22 Fresh Free WordPress Themes (Edition: May 2016)
To get the month of May going in terms of creating we gathered fresh free WordPress themes for WooCommerce, real estate, portfolio websites, fashion, magazines, businesses, creative agencies, a multipurpose graphic website and more. Responsive design, clean and modern, minimal, and lazy load are just some features to highlight. Some of the following themes integrate tons of elements such as unlimited widgets areas, sidebars, navigation bars, sliders, boxed layouts, thumbnails, top search bars, calendars, excellent socials and a lot more.
This round-up of fresh free WordPress themes is particularly large as we have added two collections by the friendly people of Themeshock and ByPeople to the list. Never has there been more to explore than in the following post. Have fun!
Created by: ThemeShock
Features: More than 50 submissions, top-quality free WordPress themes, hand-picked from across the Internet for years, one-click download
License: Free for personal use
Created by: ByPeople
Features: More than 50 submissions, top-quality free WordPress themes, hand-picked from across the Internet for years, one-click download
License: Free for personal use
Created by: AlxMedia
Features: Neatly organized in several multisize thumbnail sections, perfect for news or magazine purposes, left sidebar for recent, or popular posts, and comments, right sidebar for what's hot section, responsive design
License: GNU GPL
Created by: AlxMedia
Features: Toggle fixed-width sidebar, related posts, and post navigation, featured story or slider, boxed layout, footer and header ads, standard post style, ultra-responsive, unlimited widget areas.
License: GNU GPL
Created by: AlxMedia
Features: Material Design-like header top navigation bar, fixed layout, regular pagination, bottom recent comments and posts list, nice socials and credits footer.
License: GNU GPL
Created by: AxlMedia
Features: Ultra-responsive, extensive styling options, post formats, unlimited widget areas, social links font selection flexible layout options, good SEO, and more
License: GNU GPL
Created by: AlxMedia
Features: Standard, grid, or list blog layouts, flexible and full-width carousel, related posts and posts navigation, ultra responsive, extensive styling options, post formats, unlimited widget areas.
License: GNU GPL
Created by: ecommercethemes
Features: Clean and crisp child theme, WooCommerce integration, Storefront must be installed before this theme, simple color palette, logo, favicon, and page layout options in customizer, and more.
License: GPLv2
Created by: Fruitfulcode
Features: Bootstrap responsive design, home, blog, documentation, and support pages, several types of posts, standard pagination, and more.
License: GNU GPL
Created by: CrestaProject
Features: Clean and minimal style, off-canvas right sidebar menu featuring a calendar, tag cloud, recent posts and comments, big thumbnails, glossy hover effects on featured images.
License: GPL
Created by: PhiRhythmus
Features: Minimal style, responsive design, single column layout, multiple pages, beautiful typography, lazy load, top search bar, off-canvas right sidebar menu.
License: Free for personal use
Created by: klasikthemes
Features: Base/ starter theme for quicker WordPress theme development, perfect for business, portfolio gallery, blog or personal, nine widget areas, eight custom widgets, full CMS control.
License: GPLv2
Created by: Invictus Themes
Features: Modern design, beautiful typography, carousel as a header, multipage layout, fading overlay descriptions on hover events, typical sidebars, several sections.
License: Free for personal use
Created by: Macho Themes
Features: Responsive layout, WooCommerce support, translation ready with WPML, flexible, one-page layout, creative design, line icons.
License: Free for personal use
Created by: Themefreesie
Features: Cross-browser compatibility, multiple layouts available, responsive design, SEO friendly, social media integrated, WooCommerce compatible
License: GPLv3
Created by: ThemeGrill
Features: Clean style, fully customizable, WooCommerce integration, several custom widgets for a professional online store, YITH, and WooCommerce Wishlist Plugin compatibility.
License: GNU GPL
Created by: Hardeep Asrani
Features: One-page parallax, perfect for profile & portfolio showcasing, services section, maps, contact form, testimonials, pricing tables, drag&drop page editor/builder.
License: Free for personal use
Created by: charlieasemota
Features: Clean minimal style, fashion blogs or websites, responsive layout, multiple language translations support, parallax effects, off-canvas menu.
License: GPLv2
Created by: Automattic
Features: Responsive layout, Pairs image and written content in tight together cards grid layout, full-width top header, perfect for restaurants, food blogs, photographers, and related.
License: GPLv2
Created by: Themely
Features: Responsive design, media content, smooth parallax effect, drag & drop reordering, toggle sections, translation ready, sticky navigation, contact form 7, and more.
License: GNU GPL
Created by: webdorado
Features: SEO-friendly, multipurpose, responsive layout, front-page builder, full-screen lightbox, slideshow, layout editor, jetpack, cross-browser compatibility, and more.
License: GPLv2
Created by: FameThemes
Features: Theme Customizer, complete localization, SEO optimized, custom page templates, browser, custom theme widgets, top notch support.
