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WordPress 3.5 Has Been Released

WordPress 3.5 Has Been Released

December 12, 2012 in General News | 59 comments

WordPress 3.5, aka “WordPress Elvin,” was released today. You will be happy to know that we have already been testing and updating our themes based on each 3.5 RC, and all themes should already be compatible with the new version of WordPress. Our plugins have also been tested and...

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Theme Security Audit By Sucuri

Theme Security Audit By Sucuri

September 15, 2022 in General News | 43 comments

The security of our customers is extremely important to us. While I have complete confidence in our developers and their secure coding practices, I still like to have our code audited regularly by third party security experts to make sure that no critical issues have slipped through the cracks....

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Take Our ElegantThemes Shortcodes Anywhere

Take Our ElegantThemes Shortcodes Anywhere

July 11, 2012 in Resources | 116 comments

One of the stand-out features of our themes is the large collection of shortcodes that come packaged with each. These shortcodes make it easy to build advanced layouts and advanced elements that would previously take many lines of complicated HTML and Javascript to create. But what if you wanted to...

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Beautiful & Free Social Media Icons

Beautiful & Free Social Media Icons

September 23, 2022 in Resources | 249 comments

I had some free time yesterday, so I decided to make some fresh new icons! Throughout my years as a web designer, I have always had trouble finding beautiful icons with no licensing restrictions to use in my templates. It’s especially difficult to find GPL-licensed (open source) graphics that...

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Elegant Themes Gets A New Look!

Elegant Themes Gets A New Look!

June 18, 2012 in General News | 197 comments

It has been a long time coming, but I am excited to announce that we have finally finished a new version of the site today! It has been almost three years since we last modified the design of ElegantThemes.com. During those years we have grown signficantly as a company and I have grown...

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Free Social Media Icon Set

Free Social Media Icon Set

January 2, 2015 in Resources | 504 comments

I have been working on my new theme, MyResume, and was in need of some social media icons. So I decided to make a set and release it for free for anyone who would like to use them. These icons have no restrictions, so feel free to use them however you like. Redistribute, resell, or repackage them...

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Elegant Themes Icon Pack, For Free!

Elegant Themes Icon Pack, For Free!

January 21, 2014 in Resources | 217 comments

I needed a few icons for a new theme I am designing, and after being unable to find any open-source/restriction free icons that suited the theme, I resorted to creating some of my own. After I started making them I figured, why not create a whole set? So I sat down all day yesterday and drew a set...

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