Fernlight began as a house theme for an editorial blog, then was rebuilt as a clean, generic, reusable theme for anyone who wants calm defaults and full control.
The idea
Most themes ask you to fight them. Fernlight tries to disappear: sensible spacing, a quiet palette, real typography, and templates you can shape in the Site Editor without touching code. It is opinionated about calm and agnostic about everything else.
Principles
Generic over bespoke. Site Editor over code. Reading over decoration.
Every decision in Fernlight bends toward those three lines.
Changelog
1.0.0
Initial public release: full-site editing, seven style variations, fifteen-plus block patterns, bundled fonts, and an optional companion plugin.
License & credits
Fernlight is free software under the GNU General Public License v2 or later. Cormorant Garamond and DM Sans are bundled under the SIL Open Font License. Built by softseasdigital.