New Themes: Apostrophe and Canard

Introducing Apostrophe and Canard, two magazine themes available for free.

May 28, 2015

sarah semark

Happy Theme Thursday! Today, WordPress.com welcomes two new free themes to its collection: Apostrophe and Canard.

Apostrophe

Apostrophe Demo

With a pared-down design and bold images, Apostrophe is ideally suited to magazine-style sites, like travelogues, fashion blogs, or foodie sites. It’s an update of Semicolon, built by Automattic’s own Konstantin Kovshenin.

Apostrophe: Responsive Design

Apostrophe supports Social Links Menus, Featured Images, Site Logos, Post Formats, Custom Menus, Widgets, Custom Backgrounds, and Custom Headers.

Read more about Apostrophe on the Theme Showcase, or activate it on your site from Appearance → Themes!

Canard

Canard: Homepage

Designed by Thomas Guillot, Canard is a flexible and versatile theme perfect for magazines, news sites, and blogs. It lets you highlight specific articles on the homepage and balances readability with a powerful use of photography — all in a layout that works on any device.

Canard: Responsive Design

Canard also supports the following popular features: Custom Colors, Custom Header, Custom Menu, Social Links, Site Logo, Featured Images, and Widgets.

Read more about Canard on the Theme Showcase, or activate it on your site from Appearance → Themes.

 

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  1. theartfulblog May 28th at 4:48 pm

    Both beautiful wow! Seriously considering updating to either theme. Thank you!

    Liked by 5 people

  2. dweezer19 May 29th at 10:35 am

    Both look great for photos. May try it out later. Thanks!

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  3. Jeff Branch May 29th at 1:29 pm

    Excellent – both are great themes. Love the typography on both.

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  4. LegDayAndLipstick May 29th at 10:09 pm

    Canard looks nice :))

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  5. Jo Miller May 30th at 12:00 am

    I’m using Canard! Love it.

    Liked by 1 person

  6. Ace Labrador May 30th at 10:21 am

    I’m using Canard! Me too love it!

    Liked by 2 people

  7. aditi1641 May 30th at 6:39 pm

    I think Canard would be great for a photography blog!

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  8. Emaknya Benjamin br. Silaen May 31st at 5:21 pm

    I will use one of them 🙂 .

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  9. guenbt May 31st at 7:28 pm

    Switched to Canard from Gazette! They are very similar except for the sidebar. Love that the sidebar is also shown in the main page. ❤

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