17 Responses to “Anatomy of a WordPress Theme – exploring the files behind your theme”

1. bingorabbit
   March 25, 2009 at 10:09 pm | Reply

   I never knew about author.php and category-ID.php, really excellent screen cast. Thanks a lot
2. MMF
   March 27, 2009 at 4:19 pm | Reply

   really fantastic
   thanks a lot .
3. Magda
   April 29, 2009 at 5:23 am | Reply

   category-ID.php is a great nugget of info. Thanks.
4. Ben
   May 4, 2009 at 9:48 am | Reply

   Great stuff, nice and simple explanation of the theme files.

   Thanks
5. franzenjb
   May 9, 2009 at 11:26 am | Reply

   You say “go to theme and select editor”. I do not have that option. I have Edit CSS but none of these options or pages come up? I purchased the Edit CSS option / upgrade?
• Yoav
  May 9, 2009 at 3:57 pm | Reply

  If you’re hosting your blog with WordPress.com, you can’t edit your theme files, only your CSS.
6. huyzer
   September 28, 2009 at 7:13 am | Reply

   Coo’ beans. Thanks for taking the time to explain this.

   Take care.
7. faisalshahh
   October 10, 2009 at 3:03 pm | Reply

   nice, “Eassy to learn”
8. Simon
   November 23, 2009 at 4:49 pm | Reply

   Good stuff, I agree with Magda. Using the Cat ID could be cool…
9. Bento
   November 25, 2009 at 8:08 pm | Reply

   I never knew about the category-id.php. Now it will be more easy to me to make my websites more pretty.
10. kittemar
    January 8, 2010 at 8:13 pm | Reply

    I’m just starting “in this wonderland” so excuse my stupid questions. Could I delete files I don’t want to be shown in my blog? I have a hosting account with GD must I upload files there?
• Ryan Markel
  January 15, 2010 at 3:57 am | Reply

  You can remove those files, but if they are theme files, your best option is to either delete them using a control panel with your host (if available) or to delete them via FTP. If you still need additional help, please direct your question to the WordPress.org Support forum.
11. Arfah Husaifah
    February 6, 2010 at 7:15 pm | Reply

    Unbelievable. I became increasingly easy to understand the structure of wordpress theme after watching this video.
12. Deb
    March 26, 2010 at 6:46 pm | Reply

    Thanks for this information. It’s nice to be refreshed on things that you don’t use often enough. And, the author tidbit was great! Appreciate your tutorials!
13. lee
    April 8, 2010 at 2:36 pm | Reply

    Sorry for the silly question, but how do you get the “editor” to appearance in the “Appearance” section. I have WordPress 2.92. Is it supposed to be there by default or is it a plug-in?

    Many thanks,
    lee
• Ryan Markel
  April 12, 2010 at 8:20 pm | Reply

  The Editor option should be under Appearance in the Dashboard as long as you have sufficient user privileges to use that feature.
14. TKr
    August 4, 2010 at 9:32 pm | Reply

    Main Index is the highest in hierarchy. Excellent info. My favorite part is how you showed where the header, sidebar, and footer php script is located on each template.

    (get header) on top
    (get sidebar & footer) on bottom

    I put my php example in the post above, but they got erased.