April 26, 2024 — In this lesson we will explore how to use the Create Block Theme plugin for theme development. The learning outcomes are to: describe what the Create Block theme plugin is, and why you might use it, and identify the main features of the plugin and describe their functionality.

March 14, 2024 — In this lesson we will explore the global settings and styles of a WordPress theme.

We will describe the purpose of a WordPress theme’s theme.json file, explore the JSON format and the structure of theme.json, and understand the hierarchy used for loading the setting and style configurations of a website.

March 14, 2024 — In this lesson we will explore templates used in WordPress themes.

We will describe what theme templates are and how WordPress handles the final markup for you, understand how the templating system works, list and describe the typical templates found within a theme, and differentiate between templates and template parts.

March 14, 2024 — In this lesson we will explore the main stylesheet file for WordPress themes.

We will create the style.css file header to configure data about the theme, describe the list of header fields available within a theme’s style.css file, and add the necessary header field to designate the parent theme’s folder in a child theme.

March 14, 2024 — In this lesson we will explore WordPress themes.

You will differentiate between a theme and a plugin; discover the possibilities of a WordPress theme; and explore the fundamental structure of a block, classic and hybrid theme.

March 14, 2024 — In this lesson we’ll explore the structure of a WordPress theme.

You will familiarize yourself with the folders and files used in a WordPress theme, describe the required and optional files needed to create a block theme, and list the standard folders used with a block theme.