Title: Highwind
Author: James Koster
Published: July 11, 2013
Last modified: December 27, 2014

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# Highwind

![James Koster Avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/94b5473c03a46cb204f0a868dfe65f8199ef483242814ec1bcaf6770ba90d203?
s=24&d=mm&r=g)

[James Koster](https://test.wordpress.org/themes/author/jameskoster/)

This theme **hasn’t been updated in over 2 years**. It may no longer be maintained
or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions
of WordPress.

![](https://i0.wp.com/themes.svn.wordpress.org/highwind/1.2.7/screenshot.png?w=post-
thumbnail&strip=all)

[Preview](https://test.wordpress.org/themes/highwind/preview/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/theme/highwind.1.2.7.zip)

 *  Version 1.2.7
 *  Last updated December 27, 2014
 *  Active installations 200+
 *  [Theme homepage](http://jameskoster.co.uk/highwind/)

Highwind is a lightweight, free WordPress theme designed to showcase content. It
features a clean, responsive design with a strong focus on typography, plus a bunch
of presentational options and widgetised regions allowing you to give your site 
a unique touch. View Documentation.

## Features

[Custom background](https://test.wordpress.org/themes/tags/custom-background/), 
[Custom colors](https://test.wordpress.org/themes/tags/custom-colors/), [Custom header](https://test.wordpress.org/themes/tags/custom-header/),
[Custom menu](https://test.wordpress.org/themes/tags/custom-menu/), [Featured images](https://test.wordpress.org/themes/tags/featured-images/),
[Full width template](https://test.wordpress.org/themes/tags/full-width-template/),
[Left sidebar](https://test.wordpress.org/themes/tags/left-sidebar/), [Light](https://test.wordpress.org/themes/tags/light/),
[Right sidebar](https://test.wordpress.org/themes/tags/right-sidebar/), [Sticky post](https://test.wordpress.org/themes/tags/sticky-post/),
[Theme options](https://test.wordpress.org/themes/tags/theme-options/), [Threaded comments](https://test.wordpress.org/themes/tags/threaded-comments/),
[Translation ready](https://test.wordpress.org/themes/tags/translation-ready/), 
[Two columns](https://test.wordpress.org/themes/tags/two-columns/), [White](https://test.wordpress.org/themes/tags/white/)

## Downloads per day

Active Installations: **200+**

## Ratings

 4.8 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  21 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/highwind/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  0 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/highwind/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  1 3-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/highwind/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  1 2-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/highwind/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  0 1-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/highwind/reviews/?filter=1)

[Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/highwind/reviews/#new-post)

[See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/highwind/reviews/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

[View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/highwind/)

## Report

Does this theme have major issues?

[Report this theme](https://make.wordpress.org/themes/report-theme/?rep-theme=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fthemes%2Fhighwind%2F&rep-subject=Reported+Theme%3A+Highwind)

## Translations

This theme is available in the following languages: [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/themes/highwind/).

[Translate this theme](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-themes/highwind)

## Browse the code

[Development log](https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/log/highwind)

[Subversion repository](https://themes.svn.wordpress.org/highwind)

[Browse in Trac](https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/highwind)

[Trac tickets](https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/query?keywords=~theme-highwind)

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