It’s that time of year again. The snow has started falling in northern countries, friends are gathering together to exchange presents, and it’s time to launch a beautiful new annual theme for WordPress.
Hello World, Twenty Fifteen is here.
Twenty Fifteen is all about the details. Everything you publish is elegantly set in Noto Sans and Noto Serif, keeping the design harmonious and balanced in multiple languages around the globe. That polylingual pixel perfection is matched by its responsive design. From device to device, Twenty Fifteen will look smart and polished.
The attention to detail is reflected in the menu design. Check out the descriptions under the links in the demo and the screenshots above. Learn how to add menu descriptions on the theme showcase page.
The fine details and strong structure make Twenty Fifteen look even better with a bit of customization. We have five featured color schemes carefully adapted to blend seamlessly with all the amazing color palettes available with Custom Colors.
Add your own custom header and you’ve got a stunning, personalized site.
Handcrafted by designer Takashi Irie with incredible testing, support, and contributions from the many passionate people that make the WordPress community, Twenty Fifteen is now available for you and your readers. If you’re managing your own WordPress installation you’ll see Twenty Fifteen arrive as part of the new version of WordPress set to release later this month.
Have a happy new year with Twenty Fifteen.
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Now, this one’s pretty!
Beautiful work. Bravo!
I’m using the Yellow color scheme. Delicious.
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Reblogged this on kwight.ca and commented:
My favourite default theme in quite a while. Congrats to all involved!
Thank you for the Twenty Fifteen Theme. I have been waiting…
I’ve activated and I’m now making it my own. Happy to have it!!! It looks so cool…
I’m very excited about this one 🙂 Can’t wait to try it!
May I politely comment:
The free yellow background colour combination choice is too bright for some of us. Did we want eye strain?
I love it…but I have the same issue with all your themes that have social media icons. You DON’T feature Bloglovin. And I get it, not all people are into it and its a competition to your own RSS reader. But some of us do really use Bloglovin. So please add it to your list…
Thank you. 🙂
I like the readable and large body font, I like that title headings are not in all caps, I like that there is a social menu, and I like a few more things about Twenty Fifteen; and I look forward to trying to help make it even better with feedback/bug reports/et cetera. 🙂
-John Jr
I’m about due for a facelift. This is certainly a contender. Great job!
It looks great! I’m going to try this tomorrow! 🙂
It looks great. I’ll definitely try this.
LOVE IT!!!!
Well done!! Thats gorgeous 😉
Damn beautiful! I like the large fonts and I appreciate that the main nav menu and the sidebar are permanently visible on wide screens.
It looks okay, and I’m starting to fiddle with it, but… there doesn’t appear to be a lot of out-of-the-box customization. It’s very bland.
This is gorgeous! Can’t wait to try it!
Just installed it on my blog – I’ve been waiting for a stock theme like this for ages. Very good.
Looks great!!
Like, Like, Like! I might have a play with this one.
Nice look!
This is terrific. FYI the timestamp on this blog is jarring when you’re in a different timezone. Technically I’m seeing this post 3 hours before it actually happens 😉
I currently am using Twenty Fourteen. How will Twenty Fifteen affect my older posts?
Your posts should simply look like they’re part of the Twenty Fifteen theme. But you can preview the theme before you switch if you want to check it out. If something doesn’t look right it might be a bug so just let us know about!
Reblogged this on Satwinder Rathore and commented:
Great Looks!
Looks good! I like how the sidebar seems to scroll separately from the main section.
It’s not [yet?] available in the WordPress.org repository, and there’s no download link.
Yet.
Wow, the 2015 theme looks great, will have to check it out 😀
Looks very interesting! Think I might use it for a more personal blog.
Brilliant work, Takashi-san!
This is a very beautiful new Twenty Fifteen Theme with all the snow in the background. Thank you.
That’s great! I will try it now.
