New Theme: Quintus
We have created a brand new theme meant to carry on the spirit of an old timer with kindness, and we are launching it today. The theme has an air of old-style appeal, semi-academic graciousness with elegant typography, while also offering an overall fresh look with room for customization and the power of the latest WordPress features under the hood. It’s called Quintus.
The Quintus Theme
Above all, whether you are creating a blog with plenty of pictures or a more text-centric blog, Quintus should suit you with elegance. It goes without saying, but it also comes with much of the newer functionality you are accustomed to, including custom backgrounds, custom menus, header images, and the option to publish short aside posts, among others.
If you like the focus to be on the content, you can even turn the blog design into a one column layout by removing all widgets from the sidebar in Appearance → Widgets. To learn more about Quintus go to its page on the Theme Showcase and check the demo blog.
August 10th, 2011 at 5:32 pm
Elegant, indeed. I really like it… gotta try it out. Thanks!
August 10th, 2011 at 5:36 pm
Looks great!
August 10th, 2011 at 5:46 pm
This is a very nice theme. Both photos and type look good against the colored background. Block quotes stand out, but are not too bold. I like the way the date is in a circle.
August 11th, 2011 at 12:18 am
Glad you like it.
August 10th, 2011 at 5:57 pm
Looks very classy und clean. Like it! I love the huge space for the posts. Great!
August 10th, 2011 at 6:06 pm
Clean and easy to read. Very nice blog.
August 10th, 2011 at 6:48 pm
It is elegant and I like the appearance. I can’t wait to try it out in my test blog. Wow! are you Theme Team people ever productive. It’s hard to keep up with you.
August 11th, 2011 at 12:22 am
August 10th, 2011 at 6:52 pm
This is the kind of theme I was looking for. Can I change its width?
Also one suggestion, please make it possible for us to get a twitter username mentioned in, when a reader RT our posts. Thank you!
August 11th, 2011 at 12:22 am
The theme has a responsive design, which adapts to smaller screen sizes. You could also remove all the widgets from your sidebar to get a narrower width. Finally, with the Custom Design upgrade you can make further layout changes.
August 10th, 2011 at 7:00 pm
I agree with Eric, very clean, but I’m partially confused. It says it’s a great theme for pictures, but it seems to almost be like any other theme (with pictures). I’m not seeing much of a difference. I do like that it’s a clean read though.
Good job guys!
August 10th, 2011 at 7:10 pm
Love the theme, elegant indeed!
August 10th, 2011 at 7:15 pm
It looks really stylish. I haven’t set up my theme yet but I am considering using this one. I like it.
August 10th, 2011 at 7:38 pm
You gave me a big smile reading this post. My son’s name is Quintus….. Thanks for naming the theme to him
August 11th, 2011 at 12:23 am
A fine name indeed!
August 10th, 2011 at 8:26 pm
Are there themes coming with small header images? Most of the recent releases have huge sized header.
August 11th, 2011 at 12:25 am
Of course. Some of our latest themes, like Manifest, have a small header too.
August 10th, 2011 at 8:57 pm
Amazing theme! Keep making themes like that.
August 10th, 2011 at 9:12 pm
Elegant.
August 10th, 2011 at 9:18 pm
Very elegant!
August 10th, 2011 at 9:32 pm
Nice theme bro.
August 10th, 2011 at 9:52 pm
It’s avaiable to self-hosted blogs?
August 11th, 2011 at 12:26 am
Not yet, but it will.
August 10th, 2011 at 10:06 pm
Absolutely stunning! Just started writing a blog a few days ago and immediately switched to this. I really have to upload some photos to enjoy the work you’ve done. A really switched on theme.
And @iphilips: your son has a wonderful name!
August 10th, 2011 at 10:30 pm
Very nice! I totally love it!
August 10th, 2011 at 10:35 pm
So this theme is number five. Where are the other four? Or do you plan to release them in the future? Just asking, the name is too curious.
August 10th, 2011 at 11:05 pm
Hey there!
Thanks very much for putting out another theme! This one’s so simple but retains a touch of elegance and grace. And with the options and customization you have enabled, I’m sure it will appeal to a lot of WP.com bloggers. It’s very commendable that you would like to let us, the users, to have a wide selection of themes for our blogs. Keep them coming!
Cheers!
August 10th, 2011 at 11:41 pm
Hi!
This is a very classy theme but…
1.The original’s header text doesn’ t disappeared, after 3 tries with my coustom header
2. Why don’ t yoy add all the post formats for this blog? Pleaseeee?
Thank you for all these new themes!!
August 11th, 2011 at 12:34 am
Header text shouldn’t appear now, sorry.
August 11th, 2011 at 12:10 am
Cool, like your “focus on content” – I thought all of us are content creators… lol.
August 11th, 2011 at 12:38 am
I think it looks great! I may change my theme to this one instead!
August 11th, 2011 at 1:00 am
Beautiful!!
August 11th, 2011 at 1:34 am
I already forgot about Quentin theme. Poor Quentin. I rarely see anyone here on WordPress using it.
But glad that you upgraded her!
And with that air of elegance too!
August 11th, 2011 at 2:04 am
Ohhh Like it a lot.
