Options WordPress Theme
- Description: Too many options to count.
- Requires: WordPress 2.3+
- Version: Now updated to Version 1.1.2!
- Support: Options theme forum
- How to use: Online documentation
- Download Theme (13175 downloads)
Version 1.1.2 notes: This version update is just to fix some minor bugs, which mostly deal with the translation process. If you want to use one of the translations for your blog, you need to upgrade.
Theme demos
Options theme in your language
I’m currently looking for people to translate the theme into other languages. I’ve included .mo and .po files with the theme . Get involved in this forum topic for translations.
The language pack currently has German, Italian, Japanese, and Turkish translations. Check this forum thread to get involved and get Options in your language.
- Download the language pack (Versions 1.1.1-b+ only)
- German (Deutsch - de_DE) translation by Sascha
- Italian (it_IT) translation by Crys
- Japanese (日本語 - ja) translation by Yoichi
- Turkish - (Türkçe tr) translation by İlyas
Features
I’m not even sure where to begin when I type “features” because it would be a daunting task to type them all out. Here’s some things you can play around with, but there’s so much more you can do.
Stylesheets:
This theme comes packaged with three different stylesheets, Dark, Light, and Blue Danube, which you can choose through the theme options page. Plus, users can share styles without the need to change any of the code in the backend. It’s all controlled from your control panel.
Home page layout sections:
There are five sections, or blocks, on the home page layout. From the theme options page, you can choose from 14 different options for each of the sections.
- Five types of post sections (can be controlled by category/tag/author).
- Three types of features sections.
- Two types of video sections.
- Excerpts.
- Full posts.
- Tags.
- Flickr photos.
- Two customizable sections.
Widgets
The theme includes customizable, widget-ready sidebars. There are quite a few pre-built widgets for your use.
- Tabs.
- Multiple ad widgets.
- Tag cloud.
- Flickr photos.
- Recent posts.
- “Asides,” or sideblog.
- Recent video by post or non-posted video
- Feed and email subscriptions.
- Customizable widgets.
Supported plugins
Like this theme?
Then consider making a donation or getting something from my Amazon wishlist.
Wow, this theme is great! You have also done so much work with your documentation it is amazing
Thank you for sharing.
Leanne King
Thanks. The documentation isn’t nearly complete either. There’s so much left to add to it. I’ll just have to do a little bit more each day.
Can’t wait to give this thing a closer look! Thanks Justin!
Justin, this is a great theme. Thank you. You will need to set an area aside to show off all the customizations people make. I think it’s going to be one of WP’s most popular.
Fantastic. Can’t wait to install it. Thanks, Justin.
Noah H.
No problem. It needs to be looked at thoroughly. I’m sure there are plenty of kinks that need to be worked out of the system.
Neil MacLean
I’ve already thought of that. With the available custom stylesheets, users can do a lot of customizing on their own without touching the core files.
That’s actually my goal for this project — completely take the user away from editing any core files. It’ll be a while before I get there, with many updates along the way, but I do want to make it to that point.
Sharon Hurley Hall
Please try it out and come back and report all the bugs at the support forums, so we can make the theme even better.
Great Work Justin - Your work is getting extraordinary day by day. No doubt it is the “Super Theme” for Wordpress & amazingly FREE. Keep up the good work.
Impressive work, Justin! Very clean, very flexible and I love the addition of breadcrumb navigation.
And is it just me or is Options a bit more “responsive” than Structure? I’ve wondered how all the conditional statements needed to make all of this work might impact site loading. But in running through Options a bit this morning, it does seem quicker.
Also, I’d like to second Neil MacLean’s suggestion for an Options showcase. I expect a lot of very cool sites built on it.
Finally, thank you for sharing Options with us!
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ant560
Thanks. I only hope to continue improving this theme.
ririzarry
Luckily, PHP is a very fast language, but I did clean up some of the code for this theme. I made a few functions out of code that was being used over and over. The next few updates will have some improvements on this too.
I think a lot of the load time is going to be up to the user. If, they decide to use every tabbed home section available and the features gallery, then it could definitely slow down things.
