Hermes

Premium WordPress theme for professionals

$79

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  • 12 months download access
  • 1 year of priority support
  • 12 months updates
  • 30% discount on renewals
  • 14 days money-back guarantee
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The theme comes with the license key which provides 12 months of support and updates.

This theme is under active development

Hermes is a unique and modern theme evoking a sense of minimalism, elegance, and simplicity. It’s perfectly suited for creative bloggers in any field.

Beautiful

As a professional, you want your WordPress site to have a beautiful and eye catching layout to make a great first impression to your site visitors. It takes about 50 milliseconds for users to form an opinion about a site and these first impressions are 94% influenced by the visual design.

The Hermes theme is packed with a beautiful and eye catching layout designed for all types of blogs and minimal magazines to allow you create a modern WordPress site that will surely be a sight to behold!

Simple

As a professional, you want your WordPress site to be simple in order to create a seamless user experience for your site visitors and gain a competitive advantage by making it easy for visitors to find the information they need quickly and easily.

The Hermes theme is built with simplicity in mind to provide you a clutter-free WordPress theme which mitigates negative emotions, such as overwhelm and confusion, and puts the focus back on the more important elements of your site.

Readable

As a professional, you want to have a readable WordPress site to easily convey idea and message of the site to your visitors and build trustful and accessible site for your needs.

The Hermes theme is developed with a goal to give your visitors the best reading experience. Beautiful typography made for readability to reach the broadest audience possible. Fully responsive and retina ready makes it look beautiful and optimized on various devices.

Performant

As a professional, you want your WordPress site to load fast and to be secure because performance and security are two essential metrics for online success.

The Hermes theme is based on WordPress coding standards, and regularly updated in order to provide you a reliable solution that is optimized for speed, highly secure and always compatible with the latest WordPress version.

Theme standard features

Through stable, secure code and world-class design, we carefully craft professional WordPress themes to help you to stand out from the crowd of competitors and thrive in your market.

Social links menu

Specially designed menu will make it easy for you to add and display social media links on your website.

Responsive design

Your website content will always look beautiful on smartphones, tablets, laptops, and desktop screens.

Simple customization

Using the Customizer, you will be able to customize your theme and preview all changes in real time.

Custom page templates

Choose from a selection of pre-made page templates to add variety to your site, and create an unique look.

Widgets ready

Using WordPress widgets, you can easily add additional sections to your website without coding it yourself.

SEO friendly

Each page is carefully build with search-engine-friendly code to ensure your website is noticed by search bots.

Author biography

Display author profile on single posts to build a personal brand and establish reputation among your readers.

White label theme

Customize a default branding text in the footer area and add your own credit links to fit the needs of your site.

Featured Content

Powerful, yet easy-to-use slider will allow you to highlight most important content in front of your readers.

Also includes:

  • Custom background
  • Custom menu
  • Site logo
  • Editor style
  • Featured images
  • Theme options
  • Threaded comments
  • Infinite scroll
  • RTL support
  • Sticky menu
  • Left/Right sidebar
  • Translation ready
We got you cov­ered by offer­ing every­thing you need to achieve results. With us, you are in great hands regard­ing the set of fea­tures that bring real val­ue in the long run.

Knowledgebase

Our efforts go into making installation as easy as possible for you. This is the reason why all our WordPress themes come with a detailed documentation, so you can have a step by step guide on how to set up your theme.

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Plugins

While our themes should work fine with most plugins, there is no way for us to test and guarantee that all of these plugins will be compatible with our themes. If the plugin has been coded to WordPress’ standards then it should play nicely with our themes.

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Updates

All our themes are compatible with the latest WordPress version. We perform tests and updates on a regular basis to keep them safe and stable. You can find all informations regarding to the theme updates by clicking the link below.

Support

We are serious about providing the best support to our customers. If you need help, our friendly support staff are ready to answer all your questions and aim to help you to solve the challenges you're having with the theme.

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Additionally, we have created a child theme and a demo content for you, so you can save your valuable time and concentrate more on your business growth.

Blank child theme

Before making any heavy changes to the theme code, we highly recommend that you use a child theme. This ensures that your changes won’t be lost when updating to a new version of Hermes.

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Demo content

To get started quickly with Hermes, you can use a demo content as a starting point for your site and then edit the content to fit your needs. You’ll be able to delete everything at any time and only keep what you need.

