Who is behind
Odie Themes

Who publishes this site

odiethemes.com is published by Odie Themes, an independent publisher of WordPress themes and tools. We are not a hosting company, an agency or a plugin vendor.

Our public track record is on WordPress.org: the Odie Themes profile on WordPress.org was registered in December 2019, and our first theme went live in the official theme directory in 2020. 5 of our themes are listed there today. You can also find us on GitHub at github.com/odiethemes.

Most WordPress content exists to sell you something at the end — a host, a plugin, a course. That changes what a page is willing to tell you. A site funded by hosting referrals will never quite explain that your slow site is slow because of the theme, and a plugin's blog will never quite conclude that you don't need the plugin.

What you will find here

Everything on the site is free to use and needs no account.

12 browser-based tools

Generators and calculators for jobs such as writing a wp-config.php or .htaccess file, choosing image sizes and reading PHP error logs. They run in your browser, so your files and settings are not uploaded.

• wp-config.php Generator
• WordPress .htaccess Generator
• WordPress WP_DEBUG Code Generator for wp-config.php
• WordPress Max Upload Size Fixer for php.ini & .htaccess
• Disable WordPress -scaled Images
• WordPress JPEG Quality Filter
• WordPress PHP Fatal Error Decoder
• WordPress Media Library Size Calculator
• WordPress robots.txt Generator with AI Crawler Toggles
• WordPress Search & Replace SQL Generator
• WordPress Image Size Lab
• WordPress theme.json Generator

31 troubleshooting guides

Most guides explain one specific WordPress problem, such as the white screen of death, blurry images after upload or posts returning 404 errors, and link to a tool that helps where one exists. A few explain a concept, such as theme.json or block versus classic themes.

3 reference pages

• WordPress Hooks Index
• WordPress Block Theme Template Hierarchy
• WordPress Image Sizes Cheat Sheet

9 WordPress themes

Classic themes published on WordPress.org and newer block themes you can download from this site, all licensed under the GPL.

• MagazineBook
• MagazineCraft
• NewsBook
• StoryBook
• GutenBook
• Quietype
• Ledger Docs
• Portfolio Plate
• Civic Brief

Our history

Odie Themes began as a theme publisher. Our classic themes (MagazineBook, MagazineCraft, NewsBook, StoryBook, GutenBook) were published in the WordPress.org theme directory between 2020 and 2022, and they are still there for anyone to install; see the Odie Themes profile on WordPress.org. The install counts and ratings quoted on this site are the figures WordPress.org reports.

The tools are newer. They exist because the answer to “what size should a WordPress featured image be?” is a number anyone can look up, and it still doesn't resize your image. Every tool here does the job rather than describing it, and every one of them runs entirely in your browser — so there is no server to pay for, which is precisely why there is no upload limit, no daily quota, and no paid tier waiting behind it.

How guides are written and kept up to date

• WordPress itself is the source. Guides explain what WordPress core actually does (which setting, file or function is responsible) and are based on WordPress's own code and documentation, rather than on recommending a plugin first.
• Checked before publishing. Code snippets, settings and steps are checked against a current WordPress release before a guide is published. Even so, back up your site before changing its files or database.
• Dated and revised. Every guide shows when it was published and, if it has been revised, when it was last updated. When a WordPress release changes the behaviour a guide describes, the guide is revised.
• Written in English, then translated. Guides are translated into the site's other languages. If a translation and the English original disagree, the English version is the reference.
• Corrections. Found a mistake? Email hello@odiethemes.com with the page address and what is wrong. Confirmed errors are corrected and the guide's update date changes.

How the site is funded

The tools, guides and themes are free, and there is no paid tier. The site is funded by advertising served by Google. We do not take hosting affiliate commissions, paid reviews or sponsored placements, so no advertiser decides what a guide recommends. How ad cookies work, and how to opt out of personalised ads, is explained in our privacy policy.

Contact

Email us at hello@odiethemes.com. For help with a theme listed on WordPress.org, its public support forum is the best place to ask, because the answer helps the next person too. More details are on our contact page.