Whispy

v1.5.5

by clashmedia · updated 13 years ago

Whispy is a sharp, lime-ish theme resting on the solid bones of Twenty Ten. Tweaked for improved SEO performance, it features an optional three-column template, optional no-header formatting and the ability to specify t…

Custom background Custom header Custom menu Editor style Fixed Width Microformats RTL language support Sticky post Threaded comments Translation ready

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Active installs: 80+; As WordPress.org reports it

Total downloads: 28.7K; 28,739 all-time

Rating: 5.0/5; 1 reviews

First released: Jan 21, 2013; 14 years ago

Whispy at a glance

Whispy is a WordPress theme by clashmedia with 80+ active installs. It’s rated 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review. Version 1.5.5 came out on May 12, 2013, more than 13 years ago. It was first released in 2013.

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Whispy Compare series

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Nov 1, 2026	0
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Oct 28, 2026	0

Unusual spikes are usually updates, not new installs.

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Active installs band

80+ on WordPress.org

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Date	Daily snapshot
Nov 9, 2026	80+
Nov 8, 2026	80+
Nov 7, 2026	80+
Nov 6, 2026	80+
Nov 5, 2026	80+
Nov 4, 2026	80+
Nov 3, 2026	80+
Nov 2, 2026	80+
Nov 1, 2026	80+
Oct 31, 2026	80+
Oct 30, 2026	80+
Oct 29, 2026	80+
Oct 28, 2026	80+
Oct 27, 2026	80+

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Ratings breakdown

5.0★★★★★1 reviews

5 ★1 (100%)
4 ★0 (0%)
3 ★0 (0%)
2 ★0 (0%)
1 ★0 (0%)

Requirements & info

Version history

Version: 1.5.5
Requires WordPress: 3.0
Requires PHP: –
First released: Jan 21, 2013
Last updated: May 12, 2013
Releases, last 12 months: …

Questions about Whispy

How many websites use Whispy?

Whispy is active on 80+ WordPress sites, as WordPress.org reports it. WordPress.org rounds the number down, so the real count is somewhat higher.

How many times has Whispy been downloaded?

28,739 times in total since 2013.

When was Whispy last updated?

Version 1.5.5 came out on May 12, 2013 (13 years ago).

Is Whispy still maintained?

Its last release was 13 years ago, so it may no longer be actively maintained.

What rating does Whispy have?

5.0 out of 5 from 1 review on WordPress.org.

What are the best alternatives to Whispy?

The themes most like Whispy, by the tags they share, are Twenty Sixteen (90K+), Twenty Fifteen (60K+) and Twenty Ten (50K+). Compare all alternatives

Rank in its tags

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

Custom background– of 11,066
Leader: Kadence
Custom header– of 8,611
Leader: GeneratePress
Custom menu– of 13,410
Leader: Twenty Twenty-Five
Editor style– of 7,917
Leader: Twenty Twenty-Five
Fixed Width– of 777

Why it ranks where it does

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Its search score has been falling since Nov 8, 2013, 180 days after its last update.

Last updated×0.000of ×1.000
Falling since 2013-11-08: more than 180 days without an update.
Resolved support threads×0.301
0 of 0 threads resolved in the last two months.
Rating×1.118
5 stars from 1 reviews.
Active installs×1.505
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	Whispy
Estimated installs	80+
Reported installs	80+
Rating	5.0
Reviews	1
Total downloads	28.7K
Author	clashmedia
First released	Jan 21, 2013
Version	1.5.5
Requires WP	3.0
Requires PHP	–
Last updated	May 12, 2013

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