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== 3.2.0, August 1, 2022 ==
  • Update: improve custom styles for the List block;
  • Update: style classes used to create space in templates and its parts;
  • Update: spacing in the Review section (WooCommerce);
  • Update: optimize global styles;
  • Update: improve spacing in widget area when using the Latest Posts block;
  • Update: optimize styles used for the Buttons block;
  • Update: improve spacing in widget area when using the Latest Comments block;
  • Update: improve spacing in the author section in singular views;
  • Update: styles of the comments sections in singular views;
  • Update: improve alignment in the Archives and the Categories blocks when using in widget area;
  • Fix: accessibility issue in link when using the Latest Posts block;
  • Fix: potential color issue in posts in archive views and page header in singular views when featured image is not set;
  • Fix: button style issue in the Search block;
  • Fix: potential spacing issue in the page header in products archive view (WooCommerce);
== 3.1.2, July 20, 2022 ==
  • Update: improve styles of the Cover block;
  • Update: optimize style used for the Query block;
  • Update: improve layout of the Quote block with minimal style;
  • Update: move CSS properties to theme.json;
  • Update: optimize Jetpack styles;
  • Fix: style issues in the Query block;
  • Fix: layout issues in the Query block;
  • Fix: color issue in the Quote block;
  • Fix: border issue in the Button block;
== 3.1.1, July 7, 2022 ==
  • Update: optimize styles of default WordPress styles;
  • Update: refactor WooCommerce styles;
  • Fix: style issues in default WordPress blocks;
== 3.1.0, June 20, 2022 ==
  • Important: This version of the theme requires at least WordPress 5.9. It is very crucial to keep your WordPress installation up to date for security reasons. If some of your plugins do not support the latest WordPress version then contact the author of the plugin and ask for update;
  • Important: Some theme templates have been refactored to provide a better support for latest WordPress releases. If you have modified a parent template in your child theme, and you are experiencing any spacing issues after the update, please make sure to check a parent theme templates to compare the changes. Also, you can always contact us and we will be happy to help you;
  • Important: This version of the theme comes with a refactored color scheme to reduce complexity of theme colors and provide better accessibility;
  • Update: formatting of the Icons functionality;
  • Update: refactor typography functionality;
  • Update: prepare the theme fonts for Full Site Editing functionality;
  • Update: refactor custom colors functionality;
  • Update: prepare theme colors for Full Site Editing functionality;
  • Update: refactor layout of template with active sidebar;
  • Update: refactor the author section in singular views;
  • Update: optimize style load in singular views;
  • Update: refactor spacing in singular views;
  • Update: refactor styles of the comments section in singular views;
  • Update: refactor spacing in archive views;
  • Fix: title style inconsistency issue;
  • Fix: avoid overriding custom font styles by the editor;
  • Fix: issue with custom fonts in the editor;
== 3.0.1, November 29, 2021 ==
  • Update: alignment of social icons in the site header;
  • Update: improve spacing in the comments section;
  • Update: optimize styles used for the Columns block;
  • Fix: missing Pinterest icon in the social menu;
== 3.0.0, November 17, 2021 ==
  • Important: This version of the theme requires at least WordPress 5.8. It is very crucial to keep your WordPress installation up to date for security reasons. If some of your plugins do not support the latest WordPress version then contact the author of the plugin and ask for update;
  • Important: This is a major update! Mostly all theme templates have been refactored to provide a better performance and accessibility. If you have modified a parent template in your child theme, and you are experiencing any spacing issues after the update, please make sure to check a parent theme templates to compare the changes. Also, you can always contact us and we will be happy to help you;
  • Important: This version of the theme comes with a refactored color scheme to reduce complexity of theme colors and provide better accessibility;
  • Add: new font sizes for the block elements: Tiny and Grand;
  • Add: display a notice for old WordPress versions (below 5.8);
  • Add: pre-defined style for the Query block which allows to create border separated items;
  • Add: pre-defined style for the Quote block which allows to a quote with a clean and modern layout;
  • Add: pre-defined style for the List block which allows to create inline list;
  • Add: pre-defined style for the Media&Text block which allows to display the main image with rounded corners;
  • Add: pattern category for Testimonials;
  • Add: pattern category for Page headers;
  • Add: pattern category for Content sections;
  • Add: pattern category for Call to actions;
  • Add: pre-defined layout to display the page header section with title, description, call to action buttons and fullscreen background;
  • Add: pre-defined layout to display a grid with two full width columns and images on different sides;
  • Add: pre-defined layout to display a grid with three columns where each column displays an image and title;
  • Add: pre-defined layout to display a grid with three columns where each column displays an image, title, content and columns are border separated;
  • Add: pre-defined layout to display three columns with tall cards, and background images;
  • Add: pre-defined layout to display three columns with short cards, and background images;
  • Add: pre-defined layout to display a banner with title, description, and call to action buttons;
  • Add: pre-defined layouts to display call to action sections;
  • Add: pre-defined layouts to display testimonials;
  • Add: Blank content area template for creating custom layouts using WordPress blocks;
  • Update: refactor functionality responsible for custom block patterns;
  • Update: refactor functionality responsible for custom block styles;
  • Update: start a process of preparing the theme for FSE (full site editing);
