WPlaybook’s Recommended Personal WordPress Blog Theme (2026 Edition)
Hello, this is WPlaybook. Many people search for WordPress personal blog theme recommendations when starting a blog with WordPress. So today, we’d like to introduce the ALL100 theme—a WordPress theme designed specifically for personal blogs, created by WPlaybook—and guide you through how to install it.
Recommended WordPress Personal Blog Theme
WPlaybook’s ALL100 theme is highly recommended for those who are just starting their blogs with WordPress.
The ALL100 theme is a free theme designed to help you achieve perfect scores (100 in all 4 areas) on Google PageSpeed Insights when following WPlaybook’s WordPress blog setup guide step by step (Clean Start).
It was created and named with the idea of helping you start your WordPress blog from a more optimized and advanced position than others.
Theme Preview
You can check out the WPlaybook ALL100 theme at the link below. The ALL100 theme includes the three essential pages every blog should have: Home, Blog, and About.
Advantages and Features
The WPlaybook ALL100 theme is built using the Kadence theme, which is my personal favorite. In my opinion, Kadence is much easier to use than other themes and is the best option for allowing you to focus solely on writing blog posts.
Additionally, the WPlaybook ALL100 theme replicates the post list layout and sidebar structure from my own blog, StatisticsPlaybook. The reason for this is simple — through countless experiments, I’ve already figured out how to place ads most efficiently and effectively within this structure.
How to install
1. Download the Theme File
Download the WPlaybook ALL100 theme file.
Click the link to download the all100-version1.1.zip file.
2. Install and Activate the Kadence Theme
To use the WPlaybook ALL100 theme, you must first install the Kadence theme. Think of the WPlaybook ALL100 theme as a customized structure layered on top of the Kadence theme. This type of setup is known in technical terms as a “child theme.”
In your WordPress menu, go to Appearance > Themes > Add New Theme, and search for the Kadence theme.
After clicking the install button, wait a moment until the Activate button appears. Click Activate. Then, at the top of the screen, you’ll see an option to install the Kadence Starter Templates plugin, which will assist in setting up the ALL100 theme.
3. Install the ALL100 theme
The next step is to install the ALL100 theme file.
Go to Appearance > Add Themes > Upload Theme, then install the ALL100 theme file you downloaded earlier, as shown in the image below.
Once the installation is complete, a screen will appear asking whether to activate the theme. Click Activate to activate the ALL100 theme.
- If a 404 Forbidden error appears during this step, it means the firewall installed on the ChemiCloud server is blocking external file installations. Temporarily disable ModSecurity in cPanel, then proceed with the installation.
Remember to turn the firewall back on after installation to protect your blog.
Next, click on Kadence’s Starter Templates, then select the ALL100 Theme Starter.
After selecting the ALL100 Starter, you’ll see a screen like the one below. Along with the theme, three additional plugins will be installed. One is Kadence Blocks (required), and the other two are plugins we believe are essential during the initial blog setup.
Click Finish and Launch to start your blog.
If the installation is successful, you’ll see a confirmation screen like the one below.
In Conclusion
Today, we introduced the ALL100 theme — a WordPress personal blog theme made by WPlaybook — and walked through how to install it.
Great job following along! If you’ve made it this far, you’re practically done.
Your blog is probably already scoring close to perfect on PSI (PageSpeed Insights)! Just take care of a few final optimization settings, then start writing right away!
At WPlaybook, we’ve created a community for users of this theme.
We ask questions, share answers, and grow together every day.
Come join us and grow together!
