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A blog that keeps growing

3classic gives your writing a familiar home: a reading column, useful sidebars, and WordPress tools you already know.

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  • October 2026

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Category: Design Notes

Reading diagram showing generous margins and a comfortable text measure

Give words room

Good reading depends on the space around the sentence as much as the sentence itself. A note on line length, rhythm, and the quiet work of margins.

Read the story: Give words room →
  • October 31, 2026
  • Filed under: Design Notes

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Diagram showing a three-column desktop frame folding into a mobile reading view

Keep the story. Fold the frame.

A phone needs the same publication in a different frame. How 3classic keeps navigation, reading and context available across screen sizes.

Read the story: Keep the story. Fold the frame. →
  • October 31, 2026
  • Filed under: Design Notes

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A WordPress Classic Theme for personal blogs and small publications.

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GPL v2 or later. Published by wordpress.im.

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Recent Posts

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  • Give words room
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wordpress.im publishes independent WordPress themes and practical experiments in digital publishing. 3classic is our three-column Classic Theme for a blog that keeps growing.

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