Top 100: Best Free WordPress Themes of 2014
Any website owner can relate to this. Sooner or later the design of your site starts to bore you, is outdated or lacks contemporary features. It's then when it's time for a damp wipe and fresh colors on the wall - in other words: bring on a new WordPress theme. As there are 2,975 themes in the official repository alone, plus a load of free themes by the big premium theme providers, finding the right theme for you is not easily accomplished. We did all the work for you and created the following list containing the top 100 of the best free WordPress themes of 2014.
1. - Fukasawa
- Best used as: Blog
- Designer: Anders Norén
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, Retina ready, Pinterest style, Jetpack ready
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2. - Garfunkel
- Best used as: Blog
- Designer: Anders Norén
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, Retina ready, Pinterest style, Jetpack ready
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3. - Hoffman
- Best used as: Blog
- Designer: Anders Norén
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, Retina ready, Pinterest style, Jetpack ready
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4. - Radcliffe
- Best used as: Photography
- Designer: Anders Norén
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, Retina ready, Pinterest style, Jetpack ready
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5. - Baskerville
- Best used as: magazine, Blog
- Designer: Anders Norén
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, Retina ready, post format support
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6. - Hemingway
- Best used as: Blog
- Designer: Anders Norén
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, Retina ready
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7. - Ligonberry
- Best used as: Blog
- Designer: Anders Norén
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, Retina ready, post format support, built-in audio player, simple video posting
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8. - Make
- Best used as: drag and drop page builder allows for any use case.
- Designer: The Theme Foundry
- Language localization: unknown
- Notable features: responsive, Drag and Drop Page Builder, +110 options
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9. - Newsmag
- Best used as: Blog, magazine
- Designer: Burak Aydin
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, various options, based on Redux, slider, widgets
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10. - Mixed
- Best used as: multipurpose
- Designer: Burak Aydin
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, prepared for translation as well as for bbPress, BuddyPress, WooCommerce, Contact Form 7
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11. - Vision
- Best used as: Blog
- Designer: Burak Aydin
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, slider, customizable background, 4 widgets, typography
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13. - Parallax
- Best used as: multipurpose
- Designer: Accesspress Themes
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, parallax, 2 header designs, Social Media links, theme and post options.
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14. - Awaken
- Best used as: magazine
- Designer: ThemesHut
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, 6 widgets, Social Media buttons, Retina ready, slider, theme options
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15. - Roda
- Best used as: Blog
- Designer: FlyFreeMedia
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, Social icons, Google fonts, fullscreen slider
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16. - Avrora
- Best used as: Blog, magazine
- Designer: WPModern
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, Social icons, theme options, background
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17. - Torch
- Best used as: Business, Freelance, Corporate
- Designer: MageeWP
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, Social icons, theme options, customizable colors.
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18. - Valo
- Best used as: Business, Freelance, Photography, Portfolio
- Designer: MageeWP
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, Social icons, slider, own logo and favicon
19. - CorpBiz
- Best used as: Business, Freelance, Corporate
- Designer: Webriti
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, theme options, WooCommerce ready.
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20. - Pho
- Best used as: Blog, magazine
- Designer: Thematosoup
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, typography (6 Google fonts), child theme ready
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21. - Zenzero
- Best used as: Blog
- Designer: CrestaProjekt
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, typography (6 Google fonts), child theme ready, Social icons.
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22. - Goa
- Best used as: Business, Freelance, Corporate
- Designer: ThemeAlley
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, own logo, 2 color schemes, testimonials, Social icons
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23. - Foliogine
- Best used as: Portfolio, Blog
- Designer: Themeisle
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, theme options, customizable background
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- Best used as: Photography
- Designer: SKT Themes
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, theme colors customizable, customizable background, theme options, WooCommerce and Contact form 7 ready.
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25. - Searchlight
- Best used as: Business
- Designer: D5 Creation
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, customizable background and header, theme options, slider
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26. - Mace
- Best used as: Restaurant, Café, Foodblogs
- Designer: The Hosts
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, slider, Social icons, theme options
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27. - Martable
- Best used as: eCommerce
- Designer: niftythemes
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, customizable header and background, WooCommerce ready.
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28. - Griffin
- Best used as: Blog, magazine
- Designer: WPMultiverse
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, customizable header and customizable colors.
