One Column

Themes with a single, focused column and no sidebar. It puts your content front and center with nothing to distract your readers. Perfect for clean, minimal sites!

November 2, 2026

Merriment

Merriment is a festive ClassicPress theme made to celebrate Christmas. It pairs a snowy header image and a cozy holly background with evergreen, holly red and candlelight gold accents, and it is responsive and mobile ready. It’s great for any blogger who wants to bring some holiday cheer to their site.

Merriment is a parent theme. What this means is that to customize it, you should be creating a child theme. All you need to know is that it is a solid, yet flexible starting point for any holiday blog.

Features

Merriment is built on the rock-solid Backdrop Framework, so it provides a great starting point with many useful features.

A custom header image with the site title over it, plus a custom background.
Layouts that let you choose between a left sidebar, a right sidebar, or no sidebar.
A primary menu with dropdowns on larger screens, and a Menu button at the bottom left on small screens.
A social menu in the footer with icons for common sites.
Primary and Footer widget areas.
Threaded comments that keep conversations easy to follow.
A Christmas palette with Fira Sans headings, Merriweather text, and dates in Tangerine.
Translation ready, so your site can be presented in any language.

For step-by-step guides, read the Merriment documentation.

Child themes

Since Merriment is a parent theme, you'll want to create a child theme if you plan on making any customizations. Don't know how to make a child theme? It's relatively simple. Just follow the below steps.

Create a theme folder in your /wp-content/themes directory called merriment-child.
Then, create a style.css file within your theme folder.
At the top of your style.css file, add the below information.

/**
 * Theme Name: Merriment Child
 * Theme URI: http://link-to-your-site.com
 * Description: Describe what your theme should be like.
 * Version: 0.1
 * Author: Your Name
 * Author URI: http://link-to-your-site.com
 * Tags: Add, Whatever, Tags, You, Want
 * Text Domain: merriment-child
 * Template: merriment
 */

Template must match the parent theme’s folder name, merriment. From this point, you simply need to start adding your own styles. The Merriment parent theme styles will automatically be loaded for you.

May 2, 2025

Generosity

Generosity is a next-generation theme designed to work with ClassicPress, offering an ideal experience for showcasing your site’s content. It has a clean, modern design that’s great for any blogger who wants a fresh look for their site.

Generosity is a parent theme. What this means is that to customize it, you should be creating a child theme. All you need to know is that it is a solid, yet flexible starting point for any blog or portfolio.

Features

Generosity is built on the rock-solid Backdrop Framework, so it provides a great starting point with many useful features.

Global layouts that let you choose between a left sidebar, a right sidebar, or no sidebar.
A custom header that lets you add your own header image.
Post thumbnails that work with ClassicPress' featured image functionality.
Theme options in the Customizer so you can adjust the theme without touching any code.
Translation ready, so your site can be presented in any language.
And much, much more!

For step-by-step guides, read the Generosity documentation.

Child themes

Since Generosity is a parent theme, you'll want to create a child theme if you plan on making any customizations. Don't know how to make a child theme? It's relatively simple. Just follow the below steps.

Create a theme folder in your /wp-content/themes directory called generosity-child.
Then, create a style.css file within your theme folder.
At the top of your style.css file, add the below information.

/**
 * Theme Name: Generosity Child
 * Theme URI: http://link-to-your-site.com
 * Description: Describe what your theme should be like.
 * Version: 0.1
 * Author: Your Name
 * Author URI: http://link-to-your-site.com
 * Tags: Add, Whatever, Tags, You, Want
 * Text Domain: generosity-child
 * Template: generosity
 */

Template must match the parent theme’s folder name, generosity. From this point, you simply need to start adding your own styles. The Generosity parent theme styles will automatically be loaded for you.

July 29, 2024

Amicable

Amicable is a clean, friendly, one-column theme for ClassicPress bloggers. With no sidebar to compete for attention, your writing and images take center stage.

Amicable is a parent theme. What this means is that to customize it, you should be creating a child theme. All you need to know is that it is a solid, flexible starting point for any blog.

Features

Amicable is built on the rock-solid Backdrop Framework, so it provides a great starting point with many useful features.

A focused, one-column layout with no sidebar.
Choose the size and shape of featured images: landscape in four sizes, portrait, or square.
A Primary menu in the header and a Social menu in the footer.
Show a random "powered by" credit in the footer, or write your own.
A Home Template page template.
A settings page to choose a custom 404 page and turn off emoji scripts, the front-end toolbar, and embeds.
Threaded comments, and translation ready.

For step-by-step guides, read the Amicable documentation.

Child themes

Since Amicable is a parent theme, you'll want to create a child theme if you plan on making any customizations. Don't know how to make a child theme? It's relatively simple. Just follow the below steps.

Create a theme folder in your /wp-content/themes directory called amicable-child.
Then, create a style.css file within your theme folder.
At the top of your style.css file, add the below information.

/**
 * Theme Name: Amicable Child
 * Theme URI: https://link-to-your-site.com
 * Description: Describe what your theme should be like.
 * Version: 0.1
 * Author: Your Name
 * Author URI: https://link-to-your-site.com
 * Tags: Add, Whatever, Tags, You, Want
 * Text Domain: amicable-child
 * Template: amicable
 */

Template must match the parent theme’s folder name, amicable. From this point, you simply need to start adding your own styles. The Amicable parent theme styles will automatically be loaded for you.

November 8, 2022

Inheritance

Inheritance is a modern, mobile-friendly starter theme for ClassicPress, built on Backdrop and designed to give your site everything it needs right out of the box.

Inheritance is a parent theme. What this means is that to customize it, you should be creating a child theme. All you need to know is that it is a solid, flexible starting point for any blog.

Features

Inheritance is built on the rock-solid Backdrop Framework, so it provides a great starting point with many useful features.

A menu button at the bottom left on phones, right where your thumb is.
A header that adapts: your site title and tagline are centered without a menu, and move to the left when you add one.
A clean, one-column layout that shows your posts in a grid.
Choose the size of featured images on your posts.
A Primary menu and a Social menu in the footer.
Show a random "powered by" credit in the footer, or write your own.
A settings page to choose a custom 404 page and turn off emoji scripts, the front-end toolbar, and embeds.
Threaded comments, and translation ready.

For step-by-step guides, read the Inheritance documentation.

Child themes

Since Inheritance is a parent theme, you'll want to create a child theme if you plan on making any customizations. Don't know how to make a child theme? It's relatively simple. Just follow the below steps.

Create a theme folder in your /wp-content/themes directory called inheritance-child.
Then, create a style.css file within your theme folder.
At the top of your style.css file, add the below information.

/**
 * Theme Name: Inheritance Child
 * Theme URI: https://link-to-your-site.com
 * Description: Describe what your theme should be like.
 * Version: 0.1
 * Author: Your Name
 * Author URI: https://link-to-your-site.com
 * Tags: Add, Whatever, Tags, You, Want
 * Text Domain: inheritance-child
 * Template: inheritance
 */

Template must match the parent theme’s folder name, inheritance. From this point, you simply need to start adding your own styles. The Inheritance parent theme styles will automatically be loaded for you.