For the first time ever, the yearly default theme for WordPress is ready to go before its namesake year begins. Consider it an early holiday gift from the WordPress community to you, a tradition we hope to continue for many years to come.
Say hello to the default theme for 2014, a magazine theme with a sleek, modern, and beautifully crafted responsive design.
Twenty Fourteen is a great fit for content-rich sites because of the ability to easily highlight specific articles on the home page while balancing readability with an impactful use of photography—all in a layout that works on any device.
To feature your very best content, the home page prominently displays your choice of up to 6 posts in a grid or slider… use this to make sure your very best articles get noticed.
Quickly grab a reader’s attention with your beautiful photos—they are front-and-center in both the Featured Content area as well as above post titles in normal display.
Make it yours with three widget-ready areas, two special page templates (full-width page to remove the sidebar and a Contributor page to spotlight authors), and two menu locations. An added bonus is a unique “Ephemera” widget to show off your latest videos, music, links, and more.
Twenty Fourteen is full to the brim with lovely design details from a beautiful, readable Lato typeface to a fixed header for easy menu access to distinctive pull quote styles, and more. See everything in action on the demo site and learn more on the Theme Showcase.
Designed by Takashi Irie and built by many passionate people in the WordPress community, Twenty Fourteen is now available in your WordPress.com dashboard at Appearance → Themes. Self-hosted WordPress.org users will have access to the new theme with the official 3.8 software release, coming in December 2013.
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I like it! Think I might update my “aging” Twenty Twelve.
It looks amazing but the header menu remains constant as we scroll down.
Very nice. Like it!
Let’s turn that “but” into an “and” there, my friend. It’s a usability enhancement for easy access to the menu even if far down on a page.
That is EPIC. Thank you so much.
The ‘Twenty Fourteen’ on WordPress looks a bit dull; with the background, small title etc.
Probably the most hotly anticipated theme release this year and already activated on my Gallery demo site!
Thank you for this fabulous free theme.
I must admit, it reminds me of ThemeShaper.com. But I do really love the design of it.
Goodness, that looks so impressive!
Eh, much much too busy for my taste with relatively little room for written content. I hope others find it useful, though.
Oh, man, I’m definitely going to try this. It may be a bit of a culture shock for my regular readers, but I sorta want my site to look professional-like.
Absolutely gorgeous, thank you!
Holy beautiful theme Batman! This might be just the one I’m looking for as I gather more content on my film blog. Excellent work!