🚀 Master WordPress Theme Customization in 2025! In this step-by-step tutorial, you’ll learn how to add custom menus, CSS styles, and JavaScript to your WordPress theme the right way using functions.php, wp_nav_menu(), and wp_enqueue_style(). Whether you're a beginner or looking to improve your WordPress development skills, this tutorial will help you build a fully functional, dynamic theme while following best practices to avoid common mistakes.
🔗 Watch Part 1 & Part 2 First:
🎬 Create Your First WordPress Theme from Scratch
🎬 Make Your Theme Dynamic: Headers, Footers & The Loop
📌 What You'll Learn in This WordPress Tutorial:
✅ How to Register & Display a Custom Navigation Menu with wp_nav_menu()
✅ How to Properly Enqueue CSS & JavaScript using wp_enqueue_style() & wp_enqueue_script()
✅ Best Practices for Theme Development to avoid conflicts with plugins
✅ How to Debug Issues with WordPress Menus & Scripts
By the end of this tutorial, your WordPress theme will have a fully functional navigation menu, properly loaded CSS styles, and JavaScript files, and you'll know how to troubleshoot common issues.
⏱️ Video Chapters:
Intro: WordPress Theme Customization Overview
Step 1: Add a Custom Navigation Menu in functions.php
Step 2: Display the Menu in header.php using wp_nav_menu()
Step 3: Enqueue CSS & JavaScript Properly
Outro: Next Steps & What’s Coming in Part 4!
📌 Fix "Menu Not Showing" Issue
Go to Appearance then Menus
Create a Menu & Assign it to "Primary Menu"
📚 More WordPress Development Tutorials:
🔹 How to Build a Custom WordPress Theme from Scratch
🔹 The Loop Explained: Display Dynamic Posts in Your Theme
🔹 Top 10 WordPress Theme Development Mistakes to Avoid
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