Read is a minimalist WordPress theme, the overall use of white, large white space design, which allows users to focus on the content of the site.Read theme is positioned as a focused WordPress text blog theme, complete support for WordPress blogging system features.
Read topicFirst released in 2013, it's safe to say it's a WordPress theme with a history. Over the years, as WordPress themes have been upgraded, Read themes have been updated to constantly support new WordPress features.
Despite its simplicity of functionality, Read is a paid theme that retails for $49 and can be purchased directly from Themforest. For the upgrade support the theme has provided over the years alone, the price is well worth it.
Read theme main features
- HTML5, CSS3, jQuery Driver
- responsive design
- Retina screen support
- Compatible with modern browsers
- Minimalist design with a focus on readability
- Complete blogging system (all post formats supported)
- Mobile Optimized Lightbox with Ajax Filter Combination Load More Items and Custom Styles
- Unlimited portfolios (multiple portfolio page support)
- Responsive mobile optimized image gallery with Ajax load more items option (unlimited gallery support)
- Self-hosted html5 audio/video (one .mp4 file for all browsers!)
- Responsive videos embedded in various aspect ratios (youtube/vimeo ...)
- Cross-browser styling of form elements
Screenshots of Read theme in action
Perfectly Adaptive for Mobile
The Read theme has made adaptive support for mobile devices of various widths to ensure that the content of the site has a good reading experience on every device.
Full article formatting support
Read theme WordPress built-in all the post formats, each post format has been specifically optimized for display to ensure that all types of content can be displayed perfectly.
Support for Masonry home and archive layouts
In addition to the default list-style traditional content layout, Read theme provides us with Masonry homepage and archive layout options for a richer homepage content experience.
If you just want to build a blog to record your life or thoughts through words, Read theme is a good choice, just install it and start using it. No need to worry about the technical approach stuff except for writing.