Hot Off the Press: New WordPress.com Themes for May 2023
Five beautiful new WordPress.com themes. Which one is your favorite?
The WordPress.com team is always working on new design ideas to bring your website to life. Check out the latest themes in our library, featuring fresh options for startups, visual creators, minimalist bloggers, and more.
Iotix
Looking for a great starting point for creating a business or startup website? Try lotix. It offers tailored templates and patterns, including a business landing page, blog, and pricing sections, to help you present yourself and your business more quickly and easily.
With Iotix, you can create a professional and polished website that reflects your brand to help you reach your target audience.
Click here to view a demo of this theme.
Storia
Storia is a stunning visual story theme designed to showcase your creative work and engage your audience. With large featured images and a minimalist design, this theme allows your visual content to take center stage and tell a compelling story. With Premium styles, you assume a laid-back, contemplative, or excited mood, depending on your aesthetic.
Click here to view a demo of this theme.
CTLG
CTLG is a free, responsive WordPress block theme specifically designed for creating lists, directories, and catalogs. It comes with a variety of predesigned templates and four distinct premium style variations. Its index template features a full-width header, followed by a right-aligned query loop where you can display blog posts or pages, and a simple full-width footer. Its post and page templates follow the same layout.
Click here to view a demo of this theme.
Hey
Hey is a simple block theme made for personal blogging. The front page consists of only a few elements: a site logo, a heading, and a list of your three latest posts. On other pages, the site logo is smaller, so the content takes the main stage in a single column.
Click here to view a demo of this theme.
Vetro
Vetro is a portfolio theme with wide-width layouts that allow for generous imagery and typography. Its simple pages are aligned left with ample right paddings and large content blocks to grant viewers focus on visuals and short paragraphs.
Click here to view a demo of this theme.
To install any of the above themes, click the name of the theme you like, which brings you right to the installation page. Then click the “Activate this design” button. You can also click “Open live demo,” which brings up a clickable, scrollable version of the theme for you to preview.
Premium themes are available to use at no extra charge for customers on the Premium plan or above.
You can explore all of our themes by navigating to the “Themes” page, which is found under “Appearance” in the left-side menu of your WordPress.com dashboard. Or you can click below:
- May 23, 2023
- Themes
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Error on Storia occurs when you “Click here to view a demo of this theme.”

— Grant
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We checked on our end and the link seems to be correctly pointing to https://storiademo.wordpress.com/
If you try that direct link are you able to see the demo site? Thanks!
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It was only the single link in the email. I saw the demo by clicking the other link. Thanks for checking!
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Looking good!
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wow
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There is an error when I try to open Rialto and Artistry. Please help.
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Hi! Are you getting an error message or the theme page ins’t loading? I suggest clearing your browser’s cache and if that doesn’t help, you can contact us at https://wordpress.com/help and we’ll further help you resolve this issue.
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Thanks for the info. It works perfectly fine now
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nice!
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love them!
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Looking good.
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