16 Best Free WordPress Themes for 2019

WordPress is the web’s most popular content management system (CMS) for a reason. It’s open source, which means that the software is free to use and to modify, and that also means that there are literally millions of third-party plugins and themes out there for you to used to customize your website.

The best thing is that while many of these themes and plugins are only available in exchange for a fee, there are also plenty of free WordPress themes and plugins that you can use and many of them are just as good as the paid tools. So why pay?

And so with that in mind, let’s jump on in and take a look at the 33 best free WordPress themes for 2019.

1. OceanWP

OceanWP is a lightweight framework that can be used to create everything from blogs and resumes to e-commerce stores and more. It’s the WordPress equivalent of a LEGO set.

2. Astra

Astra is specifically designed for rapid load times and powerful performance. Its other big advantage is that the developer has a bunch of demo sites that you can import to get a pre-built layout within seconds.

3. Hestia

Hestia is another one of those templates which are specifically designed to allow you to use it as a builder for more complex solutions. That means that it’s fully integratable with everything from e-commerce solutions to website builders, making it a pretty good all-rounder.

4. Bento

Bento is a pretty popular choice because it’s packed with more features than most paid templates. It’s particularly good at integrating with WooCommerce.

5. Modernize

Modernize is exactly what it sounds like: a sleek, modern WordPress theme that puts the focus on the written content, stripping out all extraneous functionality to keep the visitor scrolling.

6. Ribosome

Ribosome is another clean and simple responsive design that maintains the look and feel of a classic WordPress site while offering a couple of advanced features.

7. SiteOrigin Unwind

SiteOrigin Unwind is one of the more visual themes, making it perfect for photography bloggers and visual artists. You can still make it work if you’re a more traditional blogger though, as long as you pick stunning featured images.

8. Hemingway

Named after the master writer himself, Hemingway is perfect for bloggers, authors and others who publish large amounts of long-form fiction.

9. Maxwell

Simple, minimalistic and easy to use, Maxwell is similar to Ribosome and is ideal if you want a classic WordPress feel with a fully responsive layout.

10. Writee

Writee is reminiscent of a cross between WordPress and Medium, and it’s one of the better picks if you’re looking for a mixture of ease of use and functionality.

11. Libretto

If you’re looking for a super simple one-column design, then look no further than Libretto. It strips out all the extraneous features and focuses instead on highlighting your content.

12. Verbosa

Verbosa’s design is reminiscent of a virtual magazine, and it’s perfect for content creators of any kind. It’s also unusual in that it has a sidebar on the left instead of on the right, which can help your site to stand out from the crowd.

13. Flat

Flat follows the Verbosa approach with a sidebar to the light, but it instead focuses on a single column design that puts your articles front and center.

14. Baskerville

Baskerville helps you to make your site look a little like Pinterest, creating blocks to highlight posts, images, videos and more. It’s also super intuitive and easy to use, as well as for visitors to browse.

15. Admiral

Admiral is another magazine style layout that’s perfect for publishers of all shapes and sizes. It also supports infinite scrolling so you can keep people reading more easily than ever before.

16. Hiero

Hiero is another magazine style WordPress theme, and it stands out because of its distinctive black and red color scheme and the number of features it includes, such as a responsive layout and threaded comments.

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