Adii has written a post today about some new video themes that have been released. He wonders if themes centered around video are about to be the hot new trend in WordPress design.

That’s a natural reaction but what I wonder is what ever happened to simple WordPress theme design? Are the days of easy to install and use themes gone?

I noticed this trend, and I’m sure all of you did as well, when the number of “magazine” style themes began flooding the theme sites. At first these themes were only premium items that required a fee but more and more of them are being released for free now as time moves on.

Is this a case of the market dictating more complicated and diverse themes for WordPress? Or are the WordPress designers losing site of what users really want?

I don’t have an answer to these questions yet but I sometimes think the old saying that “Less is more.” is a pretty good policy to have and that people are losing sight of that.