WordPress starter themes are themes that include the bare minimum needed to start building out a new theme. For this reason I usually call them WordPress developer theme frameworks. They exist to help jump-start the development process on new sites.
I gave a talk the other night at the Boston WordPress meetup about how I use shortcodes to enable my clients to create better looking content. A problem I was having was people were paying me to set them up on WordPress so they can take control of their content and then they were paying […]
Updated 2025 These are my favorite places to find WordPress themes. I find I am often pointing people to these sites based on which list I think suits them best. I thought it was about time I collected my thoughts in a blog post and shared all of these great lists with the world.
Converting an XHTML or HTML template into a WordPress theme is still a common task for developers, though the process has evolved with WordPress updates. This guide will walk you through modern best practices for converting a static HTML template into a fully functioning WordPress theme, considering WordPress 6.x and beyond. What You Need The […]
A while back, I started experimenting with posting videos on my blog. At the time, the easiest way to organize them was to create a dedicated “Video” category. I’d tag any video post with it, exclude them from the homepage and pull the latest one into the sidebar using a bit of custom code. It […]
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