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Osmium

A free WordPress block theme for writers and independent publishers. Includes 37 inserter patterns, 4 styles, 11 templates and a review kit built with core blocks.

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0.1.0

First public release. Early, but complete enough to run a real site, and everything in it has been checked rather than assumed.

Install

Download osmium-0.1.0.zip below, then in your WordPress admin go to Appearance → Themes → Add New → Upload Theme. Requires WordPress 7.0 and PHP 7.4.

On activation you get a designed front page straight away, filled with your own posts. Nothing is created in your database and no settings are changed.

What is in it

  • 11 templates: front page, blog home, index, single, single with sidebar, page, page without a title, archive, author, search, and 404
  • 27 patterns, including a review kit of seven: verdict, pros and cons, spec table, comparison table, best-for cards, product call to action, and a deal strip
  • Four page-creation patterns: homepage, about, newsletter landing, and tools
  • Four style variations: Editorial by default, plus Paper, Signal, and Midnight for dark
  • Three section styles for tinted, dark, and card sections, so patterns stay core blocks
  • Two bundled fonts, Valley Sans and Hedvig Letters Serif, self-hosted and served from your own domain under the SIL Open Font License

No JavaScript ships with the theme. No post types, no blocks, no shortcodes, no settings page. Everything you build keeps working if you switch themes.

Checked, not assumed

| | | |—|—| | Theme Check | 0 required, warning, or recommended issues | | PHPCS, WordPress standards | clean across 27 files | | axe-core, WCAG 2.2 AA | 0 violations on every template, desktop and mobile, on a fresh install and a populated one | | Colour contrast | every pair in all four palettes measured by script | | Theme CSS | 8.0 KB |

Known limits

  • Tested on WordPress 7.0 and 7.1. WordPress 7.2 beta opens on 20 October and this will be retested then.
  • The Front Page template takes precedence over a static front page you set yourself. To use your own page, edit or delete that template in Appearance → Editor → Templates.
  • Not submitted to the WordPress.org theme directory yet.

Feedback and bug reports are welcome in the issues.

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