Nimbo - Personal WordPress Blog Theme

Latest version 1.6 – 7 January 2025 – Click here to view the changes.

– Nimbo is a classic WordPress theme for a personal blog with a minimal and clean design;
– Compatible with WordPress 6.7.x;
– Compatible with Block editor (Gutenberg; The default editor in WordPress since WordPress 5.0);
– Compatible with Classic editor (The previous default editor in WordPress, now available as a plugin: WordPress Plugins > Classic Editor);
– The theme supports real-time switching between Light and Dark modes.

Nimbo is a WordPress theme for your blog. It has a minimal and clean design with several different layouts: 2 different header styles, 2 menu types in the header, 3 different blog layouts, 3 layouts for single pages, and there are 3 available areas for widgets in the footer. Nimbo also has some very interesting features. Some of them:

Live switching between two different styles: light and dark. Each visitor can choose one of the color schemes (light or dark), and the theme will remember the choice of each visitor to improve the usability of the site.
Nimbo displays a list of recent comments under each post on all archive pages, + you can easily configure this feature in the theme settings.
Nimbo can show popup windows with images, video/audio players, and galleries.
And, of course, that’s not all…

The theme is fully responsive and looks good on mobile devices. Use it to make something cool!

Feature list

Optimized for both editors: Block Editor and Classic Editor. Important: The documentation provides examples only with the Classic Editor.
Responsive design (adapts to mobile devices)
Retina ready (looks beautiful on mobile devices and tablets)
Built with Bootstrap 3
Font Awesome Icons v5 (1400+ icons)
Theme options powered by WordPress Customizer
Two positions for menus (header and footer)
Drop-down menu support (only menu in the header)
Sticky header
Live switching between light and dark style (with remembering the chosen theme style)
Support for popup windows with images, video/audio players, and galleries
Related posts
“About the author” section
“Back to top” button
Translation ready
Support for Contact Form 7
Support for all WordPress post formats (10)
- Standard format
- Image format
- Gallery format
- Video format
- Audio format
- Aside format
- Link format
- Quote format
- Status format
- Chat format
3 Different blog layouts
- 2 Columns and left sidebar
- 2 Columns and right sidebar
- Layout with 3 columns and without sidebar
2 Header styles
- Minimalist style
- Classic style
2 Menu types in the header
- Hidden menu
- Classic menu
3 Layouts for single pages
- Layout with right sidebar
- Layout with left sidebar
- Full width layout
4 Areas for 22 widgets
- Left or right sidebar
- Footer: Column 1 (left column)
- Footer: Column 2 (center column)
- Footer: Column 3 (right column)
5 Additional widgets
- Nimbo: Popular Posts – Displays a list of popular posts
- Nimbo: List Of Posts – Displays a list of posts with a background image
- Nimbo: Random Posts – Displays a list of random posts
- Nimbo: Recent Posts – Displays a list of recent posts
- Nimbo: Slider With Posts – Displays a slider with posts
Social share buttons
- Twitter X
- Facebook
- Pinterest
- VK
- Reddit
Includes XML file with demo data
Step-by-step documentation

Please note

Nimbo will only work with WordPress.ORG software.

Changelog

Version 1.6 – 7 January 2025

 Updated: - Documentation: - Fixed several broken links; - Added information about creating a copy of the demo site ( https://demo.birdwp.com/nimbo/ ); - All images used in the demo site are now available in a collection on Unsplash.com at the following link: https://unsplash.com/collections/2I3nRtpzflw/nimbo-wordpress-theme - Added additional information about updating the theme; - Added additional information about translation into another language. - Translation files. Fixes and Improvements: - Fixed some minor CSS issues; - Fixed minor issues with block editor styles. These fixes affected the following blocks: - Block: Verse; - Block: Image; - Block: Gallery; - Block: Categories; - Block: Custom HTML; - Block: Latest Posts. 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 about this option: https://masonry.desandro.com/options#horizontalorder - 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. Thanks to everyone who helped with this update! --- Full changelog.txt: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-nimbo/changelog.txt How to update Nimbo: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-nimbo/#update-section