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29. - CleanPort Light
- Best used as: Business, Portfolio
- Designer: themefurnace
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, theme customizer, about 100 Google fonts choosable, slider
- Theme Download | Theme Demo
30 . - Premium Photography
- Best used as: Photography
- Designer: fasterthemes
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, customizable background, customizable header, customizable colors, theme options
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31. - HarmonUX Core
- Best used as: Blog, magazine
- Designer: netbiel
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, theme options, own logo, own colors
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32. - The Espresso
- Best used as: Blog, Business
- Designer: welizar
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, theme options, customizable background, slider.
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33. - Professional
- Best used as: Blog, Business, Portfolio
- Designer: InkHive
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, Retina ready, extended theme options, Social icons, slider.
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34. - Food Recipes
- Best used as: Foodblogging
- Designer: FasterThemes
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, customizable header, customizable background, theme options.
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35. - Enterprise Light
- Best used as: Blog, Business
- Designer: sdavismedia
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive
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36. - Avenue
- Best used as: Blog, Business
- Designer: SmartCat
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, typography, slider, 600 icons, theme options, 3 color schemes.
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37. - Minamaze Free
- Best used as: Blog, Business, Portfolio
- Designer: ThinkUpThemes
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, typography, slider, Retina ready, 600+ Google fonts, 10 widgets, theme options, customizable header and background.
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38. - Sketchpad
- Best used as: Blog
- Designer: BestWebSoft
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: customizable background and customizable colors, own logo and favicon, customizable header.
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39. - Journalism
- Best used as: Blog
- Designer: BestWebSoft
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: customizable background, customizable header, slider.
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40. - Counterpoint
- Best used as: Blog
- Designer: HenleyThemes
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive
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41. - Meris
- Best used as: Business, Freelance, Blog, Portfolio
- Designer: MageeWP
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, various slider, portfolio, own logo and favicon, customizable colors, Social icons...
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42. - Phogra
- Best used as: Photography
- Designer: Templatypus
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, slider, customizable background and customizable colors, theme options.
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43. - Semicolon Magazine
- Best used as: Magazine, Blog
- Designer: Konstantin Kovshenin
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, customizable colors
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44. - Circle Light
- Best used as: Magazine, Blog, Business, News
- Designer: KopaThemes
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, various layout options, slider, Social icons, 12 widgets
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45. - Wind
- Best used as: Photography, Blog
- Designer: RewindCreation
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, 2 color schemes, various sliders, theme options, customizable background.
- Theme Download | Theme Demo
46. - Foodeez Light
- Best used as: Restaurant, Café, Bistro, Hotel
- Designer: SketchThemes
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, Parallax, Sliders, full-width backgrounds, various color schemes.
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47. - Chocolat
- Best used as: Blog
- Designer: Mignon style
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, customizable header and customizable background, 1 Widget.
- Theme Download | Theme Demo
48. - AccessPress Light
- Best used as: Business, Portfolio
- Designer: AccessPressThemes
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, theme options, featured posts, Social icons, own logo, various homepage layouts
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49. - Penny
- Best used as: Blog
- Designer: David Chandra Purnama
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, customizable background and customizable header
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50. - Soliloquy
- Best used as: Blog, Business
- Designer: Nimbus Themes
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, various homepage layouts, theme options, Social Media icons, typography
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51. - Franklin
- Best used as: Blog
- Designer: WPMultiverse
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive
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52. - Crawford
- Best used as: Blog
- Designer: WPMultiverse
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive
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53. - Perkins
- Best used as: Blog, magazine
- Designer: WPMultiverse
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, customizable background and colors, own logo
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54. - Newsted
- Best used as: Blog, magazine, Business
- Designer: WPMultiverse
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, customizable header
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55. - Bravo
- Best used as: Blog, Business
- Designer: WPMultiverse
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, customizable Call-to-Action
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56. - Finch
- Best used as: Blog
- Designer: WPMultiverse
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive
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57. - Gibson
- Best used as: Blog
- Designer: WPMultiverse
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, customizable header, customizable colors, own logo.
