References

• Dissection of a WordPress Theme (Urban Giraffe)
• Site Architecture 1.5 (WordPress Codex)

Images

• The Default Theme includes seven background images.

Core Templates

• 404.php
  • Description: Displays an error page when a user attempts to access a page that doesn’t exist.
  • Includes the templates: footer.php, header.php, sidebar.php.
• archive.php
  • Description: Displays a list of blog posts in reverse chronological order.
  • Includes the templates: footer.php, header.php, searchform.php, sidebar.php.
• archives.php
  • Description: An optional Archives Index page. Displays a list of links to archive pages.
  • Includes the templates: footer.php, header.php, searchform.php.
• attachment.php
  • Description: Displays an image that has been attached to a blog post (or page?). Used only if the “Link to page” option was selected when the image was uploaded.
  • Includes the templates: comments.php, footer.php, header.php.
• index.php
  • Description: The main blog page. Displays a list of blog posts in reverse chronological order.
  • Includes the templates: footer.php, header.php, searchform.php, sidebar.php.
• links.php
  • Description: Displays a list of links.
  • Includes the templates: footer.php, header.php.
• page.php
  • Description: Displays a page, as opposed to a post.
  • Includes the templates: footer.php, header.php, sidebar.php.
• search.php
  • Description: Displays a list of search results after a user has performed a search.
  • Includes the templates: footer.php, header.php, sidebar.php.
• single.php
  • Description: Displays a single blog post.
  • Includes the templates: comments.php, footer.php, header.php.

Included Templates

• comments.php
  • Description: Displays the comments form.
  • Included by: attachment.php, single.php.
• comments-popup.php
  • Description: Identical to comments.php, except that it displays in a pop-up window. To activate it, look for <?php //comment_popup_script(); ?> above <?php wp_head(); ?> in the header.php file. If the function is commented out, as in the example, removing the pair of forward slashes. If the function isn’t present, add it.
  • Included by: None by default. If activated, by attachment.php and single.php.
• footer.php
  • Description: The footer.
  • Included by: 404.php, archive.php, archives.php, attachment.php, index.php, links.php, page.php, search.php, single.php
• functions.php
  • Description: Various functions called by the other template files.
  • Called by: ?
• header.php
  • Description: The header.
  • Included by: 404.php, archive.php, archives.php, attachment.php, index.php, links.php, page.php, search.php, single.php
• searchform.php
  • Description: The search form.
  • Included by: archives.php, sidebar.php. Also shown on archive.php, index.php if no posts are found.
• sidebar.php
  • Description: The sidebar.
  • Included by:404.php, archive.php, index.php, page.php, single.php.