Today I’ll be providing you with some step by step tutorials on how to make a wordpress theme. After working through these tutorials, you should be able to make WordPress theme regardless of the requirements.

I know these tutorials are helpful because they’ve allowed me to make custom WordPress themes for myself and some of my clients.

Most of the tutorials are text based, with create images, but some are video (especially for those people who hate to read). Work through theme a few times, and if you still can’t make a WordPress theme, it’s probably best to pay someone to do it for you.

1. Top 10 Tutorials for Developing WordPress Themes

The bulk of all tutorials on how to make a WordPress theme are listed in this post from Vandelay Design Blog, including two of my favorite tutorials on the subject. One is a video, one is text based with great pictures to walk you through all the steps.

To be honest, this is all you really need to make a WordPress theme, but there are plenty of other goodies I have for you.

2. WordPress Themes Template Tutorials

This is a great step by step collections of lessons that will help you make a WordPress theme from scratch. Ian Stewart, founder of Theme Shaper lays it all out for you in plain English. So have fun!

3. Using WordPress to Build Small Websites: Step by Step Tutorial

Richard Muscat wrote this popular, text based, step by step tutorial, and is a great foundation for anyone who needs to build a series of small Websites with WordPress (about 4 pages with a blog page).

This tutorial is very simple and very insightful. So dig in.

4. Beginners Guide – WordPress for Beginners

This is a golden nugget that I recently found, so I’m sharing it with you. Inside, you’ll find a beginners guide to help you get started with WordPress, as well as tutorials that help you maximize the performance of your WordPress Website.

So now you have it. There’s no excuse why you can’t make a WordPress theme for yourself and others. You have the basic building blocks that every WordPress theme needs in order to work and function properly.

Happy building!

To your success,
Dhane Crowley