{"id":301692,"date":"2017-04-13T10:42:46","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T08:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/designmodo.com\/?p=301692"},"modified":"2025-11-11T09:54:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T09:54:48","slug":"recital-wordpress-theme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/strictthemes.com\/articles\/recital-wordpress-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"Recital, a WordPress Theme to Complement Your Creativity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recital<\/a> is a theme by Strict Themes <\/a>aimed at bloggers<\/strong>, influencers<\/strong>, or artists<\/strong>, but will also be an excellent choice for anyone looking for a functional<\/strong> and streamlined<\/strong> WordPress theme. While it will fit many scenarios, the theme\u2019s primary purpose is to showcase your creativity without distractions.<\/p>\n

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Discovering Recital Theme<\/h2>\n

The included dummy content will get you up to speed quickly, so you\u2019ll get to know the theme\u2019s possibilities in a matter of minutes. After installing the dummy content, tweaking and updating the theme is easy.<\/p>\n

The Theme Panel interface is polished and functional. The concise, tab-based interface logically organized, so you won\u2019t have to hunt down settings. You won\u2019t have to spend a lot of time here, because once you\u2019ll set up your theme, everything works just as you\u2019d expect.<\/p>\n

Beautiful Simplicity<\/h3>\n

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The default dark color scheme looks great. I\u2019ve never been a fan of purple color schemes, but the author manages to strike a great balance between beauty and legibility. If it\u2019s too much violet for your taste, there is a light color scheme as well. In addition, I am quite a sucker for \u201cPuerto Rico,\u201d the secondary color. (Well, it\u2019s not exactly \u201cPuerto Rico,\u201d but it\u2019s enough for me.)<\/p>\n

Anyway, the styles can be customized with a virtually unlimited number of colors, and you can add custom styles on standalone .css file without needlessly overcrowding the header of HTML document.<\/p>\n

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The theme comes with support for HiDpi<\/strong> displays, so your media content will look equally stunning, no matter the device. Obviously, the theme is responsive and optimized both for widescreen displays as for smartphone screens.<\/p>\n

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Flexible and Powerful<\/h3>\n

Recital <\/a>includes three templates for blog pages and unlimited sidebar areas for the homepage, posts, pages and portfolio projects. Sidebars can be individually customized for different parts of your site. The predefined sidebars are more than enough for typical usage scenarios. Additionally, you can add custom sidebars for any post, page and project. For example, you may want to include a sidebar with your Flickr page as a photography showcase and a download sidebar for musical experiments. For an immersive experience, you could avoid using the sidebars altogether.<\/p>\n

The theme comes with two menus. You\u2019ll want to use the secondary one to display navigation elements for quick navigation and the main menu to showcase your portfolio. With the main menu you get some built-in social icons covering most social networks and services you may want to use. In addition to that, you can add custom social icons with ease.<\/p>\n

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In the footer area, there are seven layouts to chose from, so you can adapt them to your needs by adding quick links, a contact form, a map and even graphic content.<\/p>\n

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As you would expect, the logo can be both text or graphic. With Recital, you\u2019ve got all you need to promote your brand, guide users on your website and build a social following.<\/p>\n

For Elegance and Functionality, Choose Recital<\/h2>\n

For a theme geared to bloggers and artists, typography is essential. The author is following key typography principles in a balanced and legible manner. If the default fonts don’t suit your needs, you\u2019ve got more than 600+ Google Fonts to choose from, for a distinct and unique look.<\/p>\n

Elegance<\/h3>\n

And that\u2019s not all. The author bundled all the shortcodes <\/a>you need to deliver content that stands out. There are shortcodes for columns, drop caps for creative posts, accordions and tabs to keep your content organized, tooltips, alerts, notices or highlights to engage with users.<\/p>\n

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Furthermore, the theme comes with 100+ pixel-perfect glyphs, that can be used for beautiful visual experiences. The built-in portfolio layout comes with a neat lightbox plug-in to showcase graphic content.<\/p>\n

Recital is not only a beautiful theme, but it\u2019s also exquisitely elegant. For example, the \u201cnice date\u201d feature will display dates in an artistic way, without the dullness that comes with standard date formats. It\u2019s a subtle feature but adds classiness to posts.<\/p>\n

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Recital is optimized to deliver your content with style. You can choose from custom post formats<\/a>\u00a0such as:<\/p>\n