Latest version 1.3 – 24 December 2024 – Click here to view the changes.

– Orin is an easy to use classic WordPress theme for a personal blog with a minimalistic design;
– Compatible with WordPress 6.8.x;
– Compatible with Block editor (Gutenberg; The default editor in WordPress since WordPress 5.0);
– Compatible with Classic editor (The previous default editor in WordPress, now available as a plugin: WordPress Plugins > Classic Editor);
– Live switching between: Dark/Light modes, Serif and Sans-serif fonts;
– and more… (The list of features is available below).

Orin is a classic WordPress theme for a personal blog with a minimalist design. This theme has two color modes (light and dark) and the ability to switch between different font types (serif and sans-serif). The Orin theme is also optimized for two WordPress editors: Block Editor and Classic Editor. There are many other features, such as displaying a slider with your featured posts on the homepage, support for five post formats, support for contact forms (Contact Form 7), lightbox functionality for images and galleries (Magnific Popup), four widget areas, support for classic widgets, support for block widgets, five additional widgets, views counter, and so on. Orin is also fully responsive and looks good on mobile devices.

This easy-to-use theme was created for people who love simplicity and minimalism. I’m sure you can create something cool with the Orin theme!

Feature list

Compatible with WordPress 6.8.x.
Minimal and easy to use.
Optimized for two editors: Block editor and Classic editor. You can use the one you like best.
The theme has a responsive design and looks good on mobile devices.
Compatible with all modern browsers: Firefox, Safari, Opera, Chrome, Edge.
Includes a set of Font Awesome icons (Version 5+, 1600+ icons).
Theme settings powered by WordPress Customizer. You can see all available settings in the online documentation.
Two positions for menus: header and footer.
Dropdown menu support (Only menu in the header).
Sticky header (It can be disabled in the theme settings).
Live switching between two different styles: Light and Dark. Each visitor can choose one of the color schemes (light or dark), and the theme will remember the choice of each visitor to improve the usability of the site.
Live switching between two types of fonts: Sans-serif and Serif fonts. Any of your visitors will also be able to choose the type of fonts that will be more convenient for them, and the theme will remember this choice for each visitor.
Dropdown search form in the header.
Two types of logo: Text logo and Image.
Slider with posts. You can display posts by category (all categories or one selected category) or your featured posts in this slider. Each featured post for the slider can be selected manually.
Masonry layout for blog posts.
Views counter for each post.
Comments counter.
“Back to top” button.
Support for Contact Form 7.
Five post formats:
- Standard post format;
- Image post format – Format for displaying posts with your featured images;
- Gallery post format – This format supports displaying a slider with your images;
- Video post format – Format for displaying videos from popular video sites (YouTube, Vimeo, etc);
- Audio post format – Format for displaying your SoundCloud audio compositions.
Support for popup images and galleries.
“About the author” section.
Section with Related posts on single post pages.
Hidden sidebar with smooth animation.
Three additional areas for widgets in the footer:
- Footer: Left Column;
- Footer: Center Column;
- Footer: Right Column.
Five additional widgets:
- Orin: List Of Posts – Displays a list of posts with a background image (featured image);
- Orin: Popular Posts – Displays a list of popular posts;
- Orin: Random Posts – Displays a list of random posts;
- Orin: Recent Posts – Displays a list of recent posts;
- Orin: Social Links – Displays links to social profiles.
Social share buttons:
- Twitter X;
- Facebook;
- Pinterest;
- Reddit.
Translation ready (Every word and phrase that is used in this theme can be translated into your language).
Includes XML file with demo data.
Step by step documentation. Offline documentation is also included.

Please note

Orin will only work with WordPress.ORG software.

Changelog

Version 1.3 – 24 December 2024

Updated:
- Documentation:
  - Fixed several broken links;
  - Added information about creating a copy of the demo site ( https://demo.birdwp.com/orin/ );
  - All images used in the demo site are now available in a collection on Unsplash.com at the following link: https://unsplash.com/collections/pkm5tNA5wOQ/orin-wordpress-theme
  - Added additional information about updating the theme;
  - Added additional information about translation into another language.

Fixes and Improvements:
- Fixed some minor CSS issues;
- Single post page: Navigation elements between next and previous posts no longer appear if the blog has only one post;
- Fixed minor issues with block editor styles. These fixes affected the following blocks:
  - Block: Verse;
  - Block: Image;
  - Block: Gallery;
  - Block: Categories;
  - Block: Custom HTML;
  - Block: Latest Posts.

