Creating a wordpress theme

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Just want to know that if I'm going to create a new wordpress theme, what about functions.php, should I need to create a new functions file, or just copy it from other wordpress theme. I have read codex but it only tells about the templates needed to create a new theme.

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  • The theme functions file is a template used by Word-press themes. It acts like a plug-in and gets automatically loaded in both admin and front-end pages of a Word-press site.
  • The functions.php file can be found in your theme’s folder. You don't need to create a new functions.php file when you want to put your own function in function.php just paste that code in your themes functions.php file.

  • You can look into these Reference Links to understand more about function.php file :-

    Functions_File_Explained

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You don't need a new functions.php file if you don't want custom functions in your theme.

See this thread for more information - not including functions.php doesn't make any difference for your custom theme.