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Arbutus is a minimalist photography theme that transforms your site into a visually-stimulating canvas of cleanly layered images and content.
Meticulously designed with simplicity in mind, Arbutus displays your content with no distractions. Arbutus features opinionated post format designs so that all types of content can be displayed in a way that captures the attention of your viewers. The home page includes an optional header image or video, which is displayed in a large featured section with your site logo, title, and tagline. Arbutus is packaged with five beautiful default header images, and you can upload your own images as well.
Arbutus is named for the genus of trees and shrubs that includes the Madrone native to the Pacific Northwest and the modern hybrid Marina Strawberry tree. Arbutus is optimized for use across all platforms, ensuring that the viewer sees the content as intended regardless of the device they’re using. Arbutus is a theme that emphasizes images and content through a simple modern design, providing a site experience that your users are sure to enjoy.
Theme Options/Features
The following options are available for Arbutus with live preview in the Customizer:
- Custom header video or image.
- Accent color picker.
- Custom copyright name field.
- Show or hide “Proudly powered by WordPress”.
- Show or hide theme information display.
- One menu location, which supports submenus several levels deep.
- One widget area, in the footer, which displays in one, two, or three columns depending on the screen width.
- Default featured image option for posts that don’t have images.
Additional features of Arbutus:
- Fluid (adaptive) full-width design.
- Large featured images with layered parallax effect.
- Ability to view full-sized versions of featured images.
- Fully responsive design that looks great on any device.
- Post formats: aside, image, gallery, video, audio, quote. Each post format features a unique layout on blog and archive pages.
- Custom styling for galleries, audio and video players, and playlists.
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