New Theme: Skeptical
Today we’re pleased to introduce the latest addition to our themes, Skeptical. Originally released by WooThemes for self-hosted WordPress.org blogs, Skeptical has seen great popularity as a blog theme. Now, it is available on WordPress.com.
The Skeptical Theme
The WordPress.com version is designed with Post Formats in mind. Skeptical supports nine post formats – standard, quote, aside, image, gallery, chat, audio, link, and video. Just by looking at the screenshot above, however, you can’t see all of the ingredients that make this theme sizzle. Now would be a good time to read all about Skeptical’s features on the Theme Showcase.
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August 23rd, 2011 at 6:15 pm
Beautiful. Couldn’t believe it’s free.
August 23rd, 2011 at 6:20 pm
Nice and clear theme! Light colours make it comfortable to read.
August 23rd, 2011 at 6:42 pm
Easily readable font, block quotes are nicely accented, wide photos are shrunk properly, lots of customization options! The main column width is quite narrow when using the three column format.
August 23rd, 2011 at 7:21 pm
I think this is a stunning theme!!
August 23rd, 2011 at 8:11 pm
it’s very nice! but the tagline is so small it’s virtually unreadable. I would say crank both the page title and tagline up a couple points
August 23rd, 2011 at 8:23 pm
I think it’s the best colour theme.
August 23rd, 2011 at 8:44 pm
A great theme, very pleasantly surprised it’s free.
August 23rd, 2011 at 8:44 pm
Beautiful! just what I was looking for!
August 23rd, 2011 at 9:21 pm
Wow! Really really awesome!
August 23rd, 2011 at 9:33 pm
It’s very nice and clean. I love it!
August 23rd, 2011 at 10:49 pm
More great themes! ^_^
August 23rd, 2011 at 11:21 pm
Cool theme. Love the colour schemes! It’s good to bring out white themes! Hope you make more themes like this and “vigilance”!
August 23rd, 2011 at 11:32 pm
This is beautiful. Just the kind of theme I was looking for.
August 24th, 2011 at 12:17 am
Absolutely stunning. May be making the switch. Nice work on this one!
August 24th, 2011 at 12:38 am
Nice Theme! Great one!
August 24th, 2011 at 1:10 am
I love it!
I couldn’t believe it’s free- thank you!
August 24th, 2011 at 1:17 am
Do not be skeptical…. use this theme …..it is clean and well designed. Thanks WordPress and WooThemes!
August 24th, 2011 at 1:21 am
Looks fantastic! Something to certainly consider.
August 24th, 2011 at 2:12 am
It’s very clean and clear and It’s free.Thank you..
August 24th, 2011 at 2:59 am
It’s a great theme , clear and fresh ,we like it!
August 24th, 2011 at 3:24 am
So beautiful. Thanks.
August 24th, 2011 at 3:54 am
I have this uncanny attraction to black and white themes.
August 24th, 2011 at 5:24 am
It’s a very nice theme… I like it.
August 24th, 2011 at 6:01 am
Wow, love this! Will consider using this when I want to make a change. Thanks!
August 24th, 2011 at 6:06 am
Nice one! Clean and elegant.
August 24th, 2011 at 6:34 am
I’ve been looking for a theme to replace my much-loved Vigilance, just for a change. Skeptical has all the elements and options that I want in a new theme. I was surprised to discover that it is free. But, alas, the column width is too narrow. A lot of space is wasted on the first column whose sole purpose is to present the post title, date and number of comments. Also, tags can only be seen in a full page view of a post. But thank you, it’s still a very nice looking and functional theme.
August 24th, 2011 at 6:35 am
Oh gosh, that’s really pretty!
August 24th, 2011 at 7:38 am
Wow this is a very neat theme!
It’s cool to the eyes.!!
August 24th, 2011 at 8:00 am
This theme is clean and wonderful.
August 24th, 2011 at 9:17 am
Good contrasty. Easy on the eye. love it.
August 24th, 2011 at 9:29 am
Looks wonderful, I’ve enabled the theme on my blog.
August 24th, 2011 at 10:01 am
Thanks WordPress! I’ve wanted this theme for so long!
August 24th, 2011 at 10:34 am
Nice and clear theme! Light colours make it comfortable to read.
