Hemlock – A Responsive WordPress Blog Theme

Version 1.8.3 is out now! Including Gutenberg support!

Take advantage of Hemlock’s clean aesthetic and straightforward functionality to ensure your blog stands apart from the rest in modern sophistication. Aiming to reduce distracting clutter, we’ve trimmed away peripheral elements and lovingly crafted a sleek one-column theme ideal for creative bloggers of any field. Elevate your content with Hemlock’s honest, refined design and rest easy knowing that you’ve got Solo Pine’s highly acclaimed customer support team by your side.

Version 1.8.3

  • Fixed: Gallery block styling issue
  • Fixed: Image caption alignments
  • Updated: Vafpress Post Formats UI plugin

Version 1.8.2

  • Added: Hide page title on page-by-page basis
  • Updated: Support for new Instagram plugin
  • Fixed: Email icon link
  • Fixed: Footer Logo Background color option
  • Fixed: Only show comment icon if comments are open

Version 1.8

– Compliance update to Themeforest’s new coding requirements. Please read https://solopine.ticksy.com/article/14884/ for info on what to be aware of after updating.

Version 1.7

  • Added: Gutenberg support
  • Added: New “Full-width narrow” post layout
  • Fixed: Various minor bugs

Version 1.6

  • Added: WooCommerce compatibility
  • Added: New List layout
  • Added: New Promo box widget
  • Added: 2 New Page Templates with Slider
  • Added: New Layout options for the Post widget
  • Added: Support for category/tag description
  • Added: Styling for Mailchimp widget
  • Added: Markup for Hentry
  • Updated: Font Awesome
  • Updated: TGMPA script
  • Fixed: Support for site title WordPress function
  • Fixed: Comments GDPR consent checkbox
  • Plus various minor fixes

Version 1.5.3

  • Added: Snapchat to social icons
  • Updated: Font Awesome to latest version
  • Updated: TGM script to latest version
  • Updated: Recommended Instagram widget plugin

Files changed: style.css, functions.php, header.php, footer.php, content.php, content-page.php, class-tgm-plugin-activation.php, functions/customizer/sp_customizer_settings.php, inc/widgets/social_widget.php

Version 1.5.2

  • Added: Linkedin to social icons
  • Added: Color options to Social Icon Widget
  • Updated: Facebook like box widget
  • Updated: TGM script to latest version
  • Fixed: Deprecated tag in all widget files
  • Fixed: Added sidebar ID to all registered widget areas
  • Fixed: Twitter share link in mobile
  • Fixed: Custom menu widget in sidebar

Files changed: style.css, functions.php, header.php, footer.php, content.php, class-tgm-plugin-activation.php, functions/customizer/sp_customizer_settings.php, functions/customizer/sp_customizer_style.php, inc/widgets/social_widget.php, inc/widgets/facebook_widget.php, inc/widgets/about_widget.php, inc/widgets/post_widget.php

Version 1.5.1

  • Updated TGM Plugin Activation class for security vulnerability
  • Fixed: Custom menus added to the sidebar

Files changed: style.css, class-tgm-plugin-activation.php, functions/customizer/sp_customizer_style.php

Version 1.5

  • Added: Full-width Instagram footer
  • Added: Basic form and submit button styling
  • Fixed: Pagination in search pages
  • Fixed: Category page styling if no posts in category
  • Fixed: A few other minor bugs

Version 1.4

  • Fixed: Styling for new Instagram Slider Widget plugin
  • Fixed: A few minor bugs
  • Updated: to latest font awesome version

Version 1.3

  • Added: Option for RSS icon in header and footer
  • Added: Color options for the post sharing boxes
  • Added: Contact Form 7 to recommended plugins
  • Fixed: Next/Previous Posts added to the .po file
  • Fixed: Updated the Instagram Slider Widget plugin
  • Fixed: Galleries on child theme will now show the gallery arrows
  • Fixed: More space on each side of screen on iPhones
  • Updated: Documentation with Featured Slider instructions
  • Added: Demo XML file to download folder

Version 1.2

  • Added option for retina logo
  • Fixed: Changing top bar color will now also change the mobile menu color
  • Fixed: Footer widgets can now stack on top of each other
  • Fixed: WordPress dropdown menu is not hidden below top bar anymore

Version 1.1

  • Added Sidebar option You now have an option to display a sidebar on your homepageposts and archive pages
  • Added page w/ sidebar template
  • Added latest posts widget
  • Added social icons widget
  • Added new color options to the Customizer
  • Added new option to disable the different footer areas
  • Added new custom css box to the Customizer
  • Fixed left and right paddings on iPad
  • Fixed the grid layout in responsive

Feature List

  • Gutenberg Ready
  • WooCommerce Support
  • Responsive Design
  • Classic Full Width Blog Layout
  • Sidebar layout available (see example)
  • Grid Blog Layout
  • Full Width Featured Slider
  • Post Formats
    • Standard Posts
    • Video Posts
    • Gallery Posts
    • Music Posts
  • Custom About Me Widget
  • Custom Facebook Widget
  • Custom Social Widget
  • Custom Latest Post
  • Custom Instagram Widget plugin included
  • Support for Contact Form 7
  • Theme Options Powered by WordPress’ Customizer
  • Hide/Show most elements
  • Tons of customizable color options
  • Social Media Icons in Header and Footer
  • Translation Ready
  • Works with WP 3.9+
  • WordPress 3.0 drop-down support

Please Note

Compatible with WordPress.org +
Compatible with WordPress.com’s “Business” plan

For steps on getting started with WordPress.org, check out: How to start a blog

Need support?

Head over to our dedicated support site http://solopine.ticksy.com

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Thanks for checking out Hemlock!

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