The Theme Team
I’m super-excited to announce to you today that WordPress.com now has an official Theme Team. In a nutshell, we’re a bunch of people who really care about WordPress Themes and want to see them get better and better—on WordPress.com and for every WordPress.org user. And yes, that means we’re getting more themes, more often. 
You’ll be hearing more from us individually in the coming weeks but I thought, to get started, it’d be a good idea to share a few of the Theme Team goals we’ve been discussing. Just some rough thoughts really. But I’m hoping that by sharing them here you can get a better idea of what we’re up to—and get as excited as we are about it all.
- Every WordPress.com user should feel like there’s a theme that fits them perfectly, that is exactly how they want to present themselves to the world, that they’re excited to show to their friends.
- We want everyone to feel a sense of momentum and ever-increasing possibilities, and to do so we will present as many perfect-fit WordPress themes to as many WordPress.com users as we can.
- We will ensure all of our public work represents the best in coding practices, web standards, and technical excellence.
- We will craft all of our themes to have a consistent user experience and meet our users expectations and hopes.
- We will teach WordPress developers to become the best theme developers in the world. If you’re a WordPress theme developer—commercial or 100% free—we want to help you be the best.
- We will ensure all our improvements make it back to the open source community.
I love the idea of meeting the “expectations and hopes” of everyone here by delivering to you the best in WordPress themes. Pretty, painless, perfect-fit ones that just plain work.
Keep watch here for more announcements—and more new themes!
April 15th, 2010 at 5:53 pm
yes!!!!!!!!! thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is great great great news!
April 15th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
perfect, i need a new theme, i love wordpress!!
April 15th, 2010 at 5:56 pm
Read this earlier today on Twitter already. I think this is great news and looking forward to find some nice new themes!
April 15th, 2010 at 5:56 pm
Ya kewl ..waiting for it !!!
April 15th, 2010 at 5:56 pm
This is fantastic. I look forward to seeing what’s on the horizon!
April 15th, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Excellent. Point 5 got my attention the most. I look forward to seeing this in action
April 15th, 2010 at 6:02 pm
Sounds good! Do you think some of the older, less flexible or attractive themes might be retired?
April 15th, 2010 at 6:50 pm
There aren’t any plans to retire older themes just yet—only plans to bring more and more attractive and flexible ones to you.
April 15th, 2010 at 6:02 pm
Sounds great! I look forward to seeing more new themes!
April 15th, 2010 at 6:04 pm
Congratulations on being part of the team! Looking forward to new themes.
April 15th, 2010 at 6:05 pm
Thanks! I love seeing new themes, and experienced that “a-ha” moment, myself, when coming across the theme I am currently using.
thanks for all your hard work!
blessings
jane
April 15th, 2010 at 6:05 pm
This sounds great! I’m excited to see all the new themes
April 15th, 2010 at 6:07 pm
Wow, that´s great news! I´m looking forward to seeing more variety on the themes, I like my current theme, but I would also love to have the possibility to add graphic on the header. I also look forward to having more flexible-width choices..
April 15th, 2010 at 6:07 pm
Looking forward to the themes! :3
April 15th, 2010 at 6:08 pm
can u make sure u incorporate themese with 3 columns, because I have a lot of widgets
April 15th, 2010 at 6:47 pm
More 3-column themes are on the horizon.
April 15th, 2010 at 6:08 pm
You have delivered some brilliant new themes over the past few weeks. Glad to hear that there are even more coming.
April 15th, 2010 at 6:09 pm
Good. I love WordPress and I think forever I will be doing.
WordPress.com is the best free blogging platform in the world with the features that should not be given for free. 
And the idea of open-sourcing the entire script on WordPress.org is just awesome.
WordPress has the greatest contribution for what we have zillions of active blog sites on different niches. Thank you WordPress team.
April 15th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
You guys are so cool, and you make blogging fun. Thanks!
Keep up the stellar work.
April 15th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
What we’ve been waiting for!
April 15th, 2010 at 6:11 pm
Really cool! I hope that with this great team we could possibly see a few upgrades like a integrated Twitter and Facebook share button. Also the ability to place a Facebook Fan Page widget. Thank you for your hard work!
April 15th, 2010 at 6:12 pm
“Every WordPress.com user should feel like there’s a theme that fits them perfectly” sadly there isn’t one that fit me.
April 15th, 2010 at 6:30 pm
We’re trying, Lee! Stay tuned to the news blog for more theme announcements.
April 15th, 2010 at 6:12 pm
This is great!
April 15th, 2010 at 6:12 pm
Really appreciate the energy and sense of mission I get from you guys. Awesome!
