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WordPress WordPress Theme Development WordPress Header and Footer Templates Porting existing headers and footers into WordPress

Posted by omer cohen
omer cohen
2,549 Points

from where this index.html is coming from ?

i know that wordpress works with only php files . so from where this index.html file is coming from ?

2 Answers

Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points
Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points

The index.php file is the base file used for all WordPress themes. If there is not a template used the site will default to index.php. to learn more about the WP hierarchy checkout this site, wphierarchy its very useful.

omer cohen
omer cohen
2,549 Points
omer cohen
omer cohen
2,549 Points

so there is no file that called index.html at all in wordpress ? and why is it when i click view source i see the index.html ?i dont get it