New Theme: Manifest
When we think about the very basic fundamentals of blogging and expressing ideas we find the clear practice of writing. Today we are launching a new theme which tries to reflect precisely on that. Manifest is a wonderful theme for writers.
This is a theme that presents your creations in an elegant and powerfully clean way, offering your readers an intimate and direct experience with your thoughts.
The Manifest Theme
With content being the clear focus in Manifest, you can create different types of posts by choosing appropriate post formats. You can create image posts, link posts, asides, and Manifest will present them in the same neat, clutter free way it shows your regular text posts. You can even add a subtle header image to bring a personal touch to the design.
The Manifest Theme was designed by Jim Barraud. Go and learn more about it on the theme showcase, or activate it right away at Appearance → Themes. And once you are done, just start posting.
July 14th, 2011 at 4:53 pm
Awesome theme
Love it!
July 14th, 2011 at 4:53 pm
LOVE THIS LOVE THIS LOVE THIS!
July 14th, 2011 at 4:55 pm
I like the diffirent opportunities of post styles like image post, link posts etc.
That’s a very helpfull funcition. But for me, it’s too clear!
I love colours ans such things. In spite of that, a very nice theme!
July 14th, 2011 at 4:56 pm
Awesome Fonts. Looks brilliant in theme preview. Can give this a try.
July 14th, 2011 at 4:59 pm
You guys are a on a roll… A theme-a-day mode
July 14th, 2011 at 5:00 pm
i’m waiting for theme like this!
July 14th, 2011 at 5:00 pm
Neat and elegant, nice one!
July 14th, 2011 at 5:01 pm
Good, but too white!
…but I like it!
July 14th, 2011 at 5:08 pm
Kinda like manifest yourself.
July 14th, 2011 at 5:11 pm
Nice theme for my ballerinas
July 14th, 2011 at 5:12 pm
Very minimalistic. Looks a lot like Tumblr.
July 14th, 2011 at 5:19 pm
I’ve been playing with this nice little tumbleblog style theme in my test blog. The custom menu and post formats are great features. I like Manifest very much and think I may use it on a new blog I intend to create for daily featured images and quotes. Thanks for adding it.
July 14th, 2011 at 5:20 pm
Nice Theme….
July 14th, 2011 at 5:26 pm
Very nice. Simple and elegant.
July 14th, 2011 at 5:38 pm
Nice and tidy!
July 14th, 2011 at 5:48 pm
Ooooh, I’m liking the look of this theme. I might switch!
July 14th, 2011 at 5:52 pm
Too many nice themes!
July 14th, 2011 at 6:00 pm
Lov’it, lov’it, lov’it. So clean, so fresh.
July 14th, 2011 at 6:01 pm
Matiaaaassss!!! LIKE LIKE LIKE !!!!
July 14th, 2011 at 6:09 pm
I love this! Very nice!!
July 14th, 2011 at 6:34 pm
It’s simple and beautiful! I might have to try it out…
July 14th, 2011 at 6:34 pm
I like this, it’s simply yet kind of sophisticated. I guess a more artistic person would say ‘minimalist’
July 14th, 2011 at 6:44 pm
Very nice, clean and minimalistic (or “clear”). It might be too minimalistic for me, but overall its another great theme.
July 14th, 2011 at 6:51 pm
I do believe this is my dream theme “made manifest.” I just might now be ready to release my heretofore undying attachment to Chaotic Soul and come into the light. Thanks, WP!
July 14th, 2011 at 7:23 pm
This looks like a good theme. I might use it.
July 14th, 2011 at 7:36 pm
You’re totally rockin’out lately! Love your themes
July 14th, 2011 at 7:40 pm
Mo’ themes – straight over to preview.
July 14th, 2011 at 7:41 pm
Love all the new themes…except that now I’m like a kid in a candy shop.
July 14th, 2011 at 7:48 pm
Very nice!
July 14th, 2011 at 8:20 pm
Beautiful and classic
July 14th, 2011 at 8:55 pm
Wow. Stunningly simple.
Easy on the eye like Fruit Shake, but without all the bananas…
July 14th, 2011 at 9:05 pm
It was as if you went inside my head and made the theme I wanted. Wow. I was just lamenting the lack of themes that use a serif font and here you are giving me one.
July 14th, 2011 at 9:13 pm
Hi Matias!
