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WordPress Query Comprehensive Reference
There are a couple of spots that I always keep handy when looking for information about WordPress’ query handling. Consider this Gist an addition to my list: WordPress Query Comprehensive Reference Which helpful, recent resources do you use for information about WordPress’ query? I prefer to hit the Codex (WP_Query and query_posts) and also just…
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Internationalization: You’re Probably Doing It Wrong
Fun fact of the day: about 37% of WordPress downloads are for non-English, localized versions. So as a plugin or theme author, you should be thinking of localization and internationalization (L10N and I18N) as pretty much a fact of life by this point. An excellent post from Otto on improvements to make and pitfalls to…
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Don’t let Lorem Ipsum decide the fonts used in your WordPress Themes
Have you checked the character map for the web font you use in your WordPress theme? Thanks to all web fonts, nowadays we have much more choices for fonts in our WordPress themes. You might have checked if your theme looks good with Lorem Ipusum text but I’m afraid that’s not good enough. Lorem Ipusum…
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Getting Started With the _s Theme
There are some simple instructions in the theme readme.txt on how to get started with our new starter theme, _s, but, to be honest, I’m not exactly the most reliable readme reader myself so here are those instructions with a bit more explanation. 🙂 The first thing you want to do is copy the _s…
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Where Do You Find the Best WordPress Themes?
If you’re reading this there’s a good chance you’re a WordPress theme aficionado, a true connoisseur. I’d like to know: how does a devourer of WordPress themes, like you, fulfill your massive appetite for awesome new themes? For my cravings, I generally partake in the following (most common at the top): I find out by…
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The Weekly Theme Show on WPCandy
The Weekly Theme Show is a new podcast from WPCandy that should be required listening for all WordPress theme designers and developers. Both because it involves WordPress themes and, more importantly, because it’s not from developers for developers, like most of the other podcast offerings out there in the WordPress community. It’s like a breath…
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On Breaking and Fixing WordPress Themes at WordCamp Singapore 2011
My coworkers at Automattic and I frequently discuss the speed with which we’re able to onboard new themes into the WordPress.com theme directory. Our top priority as the Theme Team is to make sure that all of our users feel like they have a theme that fits them perfectly; in order to meet that goal we’re…
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An interview with Lance Willett on WordPress.com Premium Themes
Our very own Lance Willett recently discussed premium themes on WordPress.com with Ryan Imel of WPCandy. This interview comes one year after premium themes launched on WordPress.com. If you haven’t checked it out yet, you can give it a listen on WPCandy. As a bonus, WPCandy posted a second recording called “Aftertaste” that starts after…
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A 1000-Hour Head Start: Introducing The _s Theme
Have you checked out the Toolbox theme? Up until recently it was the starter theme we used to build free and premium themes on WordPress.com. Toolbox was (and is!) a great theme, but it could be better. Unfortunately, we wound up in a situation with Toolbox where we wanted to make some more drastic improvements…
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New Default WordPress Theme Twenty Twelve Hits Core for 3.4
Speaking of WordPress Themes in 2012, the new WordPress default theme for this year is in da hizzous. For the 3.4 release cycle the core WordPress team is trying something new: assigning small teams to tackle various parts of the release. The Twenty Twelve team is Matt Mullenweg (Holder of the Keys and Grand Master…
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WordPress Themes in 2012
The other day I was asked over dinner what I thought WordPress themes were going to look like in 2012. The big themes and ideas — the future! — that sort of thing. It’s something I love talking about and sharing (obviously). I see two big trends making their way through the WordPress community. Here’s…
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