Anatomy of a WordPress Theme – exploring the files behind your theme
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March 16, 2009
This video, by Tom Johnson of I’d Rather Be Writing explains the different files that make up the template of your WordPress blog. Templates discussed include index.php, single.php, category.php, tag.php, search.php, author.php, and more.
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March 25, 2009 at 10:09 pm |
I never knew about author.php and category-ID.php, really excellent screen cast. Thanks a lot 🙂
March 27, 2009 at 4:19 pm |
really fantastic
thanks a lot .
April 29, 2009 at 5:23 am |
category-ID.php is a great nugget of info. Thanks.
May 4, 2009 at 9:48 am |
Great stuff, nice and simple explanation of the theme files.
Thanks
May 9, 2009 at 11:26 am |
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?
May 9, 2009 at 3:57 pm |
If you’re hosting your blog with WordPress.com, you can’t edit your theme files, only your CSS.
September 28, 2009 at 7:13 am |
Coo’ beans. Thanks for taking the time to explain this.
Take care.
October 10, 2009 at 3:03 pm |
nice, “Eassy to learn”
November 23, 2009 at 4:49 pm |
Good stuff, I agree with Magda. Using the Cat ID could be cool…
November 25, 2009 at 8:08 pm |
I never knew about the category-id.php. Now it will be more easy to me to make my websites more pretty.
January 8, 2010 at 8:13 pm |
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?
January 15, 2010 at 3:57 am |
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.
February 6, 2010 at 7:15 pm |
Unbelievable. I became increasingly easy to understand the structure of wordpress theme after watching this video.
March 26, 2010 at 6:46 pm |
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!
April 8, 2010 at 2:36 pm |
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
April 12, 2010 at 8:20 pm |
The Editor option should be under Appearance in the Dashboard as long as you have sufficient user privileges to use that feature.
August 4, 2010 at 9:32 pm |
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.
May 17, 2011 at 2:03 am |
Well explained and still useful even over 2 years after publishing.
June 3, 2011 at 2:48 am |
I’d also like to mention there are plugins that can tell you what file the page is using, since sometimes the hierarchy can get tricky, ‘show theme file’ plugin is pretty good at it.