August 11th, 2011 at 2:10 am
So many cool new themes of late…TOO MANY CHOICES!!
I do wish it were simpler to try a blog theme on without committing to it. Or maybe it is and I’m just too chicken–and not tech savvy enough!
August 11th, 2011 at 2:48 am
Elegant! Beautiful! Love the typography. I would consider using this in a flash if I weren’t extremely happy with Manifest…which I am! This would definitely be my next choice. It doesn’t look like it has bottom widgets though. That’s the only drawback I see. I also don’t like the huge headers, but that seems to be the rage these days!
You are amazing, theme team.
August 11th, 2011 at 3:14 am
Perfect educational theme. Loved the layout and fonts. Thanks for such a valuable theme. There are some ~ type icons in the begining of each post (in preview), does it mean something special!?
August 11th, 2011 at 4:32 am
Absolutely love this theme! The typography is exactly what I’ve been looking for.
August 11th, 2011 at 8:26 am
I think a theme is sleek and stylish.
Unfortunately the other day I went to the theme Coraline. But this theme is to keep in mind for its great amplitude.
August 11th, 2011 at 8:49 am
Thanks you! Look it nice!
August 11th, 2011 at 10:45 am
Love this one. Keep up the great work!
August 11th, 2011 at 11:11 am
I like the new themes, because they are easy and elegant! Great job!
August 11th, 2011 at 11:39 am
This theme looks great indeed! The best thing about it is that it supports information and pictures perfectly. It will surely prove beneficial for the bloggers.
August 11th, 2011 at 12:01 pm
Looks good.
August 11th, 2011 at 12:57 pm
I like theses new themes so so much: Quintus &Pink Touch 2 they are really cool!
Thanks WP team!
August 11th, 2011 at 3:02 pm
Very good, I like it =D
August 11th, 2011 at 3:42 pm
Love it. Activated it. Personalized it. VERY CLASSY. I <3 WordPress!
August 11th, 2011 at 4:10 pm
Very nice! Thank you,
August 11th, 2011 at 4:56 pm
“Old style appeal” – for old guys like me?
Well, I do like it. It’s very clean. (Hey, isn’t that what they said about the old guy in “A Hard Days Night?”)
Seriously though, great job on this one.
August 11th, 2011 at 5:13 pm
I’m currently using this theme.
I just wish the word “Comments are closed” below the post (when the comment section is turned off) will not show anymore. I mean, it’s just obvious that the comments are closed if there is no comment form, isn’t it?
August 11th, 2011 at 5:58 pm
It shouldn’t say “closed” when comments are closed and the post has no previous comments. Do you have a link?
August 11th, 2011 at 9:53 pm
Excellent! I was just searching for an “upgrade” from Koi, with a kind of “old-stylish” design, but with also the new features (like the post formats)
Thanks a lot for your wonderful work!
August 12th, 2011 at 4:04 am
August 12th, 2011 at 6:13 am
It’s simple theme and look good… Thanks.
August 12th, 2011 at 10:38 am
This is my current theme. Soooo loving it!
August 12th, 2011 at 4:08 pm
A very beautifull work and easy to use! Thanks a lot!!!
August 12th, 2011 at 4:50 pm
This work is very very cool! Congragurations guy!
August 12th, 2011 at 7:31 pm
Wonderful schemes.
August 13th, 2011 at 8:41 am
Very nice.
August 13th, 2011 at 4:23 pm
I’m currently using the Quentin theme for my Tribe of Hope blog, and love its simplicity. However, I do like the customization options that Quintus offers and just might take the leap and switch to this new one. By the way, @mikalee, you can preview any of the themes WordPress offers before activating. It’s a cool feature that will grab all of your existing blog content and pull it into the theme you want to preview. There will be some things that in the preview may need adjusting once you activate, but this preview feature allows you to see how your blog will look like in any of the themes, even the premium ones before you actually commit. That’s how I originally decided on Quentin, because I could see how it looked with my actual content before actually commiting to it.
August 13th, 2011 at 6:12 pm
Wow! Nice theme… it looks cool!
August 13th, 2011 at 9:24 pm
Very nice.
August 15th, 2011 at 4:10 am
Like it. But it wouldn’t suit my blog.
August 15th, 2011 at 4:29 am
I’d use it, but I have a general dislike for non-minimalist themes. But the typography looks awesome, along with the inclusion of post formats, picture formatting and that date thing (hahaha). Although I have to say… the header looks awkward when it’s offset from the top of the page.
August 15th, 2011 at 4:49 am
I must try this theme now !
August 15th, 2011 at 5:07 pm
This is quietly stunning. I like both the clean modern headline type and the readable body type. Especially like the prominent “Post a Comment” button at the bottom. Photos look great on this theme.
August 15th, 2011 at 5:34 pm
Very nice!
August 15th, 2011 at 11:05 pm
I like it! It looks simple yet it has an elegant touch to it.
Nicely done…
August 16th, 2011 at 1:05 am
Can you try to make a theme with a featured image, like structure, but better for dark colored backgrounds?
August 16th, 2011 at 2:14 pm
Have you tried the black color scheme in Structure? See: http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/structure/