WordPress is pushing two decades at this point, and a lot has changed since the very beginning in 2003. The platform has seen several User Interface (UI) advancements, and is forging ahead into 2019 with the Gutenberg Block Editor. Mobile responsiveness, which was an optional nice-to-have at one point, has gradually grown into a key feature of default WordPress themes.
In fact, WordPress has been influenced by a number of design trends throughout the years, as you can see by looking back at past default themes. Although some of them are now dated, there’s still a lot that can be learned about design by examining these pieces of WordPress history.
In this article, we’ll walk you through the default themes, starting at the beginning and ending with 2019 – or Twenty Nineteen as the theme is written out. We’ll highlight the key features of each, and explain how they all fit in with the history of WordPress development. Let’s get started!
