If you’re searching for the best WordPress theme for food blogs, Olive is designed to make your recipes shine while making blogging feel inspiring and FUN again. You deserve to have a website that reflects your style, builds trust with your readers, and gives your recipes and stories the spotlight they deserve.
I’m so excited to introduce the Olive WordPress theme–a Kadence child theme–and my favorite theme I’ve ever made in all of my 13 years of designing WordPress themes (yes, I shed a tear on launch day!) She’s a true labor of love, crafted with food bloggers like you in mind.
Because I know you’re already busy doing a million things: developing and testing recipes, writing blog posts, editing photos, filming content, growing your email list… and you’ve just added “redesign my blog” to your never-ending to-do list.
You definitely don’t have time to waste hours wrestling with a theme that doesn’t work for you or figuring out which theme will actually help you stand out and grow your food blog.
The Olive Theme for Food Blogs is Both Beautiful and Strategic
When I was designing Olive, these were my three biggest goals:
I wanted to create a theme that feels fresh and inspiring. A theme that sparks ideas, simplifies your workflow, and makes you look forward to writing and sharing your next blog post. When your site reflects your unique style, you feel confident inviting readers in and building a community around your recipes.
But design isn’t just about looking pretty! It’s about creating a space that makes readers want to stay, explore, and come back for more. Readers might come for the recipes, but they’ll judge your blog by its cover, so to speak. A well-designed food blog builds immediate trust and keeps readers around, whereas a poorly designed one will lose traffic no matter how great the recipes are.
Olive was designed to combine both beauty and brains:
With Olive, you don’t have to choose between pretty and powerful. You get both.
Kind Words About Olive
One of my favorite things is hearing how Olive has helped other bloggers bring their vision to life.
Erin from Olives for Dinner shared:
“When I saw the Olive theme, I was floored! Everything in the theme is beautifully designed, well thought out, and fun! It’s everything I wanted for my blog, and I just feel so polished and professional now. Plus, Carissa is the sweetest and answered my questions so patiently and clearly. Her tutorials make customizing a breeze, and I couldn’t be happier about my decision to go with this theme! I was in such a blogging rut… now I am so excited about blogging again!”
That’s enough to make me cry (happy tears!)
Olive’s Best Features You’ll Love
Every feature in Olive was designed to help food bloggers save time, show up professionally, and share recipes beautifully. There’s so many features I couldn’t possibly fit them all into this blog post, but here are a few standouts:
3 Homepage Layouts to Choose From
Yep, Olive includes three curated homepage designs that you can mix and match using the included block collection.
Automatic Subcategory Filter + Sort
If any of your blog categories have child categories, Olive will automatically add a “Sort by” menu in the archive header so your readers can narrow results and find what they need quickly.
Recipe Snippet + Star Ratings in the Post Header
Display snippets (jump to recipe, jump to video, pin it button) and recipe star ratings right in your post header to boost click-throughs. Compatible with WP Recipe Maker.
Custom Recipe Card for WP Recipe Maker
Olive is fully styled to integrate with WP Recipe Maker, giving your recipe cards a clean, modern look that matches the rest of your site and adapts flawlessly to any screen size.
Large Block Collection
Access 15 page templates, 20 versatile blog post blocks, and 60 pre-built sections all from one collection.
Simply click to drop in post blocks, post categories, image + text blocks, affiliate product carousels, opt-in forms, FAQs, lists, and more into any page or post.
Great for tweaking page layouts or building your own pages.
Beautiful Blog Post Blocks
From FAQs to numbered lists, Olive’s pre-designed blog post blocks make it easy to format your blog posts beautifully– no design experience needed.
Free Canva Templates
When you purchase the Olive theme, you also get access to 6 free logo templates that you can edit and customize in Canva. I’ve also included the Ebook device mockup for the opt-in form that you see on the homepage.
Built With Monetization in Mind
If you’re hoping to grow your blog into a source of income, Olive supports your monetization goals from the start. Olive was built to be the best WordPress theme for food blogs that want to grow their audience and income.
Ready For a Fresh New Look?
Olive is available now in the Hearten Made shop! If you’ve been searching for the best WordPress theme for your blog, I truly believe Olive is the one that will make you feel proud to share your site.
A Final Note From Me
If you’ve been stuck staring at a theme that just doesn’t feel like you…
If your recipes are buried in cluttered layouts or your site feels slow, outdated, or hard to manage…
You don’t have to settle.
Olive was made to help you share your recipes, your story, and your vision– both beautifully and strategically.
I truly believe Olive is the best WordPress theme for food blogs that want to stand out and grow. Whether you’re ready to give your entire blog a fresh start or just want something that finally works with you (not against you), Olive is here to grow with you.
Have questions? I’d love to help. Just get in touch with me here and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can!