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Create new theme in wordpress

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At the very minimum, a WordPress Theme consists of two files:

  1. style.css
  2. index.php

style.css contains information about theme.

/*
Theme Name: My Theme
Theme URI: https://santoshyadavcse.wordpress.com/
Author: Santosh Yadav
Author URI: https://santoshyadavcse.wordpress.com/about-santosh/
Description: This is simple theme used for theme creation demo.
Version: 1.0
License: GNU General Public License
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
*/
/* add your css below */

index.php file is main file loaded for your theme.

<?php
/* Write your code here */
?>

For more detail on them development you may refer to this page https://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development

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