Adept

v1.1.1

by Bill Heaton · updated 18 years ago

Adept is a versatile theme with a custom theme admin page to set colors, add your contact info and analytics tracking code. Adept is built for speed with seven widget positions; three in the sidebar and four in an exten…

Black Custom colors Fixed Width Gray Left sidebar Three columns White

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Active installs: 30+; As WordPress.org reports it

Total downloads: 21.7K; 21,732 all-time

Rating: –; 0 reviews

First released: Oct 3, 2008; 18 years ago

Adept at a glance

Adept is a WordPress theme by Bill Heaton with 30+ active installs. It has no reviews yet. Version 1.1.1 came out on Oct 12, 2008, more than 18 years ago. It was first released in 2008.

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Downloads over time

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0 downloads · the last 30 days

Adept Compare series

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Active installs band

30+ on WordPress.org

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Version history

Version: 1.1.1
Requires WordPress: –
Requires PHP: –
First released: Oct 3, 2008
Last updated: Oct 12, 2008
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Questions about Adept

How many websites use Adept?

Adept is active on 30+ WordPress sites, as WordPress.org reports it. WordPress.org rounds the number down, so the real count is somewhat higher.

How many times has Adept been downloaded?

21,732 times in total since 2008.

When was Adept last updated?

Version 1.1.1 came out on Oct 12, 2008 (18 years ago).

Is Adept still maintained?

Its last release was 18 years ago, so it may no longer be actively maintained.

What rating does Adept have?

No one has reviewed Adept on WordPress.org yet.

What are the best alternatives to Adept?

The themes most like Adept, by the tags they share, are GeneratePress (500K+), Blocksy (300K+) and Customizr (30K+). Compare all alternatives

Rank in its tags

Where Adept sits among listings with the same tag, in WordPress.org’s popular order.

Black– of 586
Leader: The Bootstrap
Custom colors– of 8,970
Leader: Twenty Twenty-Five
Fixed Width– of 777
Gray– of 361
Leader: Melos Business
Left sidebar– of 7,128
Leader: Astra

Why it ranks where it does

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Its search score has been falling since Apr 10, 2009, 180 days after its last update.

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Falling since 2009-04-10: more than 180 days without an update.
Resolved support threads×0.301
0 of 0 threads resolved in the last two months.
Rating×0.791of ×1.118
No ratings yet.
Active installs×1.122
Grows with the log of installs, so each band adds less.
Size penalty×0.726of ×1.000
Applied below 1M installs; shrinks as installs grow.

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Metric	Adept
Estimated installs	30+
Reported installs	30+
Rating	–
Reviews	0
Total downloads	21.7K
Author	Bill Heaton
First released	Oct 3, 2008
Version	1.1.1
Requires WP	–
Requires PHP	–
Last updated	Oct 12, 2008

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