Added:
- New layout option: Horizontal order for blog posts (WordPress Dashboard > Appearance > Customize > Blog Posts > Posts > Enable horizontal (left-to-right) order for blog posts). More details about this option: https://masonry.desandro.com/options#horizontalorder

Thanks to everyone who helped with this update!

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Full changelog.txt: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-orin/changelog.txt
How to update Orin: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-orin/#update-section

Version 1.2 – 29 February 2024

Fixes and Improvements:

1. Some styles for the Block editor in this version of the theme have been improved and fixed.
2. Added minor improvements to the customizer.
3. The "Orin Additional Features" plugin has been updated (v1.1):
  - Added the X icon instead of the Twitter icon;
  - New social button: "Share on Pinterest".
4. The translation file has been updated (/orin/languages/orin.pot).

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Full changelog.txt: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-orin/changelog.txt
How to update Orin: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-orin/#update-section

Version 1.1.2 – 6 April 2023

Fixes and Improvements:

1. Block Editor:
Styling issues for several blocks have been fixed in this version of the theme. The following blocks were affected:
  - List Block;
  - Quote Block;
  - File Block;
  - Button Block;
  - Tag Cloud;
  - Categories List.

2. Added permission to use two new HTML tags for Footer Text: the "p" (paragraph) tag and the "br" (line break) tag. This setting can be found in the customizer: Appearance > Customize > Footer > Copyright Text.

3. Theme translation file has been updated (/orin/languages/orin.pot).

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Full changelog.txt: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-orin/changelog.txt
How to update Orin: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-orin/#update-section

Version 1.1.1 – 24 August 2022

Fixed:
- Fixed issue with popup images in the Gallery Block
- Improved and fixed styles for the Block Editor

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Full changelog.txt: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-orin/changelog.txt
How to update Orin: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-orin/#update-section

Version 1.1 – 13 March 2022

Updated:
- Documentation
- POT translation file (/orin/languages/orin.pot)

New:
- Added a hidden H1 heading with the site name to pages where it is not possible to add this tag. These are the following pages: homepage with the latest posts, all archive pages, and search results page. The site name can be added in your WordPress settings: "Appearance > Customize > Site Identity > Site Title".
- New theme settings (Appearance > Customize):
  - Added the ability to increase the first post on all pagination pages: "Appearance > Customize > Blog Posts > Posts > Increase the first post on pagination pages or not?";
  - Added a new section with settings: "Appearance > Customize > Other Theme Settings";
  - Show or hide the "Back To Top" button: "Appearance > Customize > Other Theme Settings > Show "Back to top" button";
  - Added the ability to cancel text transformation for some text elements: "Appearance > Customize > Other Theme Settings > Cancel text transformation for some text elements";
  - The following section with settings has been renamed: "Appearance > Customize > Colors And Cookies --> Styles And Cookies";
  - Added setting to change default fonts: "Appearance > Customize > Styles And Cookies > Default Fonts: Sans-Serif Or Serif";
  - Added setting to change the default site style: "Appearance > Customize > Styles And Cookies > Default Site Style: Light Or Dark".

Fixed:
- Some minor CSS issues

* P.S. Thanks to everyone who advised good ideas for this update! I also want to apologize that some of the settings that you wrote to me about were not included in this update. However, they are all saved in my journal. I can't guarantee that all suggested settings and features will be added, but I always think about every suggested setting and feature. Once again, thank you very much to all of you!

* During testing, there were issues with the following new features:
  - Offset for posts in the slider;
  - Ability to hide the logo on single post pages and single pages.
For this reason, these features have not been included in this version. However, I will keep thinking about them.

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Full changelog.txt: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-orin/changelog.txt
How to update Orin: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-orin/#update-section

Version 1.0.1 – 26 February 2022

Improvements and fixes:
- Improved and fixed styles for the Block Editor (Fixed issues related to block editor changes in WordPress 5.9; Added styles for new blocks)
- Fixed minor CSS issues (Comment form styles)
- Improved and fixed styles for widget blocks

* Note: This update adds compatibility with WordPress 5.9.x. After the release of this update, I will start working on version 1.1. In this version (v1.1), I will add new features, settings and some fixes.
Thanks again for using this theme!

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Full changelog.txt: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-orin/changelog.txt
How to update Orin: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-orin/#update-section

Version 1.0 – 11 November 2021

- Release

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All demo images are from Unsplash and Pexels. Video: Dartmoor Timelapse (Vimeo). Audio: lilypichu (SoundCloud).

Tags: WordPress, Minimal, Clean, Simple, Personal, Blog, Masonry, Responsive, Modern, Elegant, Dark Mode.

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