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100 Excellent Free WordPress Themes

By Smashing Editorial, January 8th, 2008 in Developer's Toolbox | 1,342 Comments | Forum

High-quality WordPress themes always come in handy. Whether you are looking for some design inspiration or professional coding solutions — in both cases you can learn a lot, you can apply them and you can build customized designs upon them without reinventing the wheel all the time.

In this article we present 100 free high-quality WordPress themes. Together with hundreds of other designs, these themes have been manually selected, installed and tested over the last weeks. They all can be downloaded, customized and used for free in both personal and commercial projects. Links to demo-versions provide a direct preview of a theme.

Please notice that the listed WordPress themes are presented in 8 sections: vibrant themes, simple & minimalistic themes, magazine style, grid-based, clean and legible, advanced, experimental, photoblog & videoblog.

You might also want to take a look at our previous selections:

83 Beautiful WordPress Themes
An overview of beautiful, but rather unknown themes you might have missed.
21 Fresh, Usable and Elegant Themes
A quite pretty selection of elegant yet well thought-out themes.
10 Fresh and Clean Themes
The beauty of these themes lies in their clean look supported by a legible content presentation.
13 Wordpress Magazin-Themes
from Dr. Web Magazine

You want them — you get them. This page may take a while to load; therefore please be patient and don’t hit “Reload” too often.

1. Vibrant WordPress Themes

PFO Stripes [ Demo ]

PFO Business [ Demo ]

FFF Lemon Twist (Demo and Download)

Several3 [ Demo ]

WordPress Theme

Adreu r2 [ Demo ]

Blogging Pro Theme [ Demo ]

DM-Bloodless [ Demo]

WordPress Theme

Illacrimo [ Demo ]

Elixir

Insense [ Demo ]

Zeke 1.0 [ Demo ]

jsTheme
Comes with a number of themes.

Smashing Theme [ Demo ]

DarkRed [ Demo ]

Gossip City [ Demo ]

Resurrection

WordPress Theme

Blue Steel

River Run

Yoghourt

Midsight Red & Brown[ Demo ]
The original page was virus-infected, the link is replaced with its text-version until the site will be cleaned.

Fluid Yellow Black

xPlosive Reloaded [ Demo ]

Red Stamp [ Demo ]

Dilectio [ Demo ]

Fauna

dfMarine [ Demo ]

Curved WordPress Theme [ Demo ]

Accord WordPress Theme [ Demo ]

2. Simple, Minimalistic Themes

Modicus 0.2

Modern [ Demo ]

Documentation [ Demo ]

Jentri [ Demo ]

miniBits [ Demo ]

GIMP Style

Dayvan Theme [ Demo ]

Tree Theme [Demo ]

DePo Clean WordPress Theme [ Demo ]

BlueBird 1.0

Balance

WordPress Theme

Paisley [ Demo ]

Autumn

Brilliance [ Demo ]

Pixelate

Pockett [ Demo ]

Artuell [ Demo ]

Yomel [ Demo ]

WordPress Theme

Lust Wordpress Theme

Abstractia [ Demo ]

HemingwayEx [ Demo ]

Blubbr

Ayumi [ Demo ]

Greenway 3C

K2-U3 [ Demo ]

OldLamp [ Demo ]

Prima [ Demo ]

ProSense

Insan [ Demo ]

Sakeena [ Demo ]

Margot

The Azure Hut

Livegreen [ Demo ]

Simpress [ Demo ]

Glued Ideas: Subtle [ Demo ]

Gluttony [ Demo ]

6. Advanced WordPress Themes

ExtJS Wordpress Theme

Lounge2

Prebuilt

Neoclassical
A 3-column template system with rotating header images.

7. Experimental Themes

Bonsai, Red Growth Live
Big typography dominates.

Trevilian Way [ Demo ]

BrainTied 1.0 [ Demo ]
The front page displays only the list of recent posts.

Tropical Grunge [ Demo ]

Aspire

Isolated Theme [ Demo ]

Supermini

WordPress Theme

Fontella
The front page features only the main/recent post of the weblog.

ASCII Themes

Retro Mac OS X [ Demo ]

8. Photoblog & Videoblog Themes

Tumblelog For WordPress [ Demo ]

Nautilus

Nishita [ Demo ]

9. Sources and Further Resources

Published in Developer's Toolbox, January 8th, 2008
Tags: inspiration, templates, themes, wordpress

1.

Yako (January 8th, 2008, 9:26 am)

Wow! I can’t believe some of those themes are free! thanks …again
2.

Maxxu (January 8th, 2008, 9:30 am)

indeed, excellent themes … and free :-)
3.

Christina Warren (January 8th, 2008, 9:32 am)

What a fantastic compilation of themes! I’ve seen many of these before (I’m using my own modified version of the third theme on the list for my own site), but many are designs that are brand new to me. What a great resource!
4.

Rob (January 8th, 2008, 9:39 am)

Thank you for this; I found one from here that was *perfect* for what I needed!
5.

Tao (January 8th, 2008, 9:53 am)

As always… a perfect list and a few great new themes I have not seen yet.
Now… just to find the time to test, change and implement!
6.

jon (January 8th, 2008, 9:54 am)

How do you get the time to find all this?

Great stuff, although I won’t be using these themes myself there is a lot of inspiration there, which is just what I need on a soggy Tuesday.

cheers
7.

Susanne (January 8th, 2008, 9:55 am)

Thank you for this great list of Wordpress Themes. What a variety. I love Wordpress.
8.

Moses Francis (January 8th, 2008, 9:58 am)

Great lists of beautiful themes, thanks for featuring my theme too :)
9.

JamieO (January 8th, 2008, 9:58 am)

Very inspirational
10.

jez (January 8th, 2008, 10:00 am)

thanks for including my bonsai series theme, there are more creative and experimental themes including my rainbow feather theme with over 25,000 downloads to date.
11.

Penispatriot (January 8th, 2008, 10:10 am)

could someone pls smash the trackback-URI into my face…??
12.

