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WooCommerce Theme Development: Advanced Course (Udemy.com)

Learn how to customize WooCommerce templates, create demo versions and submit the theme to official WordPress repository

Created by: Marcelo Xavier Vieira

Last updated March 2026

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What you will learn

  • Create WordPress themes with WooCommerce compatibility to be sent to the official WordPress repository
  • Customize WooCommerce template files and create demo versions for themes using One Click Demo Import
  • Learn how to bundle WooCommerce with any theme, theme security, internationalization and much more

How it compares

Against the other 102 rated Udemy courses in WordPress on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 72% of them
  • Reviews874#37 of 103 by number of reviews
  • Length14.6 hourslonger than 83% of them
  • Last updatedMarch 2026more recently than 92% of them

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Course Description

100% Answer Rate! Every single question posted to this class is answered within 24 hours by the instructor.

You can earn a living, or make some cash on the side, as a freelancer or full-time WooCommerce theme developer

Are you looking for a comprehensive WooCommerce theme development course? Have you ever thought about becoming a professional WooCommerce theme developer and make some money on the side?

Today WooCommerce is quickly becoming the next big thing in e-commerce. Its mission is to transform any WordPress website into a real e-commerce store. And it really does! That's why so many developers today want to learn how to create themes for it.

You'll find many WooCommerce tutorials out there, but most of the times they are very confusing.

This course is different. It features almost 100 lessons in which I'll really share with you everything I've learned so far about creating themes, especially about how to build a WordPress theme with WooCommerce compatibility.

Today, many developers make money quickly building themes to people who want a custom theme for their stores. Good freelancers will charge anywhere between $3,000 and $15,000 for a simple custom WordPress website. WordPress sites with WooCommerce capabilities are more profitable to clients, so they are more than willing to pay even more!

Many other developers earn a living selling premium versions of their themes. And you can be one of them too!

I'm an instructor of more than 25,000 satisfied students only here at Udemy and I know how to help you.


What exactly are you going to learn?

Here's a quick list of the main subjects covered by this course. You'll learn:

  • How to create a classic WordPress theme that works perfectly well with Woocommerce (NOTE: in this course, a classic theme will be created, not a block theme);

  • How to declare WooCommerce support and customize your themes. Your clients' online stores will become even more attractive;

  • How to modify the WooCommerce template files in the right way. Your store will look the way you want;

  • How to use the WooCommerce shortcodes the way no one does;

  • How to use powerful tools like Theme Customizer and TGM Plugin Activation to make the store shine;

  • How to create a responsive menu and a sexy and modern slideshow  - without using plugins!

  • How to add a blog to the e-commerce store. Your theme users will sell more!

And more! How about learning how to create demo versions of your theme?

If your intention is to sell premium versions of your theme, you'll see that the ones with demo versions are the top sellers. Your clients will love them!

And how about making them available in any language?

You'll learn how to create themes that are fully translatable. Clients from all over the world will be able to use your themes, as they will be fully compatible with Poedit or any WordPress translation plugin.

And it doesn't end here...

How about making your WooCommerce themes really secure?

You will learn how to put in place, step by step, the main WordPress security features in your theme's code! Just relax! There will be no loopholes for anyone to attack your theme.

And to top it off, start a new career as an official WordPress/WooCommerce theme developer

Follow me as I send the theme created in the course out to the official WordPress theme repository. This is one of the best strategies for those who want to start making money by creating themes, even free ones.

You will understand all the tests that are necessary to pass through the strict review system of WordPress, until the publication of the theme. And, of course, you'll also understand some of the strategies you can use to make money with the theme and make a living as a theme creator. Yes, you can make money, even with free themes hosted at the official WordPress theme repository.

And, on top of that, all the content is loaded with basic notions about creating WordPress themes such as loops, inner pages, sidebars, template parts, filters, action hooks, page templates, enqueuing Bootstrap and Google fonts etc. Really, I won't hide anything in this course!

Besides, you'll have all the material available to follow the lessons.


Who this course is for?

I recommend this course to programmers, IT students, web developers, web designers, or any freelancer or full-time professional who works with PHP, HTML and CSS. It's recommended for everyone who want to build a full-time business, creating custom WooCommerce themes for clients or for selling.

I don't recommend, in any way, for curious people, shop owners, or people who don't know how to write code yet.

This is not a regular WooCommerce course. My goal is to teach the student how to create a theme, so we'll be writing a lot of code. If you are interested in just creating a webstore, without having to understand programming, there are several other courses that can help you out there.

This course is not about setting up a store. We are not going to learn how to configure payment methods, product shipping methods. We are not going to test those extraordinary membership plugins. We are not going to configure subscription plugins, marketing plugins, nothing like that.

This course is aimed at all those who want to become professional theme creators. Basically the course is aimed at two types of people.

  1. Those who would like to become independent, create their own custom theme, learning to customize the look of the store the way they want, or learn to customize third-party themes. They can do it for themselves, or for their clients.

  2. People who have plans to fly even higher! If you are already a little tired of working with annoying deadlines, boring clients, endless projects, anyway, if you want to start building a career with more freedom, more time for you, doing what you like to do, you will love the content that I have prepared for you!

In this course I will guide you, step by step, in the beginning of your professional career as a WooCommerce theme developer. I'll show you, from start to finish, how to create a theme following all the recommendations of the WordPress theme review team.

