Description
The Readable theme is aimed at authors, bloggers, and editorial publications, featuring a layout inspired by Medium and post templates with featured image, leading text, or sidebar. It allows organizing articles in clean reading layouts, incorporating author profile, highlighted quotes, embeds from YouTube, Vimeo, and social networks, as well as comments via Disqus for blogs with multiple contributors.
Main Features of Readable
- Post layouts
Includes formats with featured image, leading text, and sidebars. - PageBuilder SiteOrigin
Allows editing pages with drag-and-drop visual blocks. - Demo import
Replicates the theme’s initial appearance through the WordPress dashboard. - Author profile
Displays photo, name, description, and social links in articles. - Social embeds
Incorporates videos from YouTube, Vimeo, and social media posts.
Benefits of Readable
- More focused reading
Reduces visual distractions and keeps content centered on the page. - Faster publishing
Starts from ready-made layouts without requiring manual page design. - Clear editorial identity
Helps each author appear with context within the articles. - More blog interaction
Comments and embeds expand the conversation around published content.
Who Is Readable For?
- Those who publish long articles, essays, chronicles, or editorial content focused on reading.
- Bloggers who want to combine texts, images, quotes, and videos in clean pages.
- Publications with multiple authors needing to highlight profiles and organize content categories.
How to Download Readable
Readable is available for download here at Ultrapack. After downloading the .zip file, install it in Appearance > Themes > Add New > Upload Theme, select the package, and activate the theme in the WordPress dashboard.
Readable works well for projects where text needs to be the main element on the page without abandoning important editorial features. The combination of typographic structure, article templates, PageBuilder SiteOrigin, and author areas helps create an organized blog with predictable navigation and content that is easy to consume in different formats.
Frequently asked questions
Is ProteusThemes Readable – Blogging WordPress Theme Inspired by Medium.com GPL-licensed?
Yes. ProteusThemes Readable – Blogging WordPress Theme Inspired by Medium.com 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 ProteusThemes Readable – Blogging WordPress Theme Inspired by Medium.com on multiple sites?
Yes. You can use ProteusThemes Readable – Blogging WordPress Theme Inspired by Medium.com on multiple sites. The number of sites connected to Ultrapack Auto Updater is limited by your plan.
How much does ProteusThemes Readable – Blogging WordPress Theme Inspired by Medium.com cost at Ultrapack?
ProteusThemes Readable – Blogging WordPress Theme Inspired by Medium.com 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 ProteusThemes Readable – Blogging WordPress Theme Inspired by Medium.com include updates?
Yes. The current version of ProteusThemes Readable – Blogging WordPress Theme Inspired by Medium.com is 3.1.0, published at Ultrapack on Sep 2, 2026. Subscribers update straight from the WordPress dashboard with UAU (Ultrapack Auto Updater).
Is ProteusThemes Readable – Blogging WordPress Theme Inspired by Medium.com scanned before publication?
Yes. Every version of ProteusThemes Readable – Blogging WordPress Theme Inspired by Medium.com goes through a malware scan (ClamAV and YARA rules, at UltraHub) before it is published.
What are the requirements for the theme ProteusThemes Readable – Blogging WordPress Theme Inspired by Medium.com?
Requires PHP 8.2 or higher.
What changed in this version
Version 3.1.0 2026-07-24
- improved Twitter social icon now uses the X logo
Version 3.0.0 2026-06-17
- removed Dropped support for Internet Explorer 10 and 11
- removed Dropped support for PHP older than 8.2; PHP 8.2 or newer is now required
- fixed Custom widgets now register on the widgets_init hook, preventing early text-domain loading and related translation issues
Version 2.5.0 2025-04-15
- added ClevrBot to recommended-plugins list
Version 2.4.1 2024-10-15
- improved More robust against false theme_update transients
Version 2.4.0 2024-09-20
- improved Updated Bootstrap-Sass to 3.4.1
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
readable.zip. - In the WordPress dashboard, go to Appearance > Themes > Add New > Upload Theme.
- Select the file
readable.zipand click Install Now. - Click Activate.
Requirements: Requires PHP 8.2 or higher.
- 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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UAU Ready