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How to Choose the Best Theme for Your Business Website

Building a beautiful website for your business begins with choosing a theme — a design that controls page layout, widget areas, and default style. With more than 350 free and paid themes on WordPress.com,…

Versatile Themes for Online Magazines

Web Monkey9 years ago08 mins

Launching a magazine? At WordPress.com, you can choose from an ever-growing collection of themes. Here are four free and four premium themes to promote a wide variety of content.…

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Early Theme Adopters: Libre

Web Monkey9 years ago05 mins

Out-of-the-box, Libre is an understated, reader-friendly theme that’s already become a WordPress.com favorite. As movie review blog Empty Screens demonstrates, it’s both crisp and classic: Head to the Customizer, though, and you can build on Libre‘s strong foundation to create a site that reflects your unique POV.…

New Themes: Colinear and Franklin

Web Monkey9 years ago01 mins

On this Theme Thursday, we have two new free themes for you: Colinear and Franklin. Colinear Colinear — our update to the older Coraline — is a squeaky-clean theme featuring a custom menu, header, background, and layout.…

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New Theme: Independent Publisher

Web Monkey9 years ago01 mins

On this Theme Thursday, we’re happy to announce the latest addition to our collection of free themes. Independent Publisher Independent Publisher is a clean and elegant theme by Raam Dev, with a clean and responsive layout ideal for personal bloggers and writers alike.…

New Theme: Blask

Web Monkey9 years ago01 mins

Today I’m happy to introduce Blask, a free portfolio theme designed by Mel Choyce. Blask Blask is a modern portfolio theme that uses a clean, minimal layout to showcase your work. The…

New Themes: Baskerville and Edda

Web Monkey9 years ago02 mins

Happy Theme Thursday! Today I’m excited to introduce two new free themes to our collection. Baskerville Baskerville was designed by Anders Norén, and it displays writing, photos, and videos in a dynamic, grid-based layout.…

New Theme: Argent

Web Monkey9 years ago01 mins

Today we’re happy to debut a new, free portfolio theme, Argent! Argent Meet Argent, a new addition to our theme collection, designed by Automattic’s own Mel Choyce. Argent’s clean, modern portfolio theme is perfect for creative professionals like designers, artists, and photographers.…

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Early Theme Adopters: Resonar

Web Monkey9 years ago05 mins

Resonar, designed by Automattic’s own Takashi Irie, made its debut in March. Created for food and design bloggers to showcase photography and longform posts, we’ve loved watching how you’ve turned Resonar on its head.…

New Themes: Apostrophe and Canard

Web Monkey9 years ago02 mins

Happy Theme Thursday! Today, WordPress.com welcomes two new free themes to its collection: Apostrophe and Canard. Apostrophe With a pared-down design and bold images, Apostrophe is ideally suited to magazine-style sites, like travelogues, fashion blogs, or foodie sites.…

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New Theme: Gazette

Web Monkey9 years ago01 mins

It’s Theme Thursday, and we’re happy to launch a brand new free theme. Gazette Gazette, designed by yours truly, is a clean and flexible theme perfectly suited for minimalist magazine-style sites, personal blogs, or any content-rich site.…

Ensuring Your Site is Mobile-Friendly

Web Monkey9 years ago03 mins

Today, Google released a change to its algorithm that gives higher search scores to sites it deems “mobile-friendly.” Curious WordPressers might be asking: How can I be sure my site is mobile-friendly?…

Keep Connected! Expats and Nomads Blog Around the World

Web Monkey9 years ago07 mins

We don’t write blogs purely for ourselves — we write them to be read. For people who live far from family and friends, blogs serve twin readerships: they give the intrepid traveler a simultaneous way to chronicle travels for a broad audience and update those back at home.…

New Themes: Resonar and Scrawl

Web Monkey9 years ago02 mins

Happy Theme Thursday, all! Today I’m pleased to present two new free themes designed especially for longform writing. Resonar Designed by yours truly, Resonar is an elegant blog theme with full-screen Featured Images.…

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Websites for the Win: Four Home Pages

Web Monkey9 years ago05 mins

We love blogs, but we love websites, too. Small businesses, personal portfolios, non-profit organizations, government websites — bring ’em on! These four sites are each beautiful, effective, and built on WordPress.com.…

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New Themes: Hew and Sobe

Web Monkey9 years ago02 mins

Hew is a personal-blogging theme with a distinct identity and a bright splash of colour. Share your thoughts and experiences with readers while connecting through prominently placed social media links.…

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Five Themes for Writers and Readers

Web Monkey9 years ago06 mins

In the past, we’ve highlighted some of our favorite themes for longform enthusiasts and bloggers who just want to write. Today, let’s take a look at five free themes, launched in the past several months, that offer a distraction-free writing and reading experience.…

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New Themes: Plane and Capoverso

Web Monkey9 years ago03 mins

Today, we welcome Plane and Capoverso to our WordPress.com theme showcase. Plane Say hello to Plane, the newest addition to our theme collection. Based on the Flato theme by ThemeMeme, Plane combines clean and modern design and a classic two-column layout.…

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New Themes: Editor and Sequential

Web Monkey9 years ago02 mins

Today, we have two new free themes ready for you! Editor Meet Editor, a new addition to our theme collection designed by Mike McAlister at Array. Geared toward personal bloggers and photo bloggers, Editor features big typography and images and a tab-based sidebar with a spot for featured posts, a site logo, and a social links menu.…

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New Themes: Minnow and Cols

Web Monkey10 years ago02 mins

We’re happy to introduce two brand new free themes today! Minnow Designed by Mel Choyce, Minnow is a light, simple theme that puts your social presence front and center.…