I almost took away one or two of the five home layout sections because I was worried that users would totally abuse it by using too much of the heavier stuff.
The showcase will definitely be put up when I see some new designs rolling in.
Congratulations on your new theme release. It is truly state-of-the-art WordPress theme design. Thank you for adding it to wpthemez and linking to it on this page. Structure is far and away the number one theme on my site, but now it will have a challenger. Thank you for “getting it”.
Really Great WP Theme out! Thank you so much Justin! Well done!
I never thought I’d see images from my own neighbourhod as the first post on one of your theme demos :s
I love the slideshow feature, though.
Oh. My. God.
You are genius, Justin.
Congrats Justin a great theme. i have a problem with the Featureds Gallery . i put it like in the demo but don’t show me any images .. only text somebody can help :p Sorry 4 my bad english
skarld
Let’s see if I can top my last theme’s numbers.
Mblogger
Thanks. I’ll be adding a Structure port sometime in the future if you ever want to switch over.
Iva
Honestly, I just liked the image. It really stood out and fit in perfectly with the theme. Plus, I figured somebody’s always blaming the U.S. for something (they’re probably right in doing so).
brainsolid
Thanks. You’re not the first person to tell me that either.
IonGking
Please ask all your support questions over at the support forums.
The problem you’re having is that you haven’t given an image URL to the Value of a custom field Key named “Feature Full” or “Feature Image.”
Stunningly beautiful! You’ve done it again. I can’t believe how customizable this theme already is and from I gather is even more going to be. I’ll just have to find a space to put this awesome theme.
Justin Just sent you a donation
~Christine
You’ve done a amazing job again Justin! Gonna try this theme out for sure and will give some feedback.
Fantastic template, Justin! Simple, clean….powerful. ‘Stumbled’ it for sure.
Absolutely brilliant! This theme is definitely going to create quite a stir. Well done Justin.
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Thanks for releasing. You’ve done it again. I think options is even far better than any released wordpress premium themes on the web.
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Excellent Justin!
Great work, as usual!
Sorry, but I have to ask this tough question. Is Brian Gardners Revolution Pro theme inspiration to you, or lack of creativity? Sure, you may have added that flashy thingy in the content and all that jazz, but are you trying to prove that you can have a theme that is as wicked as the ones produced by Brian Gardner but without having to pay a hefty fee?
DeFries
The theme will definitely come with more customizations in future releases. Let me know when you find a home for it.
Christine
Thanks. It’s much appreciated.
Dennis
I could definitely do with some feedback on what needs improvement and such. It would help in the development of the theme in the future.
Cody
Thanks for the Stumble.
PremiumWP
I think it’s already causing a bit of a stir. See comment #30.
het
Thanks. I only hope I can continue improving upon it, cutting out useless code, and pushing the system.
amalik
Thanks, but there are some themes I consider a bit better. I’m still working to top theme though.
Jeffro2pt0
I’m just developing WordPress themes and giving back to the WordPress community.
Oh. As I can see, you forget to add style for [blocquote] tag in options css
Justin, again you did it! Great theme, beyond my imagination! This is far better than the popular premium themes. Thanks a lot.
And something wrong with search page, if there is no posts that becoming your request.
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Thanks so much! I’ve got my installation up and running and it works splendidly. Found only one minor glitch, which I’ll post in the forum.
Really love you new magazine WP theme, I guess I’ll update my site to your new theme. Thanks for making it public
Hi, Haobam
Nice site! Will you share us how to get slide show and youtube video on the home page to work?
awesome! thank you for sharing it! it’s EXACTLY what i’ve been looking for.
Sorry, I misunderstood Haobam for Josh Braun.
Hey Ket,
Thanks! Your question is probably best reserved for Justin’s troubleshooting forum. Suffice to say here that there is documentation availableon his site. If you have more questions after looking at the “manual,” post to the forum and I’ll share more about what I’ve done on my site.
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Brainsolid
Thanks for mentioning the blockquote. It’ll be updated sometime during the beta run. Version 1.0.1 fixed the search page problem.
