okassa / petj-mini-theme

As primitive as possible.

Mini WP Theme

A WordPress in the Classroom theme

This theme is one of the three themes I made for my book WordPress in the Classroom. The themes are not made for production. They are made for the classroom, that is for students, developers and teachers learning the WordPress craft and code.

The petj-mini-theme

Here's the most simple theme that I can imagine. It is possible to make a theme without a functions.php file, but it's better practise to add the stylesheet and scripts as demonstrated here. The markup is very basic, but you can add a more elaborate loop, e.g.

Install the theme

1. Download the zip file.
2. Install the zip via the Dashoard > Themes > Add new.

Add your own markup to any loop

<?php
// The Loop
// Make a better loop - @url: https://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop
if ( have_posts() ) {
    while ( have_posts() ) {
        the_post();
	    // add template tags see @url https://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags
	    // a few samples:
            the_title( '<h3>', '</h3>' );
            the_content(); // you can wrap the "template tags" in markup, like <article> or <div>
	    // on your own: try to add info like date, author, comments etc.
    }
}
?>

Could be:

<main>
  <?php
  if ( have_posts() ) {
    while ( have_posts() ) {
        the_post();
      echo "<article class='someClass'>\n";
            the_title( '<h3>', '</h3>' );
            the_content(); 
      echo "</article>";
	    // on your own: try to add info like date, author, comments etc.
    }
  }
  ?>
<main>

Wrap the template tags in markup, and style the markup via the stylesheet.