Stoat

Key features

• Tiny ~ 103kb theme zip
• WordPress 7.0 ready, PHP 7, 8 ready
• Tiny JS, no page builder.
• ~15 KB of compressed CSS, one stylesheet.
• Self-hosted fonts via WordPress’s Font Library (WordPress 7.0+)
• Responsive, looks great on all devices
• Text/image logo
• Two menu locations: primary and footer.
• Beautiful typography + editor
• Wide-image + fullscreen image for writing
• Translation-ready.
• Toggle to show/hide most of things on blog/single post

FAQs

Is this theme free?

Yes, you can use it for your website, commercial and non-commercial purpose. However, you can’t redistribute it, resell it in any form.

Do i need to keep credit to withemes.com?

No, you don’t have to. But we’re thankful if you do ^^

Can I use it on wordpress.com?

WordPress.com requires a paid plain so you can install third-party theme and plugin. So yes, you can, but it requires paid plain, starting from Personal ($4/month)

Will you maintain/update it?

Yes, I use it for my personal site: miketran.net – so basically yes.

Changelog

Version 1.2.1 – Jun 23, 2026

- updated screenshot.jpg and documented the CC0 license/credits for the images used in it

Version 1.2 – Jun 19, 2026

- minor style refinements

Version 1.1.1 – Jun 09, 2026

- mobile menu open/close is now pure CSS + inline handlers; Esc and focus-trap moved to an optional js/a11y.js (Customize > Misc)
- removed the classic-editor toggle (use the official Classic Editor plugin instead)
- "disable pages in search results" now defaults off

Version 1.1 – Jun 08, 2026

- fix bugs when tested carefully

Version 1.0 – Jun 07, 2026

- initial release