Theme Viewer
We know you love themes and we know you like to try new ones. With our new super-charged theme viewer this is now even easier than before.
The new theme viewer lets you quickly step through themes without reloading the page. You can search for specific words (for example, ‘orange’), and you can filter by requirements (for example, ‘two columns’).
Still not sure what to pick? The random feature will select 15 themes at random, which may help jog your inspiration. Want to pick something that few others are using? You can also view themes in order of their popularity. Join in with everyone else or be independent, the choice is a few clicks away.
Still can’t find a theme to your liking? Don’t forget our Sandbox theme. It’s a simple and clean theme that is designed to be used with the CSS upgrade to give you control over how your blog looks (check out this site for Sandbox examples). If you’re not too sure about using CSS then our recently introduced CSS revisions feature will give you the reassurance that if something goes wrong you can quickly jump back to an earlier version.
If you haven’t changed your theme in a while then give the new theme viewer a try – you may discover a whole new look!
Full details about the theme viewer can be found on the theme viewer support page.
- October 5, 2009
- New Features, Themes
WordPress.com News 
Perfect, without reloading the page, faster and easier.
I like it.
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Cool. Will give this a try right away!
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I love the “preview” option. I wasn’t sure which one to get so I just browsed around using the random option to try on random themes. Out of a thumbnail, the theme I have right now wouldn’t have been my first choice at all but seeing it live really helped a lot!
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I really like my theme — Vigilance by Jestro — so am not inclined to want to change at this time. But, I still like to look at the new themes. Each one has good things about it. It’s nice to be able to check them out more easily. Thank you.
The one thing I would like to adjust in my theme is how a visitor has to do a lot of clicking if they are trying to check through the archives. It’s like trying to find one’s way through a maze when blindfolded. I wish that clicking on the archive button would just give all the titles for at least a month’s worth of posts, and the visitor can just click on a title they are interested in. Seeing everything at a glance is better than seeing only one item at a time and having to make a few clicks to get to that one post.
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Much appreciated 🙂
BTW, I think most people would prefer if the default were “A-Z” and not “Random”.
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Very awesome! Good call and keep it up!
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Thanks for the great work 😉
I would swear that I tried it yesterday…
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Something that doesn’t reload the page is always nice. Between, there’s a little problem of line up in the italian version: it’s under the the voice Column.
Thank you for the update of Theme Viewer.
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great…! thanks.. try it nooowww….
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awesome, guys, I just changed my design after that.
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sounds good. though i like the theme i have right now.
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Interesting feature, thanks.
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Awesome! I’m gonna look for a new theme right now
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Haven’t started blogging yet – but I’m quite happy with DePo Square. Looking forward to a Dark simple theme…
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Hey wanna try it out right away, but am comfortable wit wat i already have…
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I love viewing themes from time to time… this is great!
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Cool Feature This.
I wonder whether we can have this on the blog homepage itself…you know, a widget with 3-4 themes that the readers (Yes, the readers, not the blog owner) can click and select the theme they like best to view the site in.
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Wow, I’m going to take a look at them now. 🙂
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This is a good idea. I’m pretty happy with the theme I’m using now, but this is a much easier way for me to try one on for size. Thanks WordPress.
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good. More themes would be nicer. Also allowing customize themes would be quite normal (blogger and others allow it) . Can’t see reasons to not allow javascript or upgrade and mess up with themes.
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woow . .. thats helping a lot , thks 😀
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wow im going to take a look at that now…
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I’ve tried it a second ago and I think it will be very useful!!!
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I LIKE IT. Thanks
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Nice. “We” need more themes tho =)
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I appreciate this useful feature. Thanks for creating it. 🙂
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interesting thanks
while i have your ear would love to see some themes around 2 column text layouts
by that i mean the traditional layout one finds in a magazine or academic journal
would be a nice addition
cheers
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thanks for improvement. It’s easier now to pick new theme 😉
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this is simply great! thank you! i ❤ WP!
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Cool, and for make it better, please give us more magazine style themes 😀
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tnx
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great work, need some more great themes
thanks
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thank you… ^^
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Super cool WP, keep up the great work!
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Yep, nice. But you lack a variable width theme with custom header (IOW a bitmap) and custom colors.
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thank you
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Great work…
Thanks..
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Nice! This would really help out!
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we wait new cool themes
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great themes…love it !
^_^v
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Actually, I would’ve loved it if there were new themes introduced to wordpress hosted blogs.
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cool, but there should be more themes. or even ability to install themes if we pay for custom css 😦
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USeful
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Yes…finally!
Now, just make a mobile version and we may have something going on with WordPress…! 😀
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Wp is the best….
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Thanks 😀
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yup its good…but then how about some new three column themes?
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thank…4 all….
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Now all we need is for there to be a way to search themes similar to the one you currently use 🙂
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A good news. I have a brand new blog and I am still not satisfied with the current theme. I am still working on Photoshop for it but sure about the CSS…..
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A sensible progression. Good call!
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Thanks for the feature – suggestion though…most of your free themes are very business like and serious. How about offering themes that are whimsical, feminine, floral, nature-related, etc. and all with customized headers so we can have our own personal touch.
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Thanks for this new feature; I did some browsing of themes using the viewer and discovered I am inclined toward a few other themes I hadn’t considered before. I’m satisfied with my current theme, but this new feature made me aware of a couple very nice alternatives.
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thts really cooL thing 😉 I’ll try it later 😉
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Big Dave likes.
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Thanks I ve been looking for a new theme
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I love it i will try it, and see what is does for my pictures.
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waw,.. it’s fast 😀
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it’ nice..
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I really like the first one (i mean the first one on that photo – black!). Thanks for making wordpress better for us!
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These type of options are always helpful.
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great…just knew it, while selecting theme
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It’s a great new addition, though it’d be better if the default view were A-Z. Think most everybody would like that.
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Great Update, Best for set service
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I agree with Arijit. I would prefer the default being A-Z. But it’s still a good improvement so far!
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Very good!
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Thanks guys! =D
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rock on !!
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thanks for thinking on us and keep adding nice features like this!
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it would save a lot of time
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Never thought of that idea!
Thanks! It will help me search a new fresh theme!
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You treat us right!
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Great mate! Really useful feature!
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it’s great, thanks
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Great! This’ll make it much easier when looking for a new theme =)
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Thaaaank you 😀
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AWESOME would be a gross understatement!!! Keep it up lads 🙂
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I like it is just so great i will give it a try.
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Ahh good, I’m new to wordpress so this makes things slightly easier! 🙂
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nice feature !!!!
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How many more years we wait for the spanish blog?
Much people need konw this information and no can read english (i, for example).
The theme viewer is great.
Thanks!
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Great! It’ll really help when im looking for a new theme:)
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Really useful feature!
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You guys have the best themes out there – tyvm!! 🙂
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niceee
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very nice, even faster without loading the page…well done.
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Convenient, accessible, and easy… way to go, thank you very much!
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great feature.. this is the best blogging site ever..!!
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look forward to trying the new themes
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Nice. Pretty interesting. I’ll try it out!
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Nice idea
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I’m giddy as a school girl. C :
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great!
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Very good, thank for this future
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Nice ideaa, I thing that it could be good.
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I hope I don’t lose any formatting from my existing blog when I try out a new theme?
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You can easily switch back and forth from one theme to another.
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The theme viewer is great. Thanks a lot
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Excellent Idea and usage.
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