NOTE:

This project is not longer maintained. It is left active for historical reference and legacy use but is no longer updated.

Lexi Theme Generator

Building custom WordPress themes can be redundant and annoyingly repetitive. The Lexi Theme Generator aims to eliminate the annoying stuff we repeat every time we develop a new theme. Follow the installation instructions to get started. For full documentation visit http://theme-generator.elexicon.com/docs/

Note: - This is NOT the theme. Please visit the generator to get yourself a copy.

What's New

• Bootstrap v4.1.0 integration
• Complete rewrite of core theme functionality
• PSR-4 Autoloading for core functionality
• New Helper functions

Features

• Bootstrap 4.x
• Bootstrap Nav Walker for easy management through the wp-admin dashboard
• SCSS compiling and Browser Reload through Grunt
• Webpack integration for modern JS and ES6 functionality
• PSR-4 Autoloading with Composer

Getting started

Requirements

• >PHP 5.4
• Composer (Install it from https://getcomposer.org/)
• Node & NPM (Install it from https://nodejs.org/en/)
• WordPress >4.5

Installation

• Head over to http://theme-generator.elexicon.com and fill out the form provided.
• Unzip the downloaded file and copy it's contents over to your /themes/ directory.
• cd to the theme directory in your terminal.
• npm install
• npm run-script build
• composer install
• Activate the theme from your wp-admin dashboard.
• Begin building!
  • Note you will have to cd to your theme directory and run the grunt command to enable Live Reloading and File Watching.

Full Documentation

Example Theme