  • Update: refactor theme default colors;
  • Update: reduce complexity of theme colors;
  • Update: performance of the theme by reducing calls to a core function;
  • Update: refactor and optimize styles of the products list shown in archive views (WooCommerce);
  • Update: refactor and optimize styles of the products list added using blocks (WooCommerce);
  • Update: refactor styles used in singular product views (WooCommerce);
  • Update: load styles for singular product views only when it is needed (WooCommerce);
  • Update: refactor theme styles;
  • Update: refactor the site header section;
  • Update: improve accessibility of the site header;
  • Update: refactor the site footer section;
  • Update: improve accessibility of the site footer section;
  • Update: refactor styles used for default WordPress blocks;
  • Update: refactor the page header section;
  • Update: improve accessibility of the page header section used in singular views
  • Update: refactor archive view template;
  • Update: refactor styles used in archive view template;
  • Update: optimized styles used in archive view template;
  • Update: refactor single view templates;
  • Update: refactor styles used in single view template;
  • Update: optimized styles used in single view template;
  • Update: refactor styles used for comments;
  • Update: refactor styles used for testimonials (Jetpack);
  • Update: refactor 404 template;
  • Update: prepare the theme structure for a block-based structure;
  • Update: refactor Grid templates;
  • Update: optimize styles used in the Grid templates;
  • Update: refactor the Full-width template;
  • Update: refactor singular view templates and template parts;
  • Update: optimize styles used in singular views;
  • Update: refactor archive view templates and template parts;
  • Update: optimize styles used in archive views;
  • Update: refactor the comments section;
  • Update: improve styles used for the comments section;
  • Update: prepare the theme structure for a block-based structure;
  • Update: refactor the Featured Content section (Jetpack);
  • Fix: spacing and style issues in default blocks;
== 2.4.0, September 21, 2021 ==
  • Important: This version of the theme requires at least WordPress 5.4. It is very crucial to keep your WordPress installation up to date for security reasons. If some of your plugins do not support the latest WordPress version then contact the author of the plugin and ask for update. We will be increasing minimum requirements for a WordPress installation up to a version 5.8 in upcoming theme releases;
  • Add: support for Patreon social icon;
  • Update: display a notice if the site cannot connect to Themes Harbor when checking for the theme updates;
  • Update: improve hints on the Themes Info page when the site has an outdated version of the theme;
  • Update: display a hint on the Themes Info page when the license is expired;
  • Update: layout of all sections shown on the Themes Info page;
  • Update: formatting of the functionality used for the Theme Update;
  • Update: refactor the License key form used on the Theme Info page;
  • Update: help links used on the Themes Info page;
  • Update: optimize styles of the Themes Info page;
  • Update: prepare for PHP version and WP version checks before updating the theme;
  • Update: improve spacing in the Cover, Social Icons, Buttons and Group blocks;
  • Fix: potential critical issues in WordPress dashboard when the site cannot connect to Themes Harbor;
  • Fix: spacing issues in the Columns block when a custom background is set;
  • Fix: overflow issue in the site header when long menu is present in the section;
  • Fix: height issue of the Separator block;
  • Fix: spacing issue in the List blocks with a custom background color;
  • Fix: overflow issues in blocks with wide alignment added to the block with full width alignment;
== 2.3.2, Jul 8, 2021 ==
  • Add: support for TikTok icon in the social menu;
  • Add: addition custom font sizes to match sizes of default typography elements provided by the theme;
  • Update: improve readability of custom font sizes in smaller screens;
  • Update: improve consistency between custom font sizes and the theme typography elements;
  • Update: refactor styles needed for fullwidth and wide alignment options in blocks;
  • Update: improve spacing in blocks when fullwidth and wide alignment options are used;
  • Update: optimize styles of table elements;
  • Update: optimize styles of the Columns block;
  • Update: display wide and fullscreen alignment options in the Editor, however make them work only on pages without a sidebar to avoid overflow issues;
  • Fix: style inconsistency in the Table block;
  • Fix: spacing issues in the Table block;
  • Fix: color issue in the Button block;
  • Fix: color issues in the Table block;
  • Fix: style inconsistency issues in the Latest Comments block;
  • Fix: minor style issues in the Cover block;
  • Fix: display correct body class for full width templates;
  • Fix: style issues in the Search block;
  • Fix: potential width issue in the block with an active full-width alignment option;
  • Fix: spacing issues in blocks when fullwidth and wide alignment options are used;
== 2.3.1, May 26, 2021 ==
  • Add: support for Facebook Messenger icon the social menu section;
  • Update: list of the default theme icons to support Yoast biography links;
  • Update: CSS custom properties provided by the theme design system, to use the theme prefix in order to avoid potential issues in the Editor;
  • Fix: potential missing author information in singular views;
  • Fix: style inconsistency in the Yoast breadcrumbs;
  • Fix: certain area is not clickable to access the post on mobile;
  • Fix: overlap of the sub-menus;
== 2.3.0, March 18, 2021 ==
  • Important: This version of the theme requires at least WordPress 5.2. It is very crucial to keep your WordPress installation up to date for security reasons. If some of your plugins do not support the latest WordPress version then contact the author of the plugin. We will be increasing minimum requirements for a WordPress installation up to a version 5.5 in upcoming theme releases;
  • Add: allow to select a position (left or right) of the mobile menu in mobile devices;
