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Some more information for the curious: http://builtwith.com/wired.com

Their theme is called "Phoenix".

Being a "small time" WordPress developer I'm always fascinated by "big media" implementations of WordPress, and their decided upon hosting/server setup.

Can't say I'm thrilled with the new Wired.com design (those category icons...ouch), but it's always been somewhat of an ugly duckling, and I'm happy to see they're still taking changes.

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In a world where end-user nav is an afterthought and 'flat' is being slapped onto every site/app/ui despite readability or contrast issues, I'd say Wired's fugly as hell theme is par for the course. Perhaps even...an improvement.

How you discovered the theme? Tried searching for "Phoenix" on the page you linked but could not find.

In the source you can see that it links to /wp-content/themes/Phoenix/

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