Philosophy

HoverCraft is an extremely lightweight, intuitive theme for websites that still actually need WordPress these days, like bloggers, newspapers, bbPress and WooCommerce sites, or unique plugin-driven systems. The goal is to make long-term maintenance as easy as possible, while avoiding the bloat and security risks that some WordPress themes became known for over the years.

“Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.” — Albert Einstein et al

Keep WordPress simple

If your project is still a good fit for WordPress these days, you're probably pushing out lots of articles or products on a regular basis, or running a more bespoke sort of website.

That means simplicity is critical. Fewer moving parts means fewer headaches, less downtime, and lower maintenance costs.

HoverCraft avoids page builders and heavy theme option systems. Instead, it resurfaces classic WordPress features like page templates, menus, and widget areas in clever ways designed for modern CSS.

With so many other options available these days, your WordPress theme should be easy to use.

Keep the theme focused

A WordPress theme should not try to do everything. HoverCraft handles layout and presentation using classic WordPress features, modern CSS, and settings in the Customizer while features that belong in plugins stay in plugins.

That keeps the theme smaller, easier to understand, and less likely to become a maintenance problem as WordPress evolves.

HoverCraft is free and open source with code available on GitHub.