Announcing WallpaperHub 2.0

WallpaperHub has been rebuilt from the ground up with a new look and new features and is available today!

With such a big change to the site I wanted to bring about a refresh of the site’s logo too and here it is!

The Featured Wallpapers and Popular wallpapers remain on the homepage but are now joined by lists of Tags, Top Collections and Top Creators, the Creator list even shows which people have new wallpapers. All of this should make discovering new wallpapers easier with fewer clicks and less exploring of the site.

Finally, I know!

When viewing all Wallpapers you now have a choice of views; Small Grid, Large Grid and Studio (yes, like Surface Studio 😉). You can see more of the wallpaper before clicking it or downloading it. In Studio View you can even use the arrow keys to move left and right.

The second new feature I want to talk about is the Download Button.

With the old site the “Download” button would only give you the largest resolution available for a wallpaper which means you’d end up downloading a large 4500x3000 image even if you had a 1080p resolution.

If, for a single wallpaper, you want to download a different size you use the new drop down menu that presents all available resolutions.

By default this new button will still offer the largest wallpaper size, once you’ve set a different default value you’ll get that size instead (or the largest size if your choice isn’t available). The default download size is specified in the new Setting area of the site…

In order to make changes to your WallpaperHub experience, including using the Light or Dark Theme or specifying your Default Download Resolution, there is a new Settings area that can be found in the top right of the page.

On mentioning themes Dark Theme is still the default, don’t worry.

You might have spotted some UI improvements in the screenshots already but every element of the site has been recreated and refined from the existing design.

Carousels now have improved controls to scroll left and right on desktops but remain touch friendly. The Acrylic effect is still there (some browsers don’t support it though), mobile UI has been completely changed and there’s even a new design to indicate when multiple versions of a wallpaper are available and even a flyout effect when you hover over it

WallpaperHub has always been free to use and it will continue to be, but if you are able to then any amount of support will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you to everyone who helped with this, especially those that beta tested and gave me feedback.

Before you ask, I do not have any news about bringing this to the Microsoft Store but it is a PWA so you can install it.

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