Wordpress themes have come a long way. As the exceptional Wordpress team builds in more and more features, they give web designers tons of options for creativity and innovation in theme design. We hope that this post brings up trends in Wordpress themes that you have noticed, but didn’t know you noticed.
We have built a ton of Wordpress sites. Seriously, hundreds. Maybe thousands. Over time, we have developed a short list of go-to plugins. No matter what kind of Wordpress site we’re making (a blog, a community, etc.) we start by downloading the latest version of these plugins. In our humble [...]
Wordpress is so immensely popular that even some monster sites and companies are using it to manage their content. From blogs to portals, these big boys have chosen Wordpress. Can you blame them?
If you like this post, you’ll probably like this one: 20 Reasons Wordpress Gives Us Goosebumps
Where are the links? This list will grow [...]
If you’re reading this post we can be sure of two things. First, you love Wordpress too. Second, you have experienced other content management systems and thus, know Wordpress beats them all. These are (just some of) the reasons Wordpress is the only choice for managing a blog, a community, or a business online.
Wordpress is…
simple.
easy [...]
Have you noticed the dramatic increase in “list” posts? They often have title like “10 best free magazine style Wordpress themes” and “10 best social media plugins”. We, too, enjoy a list here and there. We thought it would be fun (and funny) to come up with our own top 10 list of lists.
10 Unusual [...]
These are the features we would absolutely love to see in the next stable release of Wordpress. Of course, being that this site is dedicated entirely to Wordpress, we love the simple blogging platform as-is. But there is always room to grow.
Line markers in the theme editor. – Sometimes it’s easier and faster [...]
For anyone developing Wordpress templates, these tags are the most commonly used and helpful to have handy. Many of these tags include parameter options which can be found in the Wordpress Codex or this helpful tool.
<?php the_author_nickname(); ?>
Insert the author’s nickname.
<?php the_category(‘parents=multiple’); ?>
Insert the category of a post.
<?php comments_number(‘No Comments’, ’one’, ’more’, ’number’); ?>
Insert the number of comments if there are none.
<?php comments_number(‘zero’, ’1 Comment’, ’more’, ’number’); ?>
Insert [...]
These are amazing themes, demonstrating the flexibility and options native to Wordpress. These are not just pretty themes and they aren’t available for download anywhere. They are examples of custom designs that truly flex their Wordpress codex muscle.
These theme creators stand above the rest in terms of aesthetics, web standards, functionality and creativity. There are over 19,000,000 results for “premium wordpress themes” on Google. Wouldn’t it be nice to rely on a handful of providers? In no particular order, here are some of our favorites:
Woo Themes
PremiumWP
Studio Press
Theme Forest (a marketplace site with [...]
Search “Wordpress Blog” and you won’t come up with a blog about Wordpress. You’ll find one of the billions of websites powered by our favorite CMS, Wordpress. Instead of search overload, take this list as the beginning of your “must have” list of Wordpress resources.
Wordpress.org Development Blog
Smashing Magazine (about design in general, but they love [...]