This is a very beautiful theme 🙂 This also seems a very good “long reads” theme. Next year please make more writerly themes like this for “long reads” Many more themes with good medium sized serif fonts or sans serif ones. Make the year 2015 more writer themes yeah 😀
Looks good and has my attention.
Will have to see how it would adapt to my busy site.
Cheers!
Looks simple and nice.
Wow! Like the feature of ‘Menu Description’.since last few days Just thinking about and waiting for twenty fifteen theme as year 2015 is just few days away.
I love it.
I have made this theme my own using CSS. Look if you like @ http://cyclingexperiences.com/
CSS is on the menu, under blog. This theme is very clean. I made far fewer modifications to get the look I want for my blog. Thanks to the creators and to WordPress.com!!! –jim artis
Gorgeous and Beautiful.
Oh my goodness, this is stunning! I really think this theme is outstanding quality for the free default theme – very on-trend and functional. Thanks so much for your hard work and generosity, I’ll have a play!
Really cool!
Nice but nothing so compelling to try it over my already elegant theme. Just visit my blog once and you will understand why.
Looks simple … I want it.
Theme looking very beautiful.
Just put it into action on my “Gallery – A Demo Blog” and love it! I especially appreciate that you’ve kept Attachment page navigation on Galleries, but there are a lot of subtle and elegant features to love. Here’s to a great 2015!
Looks pretty! Good job!
Nice, clean layout – well done!
Cool.Nice work, WordPress.
Looks like a great theme. I like the fact that it works well in different languages.
However, polylingual pixel perfection is a bit of a tongue twister. 😉
The Science Geek
> However, polylingual pixel perfection is a bit of a tongue twister. 😉
Try saying it five times fast!
So amazing. Well done.
Reblogged this on Dan's Site and commented:
Changing my site to the new 2015 theme by WordPress.com
Reblogged this on The All Things English Blog and commented:
So just when I thought I had the blog looking just the way I want it, WordPress goes and announces ‘Twenty Fifteen’. I am a big fan of the default blogs as they don’t feel ‘basic’ compared to .org (which I am planning on switching to during Summer 2015).
‘Twenty Fifteen’ has a similar look to Editor and the fonts are large which I like. It doesn’t look quite as professional as ‘Editor’ though but I like that I can change the colours. Hopefully I will get more settled with the design soon and I can focus on content more than making the blog look pretty.
What are you thoughts? Do you have a favourite design?
I’ve started yesterday with my account and have some problems to get my domain connected, but I really like this one. It’s a beauty!
The color schemes are pretty great. Nice theme.
I like it too!
Is it ever possible to download theme from outside source?
This theme will be included with WordPress 4.1 if you manage your own install. In fact, you can download the first release candidate for that version right now. The final version is scheduled to be available later this month. It will be available from the WordPress.org theme directory soon too.
Thank you 🙂
Just awesome…
This is gorgeous! I’m ready to switch one of my blogs 🙂
These are great themes for the holidays 🙂
An excellent theme!
I hesitate to switch to it because it’ll be used on so so many sites, but it’s very nice indeed.
Awesome new theme! I am definitely going to use it on my new wordpress.com blog! So excited!
Cool theme for personal bloggers, can’t wait to use it in my self-hosted personal blog… 😀
Reblogged this on David A. Kennedy and commented:
I helped a bit with Twenty Fifteen, my first code contributions to a default WordPress theme. I’m thrilled to see it launch.
Like it a lot, good one! I’ve change for it.
Love it!
Nice themes…great work ❤️
Sold! Planning to use it!
Great work! stunning updation in the theme..
This is the best default theme ever for WordPress ! love it 🙂
another fresh theme! good job WP team.
At last, it has arrived!
I’m liking all the custom goodies on this one!
Still prefer Twenty Ten and wish you guys would bring Kubrick back.
It sounds like 2015 will be an awesome year 🙂
What a beautiful theme!!
Very interesting! 😉
Please let me know whether or not Twenty Fifteen is a free theme. Thanking you, yours sincerely, Sudhesh
Yes — Twenty Fifteen is a free theme!