
Barton WordPress Theme
A premium WordPress theme for bloggers
Our most flexible theme, Barton’s Showcase feature gives you the option to build a one, two, or three-column layout on your Home Page. Feed in blog posts, or convert parts of your Showcase to widget areas. With three additional post feeds beneath, Barton is a powerhouse that will grow with all your content needs.
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Explore Barton Theme Demos
Barton’s hallmark feature is the Home Page Showcase. Use the Showcase to design a one, two, or three column layout at the top of your site, then add posts or widgets to each column. Explore our demos to see the Showcase in action!
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Explore Barton Theme Features

Home Page Showcase
Show off the content that matters with Barton’s unique Home Page Showcase. Use the Showcase to design a one-, two-, or three-column layout at the top of your site, and customize with posts or widgets.

Flexible Site Header
With three header layout options to choose from, you can display your logo centered or to the left, with your main navigation menu below the logo or in line with it.

Customizable Blog Feed
Create endless layouts for your content focus. Barton comes with three customizable blog feed sections and four blog post layouts to mix and match to your needs and style.

Change Your Fonts & Colors
Enhance your blog brand with easily customizable color and font options. Barton includes panels of color and Google font controls directly within the theme Customizer.

One Year Support & Updates
Your purchase includes one year of product updates and unlimited email support. Your license will auto-renew at a 20% discount for continued support and updates. Cancel anytime. Learn more.

Money Back Guarantee
We offer a no risk, 14-day money back guarantee. If you purchase from EmPress and don’t absolutely love it, simply submit a support ticket within 14 days of your purchase for a full refund. Yes, for real.
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Product Details & Specifications
- Fully mobile responsive theme files
- Built on our proprietary framework
- Does not require Genesis or Kadence
- Optimized to work with Gutenberg block editor
- Themes compatible with any modern web browser
- Use your own logo artwork
- Site favicon enabled
- Customizable Menus, with nested dropdown capability
- Includes optional scrolling/sticky navigation bar
- Compatible with LTK and ShopStyle widgets
- Free Pinterest hover button artwork (add with this plugin)
- Related Posts feature available on all blog posts
- SEO optimized
- Optimized for Retina displays
- One year of support and updates (learn more)
What’s Included
- Desktop and mobile responsive theme files, provided in .zip format
- Theme Documentation PDF
- 1-year of access to product updates, including feature updates and bug fixes, with active and valid license (View “Annual License” tab)
- Lifetime access to our online Help Desk
- Email support, with valid license. View the “Product Support” tab for more information.
Theme Requirements
- Requires WordPress.org. Our themes run on the self-hosted WordPress.org platform, and require a hosting plan, a domain name, and WordPress already installed, prior to upload. Learn more.
- WordPress.com user? Please note that all of our themes were designed and tested only for self-hosted WordPress.org sites. We may not be able to offer full support for WordPress.com customers. Learn more.
- On another platform? Sorry, this theme will not work on Blogger, Squarespace, Wix, or ShowIt.
Product Support
- Email Support. All theme and plugin purchases include a year of email support. Learn more
- Need help? Submit a support ticket and receive complimentary assistance within 2-3 business days (often sooner!)
- More help is just a click away! Our Documentation PDFs are chock full of information to help get you started. We’ve also built an extensive Help Desk, filled with all our WordPress know-how. And yep, access to our Help Desk is completely free.
- Extra credit reading. View our full support policy and terms of use.
Annual License
- Product Licensing. All products include a one-year license which auto-renews annually. Cancel auto-renewal at any time. Learn more.
- License Benefits. A valid license entitles you to one year of unlimited email support, and the latest version of your product.
- Renews Annually. Licenses auto-renew annually, providing you with continued access to email support and the latest version of your product. Or, cancel anytime, and continue using the current version of your theme as long as you’d like. Learn more.
Renews annually. Cancel anytime.