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WordPress Site Architecture, Themes & Content Model

A single annotated diagram of how a WordPress site is actually put together - from the CMS shell down through theme, templates, content, and out to navigation and footer.

read - ~1 min
published - 2026-05-02
author - admin
category - WordPress
blueprint – WordPress site anatomy
live – annotated
click any pin – 22 mapped terms
// HEADER – NAVIGATION RTW Home Posts Articles Works About contact // CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM – WORDPRESS CORE v available themes / variants Default Theme Custom Theme Parent Theme Child Theme Divi Responsive Themes // ACTIVE THEME – PRESENTATION LAYER THEME // TEMPLATES – WHAT GETS RENDERED Page Template WP Page Templates WordPress Templates single.php – page.php – archive.php // CONTENT – THE ACTUAL DATA PUBLISHED “How we built MSOA” post-type: case-study // FEED – BLOG // TAXONOMY CATEGORY case studio TAGS: php retainer 2026 // FOOTER AREA (c) 2026 Reston Tech Wiz – widgets / menus / credit line ok all systems operational dev: developer.wordpress.org – old: /codex

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