channel on youtube

[@rayyanep]

just finished, thank you so much! im using localwp running nginx, php 8.2.23, wp 6.7.1

[@ayandas851]

Great Tutorial❤❤

[@dabest5561]

Bro this is one of the best channels

[@jimmylam3659]

Hi Andrew, great tutorial. I was wondering where I can find that reference video you mention at 3:56 for how to set up a local server to view PHP and how to pull WordPress required documents.

[@johnadringonsalves1322]

use local it alows you to host the site on your pc

[@niels8195]

I was wondering this too

[@julialoucks]

I'm using Local and it's fantastic, there are some youtube tutorials on how to get it set up on your computer that are easy to follow along.

[@donbedwell2322]

This is exactly what I needed! Thank you thank you thank you!

[@pvtptt]

Great tutorial ! Just want to point out you forgot to add a timestamp on the widget part, which what i was looking for

[@MohammadAldefrawy]

This is the most useful video in this topic ... thank you sir

[@andrewa8649]

Really good. I liked it. The only part I didn't like was the way he created the menu, it can be done better :)

[@FollowAndrew]

I agree. The menu was a bit hacked together as it had a lot of bootstrap specific markup, and I thought creating custom menu walkers was a bit out of the scope...

[@GenadyKorostyshevsky]

Thank you very much Andre. Of course, the video course covers almost all important material for creating theme! In 20 minute you make the copy past of html code. But, for audience public - here are no way for link of recourse for the copy past of the code html page into front-page. I'm trying rewrite the html code from the video , and I'm not sure if all code I have to rewrite from KZbin video. Regards Genady.

[@ErikUden]

This man is handing out careers for free

[@HemaKumari-v4j]

OMG you make a sach great video on website development 😀🤝🤝

[@tattarrrrattat]

Great tutorial Andrew - keep 'em comin!

[@mohamadhosienahmadi3788]

Hello, the training was excellent Please provide a template design tutorial that is compatible with Elementor

[@nimaneo3741]

thank you Andrew for making this useful video

[@davaici]

Thank you VERY MUCH for this AMAZING free content 🤩!

[@albertmctorre4789]

this was such a good tutorial. very helpful. i wish there was more!

[@yooujiin]

This is exactly what I was searching for! Ty! Ty!