In the bonus section of the course you'll learn everything you need in order to make a theme pass the hard tests of the WordPress theme repository, how to bundle WooCommerce with the theme, how to prepare a theme demo, how to make your theme go international, how to make it totally secure, and much more.

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Instructor Details

Marcelo Xavier Vieira

English:

I'm a web developer specializing in WordPress Theme Development since 2012, having built dozens of websites with the CMS and contributing to the official WordPress theme repository.

My highest rated Udemy courses have helped thousands of people earn their living as WordPress theme developers.

I consider WordPress the perfect platform for anyone who wants to build any kind of website and learn about web technologies such as PHP, CSS, and HTML in depth.

I invite you to come with me in this journey. Your professional career will never be the same again.
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Português:

Sou desenvolvedor web especializado em criação de temas WordPress desde 2012, tendo construído dezenas de sites com o CMS e contribuído para o repositório de temas oficial do WordPress.

Meus cursos da Udemy recebem ótima avaliação dos alunos e já ajudaram milhares de pessoas a ganhar a vida como desenvolvedores de temas WordPress.

Considero o WordPress a plataforma perfeita para quem quer construir qualquer tipo de site e aprender sobre tecnologias web como PHP, CSS e HTML em profundidade.

Convido você a vir comigo nesta jornada. Sua carreira profissional nunca mais será a mesma.

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Reviews

4.6

874 ratings on Udemy

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By Amber Alter on 5/30/2025

Marcelo is an excellent instructor and has produced a very in depth, high-quality course on developing WooCommerce themes. The materials covered are great for both beginner and advanced WordPress developers. I think the course holds up in many ways--Marcelo has updated many videos to keep up with changes throughout the years--but it would be great to learn more about WooCommerce theme development within a Gutenberg/Full Site Editor context. There is a ton of useful information, especially the later chapters on internalization, security and theme testing. I learned a lot and hope Marcelo keeps putting out videos.

By Wictor Kanerva on 12/10/2023

Most of the content is not related to Woocommerce but rather Wordpress, so even if you are a beginner theme developer you can take this course as all the foundation before going into Woocommerce is covered. The instructor is positive and easy to understand. Only remarks is that he refers back to previous sections in the course and does not want to give brief explainations. The problem I have is that it's labeled as a "Advanced" course in Woocommerce theme development. Most of the time is spent building a Wordpress theme and most of the Woocommerce sections cover the most basic elements of displaying products. Almost all advanced topics are directed to the Woocommerce documentation which the lecturer spends very little time covering. The best section in the course was the Bonus section where you learn the process on how to Submit the theme to Wordpress. Here the author of the course shines and you learn a lot.

By Lionel Gibaudan on 6/21/2023

Fantastic course, you really are going under the hood of Wordpresss and Woocommerce. The course permit you to build your unique looking online shop because you will master all the details of Woocommerce. It's an advanced course but Marcelo take the time to explain to you everything in the videos. Another amazing thing, Marcelo is a very very nice guy, he respond to every question in the Q & R at the speed of light and then he help us to resolve all the tiny problems which can appear when doing Wordpress themes from scratch... My best wish is that Marcelo produce a new course on Gutenberg block development and full site editing because these two topics are not well covered from the last months..

By Christopher Wells on 4/30/2023

Although the course does not explain the latest changes in WordPress Theme development from version 5.9+ (Block Themes), it really gives a great explanation of how to make a WooCommerce Theme in WordPress traditional methods. What I appreciated most is that Marcelo shows what he went through just to submit this WooCommerce theme through to the WordPress repository, so he really gives you loads more information than just a simple WordPress Theme development. I highly recommend buying this course as it is packed full of information.

By Bimalendu Behera on 2/22/2022

I have taken other WordPress courses in Udemy but they are not very practical. In this course, Marcelo goes through the process of uploading themes to wordpress.org and gives us thoughts on how to make money from WordPress themes. This course was highly engaging coupled with live examples from the WordPress theme review process. I look forward to new courses from Marcelo.

By Ta Trung on 2/28/2021

I had been searching for a course, where I could learn how to build a custom theme for woocomerce, but I found none until I dropped a few keyword in Udemy and I met Marcelo. Marcelo is really dedicated to what he is doing, just by looking at his enthusciasm we understand why he has designed such a long and fully course for combo of Wordpress+Woocommerce. I definitely would recommend this course to other e-commerce holder or desginer as well. I have been holding e-commerce , which use woocommerce platform and I use ready-made theme there. By using this I cannot hold my website destiny, so now I rather build a custom theme, which will have better SEO and much lighter in loading time. That is all for now and I'm responsible for my words, this course is worth every pences of your money

By Sibasish Acharyya on 12/20/2020

Till Now Good

By Christian Ramrez on 12/20/2020

It's a great course, the teacher is clear to explain and very easy to implement the theme, for the moment.

By Rob N on 12/13/2020

Exactly what i was looking for. Awesome course, amazing teacher.

By Vedran Lini on 12/6/2020

Very nice explain, with nice speed.

By Mehul Rojasara on 11/17/2020

Starting lectures are very basics otherwise all good

By Matt on 11/11/2020

Great explanation of concepts. Very easy to digest and follow without getting confused

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Overall Score : 92 / 100