Themes

  • WordPress.com Moves to Standardize Theme Support for Site Logos

    WordPress.com Moves to Standardize Theme Support for Site Logos

    WordPress.com introduced a new site logo feature today with the goal of standardizing the way themes present logo upload. When it comes to data portability, you’re usually out of luck with logos. Ordinarily, when you change to a new theme, you lose your logo. Each theme developer has a different way of incorporating logo upload,…

  • GavickPro Abandons Theme Framework in Favor of WordPress Customizer

    GavickPro Abandons Theme Framework in Favor of WordPress Customizer

    GavickPro is a unique theme shop that creates both Joomla and WordPress themes. Each theme they produce is developed for both platforms. The shop was first established in the Joomla community and then branched out into WordPress. Up until recently, every WordPress theme GavickPro created was based on the GavernWP Framework, which was designed to…

  • Themosis Object-Oriented Development Framework for WordPress Now in Beta

    Themosis Object-Oriented Development Framework for WordPress Now in Beta

    Themosis is a new object-oriented development framework for WordPress that is currently in beta and set to be released soon. It’s aimed at developers of all skill levels but those with stronger PHP knowledge will have an easier time working with the framework. Themosis was created by Julien Lambé, a Belgium-based application developer. His framework…

  • Hybrid Core 2.0 Adds Composer Support, Removes Widgets From Framework

    Hybrid Core 2.0 Adds Composer Support, Removes Widgets From Framework

    Theme Hybrid released Hybrid Core 2.0 today after many months in development. The framework, created by Justin Tadlock, powers this site and many other WordPress sites on the web. Version 1.0 was first released in October 2010, built from the engine that made up the base of Tadlock’s popular Hybrid Theme. Since that time, Hybrid…

  • WP Quick Install Script Offers a Fast Way to Install WordPress, Plugins, and Themes

    WP Quick Install Script Offers a Fast Way to Install WordPress, Plugins, and Themes

    WP Quick Install is an interesting new tool from Julio Potier, Jonathan Buttigieg, and Jean-Baptiste Marchand-Arvier, the folks behind WP Rocket. As part of supporting their commercial caching plugin, the WP Rocket team works extensively with clients. WP Quick Install is a tool they use internally and decided to share with the community. Its creators…

  • Baskerville: A Free WordPress Theme for Hoarders

    Baskerville: A Free WordPress Theme for Hoarders

    Baskerville is a new masonry grid style WordPress theme available from designer Anders Norén. His popular Hemingway theme has received more than 60,000 downloads on WordPress.org and is also offered on WordPress.com. Baskerville was created to showcase many different types of content, hence its tagline: “A WordPress Theme for Hoarders.” The theme bears Norén’s trademark…

  • THBusiness: A Free WordPress Business Theme Based on Bootstrap

    THBusiness: A Free WordPress Business Theme Based on Bootstrap

    If you’re looking for a clean, customizable business theme for WordPress, THBusiness just landed in the official Themes Directory. While most free themes are dedicated to blogging, THBusiness is focused on providing all of the basic elements you need to display featured content, services, testimonials, and more. It was designed by the folks at THEMEZHUT…

  • Free bbPress Add-on Now Available For Eighties WordPress Theme

    Free bbPress Add-on Now Available For Eighties WordPress Theme

    It’s somewhat unusual for WordPress theme developers to take bbPress into consideration when building themes. Styles and templates for bbPress compatibility usually constitute unnecessary weight for users who don’t have the plugin active on their sites. One smart way to add bbPress support to a theme is through a plugin. This is exactly what Justin…

  • Are The Days Of Paying Less Than $100 For A WordPress Theme Over?

    Are The Days Of Paying Less Than $100 For A WordPress Theme Over?

    If you are selling WordPress themes or thinking about entering the markets, there’s been a plethora of great information published the past few weeks. Topics ranging from whether themes are a commodity to what it is you’re really purchasing when a theme is GPL Licensed. Here is a round up of articles in case you…

  • Ravel By ThemeHybrid Is A Modern WordPress Theme Designed By Tung Do

    Ravel By ThemeHybrid Is A Modern WordPress Theme Designed By Tung Do

    Ravel is a free new WordPress theme released by ThemeHybrid with a focus on blog, portfolio, and professional sites. It’s the result of teamwork between Justin Tadlock and Tung Do. Ravel is slick, modern, and has an eye pleasing color scheme. One of my favorite features of Ravel is the social icons that blend in…

  • WordPress Themes Suck at Accessibility: It’s Time to Fix It

    WordPress Themes Suck at Accessibility: It’s Time to Fix It

    Earlier this month WordPress developer Morten Rand-Hendriksen released Simone, a free theme based on Underscores. Like many themes, Simone is responsive, wired for translation, utilizes the customizer, and includes editor styles. One feature, however, sets Simone apart – a heavy emphasis on accessibility. Rand-Hendriksen believes that the accessibility-ready tag should be required for all WordPress…

  • Eighties: A Bold Free WordPress Theme Focused on Content

    Eighties: A Bold Free WordPress Theme Focused on Content

    WordPress themes are getting simpler and bolder this year. Bloggers are gravitating toward designs that feature large typography and scaled back post meta in order to allow the visitor to focus on the main content. To compliment this design style, many theme developers are opting to keep the peripherals (widgets, menus, etc) hidden from view.…

  • ThemeFurnace Relaunches, Introduces Lifetime Club Membership

    ThemeFurnace Relaunches, Introduces Lifetime Club Membership

    ThemeFurnace relaunched this week with a complete overhaul of its theme collection. The shop was founded in 2012 by Oliver Dale, a Manchester-based designer and entrepreneur. In addition to a new website and pricing structure, Dale and his team have recoded all of their existing themes to remove the old options panel in favor of…

  • PressWork to Relaunch Under New Ownership

    PressWork to Relaunch Under New Ownership

    PressWork made a big splash in the WordPress theme world when it launched its free HTML5/CSS3 framework in the summer of 2011. The theme boasted a unique drag and drop front-end editor which allowed users to customize their sites without having to touch any code. Brendan Sera-Shriar and Chris Bavota put a great deal of…

  • Michael Oeser of DER PRiNZ Acquires WordPress Theme Company ThemeShift

    Michael Oeser of DER PRiNZ Acquires WordPress Theme Company ThemeShift

    In what has become a trend of late, another WordPress commercial theme shop has exchanged hands. ThemeShift, originally owned and operated by Simon Rimkus is now owned by Michael Oeser of DER PRiNZ, a German based WordPress theme and digital media company. ThemeShift has been in the WordPress commercial theme space since 2009. In an…