Backbone WordPress Theme
This repository holds a WordPress theme that uses Backbone.js to deliver a single page application experience. This remarkably simple theme was created for demonstration purposes during a WP Sessions talk. The theme is very incomplete and is intended for use as an example of how to start and structure a WordPress theme with Backbone.js integration. Additionally, some notes from the session are below.
Sites running Backbone, click to open one
Themes with a similar audience
Ranked by how many sites use them — a quick way to compare Backbone with alternatives.
Usage of Backbone over time
May 2023 — July 2024Between May 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites using this theme went from 102 to 50 — down 52 (-51%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 50 | -2 |
| June 2024 | 52 | -1 |
| May 2024 | 53 | +0 |
| April 2024 | 53 | -1 |
| March 2024 | 54 | -4 |
| February 2024 | 58 | -3 |
| January 2024 | 61 | -22 |
| December 2023 | 83 | -5 |
| November 2023 | 88 | +0 |
| October 2023 | 88 | -5 |
| September 2023 | 93 | -7 |
| August 2023 | 100 | -1 |
| July 2023 | 101 | -1 |
| June 2023 | 102 | +0 |
| May 2023 | 102 | — |
Plugins used alongside Backbone
Detected most often on sites that run this theme. Check compatibility before installing anything new.
| # | Plugin |
|---|---|
| 1 | Contact-form-7 |
| 2 | Jetpack |
| 3 | |
| 4 | Google-analyticator |
| 5 | Cforms |
| 6 | Captcha |
| 7 | Advanced-responsive-video-embedder |
| 8 | Add-to-any |
| 9 | Dynamic-to-top |
| 10 | Click-to-tweet-by-todaymade |
| 11 | Events-manager |
| 12 | Easy-fancybox |
| 13 | Contact-form-plugin |
| 14 | Audio-player |
| 15 | All-in-one-seo-pack |
| 16 | Google-calendar-events |
| 17 | Cookie-law-info |
| 18 | Digg-digg |
| 19 | Social-pug |
| 20 | Counterize |
Sites built with Backbone
All sites in the collection50 examples from the collection. Open any site to see the theme and plugins we found on it.