Version 1.5 – 19 March 2024

 Fixes and Improvements: 1. Improved and fixed styles for the Block Editor. 2. Added some minor fixes for widget blocks. 3. Added minor improvements to the customizer. 4. The "Nimbo Social Media" plugin has been updated (v1.1 > v1.2): - Added the X icon instead of the Twitter icon. --- Full changelog.txt: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-nimbo/changelog.txt How to update Nimbo: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-nimbo/#update-section

Version 1.4.8 – 12 April 2023

 Fixes and Improvements: 1. Block Editor: Styling issues for several blocks have been fixed in this version of the theme. The following blocks were affected: - List Block; - Quote Block; - File Block; - Button Block; - Tag Cloud; - Categories List. 2. Added permission to use the "p" (paragraph) tag in the footer text (Appearance > Customize > General Settings > Footer > Copyright Text). 3. Theme translation file has been updated (/nimbo/languages/nimbo.pot). Thank you very much for using this theme! --- Full changelog.txt: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-nimbo/changelog.txt How to update Nimbo: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-nimbo/#update-section

Version 1.4.7 – 7 September 2022

 Fixed: - Improved and fixed styles for the Block Editor All other changes: - Added the ability to add popup images for the Gallery Block (Block Editor). How to use: - Step 1. Create a gallery using the Gallery block - Step 2. In the settings for this gallery block, add links to media files: Gallery settings > Link to > Media File - Step 3. Open advanced settings and add additional CSS class for your gallery: Advanced > Additional CSS class(es) > bwp-block-editor-popup-gallery - That's all! After that, update your post: click on the "Update" (or "Publish") button Thank you very much for using this theme! --- Full changelog.txt: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-nimbo/changelog.txt How to update Nimbo: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-nimbo/#update-section

Version 1.4.6 – 10 February 2022

 Improvements and fixes: - Improved and fixed styles for the Block Editor (Fixed issues related to block editor changes in WordPress 5.9; Added styles for new blocks) - Fixed minor CSS issues (Comment form styles) --- Full changelog.txt: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-nimbo/changelog.txt How to update Nimbo: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-nimbo/#update-section

Version 1.4.5 – 20 January 2022

 Updated: - Nimbo Widgets (v1.0.3; Recommended plugin) - Font Awesome Icons (Version 5.15.4) - Translation files - Documentation Fixed: - Some minor CSS issues - Fixed problems with displaying posts on mobile devices - Fixed some issues with blocks on the Widgets page Improvements: - Removed unnecessary files from the theme - Improved and fixed styles for the Block Editor - Added new words for translation: "Category:" and "Tag:" --- Full changelog.txt: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-nimbo/changelog.txt How to update Nimbo: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-nimbo/#update-section

Version 1.4.4 – 19 March 2021

 Updated: - Font Awesome Icons (Version 5.15.2) Fixed: - Fixed styles for contact form loading icon - Fixed style issues for the block editor (Gutenberg) All other changes: - Added preconnect for Google fonts --- Full changelog.txt: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-nimbo/changelog.txt How to update Nimbo: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-nimbo/#update-section

Version 1.4.3 – 26 December 2020

 Updated: - Demo content file (Nimbo Theme > Demo Content > nimbo-demo-data.xml) - Font Awesome Icons (Version 5.15.1) Fixed: - Fixed minor issues with the dropdown menu - Fixed an issue where posts overlap each other - Fixed style issues for the block editor (Gutenberg) --- Full changelog.txt: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-nimbo/changelog.txt How to update Nimbo: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-nimbo/#update-section

Version 1.4.2 – 18 August 2020

 Updated: - Font Awesome Icons (Version 5.14.0) - Translation files Fixed: - Meta boxes sometimes did not appear on the post creation and editing page (Admin side) - Added fixes for mobile version - Fixed style issues for the block editor (Gutenberg) - Some minor issues with contact form notifications All other changes: - Added the wp_body_open function to the theme header file (new requirement for all themes) --- Full changelog.txt: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-nimbo/changelog.txt How to update Nimbo: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-nimbo/#update-section

Version 1.4.1 – 21 April 2020

 Updated: - Font Awesome Icons (Version 5.13.0) Fixed: - Fixed style issues for the block editor (Gutenberg) --- Full changelog.txt: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-nimbo/changelog.txt How to update Nimbo: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-nimbo/#update-section

