Resonar is an elegant WordPress blog theme that was launched in mid-March on WordPress.com and is now available to self-hosted WordPress sites. This theme makes a big impact with its strong typography and fullscreen featured images.
Resonar was designed by Takashi Irie, the same designer for the Twenty Fifteen and Twenty Fourteen default themes. Irie’s designs are also behind the popular Espied and Ryu themes.
The homepage for Resonar is created by assigning a sticky post with a large featured image (ideally 2000px wide and 1500px high). If you frequently change this sticky post, your site will always have a fresh focal point on the homepage.
If you’re looking for a theme that highlights longform posts, Resonar fits the bill with its unique styling for blockquotes, pull quotes, overhanging images.
The centered blog layout keeps the focus on the content, but you don’t have to sacrifice widget areas to use the theme. Clicking on the ellipsis icon in the main menu will reveal a 576px-wide slide-out sidebar where you can drop in widgets and display a social links menu.
As Resonar revolves around fullscreen featured images, you’ll need to be prepared to have a 2000px by 1500px image for each post in order to keep the theme looking its best. Check out the live demo on WordPress.com to see Resonar in action. Self-hosted WordPress blog owners can download the theme from WordPress.org or install it via the admin themes browser.
Love this theme, super clean looking! I know the point is to showcase featured images but I’m wondering what a post without images would look like? Can’t see one in the demo https://resonardemo.wordpress.com/