Category: Themes

  • How to add WordPress Theme Styles to Gutenberg

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    Updated Feb 18, 2022
    How to add WordPress Theme Styles to Gutenberg

    In a couple months or so, Gutenberg will revolutionize WordPress publishing as we know it. It’ll finally bring a much-needed standardized content creation experience to WordPress. There’s just one small caveat. Innovation can’t happen without WordPress theme developers committing to the Gutenberg experience. If Gutenberg will become the de facto editing experience for the average WordPress user, […]

  • Context-Aware Previews within the WordPress Customizer

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    Updated Feb 18, 2022
    Context-Aware Previews within the WordPress Customizer

    The WordPress Theme Customization API is an incredibly powerful tool, enabling folks of all skillsets to dive in and customize their websites — if their current theme supports it. Having worked quite a bit with extending the WordPress Customizer at ThemeBeans, I started production on a newly minted Customizer-dependant commercial plugin, coined Login Designer.

  • 10 Practical Tips to Building Quality WordPress Themes

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    Updated Feb 18, 2022
    10 Practical Tips to Building Quality WordPress Themes

    Intro A few weeks ago, I published a guide on three key principles to designing functional WordPress themes. This week’s article stays on the topic of WordPress theme design but leans towards actionable tips and techniques to building quality WordPress themes.

  • Download Tabor, a WordPress Theme for Growing your Audience

    Over the last few weeks I have had quite a lot of requests to release the WordPress theme that runs this website. I’m happy to announce that my WordPress theme, appropriately named “Tabor“, is available on ThemeBeans.

  • Designing Highly Functional WordPress Themes

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    Updated Feb 18, 2022
    Designing Highly Functional WordPress Themes

    Designing WordPress themes Designing beautiful and highly functional WordPress themes is not as simple as opening your design editor of choice and going to town. There’s a lot more to think about when it comes to developing beautiful WordPress themes that intentionally focus on both form and function.

  • Maximizing the Profitability of Freemium Themes

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    Updated Feb 18, 2022
    Maximizing the Profitability of Freemium Themes

    Over the past couple of years, the freemium pricing strategy has become more and more popular among WordPress theme and plugin shops. Having a bit of experience with selling freemium WordPress themes, it only seems right that I take the time to share what I have learned so far. So here we are!

  • 11 Simple Tips to Getting Approved on ThemeForest

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    Updated Feb 18, 2022
    11 Simple Tips to Getting Approved on ThemeForest

    Over the last three months, I have been consistently asked what are the most common ThemeForest rejections that I have uncovered while reviewing WordPress themes on ThemeForest – so naturally, I wrote about them!

  • Using Inline SVG Sprites in WordPress Themes

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    Updated Feb 18, 2022
    Using Inline SVG Sprites in WordPress Themes

    I have been integrating inline SVGs into some of my latest WordPress themes. This is just a quick tutorial on the techniques that I have experimented with. Feel free to leave feedback and suggestions in the comments below.

  • Beautiful Theme Documentation with WPThemeDoc

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    Updated Feb 18, 2022
    Beautiful Theme Documentation with WPThemeDoc

    So, there are obviously loads of WordPress themes out in the wild these days, but very few tote beautifully designed help guides/documentation —which is why I decided to make my own now available on GitHub.

  • Simple WordPress Development with Local, by Flywheel

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    Updated Feb 18, 2022
    Simple WordPress Development with Local, by Flywheel

    Local is a relatively new utility OS X application for creating and managing local WordPress installations. On paper it’s similar to offerings such as MAMP Pro or VVV, but in all seriousness – it’s a game changer.