As if it wasn’t already feature-packed enough, the latest version of The Abundance Theme offers a facility for uploading theme images straight from the WordPress admin instead of via FTP. In addition, you can now use an image in the central sheet area, tiled across, down, both or not at all.

It’s no longer necessary to edit theme files in order to configure excerpts if the default configuration isn’t appropriate for your needs. Now you can define excerpt length as well as image or video … read more

Most magazine-style themes draw their homepage and archive images from custom fields added to each post by the user as they’re written. This can be a time-consuming process, particularly if you’re using a plugin (Amazon Autoposter, for example) to create many posts automatically. It’s also a step that a lot of newcomers find confusing, and if you’re building websites to sell them you can find that even more of your time is eaten up in answering queries on the procedure.

In contrast, the Abundance theme uses a simple script to draw the first image … read more