Ward WordPress Theme
Create a truly unique design with Ward, a lightweight and fully responsive HTML5 theme based on the Gridiculous boilerplate. Use the new Theme Options customizer to add your own background, page layout, site width and more. Distinguish each post with one of the eight supported post formats, such as: Video, Image, Aside, Status, Audio, Quote, Link and Gallery. Install JetPack to display each of your galleries through a tiled view and jQuery carousel. Compatible with bbPress & BuddyPress. Built using SASS, Compass and Twitter Bootstrap. Ward uses Google Fonts for improved typeface readability and works perfectly in desktop browsers, tablets and handheld devices.
blue
buddypress
custom-background
custom-header
custom-menu
editor-style
featured-images
fixed-layout
flexible-header
fluid-layout
gray
left-sidebar
light
microformats
one-column
post-formats
responsive-layout
right-sidebar
rtl-language-support
silver
sticky-post
theme-options
threaded-comments
translation-ready
two-columns
white
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Usage of Ward over time
May 2023 — July 2024Between May 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites using this theme went from 233 to 151 — down 82 (-35.2%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 151 | -6 |
| June 2024 | 157 | -5 |
| May 2024 | 162 | +0 |
| April 2024 | 162 | +0 |
| March 2024 | 162 | -21 |
| February 2024 | 183 | -5 |
| January 2024 | 188 | -15 |
| December 2023 | 203 | -10 |
| November 2023 | 213 | -1 |
| October 2023 | 214 | -4 |
| September 2023 | 218 | -10 |
| August 2023 | 228 | -3 |
| July 2023 | 231 | -2 |
| June 2023 | 233 | +0 |
| May 2023 | 233 | — |
Plugins used alongside Ward
Detected most often on sites that run this theme. Check compatibility before installing anything new.
| # | Plugin |
|---|---|
| 1 | Contact-form-7 |
| 2 | Jetpack |
| 3 | Google-analyticator |
| 4 | Gravityforms |
| 5 | Buddypress |
| 6 | Add-to-any |
| 7 | All-in-one-event-calendar |
| 8 | Easy-fancybox |
| 9 | Addthis |
| 10 | Captcha |
| 11 | Mailchimp-for-wp |
| 12 | Disqus-comment-system |
| 13 | Custom-facebook-feed |
| 14 | Revslider |
| 15 | Bbpress |
| 16 | Contact-form-plugin |
| 17 | Woocommerce |
| 18 | Cforms |
| 19 | Js_composer |
| 20 | Instagram-feed |
Sites built with Ward
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