Folks struggling to make sense of the excellent WordPress content management system (the very thing that powers this ‘umble website) may be pleased to see that coder extraordinaire Joost de Valk has produced a natty infographic to explain all.
Anatomy explained
The graphic explains the ‘anatomy’ of a WordPress theme, breaking the pages down into their individual components and explaining their function.
Technical aspects of how WordPress operates are explained clearly, including the mysterious ‘Loop’ function, which is the smartypants process that powers page creation.
Here’s the graphic below – click on the image for a larger view.