GeneratePress Theme — Foundations: WordPress Theme Course

GeneratePress is a famously lightweight WordPress theme, and this Foundations course shows you how to hand-build a lean, professional site with it. You'll work entirely in the free version, using the Customizer and free GenerateBlocks patterns, and finish by proving just how fast the result is. It's the first part of a two-part GeneratePress series.

What you'll learn

GeneratePress rewards people who like to build deliberately rather than lean on a heavy pre-made design. In this GeneratePress theme tutorial you'll learn the Customizer foundation, how to assemble pages from free GenerateBlocks patterns, and how to keep the whole site fast and clean. By the end you'll understand why a lightweight theme performs the way it does and how to build one yourself without paid add-ons. That foundation sets you up for the Buildout course, where the same approach scales to a busy content site.

Inside the course

• Installing GeneratePress & the Lean Philosophy
• The Customizer Foundation
• GenerateBlocks Patterns: The Free Template Path
• Performance Proof & Part 1 Launch

Who this course is for

This is for intermediate WordPress users who value speed and control and don't mind building the look themselves. No coding is required, but you should be comfortable in the dashboard. Newcomers may prefer our free written tutorials or a live session to warm up first.

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