Nimbo - Personal WordPress Blog Theme
Latest version 1.6 (7 January 2025) introduces live light/dark switching, expanded layout options, and refined editor and documentation updates for the Nimbo WordPress theme, a minimal and responsive option for personal blogs.
Overview of Nimbo
Nimbo is a classic WordPress theme designed for personal blogs with a minimal, clean aesthetic. It emphasizes responsive design, multiple layout options, and theme customization through the WordPress Customizer, while supporting both the Block Editor (Gutenberg) and Classic Editor. The theme is built with Bootstrap 3 and Font Awesome Icons v5, and it includes extensive widget areas and post-format support.
Compatibility and core design elements
- Compatible with WordPress 6.8.x
- Compatible with Block Editor (Gutenberg) and Classic Editor
- Fully responsive and retina-ready
- Built with Bootstrap 3
- Font Awesome Icons v5 (1400+ icons)
- Theme options powered by WordPress Customizer
- Two header styles and two header menu types
- Three blog layouts and three layouts for single pages
- Four widget areas across the layout (Footer columns and sidebars)
Layout flexibility and design options
- 2 Header styles: Minimalist style, Classic style
- 2 Menu types in the header: Hidden menu, Classic menu
- 3 Blog layouts: 2 Columns with left sidebar; 2 Columns with right sidebar; 3-column layout without sidebar
- 3 Layouts for single pages: right sidebar, left sidebar, full width
- Footer: 4 areas for 22 widgets (Footer: Column 1 left, Column 2 center, Column 3 right, and additional widget areas)
- Live switching between light and dark style with remembering the chosen theme style
Features and user experience
- Live switching between two color styles (light and dark) with per-visitor memory
- Popup windows for images, video/audio players, and galleries
- List of recent comments displayed on all archive pages (configurable in theme settings)
- Related posts and an "About the author" section
- Back to top button and translation readiness
- Support for Contact Form 7 and all WordPress post formats (10): Standard, Image, Gallery, Video, Audio, Aside, Link, Quote, Status, Chat
- Three blog layouts with options for sidebars and full-width posts
- 5 additional widgets for enhanced content: Popular Posts, List of Posts, Random Posts, Recent Posts, Slider with Posts
- Social share buttons: Twitter X, Facebook, Pinterest, VK, Reddit
- Includes XML file with demo data and step-by-step documentation
New and updated features in Version 1.6
- Updated: Documentation
- Fixed several broken links
- Added information about creating a copy of the demo site (https://demo.birdwp.com/nimbo/)
- Demo images now available in an Unsplash collection (https://unsplash.com/collections/2I3nRtpzflw/nimbo-wordpress-theme)
- Added information about updating the theme and translation into another language
- Translation files updated
- Added: New layout option – Horizontal order for blog posts (WordPress Dashboard > Appearance > Customize > General Settings > Blog > Enable horizontal (left-to-right) order for blog posts). More details: https://masonry.desandro.com/options#horizontalorder
- Added: New setting – Show navigation between next and previous posts (WordPress Dashboard > Appearance > Customize > General Settings > Single Post Page > Show navigation between next and previous posts)
- Other changes: Removed all TODO notes from some files
- Added: Translation files
Changelog highlights (versions 1.6 through 1.0)
Version 1.6 – 7 January 2025
- Documentation updates: fixed broken links; demo site copy information; Unsplash demo image collection; updated translation info
- New layout option: Horizontal order for blog posts
- New setting: Show navigation between next and previous posts
- Translation files
- CSS and block editor fixes across multiple blocks: Verse, Image, Gallery, Categories, Custom HTML, Latest Posts
Version 1.5 – 19 March 2024
- Block Editor styling improvements
- Widget blocks improvements and customizer updates
- Nimbo Social Media plugin updated (v1.2) with icon changes
Version 1.4.8 – 12 April 2023
- Block Editor styling fixes for multiple blocks
- Footer copyright text can use the <p> tag
- Translation file updated
Version 1.4.7 – 7 September 2022
- Block Editor styles fixed
- Gallery Block popups: ability to add popup images via Gallery Block with step-by-step usage
Version 1.4.6 – 10 February 2022
- Block Editor styles improved for WordPress 5.9 changes
- Minor CSS fixes
Version 1.4.5 – 20 January 2022
- Widget updates, Font Awesome, translation files, and documentation
- Mobile post display fixes and block editor styles improvements
Version 1.4.4 – 19 March 2021
- Font Awesome Icons updated to 5.15.2
- Block Editor loading icon and Gutenberg styles fixed
- Google fonts preconnect added
Version 1.4.3 – 26 December 2020
- Demo content and Font Awesome updated
- Dropdown menu and post overlap issues fixed
- Block Editor (Gutenberg) style issues resolved
Version 1.4.2 – 18 August 2020
- Font Awesome updated (5.14.0); translation files updated
- Meta boxes visibility on post editing improved
- Mobile and block editor styling fixes; notifications for Contact Form 7
- Added wp_body_open function in theme header
Version 1.4.1 – 21 April 2020
- Font Awesome updated to 5.13.0; Block Editor styling fixes
Version 1.4 – 27 December 2019
- Docs, Bootstrap 3.4.1, Font Awesome 5.12.0, translations updated
- Minor CSS fixes; new options for Full Width Post image size and post/page layouts
Version 1.3 – 22 June 2019
- Google+ buttons removed; VK and Reddit added to social sharing
- New About the author styles; dark color switch and other tweaks
- Translation files and documentation updated
Version 1.2 – 7 January 2019
- New options: show/hide date, show/hide author, show/hide categories
- About the author styles and dark style color switch icon type
- Minor CSS fixes and updated translations
Version 1.1 – 17 December 2018
- Gutenberg responsive embeds support
- Font Awesome 5.6.1 and Owl Carousel 2 updates
- Nimbo Widgets v1.0.1 and new default color scheme option
- Translations and documentation updated
Version 1.0 – 30 November 2018
Additional notes and resources
- Full changelog.txt: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-nimbo/changelog.txt
- How to update Nimbo: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-nimbo/#update-section
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