The Duke WordPress service includes several dozen themes adopted from the WordPress.org theme repository. Site owners can use these to change the design of their site. Different themes have different properties and may work better (or worse) with different plugins. Changing themes may substantially change the overall functionality of your site, so proceed with caution.
Given the wide variety of themes available, the Duke WordPress team does not provide detailed technical support for the multiple configurations possible in each theme. However, we are able to provide more support for a core set of themes that includes Arclite, Twenty Ten, and Coraline. We encourage new users to WordPress to begin with those themes.
Duke-branded themes are also available, inspired by the duke.edu Style Guide template developed by the Office of Marketing and Strategic Communications. The Duke-branded themes will reformat the display of any related sites when viewed on mobile devices.