Randa Clay (January 8th, 2008, 10:11 am)

Thanks so much for including my Bluebird theme! This is a great list of themes- thanks for putting it together.
13.

Sue (January 8th, 2008, 10:27 am)

Hmm, I looked at Resurrection, it doesn’t seem to be compatible with WP 2.3.2. It doesn’t have widgetized sidebars, and requires the UTW plugin (doesn’t work in the latest WP since tags are now supported). Too bad, it is a nice dark theme otherwise.
Some of the rest, though, wow. Great collection for a theme addict like me. Thanks!
14.

ram (January 8th, 2008, 10:31 am)

Wow this is a great resource.
Thanks for including me as source
15.

Timothy Long (January 8th, 2008, 10:33 am)

i appreciate volume.
16.

Vagabondo Digitale (January 8th, 2008, 10:39 am)

Fantastic Collection ..great !
17.

Gisele (January 8th, 2008, 10:56 am)

Thanks so much you guys! As always you list the best resources on the web!
18.

noris (January 8th, 2008, 11:25 am)

Great collections. Changing theme and look awesome in no time.
19.

Igor (January 8th, 2008, 11:35 am)

A really nice compilation of WP themes. I’m glad to see that my theme is in your list.
20.

Tony (January 8th, 2008, 11:51 am)

Great themes. Thanks again!
21.

Igor Penjivrag (January 8th, 2008, 11:57 am)

A really nice compilation of WP themes. I’m glad to see that my theme is listed here.
22.

Brad Mahaffey (January 8th, 2008, 12:09 pm)

Great list. Thanks for including my theme Modicus Remix. :)
23.

Chris Murphy (January 8th, 2008, 12:20 pm)

Thanks for selecting Link [www.farfromfearless.com] to be featured on this great list — there are so many awesome looking themes and it’s an honor to be group amongst them :D
24.

Cameron (January 8th, 2008, 12:41 pm)

Fantastic List! It’s always a good start to a morning to come into work with an awesome Smashing Article waiting. Keep them coming :)
25.

Jeff Lin (January 8th, 2008, 12:49 pm)

Sweet list. Thanks!

If anybody wants to use my WordPress theme, just contact me at Link [bustoutsolutions.com] and I’ll be happy to give you the theme (minus the logo, of course!)
26.

Keith Shepard (January 8th, 2008, 12:54 pm)

The link for “Nautilus” is borked. Getting a “404-Error”. Just an FYI.

=^.^=
27.

DeFries (January 8th, 2008, 12:58 pm)

Absolutely great list. Great resource. I must say I do miss one in the category ‘Simple, Minimalistic Themes’: White Space by Brian Gardner.
28.

Adrian (January 8th, 2008, 1:04 pm)

Great list! Themes are becoming more and more graphically elegant as well as usable.
29.

Psyked (January 8th, 2008, 1:21 pm)

Whyyy?!! I was happy with my theme until I read this. Now I have to change it again!
30.

Jon Moss (January 8th, 2008, 1:48 pm)

Brilliant!! Many thanks indeed!
31.

ash robinson (January 8th, 2008, 2:41 pm)

I was completely happy with my blog theme, looked at these and my heart just sank, I had a go at doing my own, unfortunately it wasn’t pretty, so i found one i was impressed with, whats everybody else think?

Awesome list tho, will be bookmarking!!!

Ash
32.

Burak Emre (January 8th, 2008, 3:29 pm)

wow great!
33.

web2ru (January 8th, 2008, 3:40 pm)

Thanx, will use some of them on my projects. Does anyone knows where i can find a tutorial how to make my own WP theme?
34.

Bram (January 8th, 2008, 4:01 pm)

pretty awesome list!
35.

Intelli (January 8th, 2008, 4:24 pm)

I can’t believe how much Smashing Magazine rocks.

Truly, insanely, awesome.
36.

Viking KARWUR (January 8th, 2008, 4:57 pm)

Congratulations… :) Great list…
37.

Shaun (January 8th, 2008, 5:02 pm)

Great stuff, I love these beautiful themes! :)
38.

Robert (January 8th, 2008, 5:10 pm)

The “Paisley” theme is actually argyle! False advertising, man!! :|
39.

Rekzai (January 8th, 2008, 5:20 pm)

Wow I’m thinking about changing up my theme now
40.

Jonnn (January 8th, 2008, 5:23 pm)

I think these are all great themes.

I’ve never used wordpress or any other blogging system so I may be out of my element.

However, this is a web design blog. Are you posting these themes suggesting that they be used or as inspiration?

I’ve always been a Smashing reader and I plan to continue to be.

I just don’t understand the point of having post and post of free and “Amazing”, “Beautiful”, “Fresh and Clean” wordpress themes.
41.

CCNA Discovery (January 8th, 2008, 5:31 pm)

Great themes. Thanks.
42.

kalakl (January 8th, 2008, 5:47 pm)

Damn it, Nautilus looks hot, can anyone mirror it?!
43.

Jonathan Solichin (January 8th, 2008, 6:12 pm)

woah that’s an amazing list. Almost made me abandon mine just to try theirs on for size.
44.

Upstart Blogger (January 8th, 2008, 6:26 pm)

Thanks for linking to a couple of my themes. The link for the Modicus theme is Link [www.upstartblogger.com] - the link you have at the moment goes to an out of date page at themes.wordpress.net. I’ve got some more minimalist themes coming out very soon, starting with a very clean one column design that I think you’ll enjoy.
45.

paskal (January 8th, 2008, 6:44 pm)

OMG i cant resist this… :D
46.

Nova (January 8th, 2008, 6:57 pm)

I’m been trying to find a mirror for Blue Steel, but it doesn’t seem to be possible.
47.

damada2 (January 8th, 2008, 7:50 pm)

Nice list….looks like your missing one Link [www.adambreckler.com] :)
48.

Bryce (January 8th, 2008, 8:18 pm)

Wow, thanks! - great list :)
49.

Horacio Bella (January 8th, 2008, 8:21 pm)

Thanks to link two of my themes! :)
50.

