ClioWP is a WordPress Starter Theme for Developers.
ClioWP WordPress Theme, (C) 2022 Christos Pontikis
ClioWP is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL.
In Greek mythology, Clio is the muse of history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clio
Download
https://github.com/pontikis/cliowp
How to use it
In order to create your own theme with ClioWP:
- Configure metadata in
style.css - Use your own
screenshot.png - Apply your static HTML design
- Replace text domain (
'clipowp') with your own - Add your custom code
- Upload it to WordPress (
wp-content/themes)
More info https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/
@wordpress/scripts
@wordpress/scripts is recommended for JS and CSS development. In this case:
- Configure metadata in
package.json - Run
npm install
More details at How To Write JS and CSS in WordPress with Industry Standard Tools
Blog aspect
Using WordPress admin:
- Go to Settings -> Permalinks and choose “Post name” option
- Create two pages (Home and Blog)
- Go to Settings -> Reading and set Homepage to Home and Posts page to Blog
Menus and Mobile menu
The top menu, bottom menu, and Mobile menu have been registered. Use them optionally.
More details at How To Add a Mobile Menu in any WordPress Theme
Coding standards
I prefer to use Alternative PHP syntax for control structures
See https://www.php.net/manual/en/control-structures.alternative-syntax.php
Child theme
If you want to experiment with a child theme, find ClioWP Child Theme here.
Update
Download cliowp.zip from https://github.com/pontikis/cliowp/releases and upload it to WordPress from the admin panel. Example:
