Here’s an overview of the main files you’ll be working with:
- header.php – Contains everything you’d want to appear at the top of your site.
- index.php – The core file that loads your theme, also acts as the homepage (unless you set your blog to display a static page).
- sidebar.php – Contains everything you’d want to appear in a sidebar.
- footer.php – Contains everything you’d want to appear at the bottom of your site.
- archive.php – The template file used when viewing categories, dates, posts by author, etc.
- single.php – The template file that’s used when viewing an individual post.
- comments.php – Called at the bottom of the single.php file to enable the comments section.
- page.php – Similar to single.php, but used for WordPress pages.
- search.php – The template file used to display search results.
- 404.php – The template file that displays when a 404 error occurs.
- style.css – All the styling for your theme goes here.
- functions.php – A file that can be used to configure the WordPress core, without editing core files.