April 15th, 2010 at 6:14 pm
Fantastic!!!! That’s great to hear!!!
April 15th, 2010 at 6:16 pm
What would be great news is the news that wordpress.com has installed an editor that allows us to change fonts and background colors by clicking buttons. Just saying … it’s very hard to fathom why these features aren’t available to us here at wordpress.com when they could be. It’s very difficult to explain why there is such a glaring difference between those who have free hosted blogspot (Blogger) blogs and can do these things free of charge by clicking buttons, butt we can’t do them at wordpress.com without paying for a CSS editing upgrade that must be renewed annually.
April 15th, 2010 at 7:51 pm
We’re thinking hard about ways to make theme customization painless. Expect more and more customizable themes in your dashboard.
April 15th, 2010 at 6:16 pm
Great news! please carry on with your awesome work! WordPress rocks!
April 15th, 2010 at 6:18 pm
Great!!!! I would really love to see more themes that give us the ability to add a custom header graphic
April 15th, 2010 at 6:48 pm
Us too! You’ll be seeing more of them.
April 15th, 2010 at 6:22 pm
Love this idea! Had a blog now for 2 weeks & already almost 600 hits–but tired of same old tags….file me under: Hopes & Expectations
….in other words….
THEME ME UP, SCOTTY!!
April 15th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
Pinch me! WordPress Dream Team more like!
April 15th, 2010 at 6:28 pm
Sounds good !!! :-]> WordPress rocks ^_- Thanks
April 15th, 2010 at 6:29 pm
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees! I’m happy!
April 15th, 2010 at 6:29 pm
Awesome! wordpress themes are kickass.
April 15th, 2010 at 6:30 pm
Very cool theme team!
One request in keeping with “Every WordPress.com user should feel like there’s a theme that fits them perfectly,”: could we see more themes with custom headers?
You guys are doing a great job! Keep up the great work!
April 15th, 2010 at 6:48 pm
Absolutely. More themes with custom headers are coming.
April 15th, 2010 at 6:37 pm
I really like that idea, and I look forward to seeing some new themes.
Although I’m *very* fond of the theme I use on my blog (Mistylook), I do sometimes experiment with using other themes.
So far, though, I haven’t found any that make me jump up and down with excitement, shouting “Yes, that’s the one I want to make permanent!”
Regardless, I’m still a HUGE fan of WordPress!
April 15th, 2010 at 6:38 pm
hey new team, I love you for your goals and hope to love you for your amazing works soon
April 15th, 2010 at 6:39 pm
Oh yes, excellent news. I’ve tried out quite a few themes and although some have come pretty close I’ve yet to find one that’s “just right”. More choice is definitely the way to go. Well done.
April 15th, 2010 at 6:39 pm
I am continually astonished at what WordPress offers all for free – fabulous.
June is right.
I love WordPress!
Now I shall just have to create more blogs so I can have all the beautiful themes!
April 15th, 2010 at 6:43 pm
I love this. What I’m using now is soooo close to what I want, but not quite! Thanks for all the work guys!
I agree w DOPE re: the 3rd party widgets or buttons – please!
April 15th, 2010 at 6:45 pm
Sounds fantastic to me. I know that my experience here has been a totally positive one and I look forward to seeing what the team comes up with. You people do a fantastic job with this place and you certainly have my most profound thanks …
April 15th, 2010 at 6:47 pm
AWESOME! Thank You Theme Team!
As a photographer I would love to see more themes for photo bloggers. That
would be great.
April 15th, 2010 at 6:49 pm
Wow, this sounds great! I’ve been looking for a theme that I really like. The one I have now is okay, but I can’t wait to see what you guys come up with! I can’t wait…
April 15th, 2010 at 6:49 pm
I think offering more customization options for existing themes would be a huge help with finding the ‘right’ one.
April 15th, 2010 at 6:49 pm
This is amazing news. You guys really know where to focus your efforts. Look forward to your future developments.
April 15th, 2010 at 6:53 pm
Great! Hope to see more themes localized too.
April 15th, 2010 at 6:55 pm
Well done Theme Team…well done!
April 15th, 2010 at 6:56 pm
Thats really great. Thanks Theme Team.
April 15th, 2010 at 6:56 pm
I like the “theme” of this initiative. You have me enthusiastic and very interested.
Please give thought and consideration to WordPress 3.0 themes that are:
- HTML 5.0 and CSS 3.0 based
- Complement and enhance an iPad blogging experience
I would love a theme that incorporates the above suggestions and is ideally suited to a music journalist like myself. I am also interested in a theme that tells people visting my blog that I am an instructional technologist.
