Smol Themes

Maringue — a premium responsive, single-column theme

Static previews:

Header

Left sidebar

Right sidebar

Download code: Ko-fi

This is a single-column Tumblr theme with a choice between header, left or right sidebar, and body font (Google fonts) of your choice. Full support of npf posts. Optional dark/light mode toggle. Build in tabs for posts, about me and update tab - check out the previews.

Read features and notes below the cut

topline by wordbite

a responsive, single column sidebar theme with a slide-out! features custom fonts, icons, colours & post sizing / spacing. fully npf supported!

We’ve made some big updates to our Custom Theme documentation to help you create themes that support our Neue Post Format (NPF) and un-nested reblog UI.

What’s New:

Example theme markup – which includes our un-nested reblog UI.

Updated “Reblogs” section with explanations and examples of how to use the un-nested reblog UI in your themes in favor of the old blockquote representation.

Clarification on how to support NPF with existing theme variables.

In case you missed it, we’ve updated the Theme Garden to feature a collection of NPF-compatible themes (marked with a red star).

Want to learn more about how to customize your blog theme on web? Have a look at our Help Center article.

Learn more about how to submit your own themes to the Theme Garden for other people to use or purchase. Be sure to review our Theme Submission Guidelines beforehand! We’re looking forward to seeing your creations.

🎧 NPF audio player ⋆

On Tumblr's process of changing everything to NPF, staff has added metadata (details) to NPF audio inserts to reflect what was originally entered when it was posted. Unfortunately, they're unstyled for now, so I wrote a plugin that mimics the appearance of Tumblr's legacy audio player.

☆ Features:

functional play/pause buttons with customizable sizes and colors

[optional] preceding labels, e.g. "Track:" / "Artist:" / "Album"

[optional] placeholder text for empty fields, e.g. "Untitled Track"

shows album cover image if its comes with one, with customizable dimensions

customizable player padding and background color

☆ How to install:

Lover

Theme 1 Revamp by @eossa

The updated 2023 version of the revamp of my very first theme, Lover. This theme now fully supports the NPF format and new post types, such as polls.

In the last major update Tumblr did for posts (a while ago now), some post types were effectively deprecated, and they became (essentially) text-posts-and-a-thing, also known as NPF or Neue Post Format. This kind of made it a bit annoying to write themes for and cover, so let’s go over these real quick.

Banda Neira

Banda Neira is a minimal theme with a slick design that is similar to a notion page or macOS settings page. A redesign of the previous version made in 2016, was re-coded from scratch and supports all blog types.

Preview the blog and purchase ($9)

Features

Easily choose among “simple” layout, “notion” layout, or masonry layout. This can be configured on the customization page. For more information, please go here.

Responsive layout and looks good on mobile screen

Support dark mode (the toggle button can be hidden/shown)

Search bar and social media buttons

Dashboard-like reblog chain posts

Support NPF posts

Unlimited custom links as you want through Tumblr pages

Sticky Note Widget and Music Widget (optional)

Highlighted photos

Localizations

Credits

no.js photosets by annasthms and espoirthemes

npfPhotosets() plugin by codematurgy

customaudio.js by annasthms

Expanded Tumblr localization by codematurgy

Minimal Soundcloud player by shythemes

Tabby (lightweight, accessible vanilla JS toggle tabs) by cferdinandi

Monumen

Monumen is a personal theme that is designed for all blog types. This theme comes with options that can turn a simple layout into a grid layout that’s perfect for photo-heavy blogs! Looks good for showcasing your works.

Preview the blog and purchase ($9)

Features

Responsive layout and looks good on mobile screen

Easily choose between a “simple” layout or masonry layout. This can be configured on the customization page. For more information, please go here and customization guide here

Support dark mode (the toggle button can be hidden/shown)

Search bar and social media buttons

Dashboard-like reblog chain posts

Support NPF posts

Unlimited custom links as you want through Tumblr pages

Highlighted photos

Localizations

Disqus Comments

Twitter integration

Credits

Header image and icon by heikala

no.js photosets by annasthms and espoirthemes

npfPhotosets() plugin by codematurgy

customaudio.js by annasthms

Expanded Tumblr localization by codematurgy

Minimal Soundcloud player by shythemes

Tabby (lightweight, accessible vanilla JS toggle tabs) by cferdinandi

Premium Theme - Spring Again

Live Preview ⬩ Static Preview Buy £20

A fully responsive, art journal inspired grid theme. Recommended for photo blogs but also supports all blog types.

Sidebar features

polaroid image

music player

filmstrip (showing either your own photo uploads or your top Tumblr posts)

scheduler box

social media box

extra info box

Blog features

fixed post size

custom fonts and font sizes (compatible with google fonts)

auto link pages with 3 additional custom links

dashboard style captions

supports new post types

search bar

responsive layout

Notes:

theme user guide here

Nyiur

Nyiur is a header Tumblr theme for writing-heavy blogs. It’s simple and clean with readable fonts. A good theme for writers and blogger, but not limited for others. A redesign of my old theme that was made in 2016, under the same name.