  • Add: support for Yoast author links in the author bio section (single post views);
  • Add: support for Coauthors plus plugin;
  • Add: support for Yoast breadcrumbs;
  • Update: allow to display multiple authors in blog posts;
  • Update: remove a set max width for the content area on the Grid template to provide better flexibility when using WordPress blocks;
  • Update: improve accessibility of the blog page;
  • Update: optimize styles of the author bio section;
  • Update: optimize the structure of the author bio section;
  • Update: improve layout of the author bio section in smaller screens;
  • Update: load AMP functionality only if the plugin has at least version 2.0;
  • Update: styles of the Quote block;
  • Update: move Jetpack compatibility file to the plugins folder;
  • Fix: overflow issue in the page header section in singular views;
  • Fix: link color issues shown in the page header in archive views;
  • Fix: spacing issues in the author bio section;
  • Fix: potential PHP issue when viewing page in AMP;
  • Fix: background issue in the Button block;
== 2.2.0, February 24, 2021 ==
  • Important: This version of the theme requires at least WordPress 5.1. It is very crucial to keep your WordPress installation up to date for security reasons. If some of your plugins do not support the latest WordPress version then contact the author of the plugin. We will be increasing minimum requirements for a WordPress installation up to a version 5.5 in upcoming theme releases;
  • Add: base support for AMP plugin;
  • Add: support for the Scroll To button functionality on AMP pages;
  • Add: support for the header search modal form on AMP pages;
  • Add: support for the mobile menu on AMP pages;
  • Update: optimize styles of the toggle sidebar/mobile menu;
  • Update: improve performance of the toggle sidebar/mobile menu;
  • Update: refactor functionality of the mobile menu section in a toggle sidebar;
  • Fix: featured image issue in singular views on AMP pages;
  • Fix: featured image issue in archive views on AMP pages;
== 2.1.1, February 4, 2021 ==
  • Update: improve support for the Google Map icon in the social menu;
  • Update: improve Pinterest support in the social menu section;
  • Update: display an icon in the Infinite Scroll loader button provided by Jetpack;
  • Update: theme screenshot;
  • Update: drop support for an old markup of the Button block to avoid alignment issues;
  • Update: optimize styles of a default WordPress gallery;
  • Fix: caption issue in a default WordPress gallery;
  • Fix: caption issue in a slideshow block (Jetpack);
  • Fix: spacing issues in the address element;
  • Fix: alignment issue of blocks with a full width or wide width added to the columns block;
  • Fix: layout issues in the Infinite Scroll loader section provided by Jetpack;
== 2.1.0, December 1, 2020 ==
  • Add: Grid Page template (to replicate the grid layout shown in archive views using regular pages);
  • Add: support for Whatsapp and Webo icons in the social menu;
  • Update: remove XFN link;
  • Update: improve accessibility of the page meta section shown in singular views;
  • Fix: minor spacing issues and inconsistency in the comments section (Jetpack);
  • Fix: minor structural issues in the author bio section;
  • Fix: remove remnants of microformats;
  • Fix: avoid outputting duplicates when setting font family CSS;
  • Fix: unlink the publish date and improve SEO and accessibility;
  • Fix: indent issue in lists with background;
  • Fix: alignment issue in the button block in the Editor;
  • Fix: style issues in the Quote block;
  • Fix: font issue in the Classic editor;
  • Fix: markup issue in a widget area;
== 2.0.4, November 2, 2020 ==
  • Update: use SVG as an indicator of sub-menu section;
  • Update: organize class files in the theme;
  • Fix: deprecation notice when using a Jetpack filter;
  • Fix: potential issue in RTL sites when Jetpack is active;
  • Fix: potential custom colors issue in IE11;
== 2.0.3, October 7, 2020 ==
  • Add: support for Google Maps in the social menu;
  • Update: allow to hide the author bio using the Content Options provided by Jetpack;
  • Update: rename the author bio template;
  • Update: display the author archive link below the bio content;
  • Update: display the author section below the content area in single views;
  • Update: improve spacing in the Related Posts section provided by Jetpack;
  • Fix: minor style inconsistency in the Related Posts section provided by Jetpack;
  • Fix: minor style issue with lists added to the Text widget;
  • Fix: minor spacing issue in the Social Link block;
  • Fix: minor style issues in back-end editors;
  • Fix: minor link issues in the comments section;
== 2.0.2, September 21, 2020 ==
  • Fix: missing author bio in singular views;
  • Fix: custom colors and fonts issue in the Classic editor;
  • Fix: style duplicates in the Classic editor;
== 2.0.1, August 26, 2020 ==
  • Fix: alignment issues in the footer area in smaller screens;
  • Fix: page header issue in singular views in smaller screens;
  • Fix: mobile menu issue in singular views in smaller screens;
== 2.0.0, August 25, 2020 ==
  • Important: This is a major update! Mostly all theme templates have been refactored to provide a better performance and accessibility. If you have modified a parent template in your child theme, and you are experiencing any spacing issues after the update, please make sure to check a parent theme templates to compare the changes. Also, you can always contact us and we will be happy to help you;
  • Important: The Custom Colors functionality has been completely refactored. If you have used this option to change an accent color on your site, you will need to set it again after the update;
  • Add: native support for responsive embeds;
  • Add: allow to change a grid laytout in archive views;
  • Add: native support for the site logo;
  • Update: refactor the 404 template;
  • Update: refactor archive templates;
  • Update: refactor singular templates;
  • Update: theme icons;
  • Update: improve flexibility of the theme colors and fonts;
  • Update: refactor functionality of the theme custom colors;
  • Update: reduce amount of custom CSS used when custom fonts are set;
  • Update: reduce amount of custom CSS used when custom colors are set;
