If you’ve read my tutorial, you know that using a search engine to find free WordPress themes can be dangerous. Many sites that offer a whole bunch of free WordPress themes will have themes that contain malicious code, hidden links, and are just plain crap.
WordPress.org has a list of free themes that are safe for you to use. You can also find these right in your WordPress dashboard under Appearance > Themes > Install Themes.
Here are some more great free WordPress themes!
Woo Themes is one of the top WordPress theme providers and knows the value of giving things away for free. And they have lots of awesome free themes that go the extra mile when it comes to added features. They make it so simple to add your logo, change colors and the background and so much more. Great for beginners and the pros, WooThemes makes it east to add things like tabbed content, bullet lists, columns, social network icons and more. You should also check out their free themes and icons while you’re there!
But wait, there’s more! They even have what they call a playground. You get to test drive themes before you use them on your own website. Their playground says that it’s for their premium themes, but when I checked it out, there were freebies there to play with too! Too cool!
1. Swatch by WooThemes
If you want to put your portfolio online with photos, here’s the theme for you! Some of the features include a custom homepage slider (optional), custom home page, portfolio page, widgetized with custom Woo widgets and alternative color styles. Your portfolio posts use WordPress’ custom post feature and are kept separate from your regular blog posts.
Swatch by Woo Themes
2. Meta-Morphosis by WooThemes
Some features include a two column homepage with featured posts and regular posts, jQuery widgetized slider in the footer, and 8 different color choices.
Meta-Morphosis by Woo Themes
3. Irresistible by WooThemes
Some features include being able to use the theme as a standard blog or have a custom homepage like they show in the demo. You also get integrated banner ad management and integrated video player, widgetized sidebar with some custom widgets, and 9 different theme color schemes to choose from.
Irrestible by Woo Themes
RocketTheme – they started out creating templates for Joomla! and has since expanded their service to include WordPress, phpBB, Drupal and Magento themes and templates. They’re one of the few theme providers that I’ve found that are developing phpBb templates to match some of their WordPress themes. A true rarity! They also offer some free themes for you to check out.
4. Grunge by RocketTheme
Features include RocketTheme’s famous Gantry framework, a whopping 68 widget positions, RTL support and CSS drop down menu.
Grunge by RocketTheme
5. Afterburner by RocketTheme
Afterburner by RocketTheme
6. SnapWire by Gabfire
Some of it’s features include 9 different content areas on the main page, widgetized with 25 widget areas, category templates for media, multiple color schemes and more. It’s a beauty!
Snapwire by Gabfire
7. TumblePress by Color Labs
A Tumblr – like WordPress theme. Features include social network integration, tabbed widget, Twitter and Flickr widgets, Author box, threaded comments, and an administrator panel that makes integrating Google Analytics, Feedburner and AdSense a snap.
TumblePress by Color Labs
8. RPG.cod by Color Labs
Another beauty! Features include the all important social network integration including a Facebook Fan and Flickr photo widgets, threaded comments, tabbed categories and an administrator panel that makes integrating Google Analytics, Feedburner and AdSense quick and painless.
RPG.cod by Color Labs
