Wp Tailwind

Overview

The WordPress Tailwind Starter Theme is a minimalistic WordPress starter theme that is based on Tailwind and PurgeCSS. It provides a clean and lightweight foundation for developing WordPress themes.

Features

• Tailwind Integration: The theme is built on top of the popular CSS framework, Tailwind, allowing for rapid development and easy customization.
• PurgeCSS Support: The theme uses PurgeCSS to remove unused styles from the production build, resulting in smaller file sizes and improved performance.
• Webpack Bundler: Webpack is used as the theme’s bundler, allowing for efficient management of JavaScript files and automatic compression of images.

Installation

To install the WordPress Tailwind Starter Theme, you’ll need to have NodeJS and Composer installed on your system.

1. Clone or download the project from the GitHub repository and place it in your WordPress themes directory (./wp-content/themes).
2. Run a find/replace operation in the theme files to update the necessary strings, such as the theme name.
3. Run composer install to install the required PHP dependencies.
4. Run npm install to install the required JavaScript dependencies.
5. Update the BrowserSyncPlugin configuration in the webpack.config.js file to match your local installation’s domain.
6. Run npm start to start the development server.

Summary

The WordPress Tailwind Starter Theme is a lightweight and customizable WordPress starter theme. It offers integration with Tailwind CSS, support for PurgeCSS, and utilizes Webpack as the bundler. With its minimalistic approach, developers can quickly build and customize WordPress themes with ease.