R.Bhavesh (January 8th, 2008, 9:59 pm)

Thanks for inclusion of WP Premium theme. I never knew my work would be featured here on smashing mag!. Thanks.
51.

extreme webmaster (January 9th, 2008, 12:24 am)

Great post! Fantastic themes! Thanks!
52.

dd (January 9th, 2008, 12:33 am)

very nice list, great work
53.

floyd (January 9th, 2008, 12:58 am)

thank you for linking the Link [www.fakeblog.de]. i can´t believe it to find it here on smashing magazine. great! and what a great source for finding the right themes here. an unbelievable list. every theme worth a look. thanks for your effort in creating this list. keep up the good work!
54.

Brajeshwar (January 9th, 2008, 1:14 am)

Thanks again. And thanks (I didn’t say it before) for mentioning my other 2 themes - Brajeshwar and KISS wordpress themes. It is such a nice feeling that all of my top Wordpress Themes are in the *awesome* list of Smashing Magazine.
55.

Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz (January 9th, 2008, 1:21 am)

@Keith Shepard: thank you, we’ve fixed the link.

@Jonnn: please read the introduction to all these articles; usually it’s written there why we showcase these WordPress themes. For instance, in this case “High-quality WordPress themes always come in handy. Whether you are looking for some design inspiration or professional coding solutions — in both cases you can learn a lot, you can apply them and you can build customized designs upon them without reinventing the wheel all the time.”

@all: thank you for your suggestions, we’ll take a closer look at the links you’ve mentioned in the comments.
56.

Ben Jacon (January 9th, 2008, 1:25 am)

Great leap !
57.

Usoft (January 9th, 2008, 1:34 am)

Good list, thanks
58.

dharma (January 9th, 2008, 1:50 am)

another great post and there are some good original ones out there…

but sometimes of them are so predictable and monotonous, typical web 2.0 stuff. Did the web lose its original creativity?
59.

borchert cao (January 9th, 2008, 1:53 am)

so great !
60.

Naki (January 9th, 2008, 1:55 am)

Thanks! I don’t use wordpress but it’s a lot of inspiration!
61.

Jauhari (January 9th, 2008, 2:05 am)

Thanks for add on this list. Great and Big List
62.

minidxer (January 9th, 2008, 2:07 am)

great work ! Thanks!
63.

Falco (January 9th, 2008, 2:08 am)

Great job, good choice, impressive
64.

Haobam (January 9th, 2008, 2:21 am)

Hey! wheres my favorite Mimbo theme. But I guess its great and not been overused ;)
65.

Dan (January 9th, 2008, 2:22 am)

Great work! Thanks.
66.

David Airey (January 9th, 2008, 2:55 am)

Came at just the right time. I was about to start looking for some inspiration.

Cheers guys.
67.

OPEN GIGA (January 9th, 2008, 3:26 am)

It’s a great post and I like specially WP-Premium and The Morning After WordPress Theme

thanks
68.

Pony (January 9th, 2008, 3:43 am)

I haven’t had a chance to go through all of these but has anyone noticed one that has the comments underneath each post, i.e. instead of just having
post | post | post on the main page I want to have post | comments | post | comments | post
69.

Sam (January 9th, 2008, 4:01 am)

Good collection ! started thinking of a template change :-)
70.

kathy (January 9th, 2008, 6:17 am)

Next time could you do free Wordpress Adsense themes please
71.

workingondreams (January 9th, 2008, 6:23 am)

ummm…nice list..thx
72.

Evo (January 9th, 2008, 7:45 am)

This is very helpfull , thanx !
73.

Michael (January 9th, 2008, 12:08 pm)

Great resources !
74.

revenue robot (January 9th, 2008, 12:20 pm)

wow an awesome list of free templates!!! i may test some of them out…
75.

Friedbeef (January 9th, 2008, 6:48 pm)

Just in time - I need an upgrade!
76.

shaz (January 9th, 2008, 7:57 pm)

thanks for including sakeena! this is just the motivation I need to finish it up and do an official release version! :)
77.

PiticStyle (January 9th, 2008, 10:57 pm)

Is first time when I see PFO Stripes! Is a great theme! Thank you!
78.

Kate (January 9th, 2008, 11:18 pm)

Cool list, and i want to suggest to SM editor, i haven’t seen a cool themes list from other software such as Expression Engine. It will be very cool if there are lists from other software as well
79.

Raja (January 10th, 2008, 12:08 am)

Dude, this should have been out a few days earlier.. Anyway, since I found the smashing theme, my search for a theme is complete ;)
80.

Foxinni (January 10th, 2008, 12:37 am)

Ahh. This is totally awesome. Theme makes my antsy! This many themes makes me go bonkers. Great post on the themes!
81.

Maigret (January 10th, 2008, 3:42 am)

Amazing, all of them are very interesting thanks a lot !
82.

Justin Tadlock (January 10th, 2008, 5:34 am)

I just wanted to stop by and say thanks for featuring two of my themes (Structure and Visionary). You’ve brought me quite a lot of traffic since you posted this, so I should definitely be thanking you.

Even as a connoisseur of WordPress themes, there are quite a few great themes on here that I’ve overlooked.
83.

Hubbers (January 10th, 2008, 6:23 am)

Why can’t someone just to a black and white blank theme with an easy to read style sheet for all the noobs?

It’d take a lot less time to get your blog up and running if you didn’t have to strip all of the excess stuff out of the default/kuberic theme.
84.

gnoma (January 10th, 2008, 7:59 am)

very nice themes…..:)
85.

Stadtchinese (January 10th, 2008, 8:27 am)

Wow.I don’t know which one too choose first!
Great Stuff. Thx for offering this list.
86.

Jose Santiago Tan (January 10th, 2008, 9:58 am)

This is very kind people! Lot’s of great designs.
87.

ralph (January 10th, 2008, 11:40 am)

An excellent work with extremly many ideas for us webdesigners ;)

My respect for your great work from dresden/ germany

Ralph
88.

wolkanca (January 10th, 2008, 12:06 pm)

EXCELLENT! themes. fantastic.
89.

chase thompson (January 10th, 2008, 3:42 pm)

Hello all - I’ve been trying to download the Polaroid template by Adii, and unfortunately the site is down! Can somebody upload it to a mirror, or perhaps even email it to me?

