Over the past year I have gradually been learning and developing skills in the art of Wordpress, a Content Management System for the masses – “WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time.”

Here I would like to share some useful links that I have accumulated over this period – Enjoy!

Getting Started

11 tips for speeding up Wordpress theme development
Convert XHTML & CSS to Wordpress
How to convert any web template into a Wordpress theme
How to create a Wordpress theme from scratch
How to create Wordpress themes from scratch
So you want to create Wordpress themes, huh?
Designing for Wordpress: Complete series downloads
Developing a Wordpress Theme
Dissection of a Wordpress theme
Wordpress.org Codex: Template Tags
Wordpress for beginners: Optimizing Wordpress settings

Advanced and Misc

10 steps to protect the admin area in Wordpress
101 techniques to create a powerful CMS using Wordpress
20 Wordpress tricks to improve your blog
Build your own online store using Wordpress
Create date badge with Wordpress and CSS
Easily adaptable Wordpress loop templates
Horizontally Sequenced Display Order for WordPress Posts in Two Columns
Huge compilation of Wordpress code
Multiple Loops and Multiple Columns with Wordpress, XHTML and CSS
Power tips for Wordpress template developers
Taking Wordpress one step further
Use body ID / Class to control Wordpress page elements
Widgetising themes
Wordpress 101: Wordpress tutorial videos
Wordpress Developer’s Toolbox
Wordpress god: 300 tools for running your Wordpress blog
Wordpress MU Tutorials

Plugins

10 Wordpress plugins guaranteed to save you time
18 Wordpress plugins to add professionalism to your blog
AJAX calendar plugin
Cross-linker plugin
Flutter – wordpress CMS plugin
Google website optimizer plugin
Gravatar – globally recognised avatars
IntenseDebate – imagine better comments
Moderator plugin: allows you to view and moderate comments from your desktop
Multi-level navigation plugin
Page link manager plugin
Widget Logic – control the pages that the widget will appear on
Wordpress e-commerce plugin

Themes

Free
Blueprint Wordpress theme – FireAndKnowledge.org
Flow theme
Free magazine Wordpress themes – UnoDesignStudio.com
FREEmium Wordpress theme
Free Themes – DesignDisease.com
Free themes – ForTheLose.org
MyoKyawHtun.com
Outdoorsy theme
WebRevolutionary.com
WooThemes.com – Free
Wordspop.com

Purchase
ElegantThemes.com
GraphPaperPress.com
PremiumThemes.com
PremiumThemes.net
RichWP.com
ThemeForest.net
ThemeGalaxy.net
WooThemes.com