Preview blog and install here

Features

Responsive layout and looks good on mobile screen.

A built-in search form to help you find what you are looking for.

A dark mode toggle button to switch between dark and light mode for your blog, the dark mode comes with a predefined color scheme (optional)

A featured posts using tag system. You can use this to highlight your favorite post. Just tag your post with “featured” and it will be automatically shown (optional).

A table of contents that is dynamically generated from the heading post. You can use this feature by tagging your post “posts text” and it will be generated on the permalink page.

Localizations.

Dashboard-like reblog chains.

Credits

no.js photosets by annasthms and espoirthemes

tumblrControls.js by rachaelthemes

npfPhotosets() plugin by codematurgy

Twitter – Themes by Rachael

Static Preview // More Info + Download

Twitter is a free Tumblr theme inspired by the Twitter profile page.

Uses Tumblr’s full-width controls and search bar

Post Sizes: 400px, 500px, 540px, 600px

Font Sizes: 14px, 15px, 16px, 18px

Color Scheme: Default (Light), Dim, Lights Out, Accent (Light), Accent (Color), Tumblr (Blue), Tumblr (Dark)

Header: 4 different styles (default, remove avatar, remove header image, or remove both images)

Bio: Location, Link, Birthday, and Pronouns (all optional)

Sidebar: Updates, Full-Size Image, Suggested Blogs, and Trending Tags blocks (all optional and can be edited or removed)

Endless scroll, image borders and/or rounded corners, show/hide tags, and verification badge options

Unlimited custom links (first 3 page links can have custom icons)

Custom titles for Home, Ask, and Submit links

Theme 41

static preview | code ( pastebin, github )

Features:

responsive

400px, 500px, 540px post sizes

custom fonts and font sizes (compatible with google fonts)

auto link pages with 3 additional custom links

like / reblog buttons

supports new post types

dashboard style captions

optional show captions / tags

optional monochrome posts

optional spinnable menu wheel

search bar

sidebar image ( width: 150px )

Premium Theme: Dimple

Preview | Buy ($12 USD)

Everything for this theme can be easily customized without going into the HTML

Theme Features

Post Width Options: 400px - 540px

PNG Sidebar Image: 400px x 612px

Icon: 100px

Right Sidebar w/ Navigation Links 

4 Body Font Choices

2 Accent Colors

Description Font Size Input

Tags Font Size Input

Posts Margin Input

Optional Box Shadows

No scrollbar shows on this theme

Dashboard Unest Captions

Custom Tumblr Control in Right Sidebar

Normal Tumblr Control will show on Permalink Page

Slide Out Navigation Feature

Nav Sidebar Image:  260px x 230px

Profile Section

4 Custom Links

A Music Section

Social Media Section

4 Sideblogs Section

4 Color Palette Section

Currently: Watching, Reading, Studying Section

:: Additional Info ::

Go to my credits page for sources

Optimized For Google Chrome

Responsive via Desktop Only

Keep Credit Intact

Do not steal, claim, redistribute, tweak, or use as base code

Check out @solocodes for more free & premium themes + resources!

Support me on Ko-fi! Join my discord server here.

shadows theme by Mephistia

A dark theme inspired by black and doom metal.

preview 1 | preview 2 | get the code

Features:

Responsive / mobile friendly

Header or sidebar layout

Navigation tab/menu with pages as links

Custom nav tab image and text

Big post widths (450px, 500px, 540px, 600px, 650px, 700px)

5 colors

Toggle grayscale images (normal on hover)

5 font sizes

Google Fonts

Pagination

Terms of use:  

Don’t remove/edit the credits pls 💗

Don’t use as base code

Don’t steal parts of the code

Edit only for personal use (don’t redistribute!)

Don’t claim as yours (you can state you made modifications)

Please like/reblog if you’re willing to use it!

Don’t hesitate to send an ask if you have any doubts!

Credits and guide below the cut!

III | THE SWEET INSOMNIAC PROJECT by undeadmagikarp

previews ( DAY VER | NIGHT VER | SUNSET VER ) // code

Three-part theme beginning with a landing page, then a post section, and finally an optional built-in ask page

Solid colour background (day ver), singular image background (night ver), or three-piece background (sunset ver)

20+ colour options

2 custom links

Crosshair cursor

Option of 250px, 400px, or 500px posts

Option for monochrome posts

Option to hide captions 

For help in customizing between the different versions of this theme, please refer to this post. 

addict/obsess: bookshelf page by @taezs

made for the @codingcabin new year new theme english word color challenge, the page uses #ADD1C7 and #0B5E55. check the source code for preview & download. please like/reblog if using, and let me know if there’s any issues.