  • Update: spacing in the theme;
  • Update: use svg icons instead of font icons in the theme;
  • Update: optimize the core JS functionality of the theme;
  • Update: drop dependency for jQuery for the core JS functionality of the theme;
  • Update: improve accessibility of the theme;
  • Update: improve spacing in the theme template parts;
  • Update: organize Jetpack styles and load them only when it is needed;
  • Update: improve theme performance;
  • Fix: typography control issues in the Customizer;
  • Fix: formatting issue in the editor JS file;
  • Fix: spacing issues in the theme;
  • Fix: style inconsistency in the theme;
  • Fix: display proper font families in the Block editor;
  • Fix: display proper custom colors in the Block editor;
  • Fix: style issues in default blocks;
  • Fix: style inconsistency in default blocks;
  • Fix: minor alignment issue for centered elements;
  • Fix: display custom colors and fonts in the Classic editor;
  • Fix: theme update notice issue in dashboard;
  • Fix: visibility issue of the sticky menu;
  • Remove: fonts icons;
== 1.7.0 June 30, 2020 ==
  • Important: Mostly all theme templates have received small changes regarding CSS classes located in the template. If you have modified a parent template in your child theme and you are experiencing any spacing issues after the update then please make sure to check a parent theme templates to compare the changes. Also, you can always contact us and we will be happy to help you;
  • Add: Border style to the Table blocks;
  • Update: formatting of the theme assets;
  • Update: optimize 404 and singular templates;
  • Update: theme styles to match a new version the theme design system;
  • Update: remove unnecessary logical condition in the comments template;
  • Update: improve support for the Block editor;
  • Update: use a proper escape function in the search form;
  • Fix: spacing issues;
== 1.6.5 May 23, 2020 ==
  • Add: special action to the archive template to make the template more flexible;
  • Update: move the function responsible for displaying the Featured Content section to the Jetpack file;
  • Update: remove unnecessary checks when displaying the Featured Content section;
  • Update: avoid displaying unnecessary HTML tags that do not have any styles in archive view;
  • Update: heading tag (widget title) in the widget area;
== 1.6.4 April 24, 2020 ==
  • Update: reducing changelog information stored in the get_version API calls;
== 1.6.3 April 23, 2020 ==
  • Update: domain name in the documentation links;
  • Fix: sidebar issue in Safari;
  • Fix: potential issue regarding theme updates;
== 1.6.2 April 21, 2020 ==
  • Add: new button to the documentation section in the Theme Info page;
  • Update: documentation links in the Themes Info page;
  • Fix: minor spacing issues in the Theme Info page;
  • Fix: warning messages when performing an update;
  • Fix: missing the `theme_slug` parameter from the API calls;
== 1.6.1 February 18, 2020 ==
  • Update: refactor the main menu styles;
  • Update: optimize load of Jetpack styles;
  • Fix: minor inconsistency in the main menu;
  • Fix: minor style issues;
== 1.6.0 January 9, 2020 ==
  • Important: if you use a child theme with customized theme templates, make sure to check a parent theme templates to compare the changes. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions;
  • Add: template for the page header shown in all views except singular view;
  • Update: improve performance of the theme;
  • Update: combine single view page header templates into one template to avoid code repetition;
  • Update: combine single view content templates into one template to avoid code repetition;
  • Update: path to the page header template in the Full Width template;
  • Update: remove unnecessary templates;
  • Update: combine archive views template to avoid code repetition;
  • Update: refactor the page header template to avoid using a query loop;
  • Update: function that outputs classes for the page header section;
  • Update: refactor blockquote styles using a mobile-first approach;
  • Update: refactor the layout (content area + sidebar) using the theme design system;
  • Update: remove unnecessary styles for the layout (content area + sidebar);
  • Update: use mobile-fist approach for the layout (content area + sidebar);
  • Update: singular page template;
  • Update: sidebar template;
  • Update: move the author section to the post footer section to make it more semantic;
  • Update: refactor elements in singular view using the theme design system to reduce a style repetition and to keep consistency;
  • Update: page templates to use the theme design system;
  • Update: remove unused grid styles;
  • Update: use the theme design system to display a primary background color;
  • Update: load singular styles only when it is needed;
  • Update: refactor the Featured Content section to avoid loading JS file and use CSS only;
  • Update: avoid multiple checks for a singular view when loading styles;
  • Update: documentation link in Dashboard (the Theme Info page);
  • Update: add newsletter link in Dashboard (the Theme Info page);
  • Fix: heading font sizes outside of the content area;
  • Fix: header search button issue during the scroll;
  • Fix: author section issue in mobile views;
== 1.5.0 November 27, 2019 ==
  • Add: template for the search form;
  • Update: combine multiple identical checks to reduce repetition;
  • Update: cache a conditional tag to avoid calling the same function several times;
  • Update: load hfeed JS functionality only when it is needed;
  • Update: improve performance of displaying the featured images;
  • Update: improve accessibility of the featured images;
  • Update: refactor the content template in archive views using the theme design system to reduce style repetition;
  • Update: refactor the featured content section using the theme design system to reduce style repetition;
  • Update: improve performance in single views;
  • Update: avoid firing a scroll event for the page header animation when the section is not in a viewport;
  • Update: minimize page reflow in single views;
  • Update: refactor styles of 404 views using the theme design system to reduce style repetition;
  • Update: refactor styles of the page header in archive and 404 views;
