over 2 years ago from Dan Strogiy, Product designer
Trying to find a nice contemporary blog theme and having a hard time finding a theme that looks good and is not bloated with unnecessary code/features.
Would be great if you guys could share some links to companies/studios/individuals that sell (or have free) quality WP themes.
Thanks everyone!
underscores.me is the one that I recommend.
Clean and easy to customize.
When I start building themes, this is the template I use.
If you're new to building themes, I recommend building a child theme or two on top of TwentySixteen or other default themes first. https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes
Thanks guys. I actually build my own themes quite often (usually using Bones as a starter framework), but am looking for a pre-made solution this time. I'll bookmark this one.
One step further, components.underscores.me starts you with a basic layout.
This is sweet. Thank you
Thanks for the mention Brennan! Made my day!
iA http://alice.ia.net is a ultra simple theme.
Looks good, thanks for the link.
And it's free :)
My theme shop, Array, focuses on themes with quality design and lean, standards-compliant code. We're one of the few theme shops that works with the theme reviewers at WordPress.com to ensure our themes are top notch. Holler at me with any questions, happy to help!
Wanted to say this ^ and ThemeBeans. Both are nowhere near bloated and the code is really great.
StudioPress makes some pretty nice ones on their Genesis framework: http://www.studiopress.com/
Keep in mind, it is a framework, so it's going to be more bloated than themes that do not have as many dependencies or child / parent relationships. All in all, I like these a lot and have used them for years. Performance has come a long way and they have a lot of very nice features.
Sweet, I'll check these out.
These are very popular:
https://pixelarity.com/ also free ones from: https://html5up.net/
It might be worth checking out Pixelgrade (ours) or Elmastudio.
I dig the Hive theme. Thank you.
Glad to hear about that :)
I've yet to find a pre built theme that is not bloated... maybe if we go back like 6 years. Nowadays, themes are swiss army knifes and can even do your laundry. For this reason, I always start with a modified version of underscores that I've built (stripped down and bootstrapped with my SCSS framework) and helper PHP functions I always use.
I entered the world of PageBuilders. This means I bought the best PageBuilder around (Beaver Builder), bought the best compatible template for it (GeneratePress Premium) and a couple of module add-ons (PowerPack and Ultimate Addons) and now I can pretty much create 90% of the sites I used to design for someone else to develop. In a few hours... give it a try!
Here's my referral codes, if you eventually wish to go down the same road as I did!
http://www.bit.ly/rui-beaverbuilder
http://www.bit.ly/rui-generatepress
Feel free to ask any questions! :-)
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