Rediscover Theme Settings With The Customizer

SPEAKER: Anthony Skelton
TIME: 11:45 am — 12:30 pm
ROOM: Calaveras

The topic will cover an introduction to working with the WordPress Customizer in Theme Development. It will cover a range of topics to get people going, including:

  • Setting up your theme for the Customizer
  • Add To / Remove default Customizer Sections
  • Add custom Panels, Sections, Settings, and Controls
  • Basic and Advanced Control Types
  • Output settings on the front end
  • 4.6 Validate Callbacks
  • Tips for workflow and dry coding
  • The future of the Customizer

We’ll also examine the Customizer method properties, including:

  • Type: ThemeMod vs Option and why
  • Transport: Refresh vs postMessage
  • Sanitization: Built in and custom
  • Callbacks: WordPress basic and Custom callbacks

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