Hybrid is a user-friendly, search-engine optimized theme framework, featuring 18 custom page templates and 9 widget-ready areas, allowing you to create any type of site you want.
Like WordPress, this theme is completely free and open source. You can use it for your client work or for a blog about your grandchildren. It is continuously being developed and has a community growing around it.
Get the theme
Go ahead and give the theme a try. Also, please take a moment to give Hybrid a rating on the themes repository.
| Version | Demo | Download |
|---|---|---|
| Version 0.6 | Demo | Download |
Tutorials & Documentation
While I do encourage people to ask questions and participate in the support forums, it’s always a good idea to check here for your answer first. There’s loads of useful information about using the theme.
The basics
Although Hybrid is a theme framework, it’s not really hard to use if you understand the basic philosophy behind how it works.
- Getting started (how to set up the theme)
- Child themes (customize your theme the smart way)
- Supported plugins
Working with theme settings
Want to know what all those theme checkboxes, input boxes, and select menus are for? Well, check out these tutorials.
- Theme Settings (set up your theme)
- Post and page settings (labeled Hybrid Settings)
- SEO (maximizing your SEO)
Setting up your widgets
Hybrid is packaged with widget areas. They’re all over the place.
- Widget Areas (where widgets go)
- Widgets (using widgets)
Hybrid-specific plugins
In addition to the multitude of options available for the theme itself, there are several Hybrid-specific plugins.
- Hybrid Tabs (tabbed widget)
- Hybrid Hook Widgets (adds additional widget areas)
- Hybrid Hook (user interface for working with action hooks)
Overriding Hybrid’s defaults
Although Hybrid takes care of nearly everything, there are times when you want to change how something works. The theme’s advanced action and filter hooks system makes it highly extensible.
- Navigation (customize your page menu)
- Action Hooks (actions hooks reference list)
- Filter Hooks (filter hooks reference list)
Got style?
These tutorials are dedicated to the visual aspects of the Hybrid theme and how you can mold your custom child theme into something greater.
- Styling Content (semantic classes)
- Visual Overview (theme structure, classes, and IDs)
- Stylesheets (available CSS files)
Page templates
There are 18 page templates with this theme. You can read the general overview of page templates or follow a guide for an individual template below.
- Daily
- Logged In
- Log In
- Monthly
- No Widgets
- Profile
Using image and file attachments
Hybrid handles image and file attachments like no other theme. It’ll actually play your uploaded videos and mp3s as opposed to doing nothing. You can read the general overview on attachments or view a specific tutorial below.
Miscellaneous
Great tutorials that I haven’t found a spot for yet.
- Images (how images work)
- Translating (how to translate the theme)
Templates
WordPress’ templating system is what makes it so unique among other platforms. It’s partially what allows Hybrid to be such an advanced theme — it takes advantage of this templating system.
- Categories (category archives)
