Look at These Gorgeous Blogs
We’ve added a user showcase where you can view stunning customizations made by people just like you. From complete redesigns with CSS to adding pizzazz with Custom Fonts to clever use of options like background and header, this showcase will spark your imagination and inspire creativity.
Discover details about what each showcase blog is doing with WordPress.com themes and customizations by clicking a thumbnail to see a colophon-style list of credits on the left.
We’ve also updated footer links so blog owners can show off the types of customizations they’ve made and visitors can learn more by clicking the “Customized” link in WordPress.com footers. A “Customized” link will appear next to the theme name for blogs that are using Custom Design tools like fonts or CSS.
Things we like to see when looking for showcase-worthy customizations are blogs with good traffic, beautiful design, well-written articles or stunning images, recent content updates, and involvement helping out in our CSS Customization forum.
Be inspired, customize your blog and make it that perfect place for your creations.
Posted: Tuesday, May 15th, 2012 at 6:05 pm. Filed in Themes.
Tags: custom design, customize, showcase
May 15th at 6:37 pm
Ditto on the gorgeous! Absolutely phenomenal!
May 15th at 6:39 pm
Very cool! I love to see the creative custom changes people make to their blogs. I’ll enjoy this.
May 15th at 6:52 pm
Oh wow..those ARE lovely, each of them looks so fun and creative..deciding if I want to go back and pick out a couple to visit for a closer looksy
May 15th at 7:08 pm
neat!!
May 15th at 7:19 pm
Creativity unlimited! I use and greatly appreciate Custom Fonts.
May 15th at 7:27 pm
Amazing!
May 15th at 7:40 pm
I love this feature since I am always looking for ways to “freshen up” my blog! Thanks WordPress!
May 15th at 7:42 pm
Is very nice!
May 15th at 8:08 pm
Great idea! I’m always looking for new and different ways to improve my blog.
May 15th at 8:21 pm
Love this….you’ve hooked me….Now to try to make this happen in my little WordPress corner of the WP World. Thanks WP!!!
May 15th at 9:34 pm
This is great! So many beautiful blogs out there. How can I put my blog on this showcase?
May 15th at 11:11 pm
There isn’t a way for you to add your blog directly. Blogs are picked based on a number of factors including things like good traffic, beautiful design, well-written articles or stunning images, recent content updates, and involvement helping out in our CSS Customization forum.
May 15th at 9:52 pm
Like they used to say, you could get (the first mass-produced car, the Ford Model T) in any color as long as it was black. That was a plenty good start, but we’re even more glad that they didn’t stop there! Well, except maybe for the Secret Service, but who’d want to keep their blog a secret?
May 15th at 10:26 pm
Very nice, I’m a sucker for exceptionally creative fonts; these blogs really do inspire.
May 15th at 10:35 pm
Some real awesome themes….Have a great day on purpose!
May 15th at 10:37 pm
Erm….I noticed that my site wasn’t listed….was this an oversight : ))
May 15th at 11:16 pm
Your blog looks great! However, not every blog will be included in the showcase.
May 15th at 11:13 pm
So Many options ! wow!
May 15th at 11:13 pm
Inspiring – WordPress you never fail to further impress!
May 15th at 11:25 pm
Outstanding, I’m always looking for new things.
May 15th at 11:45 pm
Very cool shares. Thanks!
May 16th at 1:02 am
Very interesting and creative!
May 16th at 2:17 am
Sheri, Sheri, quite contrary, I’m going to use these tips to make shaferpower.com look just scary!
Sorry. It’s getting late. Time for bed. Thank you Sheri for the insight
May 16th at 2:20 am
Nice example(s) to start patterning over!
May 16th at 2:25 am
Real help for starters like me… Thank you…
May 16th at 5:39 am
Nice!
May 16th at 6:07 am
It’s very good.
May 16th at 6:19 am
WordPress inspires me in all ways!!!!
Thanks.
May 16th at 6:29 am
Very gorgeous and elegant! Thank you for all that!!!
May 16th at 7:20 am
Great blog design, and prove that the theme is not the most important factor making a blog, add your own style, write about interesting things you know well and use 2 hour more research on your post before posting. But when it come down to it, content is king. Looks awesome. Con grat. Kenneth
May 16th at 7:44 am
Awsome customs
May 16th at 8:22 am
Oh my.. that blog was made with the default Twenty Eleven?! Unbelievable, so cool!
May 16th at 9:05 am
It is so nice and eye catching.
May 16th at 9:24 am
Great ideas.
May 16th at 1:41 pm
Nice designs… refreshing.
May 16th at 3:28 pm
Awesome.
May 16th at 9:35 pm
It’s the real deal.
May 17th at 3:53 pm
This was very good.
May 17th at 10:01 pm
Thanks
May 17th at 10:03 pm
Love the new features…
May 17th at 10:20 pm
amazing at all
May 18th at 1:32 am
Some really nice ideas there. I just started my blog, but I hope to be able to make it look at least half as nice as some of those!
May 18th at 12:54 pm
Love your site and great tips. I’m new to blogging and find this most enjoyable and easy!
May 18th at 1:02 pm
Very cool shares. Thanks!
May 18th at 5:02 pm
This is brilliant bar one thing – would it not be a good idea to say beneath each which theme it is? Please do that, it would be so helpful!
May 18th at 6:11 pm
We’ll look into it. Thanks for the feedback!
May 18th at 6:32 pm
I have one quick update: we are planning to add filters to the sidebar so you will be able to filter by theme. We’ll also see if we can find a way to note the theme name in the showcase grid somehow too if we can.
May 18th at 6:27 pm
It’s interesting to see the blogs.
May 18th at 7:58 pm
@sheri – sounds great. Thanks.
May 19th at 10:22 pm
very nice indeed
May 20th at 6:16 am
Great idea! I’m always lookingfor new and different ways to improve my blog.
May 21st at 9:19 am
Any chance WP gives away fonts for free for deserving bloggers (you know, like a scholarship)
?
May 21st at 1:18 pm
We don’t have any scholarship options for fonts at this time.
May 21st at 10:05 pm
Gave me huge inspiration for my blog, thank you very much x
May 22nd at 6:24 am
Awesome! At least some of customized themes are free!
Love you WordPress…..
May 22nd at 6:28 am
Amazing. This is the dream I will be chasing for my own blog one day!!!
May 23rd at 6:24 am
Great!!!
May 23rd at 5:38 pm
Love! Working on some of my own as well <3 Love seeing other artists in action.
May 23rd at 10:47 pm
Hi
Really nice collection of stunning presentations – I am investigating new themes for my Photoblog and have found some really great ones with WordPress! Thanks for sharing!
Erik
May 24th at 8:14 am
Very Nice ….
May 26th at 5:39 pm
Very gorgeous!
May 28th at 11:01 pm
Looks really nice. Congrats…
May 29th at 5:22 pm
I really enjoyed this! How exactly did you choose the blogs you featured? Mine isn’t totally -amazing- as I don’t have even a basic understanding of CSS or HTML or anything, but I’d at least like to be in the running lmao.
May 29th at 7:05 pm
The blogs in the showcase are ones that have crossed our path while reviewing popular sites or by involvement helping out in our CSS Customization forum. Not every blog we find will be included in the showcase, but we love seeing everyone continue to work on site customizations!