“If you build it they will come – Field of Dreams”
April 15th, 2010 at 6:58 pm
Go T – Team!!!! Make us proud! =)
April 15th, 2010 at 7:02 pm
Wow, this is great! I can’t wait for the new themes!
April 15th, 2010 at 7:05 pm
Such good news!
Please give us more customization options! It will be SO great if we can change the background, the text size, the font, the colors etc. And of course – a custom header is a must! I want my blog to look unique and not just the same as lots of other blogs, so more customization options will be really really great.
Thanks a lot!
April 15th, 2010 at 7:06 pm
Very Cool Ian
can i put forward a theme request
hoping to see a format condusive to longer…and/or more scholarly posts
akin to a professional publication/magazine where the text on a page is split into two (or three) columns
to help the reader’s eye traverse shorter horizontal spans.
another way of expressing it is to achieve the same impact of a word document with a page layout modification from single to multicolumn.
naturally one would still need a column (or two?) for widgets and with the addition of a customizable header would end up making this a perfect complement to the stable
hoping someone takes up the challenge
have seen it rendered by other bloggers using customized CSS
cheers
miro
April 15th, 2010 at 7:07 pm
This is awesome! I am yet to find a theme that fits me best. I am making do the best i can with Vigilance. Which is my fav so far. The most customizable without knowing any css
BUt few things i would love to suggest:
-i love the thesis theme-any 3 column version of that would be great.
-three column with a customizable header and yes customizable font sizes.
-I love vigilance…but i wish i could make the font size a bit smaller for thr the posts
-a theme thats SEO ready
But i am so gald you guys are on with a team! Means more fun for us here at wordpress.com!YAY!
April 15th, 2010 at 7:08 pm
Dream team – yeeeeeeaaaaaaaah.
I’d like to have a theme with a costom-header image not too small sized and in some kind of 3:4 or simila aspect ratio … some other details to follow – where can I post this?
April 15th, 2010 at 7:40 pm
Good question! You can either contact support with the request or drop a line in the Themes Forum.
April 15th, 2010 at 7:10 pm
sorta like the A team but themes
April 15th, 2010 at 7:13 pm
Cool. Could you do a vintage/retro toys looking theme? But I do like the one I am using now. Thanks!!
April 15th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
Looking forward to finding my perfect theme! Thanks WP!!
April 15th, 2010 at 7:25 pm
Thank you and your team for continually working to improve WordPress. I appreciate all your efforts, known and unknown and look forward to seeing new and exciting themes choices.
April 15th, 2010 at 7:29 pm
I’d really like a new theme! That’s great!
April 15th, 2010 at 7:38 pm
I love to change my themes from time to time to shake things up a bit; it helps me ‘clean house’ periodically, and is a nice change to viewers! Thank you and keep ‘em coming! I love 3 column with color options. God Bless!
April 15th, 2010 at 7:38 pm
Finally more themes! Hope I can find something nice for me
April 15th, 2010 at 7:42 pm
OMG…excited. I hope we have more themes that have more widgets..so we can do add and do more stuff to our blog(s).
April 15th, 2010 at 7:57 pm
Is it possible to get involved in some way? I love the post and the thoughts but feel it would be good to contribute in whatever way possible.
April 15th, 2010 at 8:20 pm
Theme suggestions! We love hearing them. Contact support with a request or drop a line in the Themes Forum.
April 15th, 2010 at 8:04 pm
Awesome news! Kudos.
April 15th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
This is Gr8 news! I am excited to see what the theme team has to offer x 3
April 15th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
Thank you!! Can’t wait to see them!!
April 15th, 2010 at 8:08 pm
oh yea, forgot to mention….FONTS! we nned more fonts!!!!!!!!!!
April 15th, 2010 at 8:09 pm
Great! We need to see more themes based in media and news lay out!
April 15th, 2010 at 8:15 pm
excellent, i hope more themes also have the custom banner option as well.
April 15th, 2010 at 8:16 pm
Flexibility rules. Lots of options, epsecially for lesser-minded folks who don’t know how to edit their css scripts (sigh… ): ). – E from EB
April 15th, 2010 at 8:17 pm
More themes to choose from sounds great. I’d like to suggest that it become a firm standard that all themes should allow flexible-width content and custom headers.
April 15th, 2010 at 8:18 pm
Great news indeed!
April 15th, 2010 at 8:20 pm
Is there a spot for an official cheerleader
(jumping up in the air)
GooOOOOOO! Theme TEAM!!! YEAH!!!
April 15th, 2010 at 8:25 pm
Yay WordPress!! You guys are the best! I can’t wait to see what you come up with!!
It always makes my day when a new theme is released.
