Envato on The State of WordPress Blogging Themes

Envato has a nice article covering the current state of WordPress blogging themes. The article does a nice job highlighting not only the styles over the years but the inspiration behind them as well. The design traits profiled include:

Modern Single-Column Layout

Traditional Two-Column Layout

The Journal Layout

The Masonry/Grid Layout

My favorite style is a toss-up between the journal and single-column layout. That’s why I’m psyched to see the Twenty Fifteen default theme go with a clean, two-column layout. I think a lot of sites will use it compared to Twenty Fourteen which was more of a magazine style. Here’s a look at the various styles used by default themes in WordPress over the years starting with Twenty Ten.

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Which style is your favorite and are you happy to see the Twenty Fifteen default theme go back to a more traditional two-column layout? What do you think the next WordPress theme design trend will be?