r/WordPressThemes

Hi, this is my first post here. I am looking for a nice wordpress theme for my upcoming site that will be mostly about finance related. I had first selected Kadence but it seems it is purchased by liquid web and pricing is also changed.

Then I got to know about Blocksy theme from reddit. The theme is good and I checked the demo as well. One thing I noticed about Blocksy changelog is it includes only minor fixes and improvements but no major new features. Does this mean the theme is complete and will not longer get new features?. How long will they only keep fixing things but no additional features?

Hey everyone, Just launched Addifect after building it for a while. The idea — add live WebGL shader effects to any WordPress site without switching builders or touching your theme. You create your effect in Addifect Studio, deploy it, then drop one line anywhere in your editor: [div data-addifect-block="hero"][/div] Works with Elementor, Divi, Gutenberg, Bricks, any theme. The entire addifect.com is built with my own tool — every effect you see on the page is running live. Free version on wp.org includes shaders to get started. Pro is $29 lifetime founder pricing right now. Would love feedback from anyone who tries it. 🔌 wordpress.org/plugins/addifect 🌐 addifect.com

https://preview.redd.it/17mxl2a2o8bh1.jpg?width=1544&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=03625dcb6bfbe6920d7f96c3a51b744986339878

Hello,

I am interning at a pretty prestegious literary magazine, and I have been tasked with improving their website. It is clear that the website does not match the publication's caliber, so I have proposed a change in WordPress theme. However, I have been unable to find one that feels minimalistic, serious, and literary—the ones I have looked at seem either too much like a newspaper, or too much like blogs. Can anyone recommend a theme suited to this purpose? This is a website with an extensive database of authors and articles. Thank you

Hi, so basically, i am working on a wordpress classic theme (learning purposes), my old way of doing things was to Design everything in figma and specifically instruct figma make (free tier) to make html fils and one style.css and that was it, i discoverd that this is a bad way since i want to start focusing on learning reather then increasing my technical debt,

latelly i converted a 3 designs pages, and honestly it's problematic for me to use the old way, since i am following (brad schiff) way of doing things with scss, and using @ wordpress/scripts of doing things, i find it pretty waste of time to convert one file to scss modules follwoing the SMACSS method, so i was thinking about a way where i don't have to minimize me typing design css anymore, (even though i said it it's for learning purposes) i thought that maybe there is a faster way to do it, so i am not talking about logic or functionality, i am just talking about the scss modules,

maybe i need to invest into thie transitioning process with thinking, because, it feels like a production line, from the design tokens of figma to html and scss (in which i would start scafhold it to a wp theme afterwards), all of that using the WP scripts, because i know that LLM are bad at context so they distroy your design in a matter of a prompt

it's just a 4 hours design

WHAT I TRIED:
i know ,i named the auto layouts
formilated good prompts

IS THERE A BETTER WAY THEN THIS, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOU OUT

So, my vision is to create multiple wordpress based websites, for example:

a personal portfolio site

a small ecommerece site

a sort of archival / historical website documenting underground music scenes

a biographical website for a deceased artist

Just to give you an idea of what I am trying to accomplish.

Using a Web builder (i.e. Wix) websites would cost about $25 a month per site, so, thats a no go.

I have already purchased all of my domains already.

If I go the Wordpress route, correct me if I am wrong please, ( go easy on me ) what I need is

1. a Web host ( 1st year is cheaper, then following years anywhere from 180-360 depending)

2. A Theme provider like Generatepress (No one really suggested any others, but I am open to other suggestions) which would be $150 a year, and includes the Generate Blocks Theme builder.

So for unlimited websites, I'm looking at $220 - $400 a year in up front costs.

Am I missing any additional costs here?

Because I am prepared to pay for hosting, pay for the theme and start building my multiple websites.

People seemed to recommend the same few Hosting sites, and they are all relatively comparable in price.

But I would love to get more leads on Theme providers. I'm a little bit familiar with Divi, but didn't feel very intuitive to me.

My other big ask is regarding Wordpress User Groups in the greater Los Angeles and surrounding city area. I'm a little bit old school like that, and I would really like to connect with some experienced Word Press gurus to ask more dumb questions in person. User groups were always the best way to learn new systems for me. So analog.

Wordpress is a real deep dive, and I'm hoping to find a user group, any help would be appreciated.

Thanks again, the advice I've received from the WP forum on here has been very very helpful.

Wish me luck. - Cheers

I'm curious to hear what themes other WordPress users are using for article-based websites. I'm on a WordPress plan with my own custom domain, not the Business plan, so I'm limited to the themes available within WordPress.

Most of my content is long-form articles, and I'm looking for a theme that feels clean, professional, and uncluttered. I'd love something with a nice homepage that doesn't feel too busy, where visitors can easily find articles, contact information, and social media links. A good footer section for feeds, recent posts, or other useful content would also be a plus.

I'm also interested in themes that do a good job of encouraging newsletter subscriptions. It doesn't necessarily have to be aggressive, but I'd like readers to notice the subscribe option without it getting in the way of the reading experience.

Hello everyone! I’m having an issue picking a theme. I need one that is not a blog and does not automatically add a shopping cart! I can’t seem to find an option. Anyone have suggestions?