
Author: Dawid Adach
So here we are, ready to develop our first WordPress theme. In this tutorial, we will create the most common theme - a blog template.
1. Placeholder folder
Let's create a folder to store our template. Navigate to the folder where your WordPress is installed (if you haven't done that yet follow this tutorial). Navigate to wp-content/themes
, you should see three default themes (twentyfifteen, twentyfourteen, twentysixteen). Create a new subfolder and call it mdbblog.
2. Creating a style.css file
Create a style.css
file (you can use any text editor, I use Sublime 3) and paste the following code into it:
/*
Theme Name: MDB Theme
Theme URI: https://mdbootstrap.com
Description: This is outstanding WP theme developed on Material Design for Bootstrap 4
Version: 4.5.5
Author: MDBootstrap.com
Author URI: https://mdbootstrap.com
*/
3. Creating index.php
Create index.php
file and paste the following code into it:
<h1>One day I will be a writer!</h1>
Congratulations! You've just created your first theme. Perhaps it isn't the most beautiful nor useful theme you have ever seen, but we will take care of it soon. Let's activate it. Open your admin dashboard, go to Appearance
in the left menu, and then click Themes
.
You should see your new Theme (MDB Blog) on the list.

Click on the Activate
button, and navigate to the home page.
If you see the text "One day, I will be a writer!", it means that you have succeeded in creating your first theme.
Lesson summary
In order to create WordPress theme you have to create at least 2 files:
index.php
andstyle.css
.
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