Despite an avalanche of easy-to-use website builders elbowing their way into the website production market, WordPress is still a reigning champion. The reason might be that it’s still such a firm favorite with developers who are always creating new and beautiful themes to choose from. Best of all, so many WordPress Themes have a free option in their pricing plan.
Stunning, sleek, and easily customizable, the themes on our list are all great options for businesses in a pinch or those wanting to invest elsewhere in their business. So without further ado, here is our shortlist of the best free WordPress themes.
Best free WordPress themes
1. Astra
Ultra-fast and lightweight, the Astra theme wins out on performance. Look at her go! What’s more, it’s also super easy to customize without changing a line of code.
Astra has a huge range of pre-built starter templates (over a whopping 150!) to choose from so if you find the perfect match for your website, it can be ready within minutes once you upload your content.
2. Neve
Number 1 for responsive design, the Neve theme by Themeisle is extremely flexible. Thanks to some drag-and-drop features it’s also surprisingly easy to edit. Like Astra, it’s also lightweight and boasts loading times of less than one second.
While you’re over at Themeisle’s site, check out Hestia, Neve’s older brother, another great free WordPress Theme.
3. Prolific
Prolific is a great option for corporate websites and portfolios, though it’s so adaptable that it would also function well for travel, restaurant, and education websites too. It’s also WooCommerce ready, meaning you can dip your toes into eCommerce from this free WordPress Theme too!
4. Simple
Turn your WordPress website into an eCommerce store without redirecting customers to Shopify. Simple was built specifically for the purpose of integrating Themify’s free Shopify Buy Button plugin. It’s beautiful, responsive, and… well… simple.
5. Vlogr
Video bloggers look no further. Vlogr supports major video hosting sites including YouTube and Video and high-resolution videos look great. You just have to focus on creating beautiful content to make the most of this beautiful theme.
6. Nothing Personal
The Nothing Personal theme is ironically highly personalizable. You can choose from over 800 Google fonts across your website and it has complete color customization too so that you can match your website exactly with your existing brand. It also has different layout options, archive options, and post templates.
7. Foodica Lite
I hope you’ve had your breakfast because this theme will have your tummy churning. Foodica Lite is designed for food-based blogs and recipe websites. If you like how it looks out of the box, Foodica is a great option, however, you are limited when it comes to customization if you don’t want to fork out for the paid plan.
If your website isn’t your main focus right now, then you could do a lot worse than choosing one of these free WordPress themes. While you focus your investment elsewhere in your business, you can use these themes as a placeholder.
However, when it comes to building your online presence you may find that you will quickly need to upgrade to the paid version to add features and functionality. At this point, you may also consider migrating your content to a fully customized website that can handle everything you need.
If you’re not sure what your business could benefit the most from right now, get in touch with jdp. We’ll lift the hood on your business and help you decide on the next steps to help your next investment in your business go further. Book your free consultation now.
