Title: Pilcrow
Author: Automattic
Published: January 6, 2011
Last modified: September 15, 2026

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# Pilcrow

![Automattic Avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/73edc627541112a447e978843cf72f516bdbf6350e7cbac10016c71ab1b8c8a1?
s=24&d=mm&r=g)

[Automattic](https://en-au.wordpress.org/themes/author/automattic/)

![](https://i0.wp.com/themes.svn.wordpress.org/pilcrow/1.5.1/screenshot.png?w=post-
thumbnail&strip=all)

[Preview](https://en-au.wordpress.org/themes/pilcrow/preview/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/theme/pilcrow.1.5.1.zip)

 *  Version 1.5.1
 *  Last updated September 15, 2026
 *  Active installations 1,000+
 *  [Theme homepage](http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/pilcrow/)

Pilcrow’s 6 different layouts, with multiple sidebar configurations, four default
colour schemes, custom header images (using featured images in posts and pages),
and a customisable background, make personalising your blog a snap.

## Features

[Custom background](https://en-au.wordpress.org/themes/tags/custom-background/),
[Custom header](https://en-au.wordpress.org/themes/tags/custom-header/), [Custom menu](https://en-au.wordpress.org/themes/tags/custom-menu/),
[Featured image header](https://en-au.wordpress.org/themes/tags/featured-image-header/),
[Featured images](https://en-au.wordpress.org/themes/tags/featured-images/), [Microformats](https://en-au.wordpress.org/themes/tags/microformats/),
[Post formats](https://en-au.wordpress.org/themes/tags/post-formats/), [RTL language support](https://en-au.wordpress.org/themes/tags/rtl-language-support/),
[Sticky post](https://en-au.wordpress.org/themes/tags/sticky-post/), [Translation ready](https://en-au.wordpress.org/themes/tags/translation-ready/)

## Downloads per day

Active Installations: **1,000+**

## Ratings

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## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

[View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/pilcrow/)

## Report

Does this theme have major issues?

[Report this theme](https://make.wordpress.org/themes/report-theme/?rep-theme=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fthemes%2Fpilcrow%2F&rep-subject=Reported+Theme%3A+Pilcrow)

## Translations

This theme is available in the following languages: [English (Australia)](https://en-au.wordpress.org/themes/pilcrow/),
[English (Canada)](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/themes/pilcrow/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/themes/pilcrow/),
[Español de Colombia](https://es-co.wordpress.org/themes/pilcrow/), [Español](https://es.wordpress.org/themes/pilcrow/),
[Español de México](https://es-mx.wordpress.org/themes/pilcrow/), [Español de Venezuela](https://ve.wordpress.org/themes/pilcrow/),
[Galego](https://gl.wordpress.org/themes/pilcrow/), [Italiano](https://it.wordpress.org/themes/pilcrow/),
[Nederlands](https://nl.wordpress.org/themes/pilcrow/), [Shqip](https://sq.wordpress.org/themes/pilcrow/),
and [Svenska](https://sv.wordpress.org/themes/pilcrow/).

[Translate this theme](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-themes/pilcrow)

## Browse the code

[Development log](https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/log/pilcrow)

[Subversion repository](https://themes.svn.wordpress.org/pilcrow)

[Browse in Trac](https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pilcrow)

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