Version 1.4 – 27 December 2019

 Updated: - Documentation - Bootstrap (Version 3.4.1) - Font Awesome Icons (Version 5.12.0) - Translation files Fixed: - Some minor CSS issues New: - New option: "Full Width Post: Image Size (Original size or Cropped image)" (Appearance > Customize > General Settings > Single Post Page > Full Width Post: Image Size) - New option: "Single Post Page: Default Layout (Post with right sidebar, Post with left sidebar, Full width post)" (Appearance > Customize > General Settings > Single Post Page > Single Post Page: Default Layout) - New option: "Single Page: Default Layout (Page with right sidebar, Page with left sidebar, Full width page)" (Appearance > Customize > General Settings > Single Page > Single Page: Default Layout) *P.S. Thanks to everyone who advised good ideas for this update! --- Full changelog.txt: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-nimbo/changelog.txt How to update Nimbo: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-nimbo/#update-section

Version 1.3 – 22 June 2019

 Removed: - Removed all Google+ buttons (Due to Google+ closing down) Updated: - Documentation - Translation files - Nimbo Social Media (v1.1): - Removed all Google+ buttons: - Users > Your Profile > Google+ URL - Removed Google+ share button - Added VK share button - Added Reddit share button - The rel="noopener" attribute has been added to all links that have the target="_blank" attribute - Updated: Translation files - Nimbo Widgets (v1.0.2): - Some minor changes - Updated: Translation files - Nimbo Cookies Information (v1.1): - Added: New window type for mobile devices Fixed: - Few minor CSS issues - Fixed a lot of issues with the block editor (Gutenberg) New: - New setting: Appearance > Customize > General Settings > Other Settings > "Cookies Information" Window: Window Type On Mobile Devices ("Hidden window" or "Visible window") All other changes: - The rel="noopener" attribute has been added to all links that have the target="_blank" attribute *P.S. Thanks to everyone who advised good ideas for this update! --- Full changelog.txt: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-nimbo/changelog.txt How to update Nimbo: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-nimbo/#update-section

Version 1.2 – 7 January 2019

 - Added: New option - Blog Posts > Show/hide date (Appearance > Customize > General Settings > Blog Posts > Show date) - Added: New option - Blog Posts > Show/hide author (Appearance > Customize > General Settings > Blog Posts > Show author) - Added: New option - Single Post Page > Show/hide date (Appearance > Customize > General Settings > Single Post Page > Show date) - Added: New option - Single Post Page > Show/hide author (Appearance > Customize > General Settings > Single Post Page > Show author) - Added: New option - Single Post Page > Show/hide categories (Appearance > Customize > General Settings > Single Post Page > Show categories) - Fixed: Few minor CSS issues - Added: New styles for the "About the author" section - Added: New option - Dark Style: Color Switch Icon Type (Moon icon or Sun icon; Appearance > Customize > General Settings > Header > Dark Style: Color Switch Icon Type) - Added: Minor style changes for the Contact Form 7 - Updated: Translation files - Updated: Documentation P.S. Thanks to everyone who advised good ideas for this update! --- Full changelog.txt: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-nimbo/changelog.txt How to update Nimbo: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-nimbo/#update-section

Version 1.1 – 17 December 2018

 - Fixed: Few minor CSS issues - Added: The "responsive-embeds" feature has been enabled for the block editor - Gutenberg - Updated: Font Awesome Icons (Version 5.6.1) - Updated: Owl Carousel 2 (Version 2.3.4). The library has been updated in the theme and in the Nimbo Widgets plugin - Updated: Nimbo Widgets plugin (Version 1.0.1) - Added: New option - Default Color Scheme: Light or Dark (Appearance > Customize > General Settings > Other Settings > Default Color Scheme) - Updated: Translation files - Updated: Documentation (updated several screenshots + added answers to popular questions) --- Full changelog.txt: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-nimbo/changelog.txt How to update Nimbo: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-nimbo/#update-section

Version 1.0.1 – 7 December 2018

 - Added compatibility with the latest WordPress 5.0 version (added minor style changes for the new block editor - Gutenberg) --- Full changelog.txt: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-nimbo/changelog.txt How to update Nimbo: http://documentation.birdwp.com/wp-nimbo/#update-section

Version 1.0 – 30 November 2018