I would appreciate it very, very much!

email address is: Link [] (remove the periods/dots)
90.

donalyza (January 11th, 2008, 3:15 am)

Bookmarked! Thanks.
91.

Ali7 (January 11th, 2008, 6:12 am)

True innovation !

Thanks ..
92.

水自流 (January 11th, 2008, 9:36 am)

I’m sure I will find the theme that I want. Thanks a lot.
93.

bounty (January 12th, 2008, 1:24 am)

Excellent and great !
94.

explodingpony (January 12th, 2008, 5:37 am)

I have tried five of these themes in a row and they all had problems with the code or plugins or various things being unsupported. I doubt there is much quality control here.
95.

Jaynee (January 12th, 2008, 5:04 pm)

I’ve been using “Aspire” (in the experimental category) for the past several weeks and I adore this theme. I’m happy to see it listed here.
96.

Koray KÖYLÜ (January 12th, 2008, 8:06 pm)

Wow! What a great themes.I can’t believe some of those themes are free!

Thanks.
97.

Dana (January 13th, 2008, 12:38 pm)

Very interesting list… maybe I will use one of these templates! Thanks!
98.

wregen (January 14th, 2008, 2:05 am)

Thank you for mentioning my theme. I did not realize that ExtJs Wordpress Theme would go to advanced ;) Regards.
99.

David Mackey (January 14th, 2008, 9:11 am)

Wow! Those themes are beautiful
100.

tadablogger (January 14th, 2008, 1:48 pm)

Its a really strange that people are sharing these themes for free. I wonder how some smart folks are not selling them in some places in web.
Thanks to authors, some themes are wonderful, probably my current theme could get changed soon
101.

Michael Aulia (January 14th, 2008, 10:40 pm)

All standing ovations go to the authors of these themes! Especially for sharing them to us bloggers
102.

amarat (January 15th, 2008, 2:22 pm)

thanks for good job. i havent seen before some themes.
103.

rodel (January 15th, 2008, 8:40 pm)

great themes! i can’t wait to use this one.. hope someone could assist me in configuring this one..:)
104.

ZeDDy (January 16th, 2008, 6:03 am)

Great work! Very very Thanks.
105.

Leonardo (January 16th, 2008, 6:40 am)

Fantastic! Greetings from Italy
106.

akira (January 16th, 2008, 6:51 pm)

increible recopilacion, sencillamente brillante!! mil gracias
107.

Flick (January 17th, 2008, 5:45 pm)

I’d like to say a big thanks to the author(s) of the article (and of course the theme authors!) - it’s definitely the definitive directory of some of the best (free) Wordpress themes available, and the best bit is that it’s actually been organised into categories, and screenshots/links/demos have been provided! :D 6 stars out of 5! I’ve been using Hemingway-Ex for ages now, and was really glad to see that it had been featured here, since it’s such a great theme!

Of course I will also be using this article as a reference for the next theme change (H-Ex has been amazing for the past year!) and I’ve always had difficulty finding something that I’ve liked as much as Hemingway-Ex, but I think if I can combine the parts I like best about two or three themes, the perfect theme will appear!
108.

shylender (January 17th, 2008, 11:02 pm)

its really inspiring
109.

Kimochi (January 19th, 2008, 2:07 pm)

Great list. Thanks for including my theme Modicus Remix. :)
110.

ajith gopal (January 19th, 2008, 11:01 pm)

good inspiring designs…
111.

Kinshuk Sunil (January 20th, 2008, 2:00 am)

Hey… this is a great listing, I found some real nifty themes here :)

thanks
112.

Suwahadi (January 20th, 2008, 2:30 pm)

Wow… that’s nice all :)
113.

//addicted (January 21st, 2008, 12:22 pm)

Amazing list! I think I will update my blog theme now…
114.

yoxx (January 22nd, 2008, 12:05 am)

wow.. awesome
115.

Jacob Cass (January 24th, 2008, 3:04 am)

Man there is so many themes, how to choose one!
116.

Ollie (January 24th, 2008, 11:26 am)

Great list as usual. THANKS
117.

xeito (January 24th, 2008, 11:56 am)

This is for Brad Mahaffey from artculture.com.

I’ve looking for your theme Modicus Remix but I can´t find as it’s in the thumbail on this post.
Can you help me?
118.

Dmitry (January 25th, 2008, 1:15 am)

Thanks for great WP templates!
119.

Jorge (January 26th, 2008, 6:16 pm)

OH GOSH, THANK YOU!
120.

@balootisme (January 26th, 2008, 9:40 pm)

thanks for this template URL..

nice job…

digg post…
121.

冰古 (January 30th, 2008, 12:05 am)

excellent themes, excellent post
122.

Amit (January 30th, 2008, 12:29 am)

Awesome themes, Such a good compilation of themes and that too all in one place.
123.

qiCik (January 30th, 2008, 3:27 am)

THANKS very nice themes
124.

Kristian (January 30th, 2008, 8:18 am)

Very nice list.
Must say that the supermini does NOT work at all when downloaded and requieres a lot of recoding. A shame that the author didnt finish it.
125.

chang (January 30th, 2008, 10:59 pm)

Thx ,I’m very nice themes.
126.

Erick (January 31st, 2008, 2:41 am)

Is it just me or do these themes look superb in the screenshots here, but sorely disappointing when you actually go to their full demo in a browser??
127.

guest (January 31st, 2008, 11:09 am)

nice themes. thanks..
128.

Mathias (January 31st, 2008, 11:53 am)

Geat list of nice Wordpress themes. Time to change the theme on my blog :)
129.

romkin (January 31st, 2008, 8:53 pm)

What a beautiful collection! Thank you very much!
130.

My Up to Date (February 2nd, 2008, 2:20 am)

I like one of your wp theme. Thanks!
131.

