Create WP Theme

Create WP Theme is a node command line tool that will scaffold a new WordPress theme with an opinionated file structure and just the right amount of starter code. This package contains just the npx @dreamsicle.io/create-wp-theme command, all of the actual boilerplate code comes from WP Theme Assets.

Usage

Open a terminal, cd to the /path/to/wordpress/wp-content/themes directory of a local WordPress instance, and fire the create-wp-theme command.

npx @dreamsicle.io/create-wp-theme [options] <dir>

Getting Started

All that is necessary to start using the tool is a single argument of dir, which corresponds to a kebab-cased string that will serve as the theme directory, the WordPress text-domain, and the package name.

1. Run the create-wp-theme command

npx @dreamsicle.io/create-wp-theme my-theme

Note: Change my-theme to the desired theme directory/text-domain.

2. Follow the prompts

Once the command has been run, and the tool finds that the directory is unique, The tool will walk through a set of prompts that can be filled out inorder to customize the output of the package.

⚡ Let's get started ― This tool will guide you through configuring your theme.
For each prompt, set a value and hit "ENTER" to continue. To exit early, hit
"CMD+C" on Mac, or "CTRL+C" on Windows. For help, run the command with the "-h"
or "--help" flags to output the tool's help information. If you need to log or
view issues, visit https://github.com/dreamsicle-io/create-wp-theme/issues.

Theme Name: (WP Theme)
Template: ()
Theme URI: (https://github.com/example/wp-theme)
Theme Bugs URI: (https://github.com/example/wp-theme/issues)
Theme Repository URI: (git+ssh://git@github.com/example/wp-theme.git)
Theme Repository Type: (git)
Description: (This theme was generated using create-wp-theme.)
Author: (Example, INC.)
Author Email: (hello@example.com)
Author URI: (https://www.example.com)
License: (UNLICENSED)
Tags: (accessibility-ready,translation-ready)
WP Version Required: (6.0.0)
WP Version Tested: (6.0.0)
Function Prefix: (wp_theme)
Class Prefix: (WP_Theme)
Constant Prefix: (WP_THEME)

Note: Any promptable options that have values already provided by the user will not be prompted for. If the tool detects that all possible option values have already been provided by the user, it won't display the prompt, and will instead jump directly into creation.

Logging

The tool will log its progress and errors in the console, exiting on completion and fatal errors.

👍 Got it! ― Creating "WP Theme" in tests\wp-theme

⏳ Cloning package ― https://github.com/dreamsicle-io/wp-theme-assets.git (master)
📥 Package cloned ― 56 files cloned
🔨 Package written ― package.json
🔨 Files built ― 4 files renamed, 15 files built
⏳ Fetching license ― Fetching license for SPDX ID: "gpl-3.0"
📥 License fetched ― GNU General Public License v3.0
📄 License written ― LICENSE
📚 Theme relocated ― tests\wp-theme
📁 Repo initialized ― Repo type: "git"
🔗 Remote repo added ― git+ssh://git@github.com/example/wp-theme.git
💾 Initial files committed ― [main (root-commit) 37be1d1] ― 56 files changed, 4276 insertions(+)

🚀 Theme created ― Created "WP Theme" in tests\wp-theme

⚡ What's next? ― Head over to your new theme directory to install dependencies
and start cooking something up! If we've initialized a repository for you, we
commited the initial files and added a remote origin, but we didn't push
upstream. It's also a good idea to check your LICENSE file to fill out any
placeholders that may be in the text. Now, go build something beautiful.

> ― cd tests/wp-theme
> ― nvm use
> ― npm install
> ― npm start

Options

The tool offers several options that will serve as defaults for the tool's prompt. These options can be used to customize the default options of the tool allowing the developer to go through the prompts faster. Options provided via the CLI will not be prompted for in the terminal. To see a list of all available options and their aliases, jump to the Help section.

npx @dreamsicle.io/create-wp-theme -A Dreamsicle -E hello@dreamsicle.com -u https://www.dreamsicle.com my-theme

Note: If the option value has spaces in it, wrap it in quotes. For example - "Example, INC.".

