--- title: "Compact Timeline Default Design" url: https://cooltimeline.com/demo/default-compact-timeline/ date: 2025-11-10 modified: 2026-09-21 lang: en author: "cpsatinder" description: "Compact Timeline (Default Design) Design Compact Vertical Timeline Discover a compact timeline style created as a vertical timeline via shortcode, ideal for displaying content in a streamlined format. Cool Timeline..." image: https://cooltimeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/compact_timeline_default_design.jpg word_count: 184 --- # Compact Timeline Default Design **Compact Timeline (Default Design) ** # Design Compact Vertical Timeline Discover a compact timeline style created as a [vertical timeline via shortcode](https://cooltimeline.com/doc/vertical-timeline-shortcode/), ideal for displaying content in a streamlined format. ![cool-timeline](https://cooltimeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/icon-cool-timeline-150x150.png) ### Cool Timeline Pro [ Deafult ](/demo/default-compact-timeline/) [ Flat ](/demo/flat-compact-timeline/) [ Classic ](/demo/classic-compact-timeline/) [ Elegant ](/demo/elegant-compact-timeline/) [ Clean ](/demo/clean-compact-timeline/) [ Modern ](/demo/modern-compact-timeline/) [ Minimal ](/demo/minimal-compact-timeline/) [ Buy Plugin ](/plugin/cool-timeline-pro/#pricing) Default Skin Dark Skin Light Skin #### Default Skin (Default Design) [WordPress Launched](https://cooltimeline.com/timeline/wordpress-launched/)[![WordPress Launched](https://cooltimeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/wordpress.org-2.jpg)](https://cooltimeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/wordpress.org-2.jpg)May 27@photomatt and Mike Little launched @WordPress as a fork of… [Read More](https://cooltimeline.com/timeline/wordpress-launched/) [WordPress Version 1.0](https://cooltimeline.com/timeline/wordpress-version-1-0/)[![wordpress](https://cooltimeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/wordpress-2004.png)](https://cooltimeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/wordpress-2004.png)May 09WordPress 1.0 was released. [Branding](https://cooltimeline.com/timeline/branding/)[![Branding](https://cooltimeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Free-Personal-Branding-WordPress-Themes.png)](https://cooltimeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Free-Personal-Branding-WordPress-Themes.png)Dec 08WordPress 2.0 was released. @wordpressdotcom was launched. @automattic was founded.… [Read More](https://cooltimeline.com/timeline/branding/) [First @WordCamp](https://cooltimeline.com/timeline/first-wordcamp/)[![First @WordCamp](https://cooltimeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Add-a-heading-1.png)](https://cooltimeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Add-a-heading-1.png)Mar 01First WordCamp was held in San Francisco. Automattic filed the… [Read More](https://cooltimeline.com/timeline/first-wordcamp/) Page 1 of 6 1 [2](https://cooltimeline.com/demo/default-compact-timeline/page/2/) … [6](https://cooltimeline.com/demo/default-compact-timeline/page/6/) [**](https://cooltimeline.com/demo/default-compact-timeline/page/2/) **Shortcode** (Above timeline uses this shortcode) :- ` [[cool-timeline layout="compact" designs="design-1" skin="default" category="wordpress-history" based="default" show-posts="4" order="ASC" icons="icon" animations="fade-up" story-content="short" read-more="show" content-length="10" line-filling="true" timeline-title="" year-label="hide" year-navigation="show" navigation-position="right"]] ` #### Dark Skin- (Default Design) [WordPress Launched](https://cooltimeline.com/timeline/wordpress-launched/)[![WordPress Launched](https://cooltimeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/wordpress.org-2.jpg)](https://cooltimeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/wordpress.org-2.jpg)May 27@photomatt and Mike Little launched @WordPress as a fork of… [Read More](https://cooltimeline.com/timeline/wordpress-launched/) [WordPress Version 1.0](https://cooltimeline.com/timeline/wordpress-version-1-0/)[![wordpress](https://cooltimeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/wordpress-2004.png)](https://cooltimeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/wordpress-2004.png)May 09WordPress 1.0 was released. [Branding](https://cooltimeline.com/timeline/branding/)[![Branding](https://cooltimeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Free-Personal-Branding-WordPress-Themes.png)](https://cooltimeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Free-Personal-Branding-WordPress-Themes.png)Dec 08WordPress 2.0 was released. @wordpressdotcom was launched. @automattic was founded.… [Read More](https://cooltimeline.com/timeline/branding/) [First @WordCamp](https://cooltimeline.com/timeline/first-wordcamp/)[![First @WordCamp](https://cooltimeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Add-a-heading-1.png)](https://cooltimeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Add-a-heading-1.png)Mar 01First WordCamp was held in San Francisco. Automattic filed the… [Read More](https://cooltimeline.com/timeline/first-wordcamp/) Page 1 of 6 1 [2](https://cooltimeline.com/demo/default-compact-timeline/page/2/) … [6](https://cooltimeline.com/demo/default-compact-timeline/page/6/) [**](https://cooltimeline.com/demo/default-compact-timeline/page/2/) **Shortcode** (Above timeline uses this shortcode) :- ` [[cool-timeline layout="compact" designs="design-1" skin="dark" category="wordpress-history" based="default" show-posts="4" order="ASC" icons="icon" animations="fade-up" story-content="short" read-more="show" content-length="10" line-filling="true" timeline-title="" year-label="hide" year-navigation="show" navigation-position="right"]] ` #### Light Skin- (Default Design) [WordPress Launched](https://cooltimeline.com/timeline/wordpress-launched/)[![WordPress Launched](https://cooltimeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/wordpress.org-2.jpg)](https://cooltimeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/wordpress.org-2.jpg)May 27@photomatt and Mike Little launched @WordPress as a fork of… [Read More](https://cooltimeline.com/timeline/wordpress-launched/) [WordPress Version 1.0](https://cooltimeline.com/timeline/wordpress-version-1-0/)[![wordpress](https://cooltimeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/wordpress-2004.png)](https://cooltimeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/wordpress-2004.png)May 09WordPress 1.0 was released. [Branding](https://cooltimeline.com/timeline/branding/)[![Branding](https://cooltimeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Free-Personal-Branding-WordPress-Themes.png)](https://cooltimeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Free-Personal-Branding-WordPress-Themes.png)Dec 08WordPress 2.0 was released. @wordpressdotcom was launched. @automattic was founded.… [Read More](https://cooltimeline.com/timeline/branding/) [First @WordCamp](https://cooltimeline.com/timeline/first-wordcamp/)[![First @WordCamp](https://cooltimeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Add-a-heading-1.png)](https://cooltimeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Add-a-heading-1.png)Mar 01First WordCamp was held in San Francisco. Automattic filed the… [Read More](https://cooltimeline.com/timeline/first-wordcamp/) Page 1 of 6 1 [2](https://cooltimeline.com/demo/default-compact-timeline/page/2/) … [6](https://cooltimeline.com/demo/default-compact-timeline/page/6/) [**](https://cooltimeline.com/demo/default-compact-timeline/page/2/) **Shortcode** (Above timeline uses this shortcode) :- ` [[cool-timeline layout="compact" designs="design-1" skin="light" category="wordpress-history" based="default" show-posts="4" order="ASC" icons="icon" animations="fade-up" story-content="short" read-more="show" content-length="10" line-filling="true" timeline-title="" year-label="hide" year-navigation="show" navigation-position="right"]] `