Here is the list of files which are required in wordpress theme. Whenever you are creating the new theme for wordpress, make sure that following files are present in your theme.
WordPress Theme Template Files List
- style.css
The main stylesheet. This must be included with your Theme, and it must contain the information header for your Theme.
- index.php
The main template. If your Theme provides its own templates, index.php must be present.
- comments.php
The comments template. If not present, comments.php from the “default” Theme is used.
- comments-popup.php
The popup comments template. If not present, comments-popup.php from the “default” Theme is used.
- home.php
The home page template.
- single.php
The single post template. Used when a single post is queried. For this and all other query templates, index.php is used if the query template is not present.
- page.php
The page template. Used when an individual Page is queried.
- category.php
The category template. Used when a category is queried.
- tag.php
The tag template. Used when a tag is queried.
- taxonomy.php
The term template. Used when a term in a custom taxonomy is queried.
- author.php
The author template. Used when an author is queried.
- date.php
The date/time template. Used when a date or time is queried. Year, month, day, hour, minute, second.
- archive.php
The archive template. Used when a category, author, or date is queried. Note that this template will be overridden by category.php, author.php, and date.php for their respective query types.
- search.php
The search results template. Used when a search is performed.
- 404.php
The 404 Not Found template. Used when WordPress cannot find a post or page that matches the query.
