Andreas Hecht March 13th, 2016

Sunday Advice: 10 Cool, Free WordPress Themes

WordPress friends love their content management system. To some extent, this is due to so many free and beautiful themes that exist in the official theme index. The sheer amount of themes makes the choice significantly more challenging. That's why we're regularly picking ten cool, free WordPress themes for you to make your blog or website look neat and fresh again.

Ten Cool, Free WordPress Themes in a Brief Overview

1 - Tribal

Tribal WordPress Theme Tribal considers itself a special theme for photographers. Of course, you can also use it for portfolios and personal blogs, when you are inclined to have an individual website. The background and the colors can be adjusted.
  • Created by: Rohit Tripathi
  • License: Free for personal and commercial use | GNU General Public License
  • Prepared for translations: Yes
  • Demo: Tribal Demo
  • Download on WordPress

2 - SuperMag

SuperMag Theme SuperMag is a magazine-like news theme which can be adjusted to personal needs very well. Change the theme's colors with just one click. A slider and a couple of widgets round off the picture. The theme is prepared for the use of advertisement. Header, footer, sidebar, front page, and the internal areas of the theme can be adjusted. The theme offers a lot for being a free version of a news theme.
  • Created by: Acme Themes
  • License: Free for personal and commercial use | GNU General Public License
  • Prepared for translations: Yes
  • Demo: SuperMag Demo
  • Download on WordPress

3 - Businesso

Businesso Theme Businesso is a fresh and modern business theme. However, it can be used in other areas as well, as you can adjust it to your personal needs very nicely. Even personal blogs and portfolio websites are no problem with this theme.

4 - AcmeBlog

AcmeBlog Theme The AcmeBlog theme perceives itself as a professional blogging theme. It offers a slider and has a large variety of customization options in the WordPress theme customizer. Layout, design, and color adjustments can be made comfortably.
  • Created by: Acme Themes
  • License: Free for personal and commercial use | GNU General Public License
  • Prepared for translations: Yes
  • Demo: AcmeBlog Demo
  • Download on WordPress

5 - Pencil

Pencil The Pencil-Theme is the right choice for personal blogs. The customization is rather limited. A neat slider enhances the landing page. Background and logo can be altered as well.
  • Created by: Acme Themes
  • License: Free for personal and commercial use | GNU General Public License
  • Prepared for translations: Yes
  • Demo: Pencil Demo
  • Download on WordPress

6 - Curiosity Lite

Curiosity This theme offers a truly individual design, as it has the looks of an old newspaper. Additionally, you can adjust many things to your desires as Curiosity offers a lot for being a free theme. The background and the colors can be changed, and the theme comes with unique widgets for the footer.

7 - Olsen Lite

Olsen-Light Olsen Lite is a minimalist theme for bloggers. It provides a couple of additional widgets, for example for the integration of social networks, a theme customizer with many options, and a solid Instagram integration. Furthermore, it is prepared for SEO.
  • Created by: Anastis Sourgoutsidis
  • License: Free for personal and commercial use | GNU General Public License
  • Prepared for translations: Yes
  • Demo: Olsen Lite Demo
  • Download on WordPress

8 - Illustrious

Illustrious Illustrious is a theme made for portfolios. However, it could also be used for business websites in theory. The theme is also prepared for the following, popular plugins: WooCommerce, Yoast SEO, WPML, and Contact Form 7. The background and the header can be edited to meet your requirements.

9 - Aqueduct

Aqueduct The Aqueduct theme wants to be perceived as a professional magazine theme, and can be adjusted in a variety of ways. Header, logo, background, and colors can be customized with just a few clicks. The landing page can easily be edited via drag and drop. Furthermore, 50 Google web fonts are provided for your personal typography wishes. Of course, colors and logo can be altered as well. The theme offers scheme markup for search engine optimization and is prepared for the popular plugins WooCommerce and BBPress.
  • Created by: Aumkar
  • License: Free for personal and commercial use | GNU General Public License
  • Prepared for translations: Yes
  • Demo: Aqueduct Demo
  • Download on WordPress

10 - FotoGraphy

FotoGraphy FotoGraphy is a unique theme for professional photographers, but it can also be used for freelancer's portfolios. However, its advantages become evident mainly at the professional level. In FotoGraphy, many different landing page layouts, gallery layouts, as well as blog designs can be chosen. There are plenty of settings. (dpe) Featured Image by WebFactory Ltd on Unsplash

Andreas Hecht

Andreas Hecht is a journalist and specialist for WordPress and WordPress Security. He roams the web since its inception. He has published an ebook on WordPress Security, which you might want to take a look at.

2 comments

  1. Superman looks great, I bet combined with Visual Composer that would be a great solution for anyone looking for a magazine theme.

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