Themes

Hear about our new church themes, discover new features for existing themes and see previews of WordPress themes in development.

Theme & Plugin Updates for WordPress 5.9

January 28, 2022
Steven Gliebe
Development, News, Themes

WordPress 5.9 is now available and we’ve made updates to each of our themes to maintain compatibility. These theme updates mainly concern block styling. Changes were made in WordPress 5.9 that required us to update our styling for blocks in the editor and on the frontend.

Update: Church Content plugin 2.6 was subsequently released on January 31 to resolve an issue with WordPress 5.9. Exodus 3.3.1 was released to resolve an issue with the Gallery template.

All-around Improvements (Update Now)

September 16, 2021
Steven Gliebe
Development, News, Plugins, Themes

Each of our themes and our Church Content Pro plugin have been updated for a better experience with WordPress 5.8 and PHP 8.

The core Church Content plugin did not need to be updated. Everything was reasonably compatible with WordPress 5.8 and PHP 8 before these updates so we waited a bit to release them after WordPress 5.8 came out in order to run through a list of minor bugs reported by users over the months. There are other improvements such as automatically linked phone numbers.

Updates for WordPress 5.7, Better Accessibility, Bug Fixes and Easier HTTPS

WordPress 5.7 is just around the corner. We’ve tested against a release candidate to ensure our themes and plugins are ready. Only a few small changes relating to blocks were necessary for maintaining compatibility. We took this as an opportunity to also improve accessibility and fix several bugs that were recently reported.

All Themes and Plugins Updated for WordPress 5.6

WordPress 5.6 is here. That means it’s time to update your theme and plugins to maintain compatibility. This version of WordPress updated the jQuery library, which broke our mobile menu buttons. Many jQuery events were also deprecated so we have replaced them. Please update your theme and plugins from us to keep your WordPress site humming along nicely.

Theme Updates for WordPress 5.5 and Bug Fixes

August 11, 2020
Steven Gliebe
Development, News, Themes

WordPress 5.5 is out. It has some neat new features like automatic updates for themes and plugins and in-block image editing. There are also changes to the block editor’s HTML markup which means it was necessary for us to update the styling for all of our themes in order to maintain compatibility with WordPress. This update also helps keep our themes’ dropdown menus working on newer versions of iOS for iPhone and iPad.

Theme Updates for WordPress 5.4

WordPress 5.4 has been released. Significant behind the scenes changes were made to the block editor. These changes required our themes to be updated. We prepare updates in advance using WordPress release candidates to help ensure that your site is ready for each new version of WordPress. You can update WordPress safely today. Just be sure to update your theme to the latest version as well.

Theme Updates for WordPress 5.3 Compatibility

November 12, 2019
Steven Gliebe
Development, News, Themes

WordPress 5.3 has been released. Today we’re releasing updates for all themes that make them compatible with WordPress 5.3. We recommend that you update your theme, the Church Content plugin and WordPress to keep everything working nicely together.

New Theme: Start Using Jubilee Today

October 22, 2019
Steven Gliebe
News, Themes

We are thrilled to announce the release of our newest theme, Jubilee. It’s colorful and trendy. It’s fast. It’s perfect for your church’s next website refresh.

It’s Our Birthday! Theme Updates, New Theme and WP Sermons

September 27, 2019
Steven Gliebe
Development, News, Plugins, Themes

We’re celebrating our sixth birthday this month. ChurchThemes.com launched as an independent theme shop in September of 2013. We’ve been committed to creating a continually smooth experience for you over these six years. In fact, we’ve released 190 updates to our themes and plugin during this time. We have more updates for you today and I also want to share with you about our new theme and work on a sermons plugin.

Take a Peek at Our Next Theme

August 16, 2019
Steven Gliebe
News, Themes

We’re working on our next WordPress theme for churches. It will emphasize color and feature organic shapes (with options for angled and square shapes). Here’s a quick teaser shot for you. The theme is still a work in progress but this captures its essence and I am hopeful that churches will enjoy refreshing their sites […]