← WordPress Website Development learning pathWordPress Website Development · Module 4 of 10
Themes and design
Choose and customise themes for your site's look.
📖 Key ideas
- Themes control design and layout.
- Install from Appearance → Themes.
- Block themes use the Site Editor (Full Site Editing).
- Use a child theme to customise without losing changes on updates.
- Choose fast, well-reviewed, regularly updated themes.
💡 Real-life example: A theme is the outfit of your website; a child theme is tailoring that outfit without cutting the original.
ThemeControls site design
Child themeTheme inheriting from a parent for safe customisation
Site EditorFull Site Editing for block themes
TemplateLayout for a type of page