The above would set the following options:

themeAuthor:      Dreamsicle
themeAuthorEmail: hello@dreamsicle.com
themeAuthorURI:   https://www.dreamsicle.com

File Generation

The tool will rename files and generate file contents if it detects placeholders in the supported WP Theme Assets files. Note that casing will be adjusted automatically to ensure proper conventions.

File Content Replacement

Placeholder	Replacement	Description
wp-theme	<dir>	The kebab-cased directory argument.
wp_theme	-F, --functionPrefix	The snake-cased function prefix option.
WP_Theme	-C, --classPrefix	The pascal-snake-cased class prefix option.
WP_THEME	-c, --constantPrefix	The constant-cased constant prefix option.
WP Theme	-N, --themeName	The unmodified theme name option.

File Renaming

Placeholder	Replacement	Description
class-wp-theme-*	-C, --classPrefix	The parsed class prefix option, kebab-cased.

Licenses

The tool will write a license for you according to the SPDX license expression provided in the -L or --themeLicense option from the GitHub License API. You may use any of the supported licenses to automatically write a license for you on theme creation. While SPDX technically supports hundreds of license identifiers, this tool will only automatically write licenses for those supported by the Github License API.

To skip license generation, use UNLICENSED as the license identifier.

Note: Some licenses ship with placeholders for things like company name, date, etc. Make sure to fill these out once your theme is generated.

Help

To get help with the tool and to learn more about usage and the available options, use the --help or -h flag. This will output all help information available including how to use the command, arguments, option flags, option descriptions, and option defaults.

npx @dreamsicle.io/create-wp-theme --help

The above would ouput the following help information:

Usage: create-wp-theme [options] <dir>

A command line tool for creating modern, optimized WordPress themes.

Arguments:
  dir                               The name of the theme directory to create (example: "my-theme")

Options:
  -V, --version                     output the version number
  -N, --themeName <string>          The theme name (default: "WP Theme")
  -X, --themeVersion <string>       The theme version (default: "0.0.1")
  -T, --themeTemplate [string]      The parent theme if this is a child theme (default: "")
  -U, --themeURI <string>           The theme URI (default: "https://github.com/example/wp-theme")
  -B, --themeBugsURI <string>       The theme bugs URI (default: "https://github.com/example/wp-theme/issues")
  -R, --themeRepoURI <string>       The theme repository URI (default: "git+ssh://git@github.com/example/wp-theme.git")
  -r, --themeRepoType <string>      The theme repository type (default: "git")
  -D, --themeDescription <string>   The theme description (default: "This theme was generated using create-wp-theme.")
  -A, --themeAuthor <string>        The theme author (default: "Example, INC.")
  -E, --themeAuthorEmail <string>   The theme author email (default: "hello@example.com")
  -u, --themeAuthorURI <string>     The theme author URI (default: "https://www.example.com")
  -L, --themeLicense <string>       The theme license as a valid SPDX expression (default: "UNLICENSED")
  -t, --themeTags [string]          A CSV of WordPress theme tags (default: "accessibility-ready,translation-ready")
  -W, --wpVersionRequired <string>  The version of WordPress the theme requires (default: "6.0.0")
  -w, --wpVersionTested <string>    The version of WordPress the theme has been tested up to (default: "6.0.0")
  -F, --functionPrefix <string>     The prefix for PHP functions (default: "wp_theme")
  -C, --classPrefix <string>        The prefix for PHP classes (default: "WP_Theme")
  -c, --constantPrefix <string>     The prefix for PHP constants (default: "WP_THEME")
  -P, --path <string>               The path where the built theme directory will be placed (default: "C:\\Users\\noahm\\source\\repos\\create-wp-theme")
  -f, --failExternals [boolean]     Exit on errors from external calls like license fetching and git initializations (default: false)
  -v, --verbose [boolean]           Output extra information to the console (default: false)
  -h, --help                        display help for command