What topics of PHP should I know to design a WordPress template?

[michelshakur]

hi
What topics of PHP should I know to design a WordPress template?
tnx

 

[bartosimpsonio]

Install WP locally and open the yearly template (it's called twenty twenty something) in an editor like vscode and read it.

As you read the source code you'll understand how templates work.

It's not so much about PHP, it's about knowing how WP templates work. Most templates are just adaptations on each other. The PHP is pretty much the same or very similar.

 

[michelshakur]

Install WP locally and open the yearly template (it's called twenty twenty something) in an editor like vscode and read it.

As you read the source code you'll understand how templates work.

It's not so much about PHP, it's about knowing how WP templates work. Most templates are just adaptations on each other. The PHP is pretty much the same or very similar.

and its easy to make templates That can work whit visual composers or elementor ?

 

[bartosimpsonio]

and its easy to make templates That can work whit visual composers or elementor ?

Yep. It's a matter of knowing HTML, CSS and JS. The php code is just there to fill the contents. Everything around it is just vanilla HTML 5.

 

[michelshakur]

Yep. It's a matter of knowing HTML, CSS and JS. The php code is just there to fill the contents. Everything around it is just vanilla HTML 5.

This is great i am a front-end developer so that should be easy for me. thanks a lot

 

[Developie]

Install WP locally and open the yearly template (it's called twenty twenty something) in an editor like vscode and read it.

As you read the source code you'll understand how templates work.

It's not so much about PHP, it's about knowing how WP templates work. Most templates are just adaptations on each other. The PHP is pretty much the same or very similar.

Exactly!

 

[Alex Kalos]

Install WP locally and open the yearly template (it's called twenty twenty something) in an editor like vscode and read it.

As you read the source code you'll understand how templates work.

It's not so much about PHP, it's about knowing how WP templates work. Most templates are just adaptations on each other. The PHP is pretty much the same or very similar.

I agree, I learned PHP first but then when I looked at WP code I was like wahh... where do I start

 

[CloakBro]

PHP is a big part of WordPress and it's good that have a understanding of it when working with WordPress.
I would also recommend to look into theme's of other developers and learn from it.