WordPress Theme Customizer

• Alex Mansfield. The WordPress Theme Customizer: a Comprehensive Developer’s Guide. ThemeFoundation, Nov. 2012.
  • This article has been updated since 2012, but, unfortunately, when and what is not disclosed.
  • Its stand-out feature is the depth it goes into sanitization callbacks.
• Rob Stinson. How to Extend the WordPress Customizer. torque, 2017.
• Ahmad Awais. Simplify Your WordPress Customizer Development with Sublime WP Customizer Package. torque, 2017.
• Rachel McCollin. A Quick Guide to the WordPress Customizer Interface. tutsplus, 2016.
• Louie Rootfield. The WordPress Customizer JavaScript APIs. tutsplus, 2016.
  • Part 1: Getting Started.
  • Part 2: Panel, Section, and Control.
  • Part 3: The Previewer.
• Narayan Prusty. Getting Started with the WordPress Theme Customization API. SitePoint, Feb. 2015.
  • While only covering the basics of the Customization API I found this article quite good from a conceptual standpoint. I was struggling to understand some aspects of the Customization API and this really helped me understand.
• David Hayes.
  • Making Themes More WYSIWYG with the WordPress Customizer. WPSHOUT!, April 2015.
    • A useful article, includes a brief dive into creating custom classes.
  • Polishing the WordPress Customizer Experience. wpshout, 2015.
• Jeremy Heleine.
  • Exploring Responsiveness in the WordPress Theme Customizer. sitepoint, 2016.
  • Using the WordPress Theme Customizer Media Controls. sitepoint, 2016.
• Andreas Hecht. WordPress Theme Customizer: First Steps. noupe, 2016.
• Tom McFarlin.
  • Resources for the WordPress Theme Customizer. 2015.
  • Maintainability of WordPress Theme Customizer Code. 2015.
  • A Dilemma of the WordPress Theme Customizer. 2014.
  • A Dilemma: Hiding Elements with The WordPress Theme Customizer. 2014.
  • All of the Options in the WordPress Theme Customizer. 2014.
  • Disrespecting the WordPress Customer, Damaging the WordPress Customizer. 2014.
    • Tom gets philosophical about the proper use of the Customizer.
  • Modular Procedural Programming The WordPress Theme Customizer. 2013.
• NARGA Editorial. Comprehensive Guide to make WordPress Theme Options with Customization API. NARGA, Sept. 2013.
• Rachel McCollin. The WordPress Theme Customizer: A Developer’s Guide. Smashing Magazine, March 2013.
• Lee Pham. Digging Into the Theme Customizer Series. tutsplus, 2013.
  • Part 1: Overview
  • Part 2: Components
  • Part 3: Practicing 1
  • Part 4: Practicing 2
• Scott Fennell. Getting Started with the WordPress Customizer. CSS Tricks, Dec. 2015.
  • Useful, but some of his techniques are a bit different than those used elsewhere and may be confusing.
  • Unique contribution is explanation of deregistering settings.
• WordPress Theme Handbook. “Theme Options – The Customizer API.”
• Tom McFarlin. A Guide to the WordPress Theme Customizer Series. envatotuts, 2013.
  • Part 1: What It Is, Why It Benefits Us.
  • Part 2: Getting Started.
  • Part 3: Sections, Settings, and Controls.
  • Part 4: Adding a New Setting.
  • Parts 5 & 6: Methodology for Sections, Settings, and Controls Parts 1 & 2.
  • Part 6: Advanced Controls.
  • Part 7: Review and Resources.
• Tom McFarlin. The WordPress Theme Customizer: Adding a New Setting to an Existing Section. 2013.

Custom Controls

• Afzal Hossain. Srizon Custom Controls. GitHub.
• Tim Carr. Custom Controls in the Theme Customizer. tutsplus, 2014.
• Daniel Pataki. Creating Cool Custom Controls for the WordPress Theme Customizer. wpmudev, Nov. 2014.
• Denis Zoljom. WordPress Theme Customizer Extra Custom Controls. GitHub.
  • A bundle of custom controls including multi input, sidebar dropdown, image select, checkbox switch, custom info., custom separator.
• Erik Ford. Add Custom Category Controls to WordPress. Aug. 2013.
  • An article explaining how to build a custom category control.
• Kirki.
  • Appears to be the most robust manner of extending custom controls currently available.
  • Includes following custom controls: editor, radio, checkbox, switch, code, repeater, radio image, color, radio-buttonset, text, typography, select control, number control, toggle, color-alpha, radio, slider, palette,dimension, select, textarea.
• Paul Lund. WordPress Theme Customizer Custom Controls. GitHub.
  • A collection of custom controls built by Paul Lund.
• Search Results for “wordpress custom control” on GitHub.

Upload File Control

• WP Code Reference: WP_Customize_Upload_Control

Image Control

• WP Code Reference: WP_Customize_Image_Control

Troubleshooting

• Tom McFarlin. The WordPress Theme Customizer: When Live Preview Doesn’t Work. 2013.