EarnBlogger
Thanks. I’m glad you like it.
Josh
Thanks for the compliments. I’ll look into the glitch.
Haobam
Thanks. Let me know when/if you update your site.
I do want to point out that while I’m somewhat promoting this as a magazine theme, there are plenty of options and more that will be added to promote this theme as a “catch-all” type of theme, something you can use on any type of site run by WordPress.
Ket
Stop by the forums if you’re having trouble.
how do i change the “options theme; what wordpress themes should look like” to say my blog title?
btw, amazing theme! i don’t know how the super theme could outdo this, but it’s amazing
very nice.
josh, the “Options Theme” title is an image file. Go into styles/dark/images and replace header-dark.gif with your own image file (of the same proportions and title) giving the name of your blog. Also, better to ask this sort of thing in the forum . Also, take a look at the manual.
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Amazing Themes !!!
Totally wipe out wordpress premium themes.
Incredible.. I’ve just got all what I wanted.. Thanks a lot Justin.. This will surely take Wordpress to new heights..
With lods of hard work, I customized Structure and made it quite equivalent to Options, but getting all this in one pack is really pleasing.
Keep it up and good luck
Will like to contribute in this work in future..
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Thanks for a great theme! I Noticed you visited today
It’s hard to make it unique though apart from changing the header there’s nothing you have to customize 
nice work men
but it doesnt work with wordtube plugin, nextgen gallery
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Justin, can you tell (when it will be fixed) what files I must update to fix the search page problem? Becouse I Do some changes and translations in your theme and it will be very inconveniently to update ALL files.
Justin,
This is just THE BEST. I can translate the theme to Portuguese, if you want.
Congrats!
Hello, I am a Japanese User.
I like your theme ‘Options’ very much.
This is the best I’ve ever seen.
Thank you very much.
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So beautiful, but unfortunately also too complicated for those of us who are not coding experts. It needs its own instruction manual, because even with the support boards, there’s just too much that a user has to do to optimize this theme.
Justin, one of the things I would like with your designs is the ability to easily change the header, without the use of photoshop.
In any case, you make me wish I wasn’t just a writer but a coding expert. This theme is so rich and elegant, but one needs advanced knowledge.
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Amazing work! I am currently translating this theme into Turkish and creating new .mo and .po files, which I will send you by tomorrow or so. Thanks, thanks, thanks…
A problem with the light style Options theme:
In Options Theme Settings, we have to define Categories by the name of Category Slugs. However, Category titles/tabs in my homepage read as Category Slug names instead of Category names. If I use Category names, then PHPs does not work correctly. For example, when I use Category names in Category boxes in Options Theme Settings, then my homepage lists only Category names in tabs, but not the excerpts on the side.
Wow, That’s Great!!!
I Will Translate into Vietnamese when I Have Time
Downloaded, I cannot wait for the weekend so I can test drive this gem!
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Can you conver this Template to Blogger Template ?
Could you give me a tip on the layout you use in the demo? What a wonderful theme! Thanks so much.
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hi great site great theme…
I have started to tweak it a bit, not sure were I will go with it, but I have to say its been fun..here is my site.
http://www.princerupertnews.com
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Wow. I’m way behind on catching up with comments. First, I’d like to say thanks to everyone that’s taken the time to stop by.
Josh
Stop by the forums. There are plenty of helpful advice topics over there.
m
Thanks.
km
I’m sure there’ll still be premium themes. Some of them might have to rethink their current strategies. Maybe it’ll keep them developing new things, being innovative, which helps the WordPress community in return.
Nitin
Please do contribute. Plus, look out for some Structure updates in the near future. I’ll definitely be updating its ease of use.
Roger
Thanks for using the theme. I did stop by and enjoyed your site.
aehm2k5
I’ll check those plugins out as soon as I get a chance and see what I can do about them.
brainsolid
The theme is still in beta and many files will continually be updated over time. I will try to keep up with the changes, especially after the official release.
