Overview

Whatever you have to show the world, do it in style with Cedar. Featuring a professional minimalist layout, Cedar is a content-focussed WordPress theme that will organise your posts in one sleek column.

Offering a responsive design, custom blocks and blazing fast load times, Cedar is equipped with features that you need – and nothing that you don’t. Cedar includes a handy slide-out sidebar for important information and quick links, and allows you to customize everything from fonts to colors, menus to widgets, ensuring that you can make your website truly yours.

• Gutenberg and WordPress 6 Support
• Responsive Design (Mobile, Tablet & Desktop Friendly)
• Retina (High-Res) Ready
• Single-Column Layout
• Customizable Post Cover Images
• Customizable Post Cover Video (MP4/WebM)
• 9 Supported WordPress Post Formats
  • Standard Format
  • Aside Format
  • Status Format
  • Image Format
  • Gallery Format
  • Video Format
  • Audio Format
  • Quote Format
  • Link Format
• Drawer Navigation & Widget Sidebars
• Single & Multi-Author Support
• Performance Optimized (92+ Score on Google Speed Ranking)
• 100+ WordPress Theme Customizer Options (with Live Changes Preview)
• Social Profile & Sharing Integration
• Custom Header Images
• Next & Previous Post Navigation
• Unlimited Colors
• 700+ Google Fonts
• 2 Widgetized Drawers (Post and Pages)
• 12 Custom Widgets
  • Twitter Feed Widget
  • MailChimp Subscribe Widget
  • Blog Logo & Description Widget
  • Author Profile Widget
  • Latest Posts Widget
  • Related Posts Widget
  • Random Posts Widget
  • Navigation Widget
  • Social Share Widget
  • Author Social Profiles Widget
  • Blog Social Profiles Widget
  • AdSense/Advertisement Widget
  • + All WordPress Standard Widgets
• Multiple Custom Gutenberg Blocks
• AdSense & Advertisement Integration
• SEO Optimized (Valid Semantic Markup)
• Custom 404 Page
• Translation Ready (.pot files included)
• Detailed Documentation with Step-by-Step Guides
• Child Theme Support (Example Included)
• HTML5 / CSS3 / jQuery with Fallbacks
• Developer Friendly
• Gulp & Uncompressed SASS Source Files
• Included WordPress Compatibility & Feature Updates
• Included Theme Support (Support Site)

Support

We provide in-depth documentation detailing theme installation, feature usage, configuration options and demo setup. If you have any queries, bug reports or features requests, please submit a new ticket on our support site. We aim to answer all tickets within one business day.

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Changelog

03/10/2019 - v5.1.0
+ WordPress 5.2 Support
+ Added Primary Category Support
+ Improved 'Gallery' Post Format
+ Updated ‘Ecko Blocks'
+ Updated ‘Ecko Plugin’
+ Updated ‘Ecko Framework'
+ Updated Translations
+ Updated Documentation
- Minor Bug Fixes

10/01/2019 - v5.0.0
+ WordPress 5.0 Support (Release)
+ Gutenberg Editor Support (Release)
+ Added 'Ecko Blocks' Gutenberg Plugin
    + Added 'Accordion' Gutenberg Block
    + Added 'Contrast' Gutenberg Block
    + Added 'Progress Bar' Gutenberg Block
    + Added 'Status Message' Gutenberg Block
    + Added 'Tabs' Gutenberg Block
    + Extended 'Code' Gutenberg Block /w Syntax Highlighting
    + Extended 'Table' Gutenberg Block /w Responsive Data Labels
+ Added Performance Optimization Options
+ Added Gutenberg Editor Styles
+ Refactored PHP Code to WordPress Code Style
+ Transitioned to SVG Icon System
+ Transitioned to JSON-LD Schema via Schema Plugin
+ Improved 'Ecko Twitter' Widget
+ Added 'Telegram' Social Option
+ Added 'Medium' Social Option
+ Added 'Email' Social Option
+ Added 'RSS' Social Option
+ Added 'Messenger' Social Option
+ Added 'Strava' Social Option
+ Updated Post Share Options
+ Updated ‘Ecko Plugin’
+ Updated ‘Ecko Framework'
+ Updated Demo Import Content
+ Updated Child Theme
+ Updated Translations
- Minor Bug Fixes

22/11/2017 - v4.2.1
+ Updated Google Fonts
+ Updated ‘Ecko Framework’
+ Updated Documentation

16/11/2017 - v4.2.0
+ WordPress 4.9.X Support
+ Updated ‘Ecko Plugin’
+ Updated ‘Ecko Framework’
+ Updated Documentation

25/10/2017 - v4.1.0
+ Added Non-Gravatar Author Avatars Support
+ Added ‘Enable Title Scroll Fade’ Custom Page Option
+ Performance Improvements
+ Updated ‘Ecko Plugin’
+ Updated ‘Ecko Framework’
+ Updated Google Fonts List (800+ Fonts)
+ Updated Translations
+ Updated Documentation
- Minor Bug Fixes

