Essence WordPress Theme
Essence is an advanced WordPress Theme that is easy to use as a base to build your own theme
custom-header
custom-menu
flexible-width
full-width-template
gray
microformats
post-formats
right-sidebar
sticky-post
theme-options
threaded-comments
translation-ready
two-columns
Sites running Essence, click to open one
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Usage of Essence over time
May 2023 — July 2024Between May 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites using this theme went from 55 to 35 — down 20 (-36.4%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 35 | -1 |
| June 2024 | 36 | -2 |
| May 2024 | 38 | +0 |
| April 2024 | 38 | +0 |
| March 2024 | 38 | -1 |
| February 2024 | 39 | +0 |
| January 2024 | 39 | -6 |
| December 2023 | 45 | -3 |
| November 2023 | 48 | +2 |
| October 2023 | 46 | -5 |
| September 2023 | 51 | -1 |
| August 2023 | 52 | -3 |
| July 2023 | 55 | +0 |
| June 2023 | 55 | +0 |
| May 2023 | 55 | — |
Plugins used alongside Essence
Detected most often on sites that run this theme. Check compatibility before installing anything new.
| # | Plugin |
|---|---|
| 1 | Contact-form-7 |
| 2 | Jetpack |
| 3 | Genesis-blocks |
| 4 | Simple-social-icons |
| 5 | Google-analyticator |
| 6 | Woocommerce |
| 7 | Cforms |
| 8 | Wysija-newsletters |
| 9 | Add-to-any |
| 10 | Meridian-styler |
| 11 | Gravityforms |
| 12 | Atomic-blocks |
| 13 | Wordpress-popular-posts |
| 14 | Audio-player |
| 15 | Thrive-visual-editor |
| 16 | Google-analytics-for-wordpress |
| 17 | Commentluv |
| 18 | Revslider |
| 19 | Nextgen-gallery |
| 20 | Instagram-feed |
Sites built with Essence
All sites in the collection35 examples from the collection. Open any site to see the theme and plugins we found on it.