  • Update: incorporate the theme design system into the search forms to reduce style repetition;
  • Update: refactor archive view grid using the theme design system to reduce style repetition;
  • Update: simplify a structure of the archive view grid;
  • Update: improve performance of the archive view grid using a different approach of creating the grid;
  • Update: load archive view styles only when it is needed;
  • Update: improve performance of the sticky header;
  • Update: refactor functionality of the sticky header;
  • Fix: minor spacing issues in 404 views;
  • Fix: add missing styles for the button element;
== 1.4.1 November 4, 2019 ==
  • Update: improve performance of archive views;
  • Update: theme navigation labels to avoid redundant descriptions;
  • Update: load the comments styles only when it is needed;
  • Update: exclude the logo from lazy loading (Jetpack);
  • Update: load scripts needed for single views only when it is needed;
  • Update: improve accessibility of the search dialog window by adding a support for the Escape key;
  • Update: refactor functionality of the scroll to element actions;
  • Update: improve performance of the mobile menu creation;
  • Update: refactor the mobile menu styles using the theme design system;
  • Fix: redundant WAI-ARIA attribute;
  • Fix: minor style issues in the comments section;
  • Fix: avoid using duplicate IDs in the mobile menu items;
  • Fix: remove style repetition in the toggle sidebar section;
  • Fix: minor style issues in the social menu section;
== 1.4.0 September 26, 2019 ==
  • Update: improve performance of the theme;
  • Update: formatting of the theme styles;
  • Update: use the theme design system to reduce style repetition;
  • Update: browser normalize.css styles;
  • Update: refactor styles of the footer section;
  • Update: refactor styles of the header search section;
  • Update: refactor styles of the header section;
  • Update: refactor styles of the sidebar section;
  • Update: improve and organize a structure of the theme by moving the theme assets (CSS, JS, Fonts) to its own folder;
  • Update: improve accessibility of the header search form;
  • Update: group header search functionality into its own function (IIFE);
  • Update: refactor a script of the page header;
  • Fix: remove unnesasery styles;
  • Fix: HTML structure issue that causes markup errors;
  • Fix: spacing issues in the footer area;
  • Fix: spacing issue in the Text widget;
  • Fix: spacing issue in the header search form;
  • Fix: spacing issues in the header section;
  • Fix: spacing issues in the page header section;
  • Fix: overflow issue when site contains long words;
  • Fix: alignment issue of the header elements when a long menu is added to the site;
== 1.3.8 August 22, 2019 ==
  • Update: improve accessibility of the main menu;
  • Update: display a regular menu on touch screens with a large screen resolution;
  • Update: group navigation functionality into its own function;
  • Update: allow sub-menu access on touch screens with a large screen resolution (ex: iPad Pro);
  • Update: add better support for older browsers;
  • Update: browsers normalize style;
  • Fix: menu issue on touch screens with a large screen resolution;
  • Fix: indent issues of the list elements;
  • Fix: gallery layout issue;
  • Fix: layout issue in the Featured Content section;
  • Fix: minor typography styling issue;
== 1.3.7 July 16, 2019 ==
  • Update: optimize theme styles;
  • Update: change a way of loading the RTL style;
  • Update: improve theme performance for the RTL sites;
  • Fix: grid layout issue (RTL sites);
== 1.3.6 June 23, 2019 ==
  • Update: simplify a markup of the header search section;
  • Update: styles of the header search form;
  • Update: improve performance of the header search form;
  • Update: improve accessibility of the header search button;
  • Fix: grid issue in smaller screens;
== 1.3.5 June 18, 2019 ==
  • Update: add the `display` parameter to the google fonts to improve performance;
  • Update: use CSS to detect mobile devices;
  • Update: avoid adding a special body class using wp_is_mobile();
  • Update: post type variable name to avoid overriding WordPress globals;
  • Fix: sanitation issue of the theme name in the Updater;
== 1.3.4 May 4, 2019 ==
  • Update: trigger a new wp_body_open action (WordPress 5.2) immediately after the opening body tag;
  • Update: improve accessibility of the search widget;
  • Update: styles for the sticky menu;
  • Update: hide the sticky menu section for screen readers;
  • Fix: accessibility issue associated with the close button in the toggle sidebar section;
== 1.3.3, March 13, 2019 ==
  • Add: theme typography options;
  • Add: Amazon icon to the social menu link;
  • Add: Theme Options panel in the Customizer;
  • Update: WordPress audio player styles;
  • Update: remove unnecessary styles;
  • Update: HTML tag for the 404 label;
  • Update: improve accessibility of the 404 page;
  • Update: styles for default HTML elements;
  • Update: comments styles;
  • Update: main translation file of the theme (.pot);
  • Update: remove recommendation for the Google Fonts plugin;
  • Update: remove option to disable default fonts;
  • Fix: mix of ordered and non-ordered placeholders;
  • Fix: style issues with the search form;
== 1.3.2, February 11, 2019 ==
  • Add: support for Facebook short url in the social menu;
  • Update: improve accessibility of the header search form;
  • Update: improve accessibility of the mobile menu section;
  • Update: improve accessibility of custom menus;
  • Update: mobile menu section styles;
  • Update: update functionality of the mobile menu section using a plan JS;
  • Update: dequeue JS plugin for the mobile toggle section because the theme now uses its own functionality to create this section;
  • Update: sort CSS properties alphabetically;
  • Update: HTML structure of the social menu;
  • Fix: JS issue when custom menus are empty;
== 1.3.1, January 11, 2019 ==
  • Update: add a version number to the main stylesheet to avoid browser cache issues;
  • Update: add a version number to the main JavaScript file to avoid browser cache issues;
== 1.3.0, January 9, 2019 ==
  • Update: improve performance of the theme;
  • Update: rewrite the theme JavaScript functionalities using a plain JavaScript;
