The WordPress.com team is always working on new design ideas to bring your website to life. Check out the latest themes in our library, featuring fresh options for startups, visual creators, minimalist bloggers, and more. All WordPress.com Themes Iotix ShareTweetSharePostSharePin Continue reading Hot Off the Press: New WordPress.com Themes for May 2023
Shufflehound made a big splash in March when it released Lemmony, a free WordPress block theme with more than 30 patterns. This was the company’s first block theme on WordPress.org and it is already active on more than 1,000 websites. Continue reading Shufflehound Releases Free Lemmony Child Theme for Agencies
WordPress is approaching its 20th anniversary, and for the majority of those years, contributors have cranked out a new default theme. Even though the structure and supported features of default themes have drastically changed over the years, contributors are still Continue reading New Proposal Looks to Retire Older WordPress Default Themes
Since 2010, WordPress has released a new default theme every year but one. Each default theme (though sometimes stylistically opinionated) is meant to provide a solid and flexible foundation that site owners can use to build out their new WordPress Continue reading Proposal: Retiring Older Default Themes
The WordPress Themes Directory is now hosting more than 300 block themes, a milestone for the dedicated theme developers who have persevered through the growing pains and evolution of block theming. WP Engine is one of the newest theme authors Continue reading WP Engine Releases Frost, A Free Block Theme for Website Builders
WordPress’ Themes Team has released a new block theme called Stacks as part of the Community Themes initiative proposed earlier this year. The goal is to bring together representatives of the team to build block themes year round, the same Continue reading WordPress Themes Team Releases Stacks: A Community Theme for Building Slide Decks
WordPress developer Mike McAlister has launched Ollie, his first block theme, into public beta. McAlister, whose theme company Array Themes was acquired by WP Engine in 2018, along with the Atomic Blocks plugin, recently departed from his role at the Continue reading Ollie Block Theme Now in Public Beta
With the latest WordPress release out in the world, this post seeks to recap the performance improvements available for all sites. According to this analysis done by @flixos90 that you’re encouraged to dig into, WordPress 6.2 loads 14-18% faster for Continue reading WordPress 6.2 Performance improvements for all themes
Lemmony is a new WordPress block theme designed by the team at Shufflehound, a theme development company based in Europe with commercial products on Themeforest. This is the team’s first block theme on WordPress.org and it is a strong debut. Continue reading Lemmony: A Free WordPress Block Theme with 30+ Patterns
WordPress contributors have updated the legacy default themes to bundle Google Fonts locally in the theme folder, instead of loading them from Google’s servers. In years past, loading fonts from the the Google CDN was the recommended practice for performance Continue reading WordPress’ Legacy Default Themes Updated to Bundle Google Fonts Locally
Automattic has published its Lettre theme to WordPress.org. The company launched its newsletter product at the end of December 2022 using Lettre as the default theme. The self-hosted version of this block theme is for those who want to publish Continue reading Lettre Newsletter Theme Now Available on WordPress.org
Are you looking for the best WordPress themes for your church? Although word of mouth is one way for people to find out about your church or religious organization, it’s always a good idea to have an online presence so Continue reading 14 Best WordPress Themes for Your Church (2023)
Are you looking for the fastest WooCommerce theme for your online store? A fast loading WordPress theme improves your website’s loading speed. And speed is an important SEO ranking factor. If you are on the lookout for some lightning-fast WP Continue reading The Fastest WordPress WooCommerce Themes
Sports is not just for professionals, it can also be for sports enthusiasts, bloggers, critic viewers, and hobbyists. Are you a sports club manager or do you sell sports accessories? If you want to create a sports website, you need Continue reading 8 Best WordPress Sport Themes for 2023
The WordPress.com team is always working on new design ideas to bring your website to life. Below you’ll find the four newest themes that we’ve added to our library, with beautiful options for food-based businesses, podcasts, and bloggers. To install Continue reading Hot Off the Press: New WordPress.com Themes for January 2023
One of Matt Mullenweg’s announcements at the 2022 State of the Word was the addition of new taxonomies for the theme and plugin directories that will help users more quickly ascertain the purpose of the extensions they are considering. With Continue reading Commercial and Community Categorization Is Live on WordPress.org Theme and Plugin Directories
After State of the Word, you may have noticed a couple new things for plugins and themes. This is the start of a broader categorization of plugins and themes. The eventual goal of which is to help users to better Continue reading Plugins/themes categorization
Sensei LMS, Automattic’s teaching and learning management plugin, has released a new free block theme called Course. In February 2022, version 4.0 of the plugin introduced support for full-site editing with its bundled “Learning Mode” theme. Course features a new Continue reading Course: A New Free Block Theme Compatible with Sensei LMS
Divi, the popular commercial WordPress theme and page builder created by Elegant Themes, has announced major changes coming in version 5.0 that constitute a complete rewrite of Divi’s core technologies. The update, which is expected to be released in beta Continue reading Divi 5.0 Aims to Bring Greater Compatibility with Gutenberg
Learn what you should look for in a good restaurant theme, and see our selection of WordPress restaurant themes that fit the bill. Restaurants and cafes are some of the oldest, yet popular businesses. If managed well, a restaurant business Continue reading WordPress Restaurant Themes – The Best Themes For Your Food Business