29/03/2017 - v4.0.0
+ Refactored and Optimized CSS
+ Refactored and Optimized JS
+ Redesigned Shortcodes
+ Added Syntax Colour Schemes
+ Added Editor Styling
+ Added ‘Widget - Feature Post’
+ Added ‘Widget - EckoThemes Dashboard’
+ Improved Disqus Support
+ Improved Font Rendering
+ Improved Syntax Language Support
+ Improved Author Avatar Support
+ Updated ‘Ecko Framework’
+ Updated ‘Ecko Plugin’
+ Updated Translations
+ Updated Child Theme
+ Updated Documentation
- Removed ‘Vine’ Social Profile
- Minor Bug Fixes

11/11/2016 - v3.5.0
+ Added Social Profile Options
+ Updated ‘Ecko Framework’
+ Updated ‘Ecko Plugin’
+ Updated Documentation
- Minor Bug Fixes

07/08/2016 - v3.4.0
+ Updated ‘Ecko Framework’
+ Updated ‘Ecko Plugin’
+ Updated Documentation
- Fixed Image Optimization Bug
- Minor Bug Fixes

27/05/2016 - v3.3.0
+ Improved Syntax Highlighting
+ Updated ‘Ecko Framework’
+ Updated ‘Ecko Plugin’
+ Updated Documentation
- Minor Bug Fixes

09/03/2016 - v3.2.0
+ Updated ‘Ecko Framework’
+ Updated ‘Ecko Plugin’
+ Updated FontAwesome (4.5.0)
+ Updated Child Theme
+ Updated Documentation
- Minor Bug Fixes

27/12/2015 - v3.1.0
+ Added ‘Gallery’ Post Format
+ Added In-Dashboard Theme Update Functionality
+ Added Advanced Customizer Options
+ Added ‘Use Post Image as Frontpage Cover’ Option
+ Added EckoThemes Admin Info Page
+ Added ‘Envato Market’ Recommended Plugin
+ Improved Google Font Typography Options
+ Updated ‘Ecko Framework’
+ Updated ‘Ecko Plugin’
+ Updated Documentation
- Removed Obsolete Recommended Plugins
- Various Minor Bug Fixes

13/11/2015 - v2.2.0
+ WordPress 4.4 Compatibility
+ Updated ‘Ecko Plugin’
+ Updated ‘Ecko Framework’
+ Updated Child Theme
+ Updated Translations
+ Updated Documentation
+ Minor CSS Style Edits
- Various Minor Bug Fixes

18/09/2015 - v2.1.2
+ Updated Translations

10/09/2015 - v2.1.1
+ Updated Child Theme
+ Updated Translations
+ Updated Documentation
- Fixed Customizer Upload Bug

08/09/2015 - v2.1.0
+ Added Gallery Shortcode
+ Added Image Lightbox
+ Improved Disqus Comments Support
+ Improved Retina Image Support
+ Updated 'Ecko Framework'
+ Updated 'Ecko Plugin'
+ Updated TGM (v2.5.2)
+ Updated Documentation
- Various Minor Bug Fixes

01/07/2015 - v1.4.0
+ Added 'Show Latest Post on Cover' Option
+ Added 'Link' Post Format
+ Improved Disqus Plugin Support
+ Updated 'Ecko Framework'
+ Updated 'Ecko Plugin'
+ Updated TGM (v2.5.0)
+ Minor CSS Style Edits
+ Updated Documentation

10/06/2015 - v1.3.0
+ Added 728x90 AdSense/Advert Support
+ Added 'Advertisement 300x250' Widget
+ Added 'Random Posts' Widget
+ Updated FontAwesome (4.3.0)
+ Updated 'Ecko Framework'
+ Updated 'Ecko Plugin'
+ Minor CSS Style Edits
+ Updated Documentation
- Fixed Video Cover Overlap Bug

28/04/2015 - v1.2.2
+ Updated ‘Ecko Framework’

22/04/2015 - v1.2.1
+ Updated TGM Plugin Activation (2.4.1)

21/04/2015 - v1.2.0
+ Added 'Video Cover MP4 & WebM' Option
+ Added 'Video Cover Opacity' Option
+ Added 'Pattern Overlay' Option
+ Added 'Show Sticky Post on Cover' Option
+ Added 'Show Main Footer on Post Pages' Option
+ Added 'Soundcloud' Social Options
+ Added 'Copyright' Content Options
+ Improved Comment Date Formatting
+ Improved Image Gallery Styling
+ Updated 'Ecko Plugin'
+ Updated Documentation
- Various Minor Bug Fixes

31/03/2015 - v1.1.0
+ Added 'Post Background Image Opacity' Option
+ Improved Comment Styling
+ Improved Form Input Styling
+ Updated 'Ecko Plugin'
+ Updated Translations
- Various Minor Bug Fixes

18/03/2015 - v1.0.3
- Fixed Child Theme Shortcode Bug

18/03/2015 - v1.0.2
+ Image Alignment Improvements
- Fixed PHP 5.5 Compatibility Bug
- Various Minor Bug Fixes

17/03/2015 - v1.0.1
+ Updated 'Ecko' Plugin
- Various Minor Bug Fixes