Although this isn’t exactly the theme that I’ve been waiting for, I commend you for acknowledging writing as the core of blogging. We also appreciate this theme which focuses more on articles, the written word, and the very basics. Very clean and minimal, it’s definitely a sexy theme! Perfect for the poetry blog project that I plan to start! Keep them coming, Theme Team!
Cheers!
July 14th, 2011 at 9:30 pm
Very clean and sophisticated.
July 14th, 2011 at 9:42 pm
Wow.. 4 themes in a row. WordPress, you cannot be stopped.
July 14th, 2011 at 10:05 pm
Cool!
July 14th, 2011 at 10:09 pm
IMO, this is one of the great themes. I remember seeing this three years ago, loving it and writing a CSS skin for it. Kudos for offering it for free and for finally giving us a truly beautiful, truly minimalistic theme.
July 14th, 2011 at 10:45 pm
Sweeeet!
July 14th, 2011 at 10:59 pm
Minimal; but classy. I like it.
July 14th, 2011 at 11:41 pm
Love it! I’ve been waiting for a theme like this for a long time! Thanks, WordPress!
July 14th, 2011 at 11:48 pm
I love the cleanliness, but a little bland for me.
Although, 4 NEW Themes in a row….
That’s amazing in itself. THANK YOU!!
July 15th, 2011 at 12:17 am
Very nice theme, awesome. People who love to make the blog with images will definitely use it
July 15th, 2011 at 12:36 am
I love this layout, clean, simple to use and with a few options to accentuate your post…. nice work!
July 15th, 2011 at 12:48 am
IMHO the best/nice themes that came up in the latter days/month are the Premiums. Since we have them, free themes that came up are not good.
July 15th, 2011 at 1:30 am
I think I am in love! With the theme and the theme team. Gorgeous.
July 15th, 2011 at 1:31 am
Hmmm…very nice!!
July 15th, 2011 at 1:54 am
This looks pretty exotic to me
Love the central layout of it.
July 15th, 2011 at 2:21 am
Finally. This is fantastic.
July 15th, 2011 at 2:30 am
It’s neat.
I like it.
July 15th, 2011 at 2:43 am
It is really nice, but I like themes with more color. Still really awesome, but i would like to see some more with come soild colors.
July 15th, 2011 at 2:51 am
You did it well.
July 15th, 2011 at 2:56 am
I think it is too white and it doesn’t have any features I want. And also I feel dizzy with the menu.
July 15th, 2011 at 3:15 am
Sweet! It looks a bit like the starting page of a book chapter. Great for writers and readers!
July 15th, 2011 at 4:00 am
That’s one cool theme!
July 15th, 2011 at 4:12 am
You guys are on a theme-ing spree! This is just in time for my b&w photo blog! Arigato gozaimasu!
July 15th, 2011 at 4:48 am
So elegant and clean. I love it!
July 15th, 2011 at 4:58 am
Wow, WP. You’re just pumping out the new themes. This new one is elegant…well done and thank you.
July 15th, 2011 at 5:09 am
My all-time favorite! Been using it from the time it was created for WP dot org and couldn’t be any happier!
July 15th, 2011 at 6:21 am
So, so clean. Nice.
July 15th, 2011 at 6:42 am
Great theme, I love it.
July 15th, 2011 at 6:49 am
Very nice.
July 15th, 2011 at 7:21 am
Clean and simple, just what I was looking for.
July 15th, 2011 at 8:36 am
Very nice! Clean and crisp, kudos!
July 15th, 2011 at 10:15 am
Love it. Very clean. Thanks for sharing this!
July 15th, 2011 at 11:13 am
Stealing from tumbr are we? I still prefer the modified TwentyTen theme: http://bit.ly/arfVWE
July 15th, 2011 at 5:35 pm
The original Manifest by Jim was developed a long time ago for WordPress.org. See: http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/the-new-theme-manifest-was-copied-from-tumblr?replies=3#post-647659
July 15th, 2011 at 11:40 am
More and more themes available to WP.com users!! Keep up the good job, WP.com developers, really no regret to pick WP.com as my blog platform, instead of blogspot, lol!!
July 15th, 2011 at 12:37 pm
This is a clean and fresh theme. It may be too simple for some, or drab without a picture in every post, but it is not-distracting.
July 15th, 2011 at 1:26 pm
“I commend you for acknowledging writing as the core of blogging.” my words exactly, but videologs, photoblogs and podcasting are kinda important too..