  • Update: remove unnecessary prefixed CSS styles;
  • Update: group CSS media queries;
  • Update: add a type attribute to the buttons in the header template;
  • Update: hide a search icon element for the screen readers;
  • Update: improve accessibility of the theme;
  • Update: use a button element instead of a link element for closing the header search form;
  • Update: load a print style only when it is needed;
  • Update: do not load unused Infinite Scroll stylesheets and scripts in archive views;
  • Update: move a grid framework styles to the main theme stylesheet;
  • Update: remove HTML data attribute for a number of posts per page in archive views;
  • Update: remove unused styles;
  • Fix: spacing issue in the post meta section in single views;
  • Fix: color issues in the header search form;
  • Fix: grid issues in smaller screens;
== 1.2.4, December 19, 2018 ==
  • Update: theme URI in the parent stylesheet;
  • Fix: update the main translation file of the theme (.pot) to list the latest theme strings;
== 1.2.3 December 18, 2018 ==
  • Add: phone icon to the social menu;
  • Add: title and class attributes to the social menu link;
  • Add: arrow icon to the menu item with a sub-menu;
  • Update: optimize font icons;
  • Update: make Skip to Entry actions more accessible;
  • Update: use a global icon class to display an icon;
  • Update: use a proper HTML tag for the Go to Top action;
  • Update: use a plain JS for the Scroll to Element actions;
  • Fix: do not cover the content when the Scroll to Entry action is used;
  • Fix: reply style issue in the comments section;
== 1.2.2, November 28, 2018 ==
  • Add: load a child theme stylesheet if a child theme is active;
  • Update: improve performance of the theme;
  • Update: load a minified version of JS and CSS files of the theme;
  • Update: information page of the theme in WordPress dashboard;
== 1.2.1, November 16, 2018 ==
  • Add: better support for Gutenberg;
  • Add: option to disable a default theme font;
  • Fix: grid issue for the sites that display a large number of posts per page (>40);
  • Fix: readability issues on protected posts in archive views;
  • Fix: add a missing mobile class;
  • Fix: styling issues in search view;
  • Remove: unused styles;
== 1.2.0, October 15, 2018 ==
  • Update: grid algorithm in archive views;
  • Update: improve the sticky header functionality;
  • Update: formatting of archive view templates, and add per-page attribute to the grid container;
  • Update: clean up some CSS in the archive grid section;
  • Fix: Infinite Scroll incorrect behavior;
== 1.1.15, September 25, 2018 ==
  • Update: optimize header animation in single views;
  • Update: improve performance of the sticky header;
  • Update: remove some unnecessary CSS in the Featured Content section;
  • Fix: resolve a \"scroll-linked positioning effect\" warning in Firefox;
  • Fix: header visibility issue when a single view page has been scrolled too fast;
  • Fix: share buttons (Jetpack) spacing issues;
  • Fix: spacing issues in the Author section;
  • Fix: some minor styling issues;
== 1.1.14, September 11, 2018 ==
  • Update: replace http with https in the meta data profile;
  • Update: add a better way to set the content width, based on the theme\'s design and stylesheet;
== 1.1.13, June 22, 2018 ==
  • Add: support for the Featured Content (Jetpack);
  • Update: add better accessibility to the comment links in archive view;
== 1.1.12, May 8, 2018 ==
  • Update: move functionality of skip-link-focus-fix.js file to the theme JS file;
  • Update: reduce number of http requests;
  • Update: reorganize and optimize the theme JS file;
== 1.1.11, April 25, 2018 ==
  • Fix: date format when populating datetime attributes;
  • Fix: move window.load outside of document.ready in the theme JS file;
  • Fix: optimize the theme JS file and improve performance by avoiding to call the ready event multiple times;
== 1.1.10, April 2, 2018 ==
  • Add: support for Jetpack Content Options;
  • Update: add better accessibility for the \"edit\" links;
  • Fix: do not display an empty footer element in single-page views;
  • Fix: some styling issues in single views;
== 1.1.9, March 20, 2018 ==
  • Add: optional sticky header functionality;
  • Add: Snapchat, Tripadvisor, Telegram and Yelp icons for the social menu;
  • Add: span tag around the archive title prefix so that the prefix can be hidden with CSS if needed;
  • Update: add mobile menu links using JavaScript;
  • Update: functionality of the theme updater;
== 1.1.8, October 25, 2017 ==
  • Add: additional social icons to the social menu;
  • Update: font icons to a newer version;
  • Update: optimize site header section and theme javascript file;
  • Fix: featured image jumping issue in single views;
== 1.1.7, October 16, 2017 ==
  • Add: escape functions to some translation strings;
  • Add: native navigation functions to the comment template;
  • Update: changelog information in readme.txt file;
  • Update: page formatting;
  • Update: optimize sidebar template by eliminating unnecessary checks;
  • Update: make the code more cleaner;
  • Update: provides proper semantic structure for site title;
  • Update: single header sections by moving all the checks to the function;
  • Update: refactoring the code in the google fonts function;
  • Update: optimize scripts function;
  • Fix: translatability of comments title;
  • Fix: only generate pingback url header tag when relevant;
  • Fix: add \'hfeed\' class only to non-singular pages;
  • Fix: script naming issue (toggle sidebar script);
  • Fix: display a sidebar class only in single views because archive views are not designed to display a sidebar;
  • Remove: fallback functions for older WordPress versions;
  • Remove: unused search content template;
  • Remove: superfluous check in the comment template;
  • Remove: unused styles from the theme stylesheet;
  • Remove: unnecessary arguments from the social menu;
== 1.1.6 ==
  • Update: the functionality of theme updater;
  • Fix: Getting Started page issues;
== 1.1.5 ==
  • Add: support for Recommended Plugins;
  • Fix: single view height issue;
== 1.1 ==
  • Add: support for a native Custom Logo option (Jetpack Custom Logo option has been removed);
  • Fix: several sanitizing issues;

