New Theme: Steira
Full of character yet minimal, we bring you the wonderful “Steira,” bursting at the seams with detail and functionality.
Steira in all its glory!
Recent Comments Widget for Steira
The sidebar is large in this theme giving you a lot of room to play.
Any widget will do, but the custom widgets are quite convenient and stylish. The “Recent Comments” widget is especially nice. It shows a dedication to your content while at the same time keeping the visual intensity that the rest of the theme boasts.
The "New" post.
There are a lot of subtle details in this theme. Most notably, your newest post shows up with a nice “New” label, giving your users a heads up.
If you’re wondering why you haven’t seen Steira before, it’s because you haven’t. It was designed by Made by Elephant for WordPress users.
The theme will soon be available in the Theme Repository over at WordPress.org and we’re extremely happy to be sharing it with you today.
February 8th, 2010 at 10:09 pm
Wow, this theme is gorgeous! It is so nice and clean and I love the New post feature. I’m going to try this one.
Thank you!
February 8th, 2010 at 10:09 pm
Wow,, another cool theme. it’s looking great
(am i pertamax?)
February 8th, 2010 at 10:16 pm
wow nice theme
February 8th, 2010 at 10:20 pm
This is a wonderful theme for photographers to display a bundle of photos in one place for others to comment on them. Love it!
February 8th, 2010 at 10:29 pm
Cool!
February 8th, 2010 at 10:32 pm
Cool theme!! Keep rocking WP.. I heart WP..
Thank you so much guys!!
February 8th, 2010 at 10:32 pm
I too like cherry trees
February 8th, 2010 at 10:36 pm
not bad
February 8th, 2010 at 10:36 pm
Thanks for this wonderful new theme this theme will work perfect with my new blogging project.
February 8th, 2010 at 10:38 pm
Cool indeed; but what I’d love to see is a theme with a flexible-width sidebar… any designers out there up for the challenge, please?
February 8th, 2010 at 10:42 pm
This looks great. Nice, clean and organized. Keep up the good work.
February 8th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
I feel vague about how, I can get my subscribers to sign up. To get my blogs. Any other advice?
Thank you, be blessed.
Elena’s Just my Thoughts…..
February 9th, 2010 at 6:28 pm
@elenaramirez: Check out http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/blog-subscription-widget/
February 8th, 2010 at 10:46 pm
Nice clean look to this theme. I’ve just switched my blog to use it.
A little problematic with the widgets set up… they all went into the “holding area”, with some odd (mainly empty) duplicates. Anyway, just had to move them back to where I wanted them.
Also, some of the spacing could be improved, e.g. the RSS widget icon is displayed with no space on the left side… perhaps this could be changed? Other than that, I’m liking the new look.
Thanks for a nice theme!
February 8th, 2010 at 10:46 pm
Wonderful, thanks for sharing!
February 8th, 2010 at 10:53 pm
Kewl!
February 8th, 2010 at 10:56 pm
Ooooooooooooo, I like the “new” feature! Can we have that on all the other themes?
February 8th, 2010 at 10:59 pm
The gallery for photos looks interesting! Thanks so much!
February 8th, 2010 at 11:15 pm
I love it when there are new themes to try! Keep ‘em comin!
February 8th, 2010 at 11:17 pm
Really Cool!
February 8th, 2010 at 11:18 pm
Thanks, this is really great – I am from Austria – Steiermark and therefore I’m a Steira as well
February 8th, 2010 at 11:19 pm
Me like. I’ll try it. I’ve gotten so used to INove.
February 8th, 2010 at 11:22 pm
‘Theme Repository’ …that sounds dangerous
February 8th, 2010 at 11:26 pm
Okay, will give it a try!
February 8th, 2010 at 11:30 pm
i like its being minimal!
February 8th, 2010 at 11:38 pm
Sleek and classy. Another stylish addition…congrats!
February 8th, 2010 at 11:41 pm
very clean!!!
February 8th, 2010 at 11:50 pm
Why are all the newer themes CSS canvases? Why can’t there be a new theme that everyone on WordPress.com enjoy?
February 8th, 2010 at 11:54 pm
Ooooh…. I LOVE this! But unfortunately, I had just changed my theme two months ago… and that theme of mine is much much nicer (to me, at least).
Thanks for all your cool themes. I just love them all.
February 9th, 2010 at 12:01 am
I have to say, it looks pretty nice and minimalist. +1
February 9th, 2010 at 12:13 am
this is nice because it looks so clean. if i weren’t “very happy” with my theme, i’d surely try this one out..
good job! 
February 9th, 2010 at 12:22 am
It is interesting, however, I wish the date would show as, ‘02/07/2010′ rather than 07/02/10.
February 9th, 2010 at 12:43 am
thanks again! good things about WP keep on coming this month!