Vladan (February 8th, 2008, 10:57 pm)

I stumble. Definetly. -:) A realy usefull ressource. I appreciate very much. Sure, I’ll come back…..
132.

makuchaku (February 10th, 2008, 11:17 am)

Awesome themes! I’ve gone through innumerable designs but havn’t yet hist such a big collection with such beautiful themes!
This one is surely “to-be-bookmarked” stuff!
133.

xinyun (February 11th, 2008, 9:03 pm)

great list, now i know where and who to search for good themes :)
134.

Deen Yusoff (February 12th, 2008, 8:22 pm)

I agree! So many beautiful themes that I’ve not seen before. Thanks for the great compilation. :D
135.

luffy (February 14th, 2008, 6:39 am)

Thanks for making this list. Sometimes, the ones free looks better than the premium ones.
136.

Maxine (February 16th, 2008, 1:34 am)

Thanks so much for your compilation of themes. You’ve just saved me a lot of time looking. :-)
137.

allexy (February 16th, 2008, 3:03 pm)

Wow..it’s amaizing..Good job , thx ( sorry my bad english )
138.

Kaan Fakılı (February 17th, 2008, 3:32 am)

Everyone beautiful. I like. Thank you.
139.

FACTOR2 (February 18th, 2008, 12:37 pm)

Thanx for amazing themes …
140.

Enita (February 23rd, 2008, 5:15 pm)

WOW !!!

:D Excelente…

Gracias xD!
141.

Ryan (February 24th, 2008, 2:21 pm)

Hey does anyone have the iA theme. I guess the themes.wordpress.net is down and does not host it anymore and there site links to this only.
142.

Bourne (February 25th, 2008, 5:23 am)

Great clection!

I love some of them,thanks for share
143.

Karim BAz (March 2nd, 2008, 7:24 pm)

Wow man. I was looking around for a few different sites because good themes are normally scattered all over the place. Thanks for centralizing the themes. Thumbs up to you.
144.

Aofza (March 5th, 2008, 7:34 pm)

good thank
145.

Hamed (March 6th, 2008, 12:03 pm)

Thank you. I like these set.
146.

oggin (March 13th, 2008, 11:34 am)

10x for amazing themes …
147.

Filezza (March 16th, 2008, 2:24 pm)

Fantastic Collection… Thanks you smashingmagazine…
148.

Marcus (March 22nd, 2008, 1:20 am)

Thanks for the comprehensive list! Simple to search for a good theme. :-)
149.

James (March 22nd, 2008, 11:25 am)

There is some very cool templates here, excellent for inspiration and what can be achieved with a bit of creativity and CSS knowledge.

Excellent selection
150.

alican (March 24th, 2008, 1:57 pm)

PS. I quickly glazed over your “about” section and what a lucky bum you are for getting to wake up every morning to Hawaii! I also can’t believe you’re only 18. Crazy!
151.

alptekin (March 27th, 2008, 8:11 am)

There is some very cool templates here, excellent for inspiration and what can be achieved with a bit of creativity and CSS knowledge
152.

Ramonerassi (March 28th, 2008, 3:29 am)

These are excellent.WoooW Thanks
153.

Torley (March 29th, 2008, 8:36 pm)

I really appreciate you putting this together! I’m considering replacing my current theme — Tiga, while it’s served me well, it hasn’t been updated in awhile and I’m having various problems with it…
154.

josedelaranda (April 5th, 2008, 6:10 am)

Thanx for this themes collection
155.

Franca Richard (April 12th, 2008, 11:37 am)

Really useful
156.

David (April 20th, 2008, 1:46 am)

The Link to the Supermini Theme doesn’t work.
157.

jeff (April 23rd, 2008, 6:38 pm)

thanks, im gonna use the Polaroid theme on my blog
158.

Rodger D. Johnson (May 6th, 2008, 12:13 pm)

You know, I like the Structured Worpress Theme, but the demo link is broken, and I don’t see a way to download it.
159.

Spyece (May 12th, 2008, 9:27 pm)

Half links are dead!
160.

ThemeBin (May 14th, 2008, 7:18 am)

Fantastic themes :)
161.

Natalia Herrera (May 20th, 2008, 1:48 pm)

Me encanta este sitio web, los articulos estan super bien seleccionados y los tutoriales de lo mejor.
Gracias !!
162.

~Kat~ (June 7th, 2008, 5:59 pm)

Definitely a keeper. I collect wp themes like other women collect shoes. I’m in heaven!
Thanks for the great list!
163.

ashvin (June 11th, 2008, 11:20 pm)

thnx dear ,,nnice colletion …..keep it up ..
164.

Marcoses (June 17th, 2008, 3:25 pm)

Dude…verY nice!!
me arruma uns pro Ubuntu??!!! rsrs

:¬)
165.

Marcoses (June 17th, 2008, 3:26 pm)

Verry***ups…
166.

2experts (June 19th, 2008, 2:55 am)

thankx Great list.
167.

nocturna (June 24th, 2008, 2:51 pm)

Be advised! The guy who created the Jello Wala Mello theme sold his website to someone else and there is no more support for it! There is a support forum, but it is unmanaged and filled with spam! I didn’t find this out until I had already spent many hours customizing the theme. I love the theme but have some issues that I have no hope of getting resolved because the creator has left the planet.
168.

Resim (June 25th, 2008, 12:51 am)

Thak you for all themes :)
169.

Pramodh Chakilam (June 25th, 2008, 7:03 pm)

Thank you very much for posting. WP Themes rocking. that too for Freeeeeeeee
170.

martin (June 28th, 2008, 9:01 am)

superminy theme is very nice
171.

karthik (June 30th, 2008, 9:05 am)

awesome collections man really love ur site…..downloaded around 10 themes.Sexy site.
172.

lindsay (July 7th, 2008, 9:35 am)

Hey! I really want to ue the “Supermini” theme, but it says error 404 when I open it. Could you email me with any info on how I can use it?

Please and thank you!
173.

Gineva (July 7th, 2008, 6:26 pm)

Wow!Theses are great! If only the entire web could have wonderful themes like these….
174.

