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. With support for both a custom header and a logo, it’s easy to make your site stand out from the crowd. Plane is the perfect choice for a travel or personal blog.
Learn more about Plane in the Theme Showcase, or activate it on your blog under Appearance → Themes.
Capoverso
Designed by WordPress.com’s own Davide ‘Folletto’ Casali, Capoverso is a minimalist theme with strong typography, designed for those who want to make a bold statement in a simple way. The unique Front Page template allows you to display a large featured image of your choosing, overlaid with brief introductory text and a custom menu, allowing your readers to focus on your content by presenting them with the bare essentials. You can further customize Capoverso with a background, logo, or widgets.
In the designer’s words:
Capoverso was born as a minimalist typographic theme that could be massively customized with just a couple of images, allowing the expression of the author personality in a rich yet simple way. This shows at its best on the homepage: a full-screen image that has large text and the main navigation beneath. Just a couple tweaks and it’s really your theme.
Learn more about Capoverso at the Theme Showcase, or preview it by going to Appearance → Themes.
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Excited to try this. So far, I didn’t find yet an ideal theme to replace my current one (twenty-fourteen) though I’m contemplating to use Misty Lake for a photography blog I’m planning to launch next year. Let’s see…
Looks like like we have a couple of great new themes
The Science Geek
Does ‘Plane’ look very old school to anyone else?
I like them both. Now to make a choice is the hard part.
I agree with Emery that Plane looks very old school – but I like it!
These are awesome! I cant explain how much I appreciate WordPress.
WordPress literally made me enjoy writting for fun again! There should be a partnership between Prezi and WordPress.
Looks great, I guess a little rebranding of my blog is inevitable;)
Capoverso is gorgeous! But–ah! I just realized the snow has come to WordPress! Happiness 🙂
They look like a couple of winners, and yes, the snow is falling.
Plane is now on my best free WordPress.com themes of 2014 list, not bad, and thank you for releasing another nice general purpose/versatile free theme; I was not expecting another nice theme like this to be released so close to the soon to be released Twenty Fifteen theme. 🙂
-John Jr
can someone please help out of how to use this theme because to me it will be a great deal
Howdy. Here are the setup instructions for Plane and Capoverso.
Liking the Plane theme a lot.
Wow wow wow!! Looks great!!
I’m disappointed that Plane doesn’t support gallery post format.
I was searching for a theme like this!! Yay! Finally 🙂
Both themes look great! Though I prefer the old-school Plane theme. 🙂
I’ve noticed there are more new themes here:
http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/sort/newest/
Swell, Blogly, Beacon, Museum. All are very nice and very different. 🙂
Can you explain how to use menus?
Sure! This document has all the information: https://wordpress.com/support/menus/
Thank you.
Am using it now and it’s awesome!! So glad 😍 🙂
Yay!! Both look great!
Merci, Saint Nicolas ! 🎁
…And the People at Automattic ! 💕
Seriously considering this theme! I need a new one so badly, this one looks so crisp 🙂
-Heather
Awesome! It is difficult for me to choose either of them
Capoverso’s title element background is a fixed size, not responsive to the user changing the default font size.
Where can I get Plane for my self-hosted blogs?
Plane is based on a free theme called Flato. It’s available for download here: https://wordpress.org/themes/flato
Woosh! Love Plane. I changed to it.
I actually found Flato, but I was hoping to get the enhancements in Plane. Is it not available for self-hosted WP sites?
I’m afraid not.