How Does WordPress Work With Themes?

WordPress is an open source content management system (CMS) that allows users to create a website or blog from scratch, or to improve an existing website. WordPress uses a custom built database to store all of the site’s content.

When a user creates a new WordPress site, WordPress automatically downloads and installs any applicable themes (a set of pre-made templates) from the WordPress Theme repository.

Once a theme is installed, it creates a template file called wp-config-sample.php in the root of the WordPress installation.

This file contains information about the theme, including the theme’s name, author, and license. The theme’s files are located in the themes folder inside the WordPress installation.

When a user clicks on a theme’s name in the WordPress Theme repository, WordPress displays a list of all the theme’s files. The user can then select a theme file to view its contents.

If the user wants to use the theme, he or she can copy the theme’s files to the WordPress installation’s themes folder and activate the theme using the WordPress theme activation function.