I hope to see more themes upgraded, like pilcrow and coraline was a upgrade of old great themes… waiting for a upgrade on k2, dreaming cost nothing!
July 15th, 2011 at 5:57 pm
Stay tuned
July 15th, 2011 at 3:06 pm
Very clean and good theme. Although this does not soot the genre of my current blog, but is a candidate for a blog which i am thinking to make in future.
July 15th, 2011 at 3:16 pm
Looks simple but easy to use… love it…
July 15th, 2011 at 4:07 pm
Thanks for the theme
July 15th, 2011 at 4:33 pm
Absolutely beautiful and, might I add – finally!
I’ve been waiting for and wishing something just like this.
July 15th, 2011 at 8:26 pm
Blistering!
July 15th, 2011 at 8:30 pm
It is so nice and clean… very powerful presentation…
I just hope people realize that this is not just a copy of Tumblr – I’ve been waiting for a WordPress blog theme this sleek and eye-catching!!!!
July 15th, 2011 at 9:18 pm
Nice and clean theme but to much of white spaces. Should be an option for backgrounds color!
Thanks for many good and crative themes at WP!
July 15th, 2011 at 9:25 pm
Very clean, very nice theme. Great job!
July 16th, 2011 at 12:07 am
Love it, but having hard time putting in custom header photo.
July 16th, 2011 at 12:35 am
Quiet. Simplicity. So simple it’s more powerful. I’ve been waiting for a theme like this and now I’ve found it. Thank you!
July 16th, 2011 at 2:37 am
I am going to try it
July 16th, 2011 at 9:22 am
It’s pretty, cool – but a little plain. I still like it, though.
July 16th, 2011 at 3:28 pm
WOAH! I like that a lot. What a gorgeous picture.
Approved.
July 16th, 2011 at 4:32 pm
I know I keep saying this, but as I tink around with Manifest it think it’s so elegant. Thanks, Matías.
July 16th, 2011 at 6:57 pm
Good, completly white!
July 16th, 2011 at 7:02 pm
I must be in a minority, but am I the only one who thinks WordPress themes (don’t get me wrong, I’m all in with WordPress) are not sufficiently removed from each other? It sometimes seems like very little effort is put in from one theme to the next.
July 16th, 2011 at 9:23 pm
Wow, very nice.
July 16th, 2011 at 9:24 pm
Ok, I’ve decided to use Manifest. Question, in the demo above, “About” and “Archives” are represented on a horizontal line, but on my blog (http://interpolations.wordpress.com), they’re vertically organized. How do I change them? I much prefer the nice horizontal layout. It’s much more balanced that way. Please advise. Thanks! Again, a great theme, and I may very well stay with it and say bye to Contempt. Cheers, Kevin
July 18th, 2011 at 4:00 pm
July 17th, 2011 at 1:31 am
Wonderful! If I had the words to do it justice, I would so change my theme. Love it.
July 17th, 2011 at 2:50 am
i love this
July 17th, 2011 at 3:47 am
Minimalistic. Love it!
July 17th, 2011 at 8:11 am
Nice Theme dude! looks great!
July 17th, 2011 at 11:42 am
Tumblr by another name, n’est-ce pas? That said, good for you. I have an account with tumblr (used for ‘scrapbook’ like posts) but their servers have been very unreliable over the last year or so (unlike wp.com, which is very reliable in comparison).
July 17th, 2011 at 5:32 pm
Thank you so much for offering this theme; I was actually considering moving away to another host with own domain just so I could install Manifest, and then you posted it. Now that’s timing!
It’s truly beautiful, and I’m so glad you’ve included it on WP.com. I really like typography themes, and would be excited to see more of them.
July 17th, 2011 at 6:11 pm
A very clean presentation.
July 17th, 2011 at 10:46 pm
I like the picture- Looks gorgeous
July 17th, 2011 at 11:29 pm
Oh My! I like this one. Spacial.
July 18th, 2011 at 12:28 am
Thats a good one, I love it.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:40 am
Tumblr-esque. Simple. No distractions. Nice.
July 18th, 2011 at 5:36 am
Nice theme…
July 18th, 2011 at 10:52 am
WOW! GREAT DUDE! KEEP GOING!
I rearly like the clean style
July 18th, 2011 at 4:12 pm
Excellent ! Stunning beauty!