- Theme Download |
58. - Hudson
- Best used as: Blog
- Designer: WPMultiverse
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive
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59. - Pratt
- Best used as: Blog, Business, Photography
- Designer: XtremelySocial
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, own header, own background, 100+ multipurpose icons, shortcodes, slider
- Theme Download | Theme Demo
60. - Spot
- Best used as: Blog, Business, Photography
- Designer: XtremelySocial
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, own header, own background, 100+ multipurpose icons, shortcodes
- Theme Download | Theme Demo
61. - Flat Bootstrap
- Best used as: Blog
- Designer: XtremelySocial
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, own header, own background, shortcodes, slider
- Theme Download | Theme Demo
62. - Fictive
- Best used as: Blog
- Designer: Automattic
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, own header, post formats (Video, Quote, Link, Image, Standard)
- Theme Download | Theme Demo
63. - Pictorico
- Best used as: Blog, Photography, Portfolio
- Designer: Automattic
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, own header, own background, own colors.
- Theme Download | Theme Demo
64. - Felicity
- Best used as: multipurpose
- Designer: VPThemes
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, own header, own background, own colors, Retina ready, WooCommerce ready, post formats (Video, Audio, Image, Quote, Gallery, Link and Standard), Social icons, slider.
- Theme Download |
65. - Apprise
- Best used as: multipurpose
- Designer: VPThemes
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, own header, own background, own colors, Retina ready, WooCommerce ready, post formats (Video, Audio, Image, Quote, Gallery, Link and Standard), Social icons, slider.
- Theme Download |
66. - Terrifico
- Best used as: Business, Freelance
- Designer: VPThemes
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, own header, own background, own colors, Retina ready, WooCommerce ready, post formats (Video, Audio, Image, Quote, Gallery, Link and Standard), Social icons, slider, own logo and favicon.
- Theme Download |
67. - Business Pro
- Best used as: Business, Freelance
- Designer: Vathemes
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: own header, own background, own logo, theme options.
- Theme Download | Theme Demo
68. - Ignite
- Best used as: Blog
- Designer: Ben Sibley
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, own background, theme options.
- Theme Download | Theme Demo
69. - Looki Light
- Best used as: Blog
- Designer: Themeinprogress
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, own background image, theme options.
- Theme Download | Theme Demo
70. - Independent Publisher
- Best used as: Blog
- Designer: Raam Dev
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, own background, own colors.
- Theme Download | Theme Demo
71. - Simply VisiOn
- Best used as: Blog
- Designer: ModernWPThemes
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, own colors, own logo and favicon, Social links, widgets.
- Theme Download | Theme Demo
72. - Spacious
- Best used as: Blog, Business, Portfolio
- Designer: ThemeGrill
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, own colors, own background, own logo and favicon, Social links, 5 widgets, 4 page layouts, 2 color schemes.
- Theme Download | Theme Demo
73. - Greek Restaurant
- Best used as: Restaurant, Bistro
- Designer: KetchupThemes
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, own header, own favicon, own background colors, prices section, Social icons.
- Theme Download |
74. - Justwrite
- Best used as: Blog, magazine
- Designer: Acosmin
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, 7 widgets, own colors, theme options, slider, Social Media buttons, own header.
- Theme Download | Theme Demo
75. - Imprint
- Best used as: Blog
- Designer: mudThemes
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, own logo and favicon, slider, own header, background customizable.
- Theme Download | Theme Demo
76. - PhotoShoot
- Best used as: Photography
- Designer: FasterThemes
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, background customizable, colors customizable, own header.
- Theme Download |
77. - Atwood
- Best used as: Blog
- Designer: TheMeora
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, colors customizable, own header, 100+ Google fonts, own logo, theme options.
- Theme Download | Theme Demo
78. - Webify
- Best used as: Blog, Business
- Designer: IdeaBoxThemes
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, WooCommerce ready, easy digital downloads, unlimited color schemes, background and header customizable, slider, Social links.
- Theme Download |
79. - Capture Free
- Best used as: Photo or Videoblog
- Designer: SlocumThemes
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, colors customizable, slider, video support, WooCommerce ready.
- Theme Download |
81. - Neutro
- Best used as: Blog
- Designer: SeoTemplates
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, post formats, slider, colors and background customizable.
- Theme Download | Theme Demo
82. - Writr
- Best used as: Blog
- Designer: Automattic
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: 6 color schemes, header and background customizable.
