Ну грубо говоря, дальше приведен список инструментов облегчающих создание тем ( шаблонов ) для WordPress .
Theme Frameworks
WordPress Theme Frameworks
A theme framework is a theme that is designed to be a flexible foundation that can serve as a parent theme for building child themes. The use of WordPress theme frameworks may ease theme development by reducing the volume of work which may be needed in creating a backbone for your theme (usually by using PHP and WordPress Template Tags).
Theme frameworks also make theme development more accessible, removing the need for programming knowledge.
Available Frameworks
* Atahualpa
* The Buffet Framework
* Carrington
* Hybrid
* Sandbox
* Thematic
* WP Framework
источникTheme Frameworks « WordPress Codex.