Building a WordPress blog you'd be proud of!

Project #6 of 2 in "New horizons with WordPress!" progression
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Updated: Mar 24, 2026

In this project

As a developer, I was always struggling to make a website quickly - because there's so many things I need to think about along development!

In this WordPress blog project, we're gonna focus on core things that only matter for website:

  1. Home page
  2. Blog page
  3. Blog post
  4. Subscribe form
  5. Header and footer

That's really it! Don't make things more complex then they are - build fast, launch things even faster!

Blog designs

  1. Meta blog
  2. The blog
  3. Nordic Rose
  4. Travel blog template


Project Stages

  1. Picking up a design you'd proud of
  2. WordPress theme fundamentals
  3. Core WordPress functions
  4. Content loop
  5. Subscribe form
  6. Hosting your website

Lessons

  1. #1.Picking the WordPress theme you'd be proud of! #1
  2. #2.WordPress theme fundamentals: understand what all of these files do! #2
  3. #3.How functions work in WordPress #3
  4. #4.Core WordPress functions for template development #4
  5. #5.wp_head, wp_footer, get_header, get_footer #5
  6. #6.WordPress template methods, part 2: a little workout #6
  7. #7.Famous WordPress loop: get_posts #7
  8. #8.WordPress loop progression: displaying posts #8
  9. #9.Loading styles and scripts into your WordPress theme #9
  10. #10.Setting up the navigation (nav with links) #10
  11. #11.Hooks and custom actions in WordPress #11
  12. #12.Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) explained with examples #12
  13. #13.Adding a custom form using Contact Form 7 #13
Building a WordPress blog you'd be proud of!