February 9th, 2010 at 12:49 am
I tried a white background, but ended up back to basic black. I’m still waiting for a new black theme that would be an easy transfer from the one I’ve got….
February 9th, 2010 at 12:59 am
Thanks for this new theme. I will check it out.
February 9th, 2010 at 1:13 am
Looks very exciting! Will surely try this soon. Looks like a WordPress.org theme!
Please give a theme which has categories navigation in the header nav bar.
February 9th, 2010 at 1:34 am
Wow! Nice! Clean & simple!
February 9th, 2010 at 1:40 am
i love it -
February 9th, 2010 at 1:45 am
If the preview is any indication, it messes with my weekly comic because the image space is smaller, and there’s no custom header. I won’t be using this one.
February 9th, 2010 at 1:51 am
Nice theme, but the sidebar is just too wide for me. I like to display large photos. Can we have more easily customizable themes like Vigilance, please? and with dark backgrounds? I really, really wanna go dark
February 9th, 2010 at 2:06 am
wow. great theme, thanks
@dhimasln. yeee not pertamax
February 9th, 2010 at 2:09 am
Another great theme. I will preview it and pass it on to a friend I know who wants to change their theme.
February 9th, 2010 at 2:10 am
We really like this cherry tree! LOL. that’s pretty silly.
February 9th, 2010 at 2:12 am
It looks pretty cool….. I’ll give it a shot !!!
February 9th, 2010 at 2:43 am
Awesome! I will definitely check it out.
February 9th, 2010 at 2:43 am
This is really cool. Will definitely try this out this week. Good work guys, keep it up.
February 9th, 2010 at 2:43 am
sepertinya bagus nih… looks good..
February 9th, 2010 at 3:18 am
it is interesting
February 9th, 2010 at 4:13 am
good looking. so simple.
February 9th, 2010 at 4:40 am
Not good, I hate the fonts
February 9th, 2010 at 5:20 am
i’ve been looking for a blog template like this and thanks to you guys at wordpress my content actually fits my template. mind taking a look?
February 9th, 2010 at 5:50 am
I am going try it and I hope, it will be suitable with my taste
Thx
February 9th, 2010 at 6:08 am
Please make more 1024 width themes
February 9th, 2010 at 6:37 am
I am one of those who are reluctant to change. Actually I am happy with the theme I have been using since I started with W.P. So, even though it looks nice, I prefer to stay where I am. However, very grateful for all the works you guys have done for our blogging community. W.P is my super star!
Thanksssssssssssssss.
February 9th, 2010 at 7:00 am
it looks good, but not for me. As i also have commented in the previous themes, i need some wide theme, like the Journalist v1.9 which i am using now. Because there is already posts with sourcecodes and outputs, which wraps around and destroys the sourcecode shortcode formatting. I would be waiting for an update to the Journalist v1.9
February 9th, 2010 at 8:05 am
what a wonderful theme……….
i know i’ll like it.
good job guys……….. thanks
February 9th, 2010 at 8:09 am
hi…..i think thats good
February 9th, 2010 at 8:22 am
Simple and Clean
February 9th, 2010 at 8:24 am
Looks like a fun, clean theme. The specialized layout on individual posts with the comment box at the side rocks. Thank you Made by Elephant!
February 9th, 2010 at 8:52 am
I wish we had some dark theme with flexible width for photoblogs
February 9th, 2010 at 9:05 am
Nice! I’ve been waiting for new themes.
February 9th, 2010 at 9:16 am
The Theme page doesn’t list its capabilities. Fixed width, flexible width, colours, headers, what?
February 9th, 2010 at 9:55 am
Will find time to look at it before I give my final comment. Meanwhile, let me join others in appreciating your effort.
February 9th, 2010 at 10:29 am
I like it !
Simple, clear and modern !
February 9th, 2010 at 11:05 am
Thank you. But it seems everything under bullet points and block quotes comes in ALL CAPS. Which is like you want to SHOUT on readers. Nor quite right and appealing I feel. Can we have it corrected please.
We need a theme like vigilance which lets us select a background pic along with colors.
February 9th, 2010 at 12:36 pm
Great theme!
February 9th, 2010 at 12:40 pm
It’s too simple, in my opinion.
I think you should add many more themes with much colour.
I also think that you could let us personalize the themes and blogs more.Or, maybe, you could add an theme uploader.
i don’t know if you would take in consideration what I’ve written here, but I have hopes.
Keep up the good work!
Have a nice day!
February 9th, 2010 at 1:12 pm
Simple and chic! Wonderful! Thank you
February 9th, 2010 at 1:42 pm
loving it!!
more ! more! more!
February 9th, 2010 at 2:03 pm
Wow another new theme, well done.
February 9th, 2010 at 2:30 pm
I agree with what’s her name. I’d like to see the “New” feature for the most recent post get added to other themes. Good work though.
