WordPress Theme Development

  1. Child Themes
    1. Purpose and Benefits of Child Themes
      1. Preserving Customizations
        1. Safe Updates
          1. Development Workflow
          2. Creating a Child Theme
            1. Directory Structure
              1. style.css Header
                1. functions.php Setup
                2. Enqueuing Styles in Child Themes
                  1. Proper Enqueuing Methods
                    1. Parent Theme Dependencies
                      1. Style Inheritance
                      2. Overriding Parent Theme Templates
                        1. Template Hierarchy in Child Themes
                          1. Selective Template Overrides
                          2. Overriding Parent Theme Functions
                            1. Pluggable Functions
                              1. Hook Priorities
                                1. Function Replacement Strategies

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