The current version is 2.5.0. Released on November 21st, 2023. Click here to view the changelog Float is a responsive blog theme for WordPress.
With the Customizer it is really easy to customize the theme with a live preview. Here are the main features of the theme: Fully responsive design Customizer with live preview — choose colors for links, tags, comment bubbles, etc. Choose between light or dark color scheme, and use any background color or image Custom widgets: Flickr, social links, latest posts with thumbnails, Post-it note Shortcode manager (buttons, alerts, and columns) Compatible with Gutenberg block editor Compatible with Contact Form 7 Compatible with Yummy Recipes Custom archive page template Multiple font options Translation ready If you need help with customizing or setting up this theme, I will be glad to help you.
Just contact me via my profile page’s contact form. Testimonials Recently got this theme and I just love it. Great work!
Great theme, think it’s the best straight-up blog one I’ve come across for a long while. Overall, this theme is incredible to work with, and I highly recommend it to anyone who sees this. Changelog 2.5.0 (November 21st, 2023) - Float Plugin was updated to 1.5.0.
Please update the plugin. - Added Customizer option to show the post excerpt on homepage and archive post listings. - Added an icon used for a custom link in social links menu.
- Added filter to allow editing the footer copyright text. - Blocks in widgets are now disabled. 2.4.0 (November 13th, 2023) - Float Plugin was updated to 1.4.0.
Please update the plugin. - Envato Market Plugin was updated to 2.0.10. Please update the plugin.
- Archive pages now show the term description also on the alternate layout option. - Replaced Twitter icon with X icon. - Minor code fixes.
2.3.0 (August 8th, 2022) - Float Plugin was updated to 1.3.0. Please update the plugin. - Fixed a small bug which caused an error on certain PHP versions.
- Accessibility improvements. 2.2.0 (May 16th, 2022) - Float Plugin was updated to 1.2.0. Please update the plugin.
- Added Customizer option to show related posts on single posts. - Added 'wp_body_open' action after the opening body tag. - Improved the lazy loading of images.
- Fixed a small bug in styling for embedded videos. - Replaced jQuery plugins with vanilla JavaScript for better performance and accessibility. - Improvements for Core Web Vitals.
- Performance improvements. - Accessibility improvements. - Minor code fixes.
2.1.1 (February 4th, 2021) - Fixed a bug adding too much top margin for embedded videos. - Fixed styling for the separator block. - Fixed styling for the text contrast on the sidebar.
2.1.0 (August 25th, 2020) - Float Plugin was updated to 1.1.0. Please update the plugin. - Added support for wide width and full width blocks for Gutenberg editor.
- Added editor styling for the Gutenberg editor. - Added option to use light background colors. - Added column for featured images in the dashboard's post listing.
- Fixed a bug which made the comments disappear on WordPress 5.5. 2.0.0 (May 20th, 2019) - Lots of changes to the codebase. Better code formatting, better security, speed optimizations etc.
- Added Float Plugin. You must install and activate the Float Plugin which comes with the theme. - Moved plugin territory functionality from the theme to the plugin.
- Moved style related options to the Customizer. Please check your settings at Appearance > Customize. - Added more options to widgets.
Now you can for example sort the posts with comment count, and have content before the social icons. - Added lazyloading for images. - Added higher pixel density images.
You must use the 'Force Regenerate Thumbnails' plugin to regenerate your thumbnails. - Added category and tag descriptions on the archive template. - Added author template.
- Added social links options for users. - Added option to halve logo dimensions to allow using a high pixel density logo. - Added option to choose color for the separator used in the main navigation and post meta.
- Icons are now served as SVGs. - Removed contact page template and added styling for the Contact Form 7 plugin. Use the Contact Form 7 plugin to add forms.
- Removed the setting to select the background image from predefined options. Use the Background Image setting at the Customizer to set the background. - Minor styling changes.
- Updated JavaScript libraries. - Minor code fixes. 1.2.0 (March 15th, 2014) - Refreshed design - Updated jQuery and JavaScript plugins - Updated Theme Options Framework - More font options - More styling options - Numeric pagination - New page navigation in articles - Latest Posts Widget now displays comments count - Option to disable featured image display at the beginning of the posts - Added VK icon for Social Widget - CSS improvements - Page speed optimization - New screenshot - Updated documentation 1.1.2 (June 4th, 2013) - Fixed minor issue in comments.php - Loosened validation of textareas in the Theme Options - Comments bubble not shown anymore if comments are closed 1.1.1 (April 24th, 2013) - Option to choose between serif and sans serif fonts - Option to display author name in post meta - Link to edit a post added in the frontend - New icon: Goodreads 1.1.0 (January 31st, 2013) - Updated Theme Options framework - Updated Social Media Widget icons - Option to display icons in color - Option to use custom CSS - Option to use Feedburner URL for RSS - Option to select secondary background image - 2 new background images - Updated jQuery plugins - Updated jQuery framework - Minor fixes and tweaks to the code 1.0.4 (November 12th, 2012) - New icons: LinkedIn, Vimeo, Instagram, iTunes, Soundcloud, Last.fm, Bandcamp, Quora - Fixed the centering of images 1.0.3 (July 30th, 2012) - Translation ready - Support for multi-level dropdowns - Option to display posts in archives like on homepage - Featured image now links to the post - Fix for analytics in Theme Options - YouTube icon 1.0.2 (July 15th, 2012) - Shorter refresh time for Twitter widget (was 12h, now 30min) - Option to choose whether to display tags of posts on the homepage 1.0.1 (July 13th, 2012) - Contact page validation fixed - Tumblr and Pinterest icons 1.0.0 (July 12th, 2012) - Initial release
