Adam Onishi: Pro WordPress Theme Development [PDF]

Pro Word Press Theme Development is your comprehensive guide to creating advanced Word Press themes. Designed for for professional web designers and developers who are comfortable with PHP and Word Press, this book teaches you every aspect of professional theme development.
You will learn how to build themes from scratch, how to monetize the themes you create, and how to capitalize on this by creating advanced themes for your clients or selling premium themes. This book builds on your current knowledge of PHP and web development to create a Word Press theme from scratch. It uses a real-world theme example that you can build, to demonstrate each feature in a practical way. It shows you how to take control of Word Press with custom posts types and taxonomies, and covers anatomy and hierarchy, use of the loop, hooks, short codes, plug-ins and much more.
Word Press is one of the most successful open-source blogging and content management systems available, and theme development has become a major part of the Word Press ecosystem. Start working with Word Press themes like a pro today with Pro Word Press Theme Development.