A couple of people recently have asked for "WordPress without a theme". Let's sort the jargon out first: a theme is a set of files that WordPress uses to know how to display the words you've given it. Without a theme, your blog posts, comments, links and images won't show up at all: you can't *have* WordPress without a theme.

That said, just because it's a "theme" doesn't mean it has to be overwhelming with the design elements - and that's what the "no-theme" people are really looking for. Here are 12 super-plain themes which should please the most minimalist of bloggers.

Tags: numbered lists, themes

Posted by Sue on August 4, 2009 in Themes, WordPress.