Nomad College – Custom WordPress Blog Page Design & Development

I designed and developed the blog for Nomad College, a college website, using WordPress core code with a custom theme and no page builders. The goal was a fast, clean, easy-to-read blog where students and parents can find articles on admissions, courses, colleges and career guidance, and then move on to enquire.

Key features

• Custom WordPress theme built with core template files (index.php, single.php, archive.php, category.php, search.php, functions.php)
• Blog listing page using the native WordPress Loop, with featured image, category, date, title, excerpt and "Read More" on each card
• Responsive grid layout, designed mobile-first with custom HTML and CSS
• Category and tag archives, plus search, using WordPress core queries
• Single post template with a readable layout, author and date, related posts and a share section
• Native WordPress pagination
• Registered navigation menus, widget areas and custom image sizes through functions.php
• Optimised, lazy-loaded thumbnails for faster page speed
• SEO-friendly structure: clean permalinks, heading hierarchy, meta tags and image alt text