- Theme Download | Theme Demo
83. - Mixfolio
- Best used as: Blog, magazine, portfolio
- Designer: GraphPaperPress
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, header and background customizable, own logo and favicon, widgets, fonts choosable, post formats, theme options.
- Theme Download |
84. - Almanac
- Best used as: Blog
- Designer: VivaThemes
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, background customizable.
- Theme Download |
85. - Ward
- Best used as: Blog
- Designer: C. Bavota
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, background and header customizable, post formats, BuddyPress ready.
- Theme Download | Theme Demo
86. - Tiny Forge
- Best used as: Blog
- Designer: Tomas Mackevicius
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, background and header customizable, own logo.
- Theme Download | Theme Demo
87. - Frau
- Best used as: Blog
- Designer: LizardThemes
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: header customizable, theme options.
- Theme Download | Theme Demo
89. - Sublime Press
- Best used as: Blog
- Designer: amplifiii
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, header customizable.
- Theme Download | Theme Demo
90. - Virtue
- Best used as: Blog, Business, Portfolio
- Designer: Kadence Themes
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, header and colors customizable, WooCommerce ready, various homepage layouts, fonts choosable, slider.
- Theme Download | Theme Demo
91. - Pinnacle
- Best used as: Blog, Business, Portfolio
- Designer: Kadence Themes
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, header and colors customizable, WooCommerce ready, various homepages and blog layouts, fonts choosable, slider
- Theme Download | Theme Demo
92. - Restaurateur
- Best used as: Restaurant, Bistro, Café
- Designer: WP Themes.co.nz
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, special navigation template, slider.
- Theme Download |
93. - Fashionista
- Best used as: Blog, magazine
- Designer: AThemes
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, 5 widgets, Google fonts, color options, own favicon, Social Media options.
- Theme Download | Theme Demo
94. - Faber
- Best used as: Blog
- Designer: JustFreeThemes
- Language localization: ---
- Notable features: background customizable.
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95. - Cobalt Blue
- Best used as: Blog
- Designer: Roger Chen
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, header customizable.
- Theme Download |
96. - Decode
- Best used as: Blog
- Designer: Scott Smith
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, background, colors and header customizable, Social icons.
- Theme Download |
97. - Iconic One
- Best used as: Blog, magazine
- Designer: Themonic
- Language localization: ---
- Notable features: responsive, own logo, background colors customizable, footer text customizable, Social Media links.
- Theme Download | Theme Demo
98. - Bold Headline
- Best used as: Blog
- Designer: Christine Rondeau
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, background, header and colors customizable.
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99. - Fiore
- Best used as: Blog
- Designer: Caroline Moore
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, background and header customizable.
- Theme Download | Theme Demo
100. - BoldR Light
- Best used as: Blog, magazine
- Designer: Iceable Themes
- Language localization: prepared for translation
- Notable features: responsive, background and header customizable, own logo and favicon.
- Theme Download | Theme Demo
Just what I was looking for before I start my new blog. I chosen the clean elegant theme, looks very nice and suits my niche. Thanks again
Look out for themes that use shortcodes extensively. When you change themes, theme-specific shortcodes will not function and you will end up having to remove them from content.
You have provided very good options for a new one to start a website. Nice job done. Keep it up.
Am I the only one who noticed the featured image for this post is of a Macbook Air with Windows 7 OS on the screen? LOL I only say that because I recently used the exact same mockup on my site, and did something similar. I wondered if anybody would catch that sort of thing. Low and behold, here is another use case of the same thing I do.
You’re perfectly right. Actually didn’t notice that at first and second sight…
Obviously a very nice feast to eyes as well as to the mind with their pleasant appeal. Definitely going to use some of them in my work. Especially the 6th one Hemingway is really mindblowing Thanks again for kindling the creative flame inside me.
Great WordPress themes. There are a plenty of great WordPress themes available to choose from. Choosing the best one for a website is an essential part of getting the site off the ground.
Looks very great. At the moment im searching for a new great template for my new WordPress Blog. Are these Templates all responsive ?
First-class article – exactly what I was looking for :)
Thanks a lot Andreas, for this great collection.
I have Googled much for wordpress themes and here i got the great collection of WP themes.
Our team just planning to develop a blog and this collection is must help full for them.
Thanx for Great WP themes collection. Just what I was looking for starting a new site.