What are the main parts of a Wordpress Template?

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This may sound like a stupid question, but...

What are the main parts of a Wordpress template, and which parts are mandatory and which parts are optional?

So far I am aware of:

Is there anything else?

You need just the index.php and style.css and maybe a comments.php. Everything else is optional. Why do you think the other parts are required? — fuxia, Commented Mar 8, 2013 at 2:27
This is as small as a theme can be while still being able to present infomation. On the other side of the spectrum there are themes with hundreds of files. — Wyck, Commented Mar 8, 2013 at 3:30

Androliyah · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-09 03:42:09Z

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Indeed, it is as toscho has said. index.php and style.css are the bare minumum.

Developers like to separate things, though, so instead of having one index.php file to rule all, you'll find parts like:

header.php
footer.php
sidebar.php
index.php
style.css
functions.php

and additional templates like ones you mentioned in the question.

This page will show you how its done at the minimum level.

answered Mar 8, 2013 at 2:57

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Mattvic · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-09 11:12:02Z

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If you want to include your theme in the WordPress theme repository it should at least include:

This list and many other best practices can be found on the Theme Review page in the Codex.

answered Mar 9, 2013 at 10:55

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