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WordPress Theme Development
1. Introduction to WordPress Theme Development
2. Setting Up the Development Environment
3. Anatomy of a WordPress Theme
4. The Template Hierarchy
5. Building Core Template Files
6. The Loop and Content Display
7. Theme Functionality with functions.php
8. Advanced Template Files
9. Navigation and Menus
10. Widgets and Sidebars
11. The Customizer API
12. Block Editor Integration
13. Extending Theme Capabilities
14. Performance Optimization
15. Responsive Design and Mobile Optimization
16. Accessibility in Theme Development
17. Security Best Practices
18. Internationalization and Localization
19. WordPress Coding Standards
20. Child Themes
21. Debugging and Troubleshooting
22. Theme Distribution and Maintenance
20.
Child Themes
20.1.
Purpose and Benefits of Child Themes
20.1.1.
Preserving Customizations
20.1.2.
Safe Updates
20.1.3.
Development Workflow
20.2.
Creating a Child Theme
20.2.1.
Directory Structure
20.2.2.
style.css Header
20.2.3.
functions.php Setup
20.3.
Enqueuing Styles in Child Themes
20.3.1.
Proper Enqueuing Methods
20.3.2.
Parent Theme Dependencies
20.3.3.
Style Inheritance
20.4.
Overriding Parent Theme Templates
20.4.1.
Template Hierarchy in Child Themes
20.4.2.
Selective Template Overrides
20.5.
Overriding Parent Theme Functions
20.5.1.
Pluggable Functions
20.5.2.
Hook Priorities
20.5.3.
Function Replacement Strategies
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