Overview
Twenty Twenty-Five is the default theme bundled with WordPress, published by WordPress.org itself. It was added to the directory in November 2024 to coincide with WordPress 6.7 and had reached the 1+ million active-installation band by November 2026, in part because it is activated automatically on new installations.[4] The reviewed version, 1.5, was updated on 20 May 2026 and requires WordPress 6.7 and PHP 7.2.[4]
It is a block theme: every template, including header, footer, archive and single-post layouts, is built from blocks and edited in the Site Editor rather than the Customizer. This model was introduced in WordPress 5.9 in January 2022 with Twenty Twenty-Two, which the project described as its first default block theme.[2] The directory description says Twenty Twenty-Five offers patterns for different page types, such as services and landing pages, templates ranging from text-focused to image-heavy blogs, and support for international typography and multiple colour palettes.[4]
The theme is tagged accessibility-ready and supports style variations, wide blocks and RTL languages.[4] It has no commercial upsell and no companion plugin. Its limitations are those of the block-theme approach in general: there is no WooCommerce-specific styling beyond what WooCommerce’s own blocks provide, and site owners who prefer drag-and-drop page builders tend to choose a classic theme such as Astra or Hello Elementor instead. Earlier defaults in the series (Twenty Twenty-Four and older) remain in the directory with large install bases but are superseded.
Twenty Twenty-Five features
- Full Site Editing templates and template parts
- Pattern library for services, landing and blog pages
- Multiple style variations
- Accessibility-ready tag
- No upsells or companion plugin
Twenty Twenty-Five pricing
Free; there is no paid version. Ships with WordPress core.
Twenty Twenty-Five strengths and limitations
Strengths
- No dependency on third-party plugins or premium add-ons
- Uses the current block-theme model with style variations
- Maintained by the WordPress project itself
- No upsell notices or locked features
- Fully editable in the Site Editor
- Accessibility-ready
Limitations
- Requires familiarity with the Site Editor
- Few store-specific templates
- No dedicated WooCommerce styling
- Fewer layout options than commercial multipurpose themes
- Requires a recent WordPress version (6.7+)
Appears in
Twenty Twenty-Five alternatives and competitors
Alternatives to Twenty Twenty-Five: companies ranked in the same lists.
Elementor
Astra
GeneratePress
Kadence
OceanWP
Blocksy
Extendable
Neve
Lightning- PopularFX
Royal Elementor Kit- Storefront
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