justcoded/wordpress-theme-boilerplate

WordPress theme boilerplate with better code structure and OOP support.

WordPress Theme Boilerplate

This package contains Theme Boilerplate, which has a lot of improvements and security patches, according to standard WordPress theme boilerplates (like underscore, etc.). The code is object-oriented and works with PSR-4 autoload., _(*1)

Requirements

• PHP 7.0+
• WordPress Theme Framework plugin.

Theme core files (base classes) are presented as separate wordpress plugin package called WordPress Theme Framework. They were moved as a plugin to provide easier support and updates population through different site installations., _(*2)

This solution makes possible to deliver new updates and hot fixes without modifying the theme code., _(*3)

What's Inside?

Better File Structure

The organization of a theme is very similar to modern PHP Frameworks. We totally separated registration of hooks and components, query logic, and the templates., _(*4)

We tried to keep as much standard WordPress features as possible, so all "views" work in the same Template Hierarchy as standard templates, just grouped by content types (with folders)., _(*5)

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Template Inheritance

We added modern template inheritance system based on layouts (very similar to Laravel and Yii frameworks). Some WordPress developers call it a "Theme Wrapper". Markup is handled by one layout file (or more if needed) instead of being scattered across all template files as in typical themes. Stay DRY!, _(*7)

Security and Optimization

Theme files are nice and clean, and Theme Framework has a lot of hooks to make your WordPress more secure and keep the final generated HTML clean and optimized., _(*8)

Documentation

Read our Wiki to find out all features., _(*9)