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WordPress Default Themes

Twenty Fifteen

Twenty Fifteen Theme screenshot

Our 2015 default theme is clean, blog-focused, and designed for clarity. Twenty Fifteen's simple, straightforward typography is readable on a wide variety of screen sizes, and suitable for multiple languages. We designed it using a mobile-first approach, meaning your content takes center-stage, regardless of whether your visitors arrive by smartphone, tablet, laptop, or desktop computer.

Current Version: 1.2 | About Twenty Fifteen | Download Page and Demo Link | Changelog

Twenty Fourteen

Twenty Fourteen Theme screenshot

In 2014, our default theme lets you create a responsive magazine website with a sleek, modern design. Feature your favorite homepage content in either a grid or a slider. Use the three widget areas to customize your website, and change your content's layout with a full-width page template and a contributor page to show off your authors. Creating a magazine website with WordPress has never been easier.

Current Version: 1.4 | About Twenty Fourteen | Download Page and Demo Link | Changelog

Twenty Thirteen

Twenty Thirteen Theme screenshot

The 2013 theme for WordPress takes us back to the blog, featuring a full range of post formats, each displayed beautifully in their own unique way. Design details abound, starting with a vibrant color scheme and matching header images, beautiful typography and icons, and a flexible layout that looks great on any device, big or small.

Current Version: 1.5 | About Twenty Thirteen | Download Page and Demo Link | Changelog

Twenty Twelve

Twenty Twelve Theme screenshot

The 2012 theme for WordPress is a fully responsive theme that looks great on any device. Features include a front page template with its own widgets, an optional display font, styling for post formats on both index and single views, and an optional no-sidebar page template. Make it yours with a custom menu, header image, and background.

Current Version: 1.7 | About Twenty Twelve | Download Page and Demo Link | Changelog

Twenty Eleven

Twenty Eleven Theme screenshot

The 2011 theme for WordPress is sophisticated, lightweight, and adaptable. Make it yours with a custom menu, header image, and background -- then go further with available theme options for light or dark color scheme, custom link colors, and three layout choices. Twenty Eleven comes equipped with a Showcase page template that transforms your front page into a showcase to show off your best content, widget support galore (sidebar, three footer areas, and a Showcase page widget area), and a custom "Ephemera" widget to display your Aside, Link, Quote, or Status posts. Included are styles for print and for the admin editor, support for featured images (as custom header images on posts and pages and as large images on featured "sticky" posts), and special styles for six different post formats.

Current Version: 2.1 | About Twenty Eleven | Download Page and Demo Link | Changelog

Twenty Ten

Twenty Ten Theme screenshot

The 2010 theme for WordPress is stylish, customizable, simple, and readable -- make it yours with a custom menu, header image, and background. Twenty Ten supports six widgetized areas (two in the sidebar, four in the footer) and featured images (thumbnails for gallery posts and custom header images for posts and pages). It includes stylesheets for print and the admin Visual Editor, special styles for posts in the "Asides" and "Gallery" categories, and has an optional one-column page template that removes the sidebar.

Current Version: 1.9 | About Twenty Ten | Download Page and Demo Link | Changelog