If you’re creating a blog on Squarespace there are a handful of templates that are recommended by Squarespace. All templates allow you to create a blog but these have specific features that blog and magazine-style layouts.

When choosing a template, Squarespace advises that “all of our templates are starting points” and to “pick your template based on design, not functionality.” In other words, choose the template that has the closest look and feel to what you want for your own website. The visual elements like content, fonts, colors, and styles can be customized after you sign up.

Question:

“I’m moving my blog to Squarespace, I just need a theme that’s pretty web-accessible and just simple. I want my posts in a listing, no grid and I’m just trying to do text, not too much images. Let me know if you have any suggestions based on those parameters.”

Answer:

Start here. These are the most minimal Squarespace blog templates. They’re all variations of the same core theme so if you see elements from you that you want to get rid of you can just delete them.

1. PULASKI

It doesn’t get any simpler than this. A blog and a contact page. Switch up the palette and fonts and you’ve got something unique in just a few minutes.

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2. PALMERA

Palmera has a couple more pages to get you started including a shop.

There are thumbnail images on the blogs but all of this can be deleted from the demo.

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3. GROVE

Grove is a throwback to the Native template. Again, super simple. Delete the images and start from scratch.

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4. Skye 7.0 Template

“Make your blog soar on Skye, a template that gives your readers a streamlined yet immersive browsing experience on a clean and balanced grid layout.”

Skye is a magazine style grid layout that’s perfect for lifestyle, travel and food blogs. The template family includes Tudor, Foundry, Indigo and Ready.

Blog features include thumbnail tiles, infinite scroll, and author profiles.

Style: grid
Sidebar: blog
Share button: advanced
Page banner: no
Post banner: yes
Related posts: yes

5. Farro Template

Farro is similar to Brine but is tailored “for bloggers, news sites, and anyone who publishes a large volume of content.”

Blog features include thumbnail tiles, infinite scroll, and author profiles.

Style: grid
Sidebar: no (checkout the sidebar plugin)
Share button: advanced
Page banner: yes
Post banner: yes
Related posts: yes
Infinite scroll: yes

6. Brine template family

Brine is a popular commerce template that can makes for a dynamic blog. There are a few blog specific features that are not native to this template like a sidebar, infinite scroll, or banner images on your blog posts.

Style: grid/list
Sidebar: no (checkout the sidebar plugin)
Share button: advanced
Page banner: yes
Post banner: no (add a post banner here)
Related posts: no
Infinite scroll: no

7. Native template

Brine is a popular commerce template that can makes for a dynamic blog. There are a few blog specific features that are not native to this template like a sidebar, infinite scroll, or banner images on your blog posts.

Style: grid/list
Sidebar: no (checkout the sidebar plugin)
Share button: advanced
Page banner: yes
Post banner: no (add a post banner here)
Related posts: no
Infinite scroll: no

8. Five template

Brine is a popular commerce template that can makes for a dynamic blog. There are a few blog specific features that are not native to this template like a sidebar, infinite scroll, or banner images on your blog posts.

Style: grid/list
Sidebar: no (checkout the sidebar plugin)
Share button: advanced
Page banner: yes
Post banner: no (add a post banner here)
Related posts: no
Infinite scroll: no

3rd Party Templates

The templates above are included with your Squarespace plan. If you’re looking for a more original or custom design there are 3rd party design kits that allow you to create your own “theme” on top of the existing templates then checkout this collection of templates for sale.

Miss the old 7.0 templates? Browse them all again here.