Description
Ari – Minimalist Blog is a theme aimed at writers, food bloggers, and photographers, featuring a clean single-column layout, carefully crafted editorial typography, and support for post formats such as gallery, video, quote, and audio. Developed by Elmastudio, it combines a compact header, highlight area for images, and visual treatment designed for recipes and travel journals, with a customizer panel to adjust colors, fonts, and widgets without editing code.
Main Features
- Minimalist single-column layout
Structure focused on reading, with plenty of white space and clear typographic hierarchy. - Varied post formats
Native support for standard post formats, quote, gallery, video, audio, image, and link. - Galleries and featured images
Renders responsive galleries and high-resolution images with editorial treatment over the content. - Header with editorial identity
Centered logo, compact top menu, and dedicated area for blog presentation. - Expanded customizer panel
Allows adjusting colors, Google Fonts, footer layout, and widget areas through the WordPress customizer. - Fully responsive design
Adapts typography, menu, and galleries for tablets and phones while maintaining content readability.
Benefits of Ari – Minimalist Blog
- Full focus on content
The sober look places text and photos front and center, ideal for recipes and long narratives. - Quick everyday publishing
Structure ready for frequent postings without needing to build complex templates for each article. - Comfortable reading experience
Typography and spacing calibrated to increase time spent on posts. - Code-free customization
Visual identity changes are accessible for those without development experience.
Who Is It For?
- Food bloggers and recipe content creators who need to highlight food photos.
- Writers, travelers, and photographers who keep a visual diary or editorial blog.
- Creative professionals looking for a minimalist and elegant personal blog.
Designed for those who see the blog as a space for visual storytelling, Ari – Minimalist Blog organizes long texts, photo essays, and recipe collections into a sleek interface without decorative noise. It is the right base for authors who value refined typography, generous photos, and easy reading while keeping editing simple through the standard WordPress panel.
Frequently asked questions
Is Elmastudio Ari – Minimalist Blog GPL-licensed?
Yes. Elmastudio Ari – Minimalist Blog is distributed under the GPL (GNU General Public License). You may legally use, modify and redistribute it on as many sites as you want.
Can I use Elmastudio Ari – Minimalist Blog on multiple sites?
Yes. You can install Elmastudio Ari – Minimalist Blog on as many sites as you want. Only automatic updates through Ultrapack Auto Updater have a limit: from 3 to 80 sites, depending on the plan.
How much does Elmastudio Ari – Minimalist Blog cost at Ultrapack?
Elmastudio Ari – Minimalist Blog costs US$2.99 as a single purchase, and it is also included in the subscription plans starting at US$12/mo (VIP I).
Does Elmastudio Ari – Minimalist Blog include updates?
Yes. The current version of Elmastudio Ari – Minimalist Blog is 1.2, published at Ultrapack on Nov 21, 2017. Subscribers update straight from the WordPress dashboard with UAU (Ultrapack Auto Updater).
Is Elmastudio Ari – Minimalist Blog scanned before publication?
Yes. Every version of Elmastudio Ari – Minimalist Blog goes through a malware scan (ClamAV and YARA rules, at UltraHub) before it is published.
What changed in this version
Version 1.2
- General code update to keep theme compatible with current WordPress version
Version 1.1.2
- 1. Fixed overlapping footer issue if theme has a very long title (by adding a 70% width to the footer div).
Version 1.1.1
- 1. Removed hidden .ds_store (Mac) file in theme folder
Version 1.1
- 1. Bugfix for searchform widget beacuse the searchform widget was breaking the layout (had to delete unneeded closing div in line 99 of functions.php)
- 2. Added Swedish and French theme translations to the languages folder
- 3. Fixed images resizing for post thumbnails in Smartphone version (line 901 in style.css)
- 4. Fixed broken layout problem for long titels and site description.
- 5. Added permalink to post date so posts with no titles will still have a permalink.
- 6. Deleted display:block for img tag in line 81 and 394 of style.css, also fixes styles for aligncenter, alignleft and alignright to fix images problems.
- 7. Bugfix for post thumbnails so thumbnails can resize dynamically.
- 8. Fixed styles to display ul and ol lists in comments.
- 9. Deleted smoothscroll.js and the entire js folder to make the comments pagination work correctly.
- 10. Added styles for comments navigation (style.css line 650 - 658)
Version 1.0.8
- 1. Added Google+ and Vimeo to the Ari social links widget, fixed bugs in the debugging mode and added target=_blank"
- to the links so the social profiles can be opened esily in a new tab on mobile devices.
- 2. Bugfixes in comment form, therefore deleted code line "Comments Form Filters" in functions.php and added disply:block
- for input fields in style.css line 582.
- 3. Added support for post thumbnails (standard size 125px width).
- 4. Updated theme options page.
- 5. Added styles for sticky posts.
- 6. Bugfix for displaying smilies in posts.
- 7. Bugfix to resize logo image correctly within the left sidebar (important for viewing on smartphones)
Release notes published by the developer.
How to install
Automatic updates: this item is updated by the Ultrapack Auto Updater. With it installed, the new version shows up in your dashboard like any other WordPress update (how to set it up).
The file on this page is already the theme, ready to upload to WordPress.
- Download the file
ari.zip. - In the WordPress dashboard, go to Appearance > Themes > Add New > Upload Theme.
- Select the file
ari.zipand click Install Now. - Click Activate.
- If WordPress answers that no valid theme was found, the file is the developer’s full package and the theme is in a folder inside it. Extract the file on your computer, look for the folder that has
style.cssandscreenshot.png, zip that folder only and upload it again.
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