How to Build a Responsive WordPress Theme with Bootstrap
In this tutorial, we will learn how to make our own responsive WordPress theme using Bootstrap. Bootstrap is a responsive framework for building web sites and applications, and it’s a great starting...
View ArticleGetting to Know WordPress
This guide covers what WordPress does, how to use it, and how to get involved in and get help from the WordPress community. It is intended for people new to using and building sites with WordPress....
View ArticleGetting Started with WordPress Multisite
What is WordPress Multisite? With WordPress 3.0 came the ability to create a Network of sites from a single install of WordPress, commonly referred to as WordPress Multisite (MS). The best example of...
View ArticleTen Responsive Plugins for WordPress
WP Fluid Images WP Fluid Images is a useful plugin that automatically removes the width and height tags that are added to images uploaded through the WordPress post or page editor. By default these...
View ArticleAdding Custom Fields to a Custom Post Type, the Right Way
WordPress has come a long way from its humble blogging beginnings. With the popularization of Custom Posts Types (CPTs), WordPress has emerged to become a fully-featured CMS platform, suitable for any...
View Article10 Tips for Building and Selling a Premium WordPress Theme
Selling premium WordPress themes has become a niche in and of itself for developers. This article suggests some of the important factors to consider when developing and marketing WordPress premium...
View ArticleA Comprehensive Beginners Guide to the WordPress Loop
The WordPress Loop is the code used to display main content and excerpts of content on WordPress sites. Often times the loop is used to “loop” through and display a number of posts titles and excerpts...
View ArticleA New Way to Use WordPress to Kill Your Competition
It’s no secret that WordPress is one of the most popular platforms in our industry. There are multiple companies in every town and in every country that claim to do WordPress installations and...
View ArticleHow to Build a WordPress Photography Child Theme
In this tutorial we will cover how to create a WordPress photo blog. We will build the theme as a child theme for the new default WordPress Twenty Twelve theme. This allows us to leverage all of the...
View ArticleTame WordPress from the Command Line with wp-cli
Some people fear the command line. They view it as the deep, dark underbelly of their computer, far from the familiar comforts of the GUI. A place of great mystery where even the angels fear to tread....
View ArticleDisplaying a Static Homepage in WordPress | Treehouse Quick Tip
In this Treehouse Quick Tip, WordPress teacher Zac walks you through how to create and display a static homepage on your WordPress site. This can be especially helpful if you’re using WordPress as a...
View ArticleCustomizing Permalinks in WordPress | Treehouse Quick TIp
In this Quick Tip, Treehouse WordPress teacher Zac explains the options you have when choosing your WordPress site’s URLs. Choosing the right permalink structure can have an amazing effect on your...
View ArticleA Preview of WordPress 3.6
WordPress 3.6 is right around the corner, due to be released in early May. What can you expect from the next version of this popular blogging and CMS platform? A lot! This release’s underlying theme...
View ArticleGetting Acquainted with WordPress Action Hooks
Action hooks are one my favorite features WordPress has to offer. Today we’ll get acquainted with how to make use of the default hooks in in themes and plugins and even how to create our own. wp_head()...
View ArticleBest Free WordPress Plugins for Common Website Functionality
The latest release of WordPress 3.7 has provided even greater tools & support for this PHP/MySQL system. Since the project launched over a decade ago it has seen various iterations on the...
View ArticleIntroducing How to Build a WordPress Plugin
We’re excited to announce the release of our latest course on the WordPress Track, Introducing How to Build a WordPress Plugin. In this course expert teacher Zac Gordon will teach you the basics of...
View ArticleSolutions for Well-Designed Comments & Discussion Areas
Not every website requires a type of user discussion. Handling comments on a popular site becomes a chore when sifting through spam and cleaning up garbage. Yet it also provides a way for readers to...
View ArticleWordPress for Website Owners
We’re proud to announce the newest WordPress course on Treehouse, WordPress for Website Owners! In WordPress for Website Owners you’ll learn how to set up your WordPress site, publish content, work...
View ArticleThe Perfect WordPress Inline SVG Workflow
Today we’re going to be looking at the perfect inline SVG workflow for WordPress. Before we go any further though, if you’re unfamiliar with the different varieties of SVGs, I highly recommend you take...
View ArticleLearn BuddyPress Online at Treehouse
BuddyPress provides out-of-the box social networking features for WordPress sites. This powerful plug-in lets communities build amazing sites. For example, BuddyPress allows members to easily register...
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