GeneratePress

Tom Usborne and staff go above and beyond to make sure problems and issues are solved in a timely manner! By far some of the better support and customer service I’ve ever experienced!!

I decided to invest first 30$ to give it a try. Well no disappointment, very easy to use, hools are great for further customizing, works with all plugins i already used to.
First experienxe building a website, was like 6 hours of work!
Thumbs up!

UPDATE: I’ve had to switch to another theme that let me build magazine-style frontpage without coding, but it wasn’t an easy decision for two reasons.

Reason 1: GeneratePress is a very good theme without unnecessary multitude of files and with all the right ones (like a dedicated .php to image attachments).

Reason 2. You will never find such thorough, speedy and up-until-solved support like with GeneratePress’ author Tom. He never leaves any support questions and requests either here or on his home page without a reply and solution. It is simply amazing. Even if you have any issues with GeneratePress you can be sure that you won’t be left alone.

INITIAL REVIEW: I’ve been running Generate Press theme for a day and have already run into several issues like conflict with minifying plugin (solved), images distortion (not yet solved), lack of breadcrumbs (their implementation is available in the paid upgrade).

On the other hand, it is nice looking and doesn’t come with many modules (business themes usually overdo with those) that look good in the demo but don’t work and are not used, still making the code and theme heavier. The code looks a bit cleaner.

I would have given this theme 4 stars, but its great support deserved it 5 stars. Just look into the support forums and you’ll see that there are not so many pages of topics and EVERY ONE of them is RESOLVED. Plus you can quickly try and catch Tom, the theme author, on the theme home page support forum. I have never seen a theme without a single unresolved topic.

So if you want a nice, clean and (guess) light-coded theme with EXCELLENT SUPPORT and are not afraid of little issues here and there definitely go for Generate Press.

I was immediately impressed with the functionality and flexibility offered by Generate Press… in a free theme. I was able to understand, use and customize the theme easily. Nothing more is needed to set up a great WordPress site.

But they aren’t just giving away a WordPress theme. The flexibility they offer for customizing Generate Press can be extended through Add-Ons. The user can select what they’d like more control over, such as Typography, and purchase Add-Ons to give them more control over that area. Users can purchase individual Add-Ons or buy them all. To purchase all Add-Ons costs no more than $30.

I like this marketing approach. I like the theme and I like the concept of Add-Ons.

But that isn’t what sold me.

I loaded some test data into Generate Press. All worked well with the exception of one issue. I contacted Tom Usborne to see if the issue could be resolved. In my opinion Tom went above and beyond to help a non-technical type (me) get the results he wanted. That kind of customer service is all too rare these days. I’m confident that I can set up my site and that help is available if I need it.

I’d give more than 5 stars if I could. Check them out… you won’t be sorry.

An indepth review:
I used this theme, and even bought the premium package.
This theme is for those looking for a custom blog, believe me, when you buy the GP Premium package, you won’t believe what your old, normal blog will look like. It is just super, uber beautiful.
Who must use this theme?.
Personal bloggers,
businesses,
photographers,
artists.
just about anybody.
why i bought the theme?
SEO friendly, with schema.org. google, Yahoo, bing love this markup, and what they love, ranks well.
speed: it is light and fast!
great support: the author is a busy developer, and yet has the time to answer my stupid questions, and is surprisingly patient.

then why the hell I am no longer using the theme?
I am working on a website that is more like a magazine, or news website. and GP is yet built for it.

other than this?, the theme is one of the best around!

Great theme and support! Thanks!

I am fairly new to the internet due to my generation. This is the most awesome theme out of somewhere around forty or so that I nave had dealings with. Due to the economy and the work I was in which took a total dump so I am having to reinvent myself not by choice. Going from building homes to building websites as been a hair pulling experience. I was building very fine home of custom nature. With this theme it brings back the pride of building things and brings back the feelings of pride that I miss so dearly! Thank you so much for this theme and I found it by accident or just maybe by fate! Thank you for bringing the feeling of pride back into my life. I still have a long way to go but it put the spark back into a life that almost felt worthless. I my mind it gets nine out of five stars!

Michael
Happy Trails To Where Ever They May Lead !!!
my autistic granddaughter whom I am raising just loves it and she smiles when she hears about it and she smiles rarely!

Have used this theme a couple of times now and really like it. There is a reason that there are so many 5 star reviews.

One of the greatest theme I have ever used. Has everything I need.
And the design is great.

I originally purchased GeneratePress and the Add-ons because I loved the minimalist design and great ease of customization options.

After owning the theme/plugin for half a year, I can say the support is even better. Tom responses to questions quickly and with friendliness. Simply go to GP’s Support Page [http://generatepress.com/support/] and see for yourself how fast and efficiently Tom gives advice and answers.

Couldn’t ask for a better developer.

Thank you for a super theme with all the trimmings.

Fab theme. Easy to get to grips with, even for a novice like me. Nice clean professional lines and the support is great too. Personal, fast and professional. Rod Mitchell, Freelance Copywriter.