License: GPLv2
(dpe)
Featured Image by congerdesign from Pixabay
22 Fresh Free WordPress Themes (Edition: May 2016)
All these themes are free though some may have commercial variants available or require registration.Cool Soccer Blog Theme Collection
Created by: ThemeShock
Features: More than 50 submissions, top-quality free WordPress themes, hand-picked from across the Internet for years, one-click download
License: Free for personal use
Amazing Magazine Themes Collection
Created by: ByPeople
Features: More than 50 submissions, top-quality free WordPress themes, hand-picked from across the Internet for years, one-click download
License: Free for personal use
Typecore: Polished Magazine
Created by: AlxMedia
Features: Neatly organized in several multisize thumbnail sections, perfect for news or magazine purposes, left sidebar for recent, or popular posts, and comments, right sidebar for what's hot section, responsive design
License: GNU GPL
Kontrast: Responsive High-Resolution Magazine
Created by: AlxMedia
Features: Toggle fixed-width sidebar, related posts, and post navigation, featured story or slider, boxed layout, footer and header ads, standard post style, ultra-responsive, unlimited widget areas.
License: GNU GPL
Slanted: Colorful Blogging
Created by: AlxMedia
Features: Material Design-like header top navigation bar, fixed layout, regular pagination, bottom recent comments and posts list, nice socials and credits footer.
License: GNU GPL
Blogline: Classic Blog Design
Created by: AxlMedia
Features: Ultra-responsive, extensive styling options, post formats, unlimited widget areas, social links font selection flexible layout options, good SEO, and more
License: GNU GPL
Blogrow: Clean & Modern Personal Blog
Created by: AlxMedia
Features: Standard, grid, or list blog layouts, flexible and full-width carousel, related posts and posts navigation, ultra responsive, extensive styling options, post formats, unlimited widget areas.
License: GNU GPL
On Sale: Storefront for WooCommerce
Created by: ecommercethemes
Features: Clean and crisp child theme, WooCommerce integration, Storefront must be installed before this theme, simple color palette, logo, favicon, and page layout options in customizer, and more.
License: GPLv2
Zoner-lite: Modern Real Estate
Created by: Fruitfulcode
Features: Bootstrap responsive design, home, blog, documentation, and support pages, several types of posts, standard pagination, and more.
License: GNU GPL
Drento: Minimal and Essential
Created by: CrestaProject
Features: Clean and minimal style, off-canvas right sidebar menu featuring a calendar, tag cloud, recent posts and comments, big thumbnails, glossy hover effects on featured images.
License: GPL
Tanx: Beautiful Minimal Blogging
Created by: PhiRhythmus
Features: Minimal style, responsive design, single column layout, multiple pages, beautiful typography, lazy load, top search bar, off-canvas right sidebar menu.
License: Free for personal use
Klasik: Framework-like WordPress Theme
Created by: klasikthemes
Features: Base/ starter theme for quicker WordPress theme development, perfect for business, portfolio gallery, blog or personal, nine widget areas, eight custom widgets, full CMS control.
License: GPLv2
WP Flat White: Clean Blogging
Created by: Invictus Themes
Features: Modern design, beautiful typography, carousel as a header, multipage layout, fading overlay descriptions on hover events, typical sidebars, several sections.
License: Free for personal use
Kira Lite: Creative Agency
Created by: Macho Themes
Features: Responsive layout, WooCommerce support, translation ready with WPML, flexible, one-page layout, creative design, line icons.
License: Free for personal use
Freesia: Responsive Business
Created by: Themefreesie
Features: Cross-browser compatibility, multiple layouts available, responsive design, SEO friendly, social media integrated, WooCommerce compatible
License: GPLv3
eStore: WooCommerce Responsive
Created by: ThemeGrill
Features: Clean style, fully customizable, WooCommerce integration, several custom widgets for a professional online store, YITH, and WooCommerce Wishlist Plugin compatibility.
License: GNU GPL
Latte: One-page Portfolio
Created by: Hardeep Asrani
Features: One-page parallax, perfect for profile & portfolio showcasing, services section, maps, contact form, testimonials, pricing tables, drag&drop page editor/builder.
License: Free for personal use
Philomina: Fashion Website
Created by: charlieasemota
Features: Clean minimal style, fashion blogs or websites, responsive layout, multiple language translations support, parallax effects, off-canvas menu.
License: GPLv2
Dyad: Multipurpose Graphic Theme
Created by: Automattic
Features: Responsive layout, Pairs image and written content in tight together cards grid layout, full-width top header, perfect for restaurants, food blogs, photographers, and related.
License: GPLv2
Integral: Elegant Agency
Created by: Themely
Features: Responsive design, media content, smooth parallax effect, drag & drop reordering, toggle sections, translation ready, sticky navigation, contact form 7, and more.
License: GNU GPL
Sauron: Clean Multipurpose Theme
Created by: webdorado
Features: SEO-friendly, multipurpose, responsive layout, front-page builder, full-screen lightbox, slideshow, layout editor, jetpack, cross-browser compatibility, and more.
License: GPLv2
Codilight Lite: Modern & Clean Magazine
Created by: FameThemes
Features: Theme Customizer, complete localization, SEO optimized, custom page templates, browser, custom theme widgets, top notch support.
License: GPLv2
(dpe)
Featured Image by congerdesign from Pixabay
Truly engaging post with all the WordPress themes piled exceptionally well along with the features. However, I am unable to find more of photography themes. A short description on themes such as Twenty Fifteen, Oxygen, etc could make this post much engaging.