February 9th, 2010 at 2:41 pm
+ 2 Dianne
its too clean…
February 9th, 2010 at 3:11 pm
Looks great!
Clean and simple combination of text and gallery.
February 9th, 2010 at 3:15 pm
Nice but looks minimalist?
February 9th, 2010 at 6:51 pm
I would say it definitely has a minimalist esthetic. I’d say that’s a great quality to have – but I love that look.
Don’t worry, we have lots and lots of themes coming out!
February 9th, 2010 at 3:16 pm
Do the designers you commission ever complain about having such a narrow colour palette to work with?
February 9th, 2010 at 6:57 pm
There are a lot more themes coming (soon), some have lots of color!
February 9th, 2010 at 3:18 pm
Also, why is the demo blog locked? Are you trying to bump the ‘theme change’ stats by forcing people to enable it on their own blogs to check it out?
February 9th, 2010 at 7:02 pm
The demo blog was locked while the theme was being developed and tested. It’s public now, feel free to check it out at: http://steirademo.wordpress.com/ – we’d love to hear your feedback.
February 9th, 2010 at 3:42 pm
It has some display problems with PicApp images. If they are aligned left or right it leaves no margins around them, just butts them up against the post border and the same with the wrapped text which looks ugly to me. The same with the RSS links icons (unless you opt for the text only look) which are also aligned touching the border without any margin.
Normal images seem to display OK.
I also notice if you do a short posts and a PicApp image extends below the text the themes doesn’t recognise that and starts the next post overlapping the image -oops.
Also blockquotes display more as ‘pullquotes’ rather than normal blockquotes.
My juries out at the moment – I like the clean simple look, but it is a bit clunky around the edges and as with all WordPress themes not user tweakable to sort them out. I can only give it 6/10.
February 9th, 2010 at 5:27 pm
I like the ‘new’ bit. But Noel, your earlier ‘monochromatic’ theme was much much better. We’re expecting more from you now!
February 9th, 2010 at 6:18 pm
Nice…but I would like some more themes along the lines of Cutline or Freshy. I really like that style.
February 9th, 2010 at 7:04 pm
i think this is a great theme for someone who likes to do photofeatures. absolutely great. i can now think of toying with photofeatures.
February 9th, 2010 at 7:14 pm
Would love to see threaded recent comments in future updates
February 9th, 2010 at 8:05 pm
Awesome!
February 9th, 2010 at 8:53 pm
It’s a very nice theme, but the german translation isn’t complete. And you can’t use it as a group blog, since you can’t tell who wrote a post. If it was possible to fix this issue, it would be greatly appreciated. Keep up the good work.
February 9th, 2010 at 9:18 pm
Stunning to look at … ill give it a go
February 9th, 2010 at 9:27 pm
so fresh
so clean
well done
February 9th, 2010 at 9:38 pm
I like it!
February 9th, 2010 at 9:48 pm
“If you’re wondering why you haven’t seen Steira before, it’s because you haven’t.”
OH!
February 9th, 2010 at 10:27 pm
Nice! I love this theme! If only someone made one that fits me!
February 9th, 2010 at 11:04 pm
I hate wide sidebars. For one, they take up blog post space. Secondly, it’s distracting.
Someday, someone should make a theme with an auto-hide sidebar. Thanks.
February 9th, 2010 at 11:05 pm
Agree with phoxis. We need more wide themes like Journalist v1.9. Any updates on this one coming?
February 11th, 2010 at 8:20 pm
We’ll definitely keep that in mind! Thanks!
February 10th, 2010 at 1:19 am
Love the minimalist look!
February 10th, 2010 at 3:02 am
I do not mind it but… why so many themes like that? I use Vigilance and Journalist but the likes of it are so few. Please, please add more themes which have wider text space and not such big spaces on the left and on the right of the screen.
February 10th, 2010 at 3:21 am
why can’t I post anything? Does it have anything to do with firefox ?
February 11th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
@countryclubhousewife315: If you’re having trouble posting to your blog, please contact support.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:49 am
( * * * * / 5 ) for the Fresh Clean Professional look.
Does it have a DARK variant??…
Would be really impressive for a TECH blog.
Gr8 work!! WORDPRESS ROCKs!!
February 10th, 2010 at 7:01 am
the theme really looks clean, it seems this theme will load faster. i would prefer a wider post column, because it’s the main place where quality bloggers keep playing. but this is a good theme for those who write average length content.
February 10th, 2010 at 7:36 am
I love it, but is there any chance we could get a three column blog with custom colors and custom header, like the Vigilance but with an extra column? I love this theme for my school blogs, but not so much for my personal one :-/
February 10th, 2010 at 10:56 am
Loving the clean look, looking forward to more!
February 10th, 2010 at 11:55 am
It’s not wide enough in the writing area for my liking though I am pleased to see you guys getting some more themes for WordPress.com. There just isn’t enough choice I don’t think.
TG