Instead of translating within the theme files, you should just create the proper .mo and .po files. The theme was set up to handle this for this very reason — the goal is to keep users away from ever opening the theme files othe than stylesheets.
Paulo Polzonoff Jr
I’d love to add the Portugues translation.
Marie Yuzuki
Thanks for using the theme. Your stylesheet modifications are still some of the best I’ve seen.
Jane
Using themes like this definitely require a bit of work on the user’s side because a site can never look great by just putting a template over it. The biggest thing you have to do is learn how to use custom fields, which doesn’t have that high of a learning curve.
You definitely don’t need PhotoShop to change the header, but if you want it personalized, it’s just something that the user will have to take care of with any theme.
Serkan
Thanks. Someone has already sent me the Turkish translation, which is now available for download. You can definitely contribute though by making sure everything’s in order since I don’t read Turkish.
viettut
I’d love to add Vietnamese to the now growing list of translations. Just contact me if you want to do it.
Rori
Thanks. Let me know how it goes.
VietNam-Blogger
No, it’s not meant to be converted to Blogger.
Carol
I’m constantly changing up the layout on the demo, so I don’t know which layout you’re referring to. Just stop by the forums, and we’ll help you set it up any way you like.
astrothug
Just test anything and everything out until you find something that suits you. That’s half the fun anyway!
It’s a very nice wp theme!
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Are the forums down? I’ve been getting 404 not found for days now.
This theme is really great and it kept me away from sleep last night, which is a GOOD sign in this case ;-).
On my “sideblog” , I changed the frontend and apart from a new CSS and a german translation, all went well and was fun.
Thx for this great piece of work.
Roland
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probably your the “best” web-designer!
this theme is nice nice nice nice x10000!!
thank’s a lot for this professional work
What a great theme. Many thanks for this and keep up the good work.
These theme is very wonderful. But i’m french and i don’t speak fluently english. Please, can you translate these theme in french and translate your tutorial ? You are the best, please do it. Thank you very much.
I love this style of theme!
But how would I ever get enough content to fill a news/magazine style??
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Without a doubt the best WordPress theme I have ever seen! Great job!
Justin, your option theme is very2 awesome!
Wondering why your talent offer in a free basis like this…
RedMoze
Thanks.
ctutt
The forums are working. Clear your browser’s cache or cookies. Maybe that’ll help.
Roland
Very cool design. I’ve already bookmarked it for my showcase.
Jared
Thanks. I suppose I should salute you also.
cripo
I’m sure I’m not the “best” designer, but I try. Thanks for the compliments.
monkeynuts
Feel free to use the theme and be looking out for updates.
filipe
I hope to have a French translation up at some point. Since I speak very little French myself, it would be nearly impossible for me to translate the tutorial though.
Bob Marconi
Thanks. As I’ve said many times, this isn’t just a news/magazine theme. You can use the theme for any type of blog you want.
Alex
Thank you. And thanks for using the Structure theme. I have big plans for it too.
Hning
One of the great things about offering free content is that I get a lot of offers for custom design jobs. So, it promotes my design business.
I love this theme! It is by far the best one I have come across. I did modify the .css and the associated images to create my own. Check it out at http://www.officeliveteam.com .
Regards,
Robert.
Damn you for releasing this theme late and making me pay $79 for a magazine style looking theme. Though I tried Structure, but that theme seemd better. This is awesome. The theme I used @ http://shapealife.org
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This is the best Wordpress template I have ever seen. Well done.
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Love IT!!!!!!! Amazing. Thanks very much. When I get the time to download and install, I will send you a link to the site I am planning on using this for. First of many, I hope!
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Thank you so much for this awesome theme!!!
I noticed a bug in Internet Explorer 6: the last word or symbol of a list is sometimes doubled in the following line (see this picture ), but I can’t see it in the html! How can we fix this bug?
Fran
sorry, here is the picture: IE bug.
Wow Justin, you have done a GREAT work this time too!
I have translated the .po and .mo files into my language but I see that not every word stands in these files so something have to be done directly in the files.. E.g the Sidebar Tabs.. How can I translate them?
And again, a very nice theme! Thanks
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