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Editorial Minimalist

Quire

Quire is an editorial theme for ateliers, architecture practices, and boutique studios that want a quieter, print-inspired feel online. A real WebGL film-grain shader sits over imagery, giving photography the texture of a printed plate instead of a flat digital file. Page changes use the native cross-document View Transitions API for continuity between pages, and a magnetic image preview follows the cursor to surface work as you browse.

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Highlights

  • WebGL film-grain + chromatic-aberration shader
  • Magnetic cursor-following image preview
  • Cross-document View Transition morphs
  • Warm editorial serif art direction

Overview

An editorial theme for ateliers, architecture practices, galleries, and boutique studios that would rather be quiet than loud. Warm ivory paper, ink, and a single clay accent — no glass, no glow, no neon.

A high-contrast serif carries the display type; scroll-driven clip-path reveals unveil the work. The signature moves are a magnetic cursor-following image preview on inline text links, a real-time WebGL film-grain + chromatic-aberration + liquid-distortion shader applied directly to photography, a synthetic depth-parallax pass on the hero, and a native cross-document View Transition that morphs a work-index thumbnail into its case-study hero on navigation.

WebGL film-grain shader Cross-document View Transitions Magnetic image preview

What's included

  • Full theme source — every template, style sheet & script
  • One-click demo importer (idempotent, no page builder)
  • Live Customizer controls for copy, colours & content
  • Translation-ready .pot file + RTL stylesheet
  • HTML documentation + a CHANGELOG file
  • Lifetime updates + 6 months support (renewable)

Specifications

WordPress5.6 – 7.0
PHP8.0 – 8.3
BrowsersChrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge (latest)
LayoutFully responsive, mobile → desktop
LocalizationTranslation-ready · RTL included
AccessibilityKeyboard-navigable · prefers-reduced-motion
Page builderNot required — native Customizer
LicenseGNU GPL v2 · single-site commercial

Release

v0.2.0 Quire is an editorial theme for ateliers, architecture practices, and boutique studios that want a quieter, print-inspired feel online. A real WebGL film-grain shader sits over imagery, giving photography the texture of a printed plate instead of a flat digital file. Page changes use the native cross-document View Transitions API for continuity between pages, and a magnetic image preview follows the cursor to surface work as you browse.

The complete, dated version history ships in the theme’s CHANGELOG file. Every purchase includes lifetime access to future updates.

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