Jay White (July 11th, 2008, 5:23 am)

Great research and well put together. This helped alot thank you.
175.

zplits (July 12th, 2008, 8:21 pm)

Nice. Really nice collection of beautiful themes.
Great entry.
176.

Red (July 19th, 2008, 8:38 am)

Amazing post. Thanks!
177.

emilie (July 19th, 2008, 6:33 pm)

:O I love every single one of these! Thanks for the post!
178.

May (July 29th, 2008, 10:34 pm)

Very nice list! Thanks for putting this together :)
179.

Christina (July 30th, 2008, 9:34 pm)

Well its great listing!
180.

Tuna (August 1st, 2008, 12:44 am)

Great and authentic themes. Thanks ;)
181.

mujica (August 2nd, 2008, 7:22 pm)

Fantastic gallery, thanks for sharing!
182.

esen (August 3rd, 2008, 9:23 am)

great! thank you smashing…
183.

diths (August 8th, 2008, 6:32 am)

seem to have a problem when inserting MORE the categories lists jumps at the bottom of the page.
184.

Manny (August 10th, 2008, 12:47 pm)

Thanks mate for all the themes, really appreciate it. Gives me some ideas also ;)
-> right to my bookmarks !

Good luck
185.

Katya (August 19th, 2008, 10:42 pm)

I wish I found you before! Great collection!
186.

user.3000 (September 1st, 2008, 4:39 am)

thank you i am irani
187.

Chris (September 1st, 2008, 7:37 am)

excellent post, only just come across it, but am going to use one of the themes for my blog and online portfolio

chris
188.

Ultra Reviewer (September 4th, 2008, 9:05 pm)

Awesome templates! I FOUND that of my choice! thanks.
189.

Marka Tescil (September 7th, 2008, 11:24 am)

Best Theme Thanks for releasing this theme for free
190.

wawan (September 11th, 2008, 12:57 am)

exellent scenery, also u give it free !!! thank’s
191.

Adam (September 14th, 2008, 6:59 pm)

Yes, this is good information here. I like this web.
192.

stan (September 14th, 2008, 8:40 pm)

superb collection of themes.
I am a noob. How to customize a wordpress theme to suit the theme of my site.
can you point to a resource/resources what are helpful.

thanks again.
193.

duda (September 15th, 2008, 4:28 am)

good templates, who create custom design?
194.

Mike the pcrobot (September 18th, 2008, 1:19 pm)

Sweet!
195.

cerita (September 23rd, 2008, 8:15 am)

oww! great theme.i want to choose one theme that i like and im downloading now. thanks…
196.

matt (October 4th, 2008, 5:20 am)

awsome
197.

Art (October 8th, 2008, 8:52 am)

Thank you for good review of Free WordPress Themes!
198.

Kevin (October 8th, 2008, 5:47 pm)

Awesome collections! Thank heaps!
199.

Kerrie (October 21st, 2008, 1:40 pm)

Great themes.

I’ll let my members know.
200.

Panpet (October 25th, 2008, 10:50 pm)

They are cool!!!
201.

看了不顶不厚道了！ (October 25th, 2008, 11:37 pm)

very good themes and very good website
202.

Mark (October 28th, 2008, 9:33 am)

Fhi-zin should be in this list too. It’s a full-blown AJAXed Wordpress theme, perfect for photography and portfolio sites. Take a look ;-)

There’s a demo online on Link [www.bydust.com], and you can download it Link [www.bydust.com].

cheers,

Mark
203.

Sak (October 28th, 2008, 10:12 pm)

many of these don’t pass w3c validation, shouldn’t that be a criterion for featuring in this showcase… i know they are free and everything, just a thought. i may not download something even if its free if i have to solve its bugs and one expects that standard from smashing…
204.

Artyom (October 29th, 2008, 6:21 am)

Good, very good themes….)
205.

Criss (October 29th, 2008, 7:14 am)

thanks..
pretty themes

criss.
206.

jacksuc (November 1st, 2008, 12:04 am)

very beautiful thanks
207.

Ty (November 5th, 2008, 6:19 am)

I just installed one of your themes! Awesome!! One question I had though is how do get rid of the Adsense sponsored box? I cannot find it anywhere in the dashboard.

Thanks!
208.

foreverwyh (November 7th, 2008, 8:25 am)

great job~!
209.

güzel sözler (November 7th, 2008, 1:04 pm)

thanks youu good templete.

wordpress tehemes. thanksss
210.

Ajhank (November 10th, 2008, 5:20 am)

Thank you for the collection!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111
211.

Tim Biden (November 12th, 2008, 4:10 pm)

Cool Stuff!!! Most of these I’ve never seen before.

Thanks, I’ll probably use one of these on my next blog!
212.

webtechnepal (November 21st, 2008, 1:11 am)

Wow… Great listigns … I bookmarked this page.
213.

ayhan (November 23rd, 2008, 3:37 am)

I liked the advances themes. they are rarely find ones on other theme sites. thnx for sharing. I am planning to use some
214.

sunshine (November 23rd, 2008, 1:33 pm)

You are great.Could you add more wp with adsense themes?
215.

Xmas9 (November 24th, 2008, 9:06 am)

I want to share my modified Wordpress theme based on the theme : Christmas days.

Here is the link to download the theme : Link [xmas9.com]

Here is the base theme : Link [wp-themes.designdisease.com]

Just want to share! Wish you all have fun
216.

Steve (December 3rd, 2008, 10:52 am)

It took a while to get through all of the themes, but it was well worth it as there are some really cool themes on your site.
217.

Asep (December 5th, 2008, 2:06 am)

Thanks, thats great
218.

Duane Nason (December 5th, 2008, 10:52 am)

Thanks for the resources!
219.

Ich (December 8th, 2008, 11:14 pm)

Super collection!
220.

werdok (December 8th, 2008, 11:25 pm)

Great themes! Thanks for this
221.

meniste (December 11th, 2008, 1:40 am)

Thanks for that great list Im really surprised what a great free themes are out there. Anyway don t forget to my WP gallery
222.

jef (December 11th, 2008, 4:49 pm)

Nice, but I think I’m gonna stick with my theme for now. Maybe at somepoint I’ll switch to something that is more robust, but my blog is just starting out so I don’t want to get too complicated right away.
223.

