Read is a minimalist WordPress theme that adopts a white and large white space design to allow users to focus on the website content. The Read theme is positioned as a dedicated WordPress text blog theme that fully supports the WordPress blog system functions.
Read topicFirst released in 2013, it can be said to be a historic WordPress theme. Over the years, as WordPress themes have been upgraded, the Read theme has been updated to continuously support new WordPress features.
Although the functionality is simple, Read is a paid theme that costs $49 and can be purchased directly on Themforest. The price alone is well worth the upgrade support the theme has provided over the years.
Read theme main features
- HTML5, CSS3, jQuery driver
- Responsive design
- Retina screen support
- Compatible with modern browsers
- Simple design focused on readability
- Complete blog system (supports all article formats)
- Mobile optimized lightbox using Ajax filter combination to load more items and custom styles
- Unlimited portfolios (multiple portfolio pages supported)
- Responsive mobile optimized image gallery with Ajax option to load more items (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
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Perfect mobile adaption
The Read theme has adaptive support for mobile devices of various widths, ensuring that website content has a good reading experience on every device.
Complete article format support
Read theme WordPress has all built-in article formats, and each article format is specially optimized for display to ensure that all types of content can receive perfect display effects.
Support Masonry homepage and archive layout
In addition to the default list-style traditional content layout, the Read theme provides us with Masonry homepage and archive layout options, which can bring a richer homepage content experience.
If you just want to build a blog and record your life or thoughts through text, the Read theme is a good choice. Just install it and start using it. Apart from writing, don’t worry about technical methods.