Title: Essence
Author: Aaron D. Campbell
Published: July 28, 2011
Last modified: August 5, 2012

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# Essence

![Aaron D. Campbell Avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/87f8c2bbfabbae3462bbab2c83ce82763c7ff91bc632b64f3af7e24d929633f6?
s=24&d=mm&r=g)

[Aaron D. Campbell](https://vec.wordpress.org/themes/author/aaroncampbell/)

This theme **hasn’t been updated in over 2 years**. It may no longer be maintained
or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions
of WordPress.

![](https://i0.wp.com/themes.svn.wordpress.org/essence/0.2.1/screenshot.png?w=post-
thumbnail&strip=all)

[Preview](https://vec.wordpress.org/themes/essence/preview/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/theme/essence.0.2.1.zip)

 *  Version 0.2.1
 *  Last updated August 5, 2012
 *  Active installations 100+
 *  WordPress version 3.4
 *  [Theme homepage](http://essencetheme.com/)

Essence is an advanced WordPress Theme that is easy to use as a base to build your
own theme

## Features

[Custom background](https://vec.wordpress.org/themes/tags/custom-background/), [Custom header](https://vec.wordpress.org/themes/tags/custom-header/),
[Custom menu](https://vec.wordpress.org/themes/tags/custom-menu/), [Flexible Width](https://vec.wordpress.org/themes/tags/flexible-width/),
[Full width template](https://vec.wordpress.org/themes/tags/full-width-template/),
[Gray](https://vec.wordpress.org/themes/tags/gray/), [Microformats](https://vec.wordpress.org/themes/tags/microformats/),
[Post formats](https://vec.wordpress.org/themes/tags/post-formats/), [Right sidebar](https://vec.wordpress.org/themes/tags/right-sidebar/),
[Sticky post](https://vec.wordpress.org/themes/tags/sticky-post/), [Theme options](https://vec.wordpress.org/themes/tags/theme-options/),
[Threaded comments](https://vec.wordpress.org/themes/tags/threaded-comments/), [Translation ready](https://vec.wordpress.org/themes/tags/translation-ready/),
[Two columns](https://vec.wordpress.org/themes/tags/two-columns/)

## Downloads per day

Active Installations: **100+**

## Ratings

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## Support

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## Report

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## Translations

This theme is available in the following languages: [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/themes/essence/).

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[Development log](https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/log/essence)

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