Shades WordPress Theme
A simple clean theme framework to work from, designed ideally for light colored backgrounds and easily adapted to darker layouts. Shades has threaded comments, sticky post support, custom background and menus as well as built-in support for the quotes, asides, and status post-formats. Enjoy! Have you found its Easter egg?
custom-background
custom-menu
fixed-layout
light
red
right-sidebar
silver
sticky-post
threaded-comments
translation-ready
two-columns
white
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Usage of Shades over time
May 2023 — July 2024Between May 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites using this theme went from 36 to 26 — down 10 (-27.8%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 26 | -1 |
| June 2024 | 27 | +0 |
| May 2024 | 27 | +0 |
| April 2024 | 27 | +0 |
| March 2024 | 27 | -4 |
| February 2024 | 31 | +0 |
| January 2024 | 31 | -3 |
| December 2023 | 34 | -1 |
| November 2023 | 35 | +0 |
| October 2023 | 35 | +0 |
| September 2023 | 35 | -1 |
| August 2023 | 36 | +0 |
| July 2023 | 36 | +0 |
| June 2023 | 36 | +0 |
| May 2023 | 36 | — |
Plugins used alongside Shades
Detected most often on sites that run this theme. Check compatibility before installing anything new.
| # | Plugin |
|---|---|
| 1 | Contact-form-7 |
| 2 | Jetpack |
| 3 | |
| 4 | Cforms |
| 5 | Akismet |
| 6 | Google-analyticator |
| 7 | Dd-formmailer |
| 8 | Captcha |
| 9 | Wp-pagenavi |
| 10 | Fancybox-for-wordpress |
| 11 | Contact-form-plugin |
| 12 | Highslide |
| 13 | Layerslider |
| 14 | Cleantalk-spam-protect |
| 15 | Digg-digg |
| 16 | Facebook-button-plugin |
| 17 | Addthis |
| 18 | Contact-bank |
| 19 | Column-shortcodes |
| 20 | Bd-hit-counter |
Sites built with Shades
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