Blogging Fool (December 16th, 2008, 7:49 pm)

Wanted to thank you for this amazing resource. It really does expand the imagination/palette for what can be done. The sharing part is nice too :) Cheers.
224.

DRR (December 26th, 2008, 6:12 pm)

How can I have it on my account? I’m downloading it but I am thinking how can I upload this there? thanks!.
225.

mackbase (December 29th, 2008, 10:24 am)

The kittens are T.i.C.A registered and vet checked twice a week and current on all papers ready to go. Please feel free to contact us for more details if interested
226.

arisnb (December 30th, 2008, 12:30 am)

Thanks …. very good your themes…
227.

PowerDream (December 30th, 2008, 9:48 am)

I’m Favorite Theme “Aspire” lol
228.

Faith (January 10th, 2009, 9:52 pm)

thanks for sharing. one of the best lists i’ve seen…
229.

Chase (January 11th, 2009, 11:44 pm)

Great resource! Couple of new ones in there I hadn’t seen before.
230.

cazmaraline (January 13th, 2009, 2:25 pm)

Do you have the link for “Balance” - it seems to be missing it? I would really like to get this theme. Thanks so much - great list.
231.

xHumanHealth (January 19th, 2009, 2:18 am)

Thanks, really nice themes.
232.

Lisa Lomas (January 19th, 2009, 6:01 pm)

I love the fact you have smaller headers and more open Rss feeds, this is just what I needed for a professional blog, thankyou!
233.

christer mel (January 20th, 2009, 2:32 am)

l love freund heve dank jou
234.

Jeff (January 23rd, 2009, 9:53 pm)

Does anyone have the theme files for the DM-Bloodless theme listed early in this article? It’s absolutely perfect for my blog, but I can’t find it anywhere? If so, please email ‘jeffbarnett513 (at goes here) gmail (dot goes here) com.’
235.

Abdel (January 25th, 2009, 3:03 pm)

I can’t recall how many times you’ve smashed my head with info but I really enjoy it.Great repertoire.
236.

Ali (January 26th, 2009, 8:30 am)

Wow …. Amazing
237.

Oliver (January 28th, 2009, 2:53 am)

wow, what an awsome collection!
238.

Deann (January 31st, 2009, 9:22 am)

Wordpress rocks! Thanks, Smashing Magazine for doing all the legwork and gathering these in one place. I always send my readers here for the best free themes!
239.

imhar (January 31st, 2009, 10:28 pm)

this why i’d love wordpress, thanks for your great job.
240.

ragesh (February 1st, 2009, 1:47 am)

how to download these wodpress themes
241.

Talal (February 2nd, 2009, 4:55 am)

vert fantastic
242.

Akiza (March 2nd, 2009, 9:18 pm)

I m looking for Structure type themes
243.

Chris Raymond (March 3rd, 2009, 8:13 am)

The first two, PFO Business and PFO Stripes, are no longer available and should be removed, per the owner’s note when you click on those demos.
244.

Adams (March 3rd, 2009, 5:48 pm)

oh,Really so much great works,thanks for your sharing,I also want to share my design in future,^_^
245.

ygt (March 6th, 2009, 1:20 am)

woow excellent and great themes!
246.

Blogger Templates (March 13th, 2009, 12:22 am)

I am using many of them in my blogs. Some of them amazing but some of them regular. l came here to find Sweet Corner theme, but l couldnt. How can l find Sweet Corner wp theme?
247.

Burçlar (March 15th, 2009, 12:15 am)

i’m using this wordpress theme (”Red Stamp”) in my site .its very useful.
248.

James (March 15th, 2009, 11:03 pm)

Awesome - the best list of free themes I’ve seen in a long time. Keep it up.
249.

Shady (March 16th, 2009, 9:42 am)

thanks alot for the this wonderfull post
250.

banias (March 16th, 2009, 6:25 pm)

thank you a lot
it is a good work but page is too long :((
251.

Pragmasol (March 17th, 2009, 12:05 pm)

Great resource! Thanks!
252.

hakimsoft (March 19th, 2009, 1:45 pm)

bravo smashingmagazine et je passe ma bonjour a tout les amis marocain
253.

Solexy (March 21st, 2009, 11:12 pm)

thx,
i like: jsTheme,Greenway 3C,Margot
254.

vishal (March 24th, 2009, 12:19 am)

I’m using a theme called Admire Gray for my drupal based site. I wonder whether it’s available for Wordpress or not.
255.

hotels (March 24th, 2009, 5:53 pm)

The MacOS theme is very friendly ;)
256.

Ed (April 1st, 2009, 2:32 pm)

Dies ist eine sehr gute Sammlung, schade nur dass es alles auf English ist:(
257.

Me (April 4th, 2009, 1:53 pm)

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWW!!!!!!!! This web site SUCKS!!!! I HATE IT!!!!!!
258.

Jon (April 4th, 2009, 4:58 pm)

Another really good free theme is Link [premiumnewstheme.com]
259.

Krystian (April 5th, 2009, 12:44 am)

Hi, thanks for the post, but I personally find it too many to look at.

I think you might find it a lot better if you post them in chunks of 20, but relate them to a niche, ie “top 20 wp themes for small businesses” or “top 20 wp themes for web mag”.
260.

estetik (April 7th, 2009, 5:26 am)

I’m using a theme called Admire Gray for my drupal based site. I wonder whether it’s available for Wordpress or not.
261.

giuseppe (April 15th, 2009, 10:44 am)

beautiful List..It’s time to change my theme blog template! Thanks a lot for sharing your collection!
262.

mantolama (April 15th, 2009, 11:31 pm)

Hi, thanks for the post
263.

SymnInheshy (April 16th, 2009, 3:28 pm)

nice, really nice!
264.

Action (April 17th, 2009, 7:38 am)

Thanks for this beautiful Themes!
265.