Frequently asked questions

Ready to get Hermes to create a professional site but have a few question about the theme? Use our frequently asked questions to find answers.

Do I get free updates?

Yes, product updates are totally free! Each Themes Harbor purchase includes a full year of support and on-click automatic updates that can be done using a WordPress dashboard.

What is included in these updates?

Updates include general maintenance, security patches, performance and accessibility improvements, new features, bug fixes, and compatibility with new versions of WordPress and some third-party products.

What happens when my license expires?

Your theme will continue to work after your license expires. You are free to continue using the theme for as long as you like, but you will need to renew the license in order to receive support and updates.

Is license only valid for one site?

Yes, it is only valid for one domain and one WordPress site. You can install and use a theme on more than one site, but you won’t be getting any update notifications, supports and theme updates on them.

Is my site secure with your theme?

At Themes Harbor we take security very seriously. While security of your website depends on various factors, we are completely committed to making and keeping our themes as secure as possible.

What will I need to use this theme?

Like any website, you’ll need to have your own domain and have self-hosted WordPress installed on a web hosting of your choice. Also, we recommend Jetpack for additional features.

Will you customize theme for me?

Although we don’t provide custom work services for any of our themes, we do have amazing partners who are ready to take your project and professionally customize it to fit your needs.

Can you help with minor CSS changes?

Of course! We are happy to provide basic CSS tweaks with regards to simple changes on your WordPress site. However, for more advanced queries, please see our Customization page.

What’s your support policy?

Customer satisfaction is our top most priority. We take pride in providing our customers with professional and friendly support to ensure that our products suit their needs.

I still have questions. What to do?

If you haven’t found the answer to your question here, feel free to read our frequently asked questions or contact us, and we will do our best to answer your questions.

Customer reviews

We have this child theme for you, so you can save your valuable time and concentrate more on your business growth.

After screening hundreds of themes I’ve found Hermes: simple, cool, clean and nice. It fits perfect to my needs and after only one day building up the content my new site was on and is getting a very positive feedback from my customers. And: I’m a total web-newbie. The support, by the way, is quick and qualified!

Andreas Büter — Food & lifestyle coach

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