August 24th, 2011 at 10:36 am
Too good to be free!
August 24th, 2011 at 11:11 am
Great theme – even gets nested lists correct, though it hides the text before the more tag in the actual post. A love/hate thing there. Would be great as a customization option (unless there is already is one).
August 24th, 2011 at 12:27 pm
There was a glitch on more tag but it’s been resolved now. I hope you now only love the theme
August 24th, 2011 at 12:05 pm
WooThemes are generally great. I just started a new second blog last week using their The Morning After theme; frankly I was surprised it was free. Skeptical appears to be following that tradition, and is tempting me to switch, but on balance I think Morning After still suits that particular blog’s needs better. But still, very impressed by the flexibility of all the different post formats.
August 24th, 2011 at 12:26 pm
I really like this theme and I will try it, that’s for sure
Keep up the good work
August 24th, 2011 at 12:43 pm
Hey Theme Team!
I just love it when you guys work with WooThemes to come up with amazing blog templates for WordPress.com bloggers. Here’s to hoping you would release more magazine-style themes . . . FREE!!
Thanks very much!
Cheers!
August 24th, 2011 at 1:25 pm
Awesome when I know that free !! Thankssss…
August 24th, 2011 at 1:58 pm
I am totally psyched about this theme! I’m already playing around with it to see what it can do.
August 24th, 2011 at 3:23 pm
Ooooh, I like this one a lot! If I can figure out how to convert my blog to it, without losing any of my current widgets, I’ll give this one a try.
August 24th, 2011 at 5:40 pm
Clean, simple and very cool-looking. Nice features, too. Thanks!
August 24th, 2011 at 7:28 pm
Great theme! i would pay for it…but thanks for keeping it free!
the Bozo.
August 24th, 2011 at 9:36 pm
Wow… I like it so much…….. I have to use it.
August 25th, 2011 at 1:29 am
Really focuses attention on the content. I love it!
August 25th, 2011 at 3:49 am
It reminds me of all the other ones……
August 25th, 2011 at 5:55 am
Is there a way to change the fonts used in this theme without spending a dime?
Frankly, I feel the the fonts on it don’t belong there.
August 25th, 2011 at 11:54 am
I’m afraid you need Custom Design upgrade to change the fonts on Skeptical.
August 25th, 2011 at 7:20 am
I think, I’m a bit skeptical about Skeptical.
But it’s so simplistic I kinda like it.
August 25th, 2011 at 7:31 am
I like this…very simple and lovely!
August 25th, 2011 at 8:59 am
Is this for free? Wow.
Amazing job! Thank You for the theme so much. 
I think many of bloggers from WordPress.com is glad to use the theme for free. 
August 25th, 2011 at 4:34 pm
This is a pretty nice one. I am currently using Two Thousand and Eleven.
August 25th, 2011 at 8:37 pm
Very clean and simple, nice work.
August 25th, 2011 at 9:33 pm
Very beautiful. Definitely considering this for my blog.
August 26th, 2011 at 12:34 am
Gaurav Tiwari, said it best. I agree.
August 26th, 2011 at 2:59 am
Great, I am proud of this beauty ………………. ok. Thank you.
August 26th, 2011 at 8:43 am
This is good stuff.. Piece of art!
August 27th, 2011 at 1:54 am
its nice and clean theme. i hope you’ll be sharing more of your talent in the future.
August 27th, 2011 at 3:20 am
This must be love at first sight! I so love it I’m using it now. THANK YOU SOOO MUCH! )
August 29th, 2011 at 2:06 pm
I like it a lot except it’s not right for my photography blog…
August 29th, 2011 at 3:00 pm
I dig it. it looks great!
August 29th, 2011 at 9:51 pm
I find this quite easy on the eye. I know it won’t be to everyone’s taste, but hey, that’s the point of themes.
August 31st, 2011 at 5:00 am
I love, love, LOVE this theme. Please update so that the HTML links are clearly visible – the black and grey are nearly indistinguishable at the moment!
September 3rd, 2011 at 2:35 pm
I like it very much. Clean and simple!
September 3rd, 2011 at 5:54 pm
A really lovely, clean, bright theme (the best yet). I agree with the last poster: please update the links, they are hardly visible at all. Thanks!