Hugo theme ported from Eric Wadkins's personal portfolio site
wadkins — Hugo Portfolio Template
By profetia
Wadkins is a Hugo theme ported from Eric Wadkins's personal portfolio site, using a single-page layout to showcase personal projects and professional experience.
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Single-page layout, focusing on personal projects and professional work
Clean, minimalist visual design
Responsive layout, suitable for mobile and desktop
Customizable, with configuration referencing the example site's hugo.toml
Template Details
Wadkins is a Hugo portfolio theme ported from Eric Wadkins's personal portfolio site. It uses a single-page layout to display personal projects and professional work, aimed at developers, designers, and creative professionals. The theme emphasizes a clean, minimalist design and provides responsive layouts for mobile and desktop, while retaining room for customization.
Installation involves cloning the repository into the themes directory of a Hugo site and setting theme to wadkins in the site configuration file (such as hugo.toml). Configuration options can be referenced from the hugo.toml in the example site. The repository does not list specific dependency versions or build steps in the README; before actual use, it is advisable to check the repository files and the example site.
Regarding licensing, the repository uses the MIT license, allowing free use, modification, commercial use, and distribution of this version of the code; when distributing copies or substantial portions of the code, the original author's copyright notice and the full MIT license notice must be retained. Third-party assets such as demo images, fonts, and icons need to be checked separately under their respective licenses.
Is it right for your project?
Use Cases
- Developers building personal portfolio pages
- Designers showcasing projects and professional experience
- Creative professionals summarizing personal work in a single-page format
Suitable For
- Developers building sites with Hugo
- Designers needing a single-page portfolio layout
- Creative professionals wanting to quickly set up a personal work showcase page
Getting started & customization
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Create a themes directory in the Hugo site and clone https://github.com/profetia/wadkins.git
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Set theme = "wadkins" in the site configuration file (such as hugo.toml)
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Configuration options can be referenced from the hugo.toml in the repository's example site
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Third-party images, fonts, and icon assets need to be checked under their respective licenses
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Usage conditions & limitations
Free to use · keep license noticeThis entry covers the free version under the MIT license in the public repository; the free scope is for this version of the code and does not mean external services or third-party assets are free.
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- Allows free use, modification, commercial use, and distribution of this version of the code.
- When distributing copies or substantial portions of the code, retain the original author's copyright notice and the full MIT license notice.
- Code is provided as-is; warranties and liability limitations are governed by the original license and applicable law.
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Template Information
- Source platforms
- GitHub
- Documentation and maintenance reference score
- Partly documented · 74 / 100
- Technologies
- Hugo
- Website type
- Portfolio
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- 2025-07-20
- Screenshot last checked
- 2026-10-03
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Source file / repository# Wadkins - Portfolio Theme for Hugo Wadkins is a clean, responsive theme for Hugo, ported from [Eric Wadkins](http://www.ericwadkins.com/)'s portfolio site. It is designed to showcase personal projects and professional work in a single-page layout, making it ideal for developers, designers, and creatives. ## Features - Clean and minimal design - Responsive layout for mobile and desktop - Easy to customize - Single-page portfolio style ## Installation In your Hugo site, create a `themes` directory and clone the Wadkins theme: ```bash mkdir themes cd themes git clone https://github.com/profetia/wadkins.git ``` Then, add the theme to your site's configuration file (`hugo.toml`): ```toml theme = "wadkins" ``` ## Configuration You can refer to the `hugo.toml` file in the example site for configuration options.
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