April 15th, 2010 at 8:35 pm
Good deal. I had been hoping more would come along.
April 15th, 2010 at 8:36 pm
fantastic!!! look forward to more beautiful themes!
April 15th, 2010 at 8:41 pm
Great news for all of us!!! Thanks!
April 15th, 2010 at 8:45 pm
I can’t wait for the new themes. I’ve been switching between Digg 3 Column and Tarski becuase those themes are awesome. Is there some way you can make a theme like Tarski, but with 3 columns?
April 16th, 2010 at 12:44 pm
More 3-column themes (and 2-column, and 1-column) are on the way.
April 15th, 2010 at 8:54 pm
Aaaaahh, weeping with joy over this…FINALLY!
Big, big, thanks and much gratitude for finally nailing this side of blogging for all of us who enjoy decorating, and re-decorating, our spaces often. For a long time now I’ve wanted to be able to change themes at least each season to reflect the changing colors, energies, moods and attitudes etc.
Under the hood can totally rock but if the car body is painted a dull grey primer, it just doesn’t catch the eye or heart. Seriously, thank you for this. XOXOXO
April 15th, 2010 at 9:01 pm
You’ve made me a very happy camper with this announcement! And three columns? With custom headers? And more customization? I may swoon! Or maybe just smile really really big.
April 15th, 2010 at 9:02 pm
sounds amazing! great idea.
April 15th, 2010 at 9:15 pm
THANK YOU! I am so excited about this. I always check out the new themes but still haven’t found “the one” yet. I agree with some of the above comments which mention more easily customizable fonts for free. Thanks for everything yall do!
April 15th, 2010 at 9:23 pm
Hooray! Thank you, WordPress! Now… Please create more themes with customizable headers that users can replace with their own image; Been waiting and waiting, praying each time when a theme is released that it has that option. Much love, and thanks again.
April 15th, 2010 at 9:25 pm
Thanks!! Fantastic news
I wish all the people of the team good luck with the job
Thanks, guys
April 15th, 2010 at 9:32 pm
OMG this is why i love wordpress
please think about more themes where bloggers can be creative and free to express their own designs. im using vigilance right now and i love having the ability to change colors, adjust columns, etc. THANKS~!
April 15th, 2010 at 9:41 pm
Oh, yeah! I always settle with my theme and then a prettier one catches my eye and I get tempted to stray. I need theme counselling.
Does the theme team get a uniform?
April 15th, 2010 at 9:45 pm
brilliant. can you put together a mozart theme? and how bout a ‘dead sea scrolls’ theme for the biblical scholars among us?
April 15th, 2010 at 9:49 pm
I think you guys do an outstanding job of keeping new technologies and options coming! I am always excited to read about new gizmos you guys come up with…especially themes!
April 15th, 2010 at 9:49 pm
AWESOME.
I *LOVE* WordPress.
Thank you. <3
April 15th, 2010 at 10:01 pm
More photo themes please, and thanks, ian, for confirming: “More 3-column themes are on the horizon.”
April 15th, 2010 at 10:06 pm
singing, dancing happy, happy HAPPY
Love you people
April 15th, 2010 at 10:12 pm
I left below comment at your other site.. Here it is and it was meant for the wordpress.com blogs.
I think it is also important to update/upgrade the themes that’s been in use for long time. It is fine to introduce new themes, but the old ones shouldn’t be left alone and should be updated to reflect the changing trends and new features. If an old theme cannot be updated, than it should be dropped with ample notification. Just a personal suggestion.
April 15th, 2010 at 10:16 pm
Fantastic! I’m still looking for my perfect theme. I’m using regulus because I love the theme options and the custom header, but I wish there were more themes like it!
I hope you guys will create my perfect theme one day!
~Sara
April 15th, 2010 at 10:20 pm
Very exciting! Thanks for your hard work.
April 15th, 2010 at 10:25 pm
Wonderful news.
How do you guys provide all this for free?
April 15th, 2010 at 11:05 pm
You guys need more Three Column themes
April 15th, 2010 at 11:06 pm
That’s more like it. I’ve been barking on my Twitter lamenting the poor collection of themes WP now has. Good job Theme Team for listening to our grouses.
April 15th, 2010 at 11:11 pm
Thank you, I love WordPress…..This is an awesome place. May God bless you all. You do a lot for us writers.
Where else can we find such great and talented, technical people, who give of themselves like you folks do?
I am telling you, I haven’t found any one, or anything like WordPress. And so I just say thank you….
April 15th, 2010 at 11:23 pm
It would be great if WP developer bring more great themes to us. I suggest more personalized themes. Like music, art, sport, culture or nationality. We wait your creativity in themes making art… VOILA!