Custom WordPress Theme Development

WordPress began as simple online software for blogging and evolved into a comprehensive open source content management system. Custom WordPress theme development includes highly customizable themes possibilities and thousands of plug-ins and widgets. WordPress development not only powers millions of websites and blogs but also become a trusted enterprise for giant names such as CNN and The New York Times.

WordPress contains three primary components: the core code, theme, and plug-ins. The core code is something that includes backend which provides the functionality of the WordPress content management system. Whereas themes consist of visuals of the front ends that determine the look of a WordPress website and the way how its content displayed to the visitors. Coming to the last one, Plug-in is the piece of code that modifies the back or front end of the website. They provide additional support with lots of functions and other capabilities. Plug-ins from custom WordPress theme development makes it possible to customize many aspects of the WordPress system and create anything from social network sites to E-commerce shopping platforms.

Powerful and user-friendly

WordPress is a famous name and a clear stand out among all content management systems. It is currently in use on more than 35 percent of the top million websites and the same is increasing at a rapid scale. WordPress is a user-friendly platform, it enables us to create a quality design for the sites so that owners can easily handle content organization, changes and update work. Despite its elegant simplicity and ease of use, WordPress core code delivers the highest web performance standards and quality security features.

Why WordPress themes

There are various aspects that result in favor to go with custom WordPress theme development:

• Allows us to create a unique look for the WordPress site.
• WordPress templates, template tag, and the Loop plays the vital role in generating different websites results and looks.
• To provide alternative templates for the specific site features, such as category pages and search result pages.
• Provide us the feature of quickly switching between two site layouts with an advantage of theme or style switcher that allows site owners to update the look of the site as per the requirements.

Benefits

WordPress themes may have various benefits too which are as follows:

• Separates the presentation styles and template files from the system files so that the site can be able to update without drastic changes to the visual presentation of the websites.
• It provides us the facility for customization of the site functionality unique to that theme.
• Allows us to go with quick changes of the visual design and the layout of the WordPress site.
• It diminishes the requirement of the typical WordPress site owner to learn various technologies such as CSS, HTML, and PHP in order to have a good looking website.

Theme Development Standard

While updating or creating the theme, one needs to have various things in mind that includes some of the standards which are as follows:

• Well- structured, error-free PHP and valid HTML should be used.
• Use clean and valid CSS.
• All the design guidelines should be followed accordingly.

Anatomy of a Theme

WordPress themes reside in subdirectories of the WordPress themes directory which can’t be able to move using a wp-config.php file. A subdirectory of the theme holds all the stylesheets files, template files, optional functional file JavaScript files, and all the images. For example, a theme named as “example” would reside in the directory wp-content/themes/example. Theme name should not consist of any number because it numbers may prevent it from being displayed in the available themes list.

Files

WordPress typically contains three types of files, in addition to images and JavaScript files.

• Style.css

It is responsible to control the visual design and layout of the websites.

• WordPress template files

These files control the way of generating the information from the WordPress database that is to be displayed on the website.

• Option function file

File such as functions.php as part of the WordPress theme file.

Custom WordPress theme development mastered

We at Ahom Technologies Private Limited leverage the flexibility of the WordPress platform to develop the websites that can be easily maintained and upgradable as well. We always follow the most reliable development approaches, coding practices, and deployment methodologies.

Our WordPress capabilities and services include:

• WordPress site design and developments.
• WordPress Customization.
• WordPress theme development.
• WordPress plug-in development.
• WordPress content management.
• WordPress information architecture.
• WordPress E-commerce design.
• WordPress Hosting.
• WordPress data migration.
• WordPress API integrations.
• WordPress upgrades.
• WordPress support and Maintenance.

Our experienced expert team creates a technical blueprint for new site designs based on the requirements of your business. Then the particular site modified with the addition of plug-ins and other tools so that it offers all the functions and features you are looking for. With the help of custom WordPress theme development, we can also provide a facility in modifying, repairing and customizing the existing WordPress sites with all the possible support and maintenance that you are seeking for.

In case of any queries, please feel free to drop us a mail at sales@ahomtech.com
We will be more than happy to listen from you.