- Rkahitha Nimesh. WordPress Page Design: Shortcodes v Page Templates. sitepoint, 2013.
- Tom McFarlin. Partials and Templates in WordPress. 2016.
- Recommend reading this as a follow-up to above article on WP Views.
Specific Template Files
- Sue Laren. Dissecting WordPress: single.php. Torque, 2014.
- Sue Laren. Dissecting WordPress: page.php. Torque, 2014.
Post
- Tom Rankin. How to Create a Custom Single Post Template (With and Without Coding). torque, 2018. *
- How to Create Custom Single Post Templates in WordPress. wpbeginner, 2019.
- Ananda Projapati. How to Create Custom Single-Post Templates in WordPress. Flywheel Layout, 2018.
Page
- Rachel McCollin. The Ultimate Guide to WordPress Page Templates. wpmudev, 2018.
- David Gwyer. Dynamic Page Templates in WordPress Series. 2017.
- Baris Unver. Using Page Templates in Your WordPress Theme. 2015.
- David Hayes. What You Need to Know About WordPress Custom Page Templates. wpshout, 2014.
- Nick Schaferhoff. A Detailed Guide To Custom WordPress Page Templates. Smashing Magazine, 2015. *
- Fred Meyer. Building Client Reports with WordPress Custom Page Templates. wpshout, 2015.
- Tom McFarlin. WordPress Views: Post Type and Page Templates. 2013.
- Brief but helpful article explaining how the concept of ‘views’ can help us separate the display (view) from the business logic in WordPress templates.
Archive
- Tom McFarlin. Custom Archive Templates: A Short Guide. 2018.
- Jimmy Comack. WordPress Archive Pages: The Tutorial. yoast, 2017.
- Karel K. How to Build a Custom WordPress Archive Page. smashing magazine, 2015.
- Josh Pollock. Customizing WordPress Archives for Categories, Tags and Other Taxonomies. smashing magazine, 2014.
- Rachel McCollin. Taxonomy Archives. envatuts+, 2014.
- Pippin Williamson. Custom Taxonomy Friendly Archives. 2012.