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Origin Theme Now On WordPress.com

Origin Theme Now On WordPress.com

September 9, 2022 in General News | 37 comments

We are happy to announce that we have released a second theme, Origin, on the WordPress.com platform. For those who want to use our beautiful design, but don’t want to deal with setting up a hosting account, WordPress.com is a great option. They had to change the name of the theme due to a...

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Kenny Sing Joins The ET Design Team

Kenny Sing Joins The ET Design Team

July 17, 2013 in General News | 87 comments

Since its inception, I have been Elegant Themes’ sole designer. However, finding inspiration in isolation often proves a difficult task, which is why we have finally acquired some fresh new talent! Today I am excited to welcome Kenny Sing to the Elegant Themes family. Kenny is a...

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TheStyle Now Available on WordPress.com

TheStyle Now Available on WordPress.com

September 9, 2022 in General News | 74 comments

Elegant Themes has been working with the folks at WordPress.com to help bring our themes their users. TheStyle is the first of our themes to be released on the WordPress.com platform, and we are excited to continue bringing more of our products into their marketplace in the future! For those who...

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WordPress 3.5 Has Been Released

WordPress 3.5 Has Been Released

December 12, 2012 in General News | 59 comments

WordPress 3.5, aka “WordPress Elvin,” was released today. You will be happy to know that we have already been testing and updating our themes based on each 3.5 RC, and all themes should already be compatible with the new version of WordPress. Our plugins have also been tested and...

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Theme Security Audit By Sucuri

Theme Security Audit By Sucuri

September 15, 2022 in General News | 43 comments

The security of our customers is extremely important to us. While I have complete confidence in our developers and their secure coding practices, I still like to have our code audited regularly by third party security experts to make sure that no critical issues have slipped through the cracks....

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Take Our ElegantThemes Shortcodes Anywhere

Take Our ElegantThemes Shortcodes Anywhere

July 11, 2012 in Resources | 116 comments

One of the stand-out features of our themes is the large collection of shortcodes that come packaged with each. These shortcodes make it easy to build advanced layouts and advanced elements that would previously take many lines of complicated HTML and Javascript to create. But what if you wanted to...

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Beautiful & Free Social Media Icons

Beautiful & Free Social Media Icons

September 23, 2022 in Resources | 249 comments

I had some free time yesterday, so I decided to make some fresh new icons! Throughout my years as a web designer, I have always had trouble finding beautiful icons with no licensing restrictions to use in my templates. It’s especially difficult to find GPL-licensed (open source) graphics that...

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Elegant Themes Gets A New Look!

Elegant Themes Gets A New Look!

June 18, 2012 in General News | 197 comments

It has been a long time coming, but I am excited to announce that we have finally finished a new version of the site today! It has been almost three years since we last modified the design of ElegantThemes.com. During those years we have grown signficantly as a company and I have grown...

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