Oliver (April 18th, 2009, 12:00 am)

Nice Templates!
Link [www.yousmileys.de]
266.

Manas Mukul (April 18th, 2009, 12:47 am)

I cant believe some of the themes are simply awesome and free :)
267.

Tycoon (April 21st, 2009, 12:47 am)

Great list!

Link [www.smsengratis.nl]
268.

marco (April 22nd, 2009, 6:39 pm)

Very good your themes…Thanks !!

Link [www.trazavirtual.com]
269.

macthekat (April 23rd, 2009, 6:55 am)

The theme Red Stamp isn’t free
270.

Andreas (April 23rd, 2009, 7:04 am)

Balance is available at Link [www.thoughtmechanics.com]

Googled “tmdevblog” from the screenshot and found it.
271.

lol (April 24th, 2009, 12:10 am)

lollol
272.

PhitZone (April 26th, 2009, 5:49 am)

This is awesome!!! Tnkx for this huge collection of themes.
273.

Dane Deasy (April 26th, 2009, 6:12 pm)

I’m using the Modern theme on my website. Check it out. I made a few small adjustments to positions and sizes of the columns. Let me know what you think! Link [www.danedeasy.com]
274.

shraqs (April 27th, 2009, 7:48 pm)

Great collections
275.

盛者无罪 (April 28th, 2009, 6:05 am)

Wo,这篇文章不错哦
276.

Khurram Z (April 29th, 2009, 5:23 am)

can i use these free wordpress themes for free wordpress account at wordpress.com…
277.

Sagopa Kajmer (May 3rd, 2009, 6:06 am)

Thanks a lot for sharing your collection!
Link [www.turkrapci.com]
278.

Bhavesh (May 5th, 2009, 3:17 am)

well relatively new to this wordpress, can any one send me simple tutorial to me
279.

Bestpricestoday (May 8th, 2009, 1:29 am)

Thanks a lot for sharing your collection! lol
thank
Link [www.bestpricestoday.net]
280.

Girevik (May 12th, 2009, 10:57 pm)

Very big collection :) Thanks for author :)
Very many good themes…
I don’t know what kind theme to choose :)
Link [www.girevik-online.ru]
281.

Steven (May 17th, 2009, 5:55 am)

Thanks - unreal collection

Will use one on Link [free-money-making-tips.com] soon.
282.

Emily from How to Blog (May 17th, 2009, 12:36 pm)

DM-Bloodless gives a server not found error…
283.

Andrew (May 19th, 2009, 1:38 am)

Can somebody explain to me what Ajax means? It’s apparently very useful and quite importnat according to several posts, so excuse my ignorance
284.

Giuseppe Martone (May 19th, 2009, 8:45 am)

That’s a beutiful collection..thanks 4 sharing
285.

bhargava (May 24th, 2009, 9:01 pm)

Fantastic Collection ..great !
286.

Suresh (May 25th, 2009, 3:57 am)

Thanks a lot for sharing your collection.
287.

selzema (May 28th, 2009, 1:30 pm)

Thanks a lot for sharing your collection!

Link :Link [www.selzema.net]
288.

dave (June 1st, 2009, 7:20 am)

DM-Bloodless - The colored ball image is an image I created a few years ago! First time I have randomly come across my work online. joy :P
289.

Travis (June 5th, 2009, 8:24 pm)

I tell all my friends about this list.

Thanks so much!
290.

abhi (June 6th, 2009, 11:44 pm)

hello….you r rocking !
291.

Orjinal Delikanlı (June 9th, 2009, 1:57 am)

sırf bu şablon sıkıntısı yüzünden wordpress e geçmeyi düşünüyorum.
292.

Martin (June 16th, 2009, 9:19 am)

Hi,
you´ve forgotten the “pixel”-Theme.
Its quite easy to create nice mods of it.

Take a look at my Link [diablogamer.com] for example. Just created my own background, changed some little css stuff and everything was fine.

Greetings,
Martin
293.

bubbly (June 16th, 2009, 10:08 pm)

hi, these really are great and wonderful themes i like them do you people have any themes which can show my videos in classical ways..
294.

johnny (June 18th, 2009, 1:17 am)

good!
295.

MMF (June 18th, 2009, 6:49 am)

Nice Collection :)
296.

Amit (June 20th, 2009, 12:40 am)

Great Collection!!!
Fresh Web Developer : Link [www.freshwebdeveloper.co.cc]
297.

Tarek (June 21st, 2009, 5:13 am)

I like this Curved Wordpress Theme
Thanks
Y Are my HERO
298.

mp3 (June 22nd, 2009, 2:29 pm)

Link [www.mp3vampires.com]
299.

Mike Grace (June 22nd, 2009, 3:40 pm)

This is a great list to get good ideas and free themes from. Love WordPress! ; )
300.

narayana (June 22nd, 2009, 6:06 pm)

very excellent collection wordpress themes!
301.

Domenico M / Kiuz (June 25th, 2009, 3:12 am)

Link [960basetheme.kiuz.it]
960 Base Theme

Created by Domenico Monaco. See the official site for more info: Link [kiuz.it]
Is a “starter theme” based on 960 Grid System, in particulary are based on “Fluid 960 Grid System” by Stephen Bau.

Special Thanks To

- Fluid 960 Grid System
Created by Stephen Bau. Based on the work of Nathan Smith.

- 960 Grid System
Created by Nathan Smith. See the official site for more info:
302.

avelasquez (June 25th, 2009, 3:07 pm)

Estan muy buenos gran trabajo de recopilacion.
303.

Rogério (June 29th, 2009, 5:35 pm)

Um dos melhores links da Internet, Parabens pela reunião dos templates.

Abraços!
Link [cachoeirasdaparaiba.com.br]
304.

Sebastian K. (July 2nd, 2009, 10:43 pm)

This is a great list to get good ideas. I want to test some of this nice themes on my personal blog at Link [www.sk83.de]…
305.

Sebastian K. (July 2nd, 2009, 10:46 pm)

This is a great list to get good ideas. I want to test some of this nice themes on my personal blog at Link [www.sk83.de]

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