WordPress has come a long way since its inception. One of the biggest improvements the system as a whole has seen is an improvement in the sophistication of its themes.
A number of years ago the appearance of magazine-style themes was perhaps one of the greatest leaps forward in the WordPress theme world. Most all of those new and nice-looking themes, however, were premium themes. Only later did a few free magazine-style themes make their way onto the market.
Jump forward to today, and we have a plethora of free magazine themes out there for use. Below we’ve collected forty of the best ones we could find.
Happy downloading.
(Let us know in the comments which ones you like best.)
1. silverOrchid – DOWNLOAD | DEMO
2. Dzonia Lite – DOWNLOAD | DEMO
Featured Plugin - WordPress Newsletter Plugin
Now there's no need to pay for a third party service to sign up, manage and send beautiful email newsletters to your subscriber base - this plugin has got the lot.
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3. Squirrel – DOWNLOAD | DEMO
4. Pinboard – DOWNLOAD | DEMO
5. Simple Catch – DOWNLOAD | DEMO
Featured Plugin - WordPress Membership Site Plugin
If you're thinking about starting a paid, or just private, membership site then this is truly the plugin you've been looking for. Easy to use, massively configurable and ready to go out of the box!
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6. Theron Lite– DOWNLOAD | DEMO
7. The Morning After – DOWNLOAD | DEMO
8. Premium News – DOWNLOAD | DEMO
9. Meta-Morphosis – DOWNLOAD | DEMO
10. Video Zone – DOWNLOAD | DEMO
Featured Plugin - WordPress Infinite SEO Plugin
Fully integrated with the SEOMoz API, complete with automatic links, sitemaps and SEO optimization of your WordPress setup - this is the only plugin you need to help you rank your site number 1 on Google - nothing else compares.
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11. Arras – DOWNLOAD | DEMO
12. Blogstarter – DOWNLOAD | DEMO
13. (Theme Removed – Reports of Malware on Site)
14. MagZine – DOWNLOAD | DEMO
15. Kazza – DOWNLOAD | DEMO
Featured Plugin - WordPress Q&A Site Plugin
It's now incredibly easy to start your own Q&A site using nothing more than WordPress - The Q&A plugin simply and brilliantly transforms any site, or page, into a perfect support or Q&A environment.
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16. Magazine Basic – DOWNLOAD | DEMO
17. Oxygen – DOWNLOAD | DEMO
18. zeeMagazine – DOWNLOAD | DEMO
19. zeeStyle – DOWNLOAD | DEMO
20. Priimo – DOWNLOAD | DEMO
Featured Plugin - WordPress Facebook Plugin
Would you like to add Facebook comments, registration, 'Like' buttons and autoposting to your WP site? Well, The Ultimate Facebook plugin has got that all covered!
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21. Fresh Ink Magazine – DOWNLOAD | DEMO
22. Custom Community – DOWNLOAD | DEMO
23. MagUp – DOWNLOAD | DEMO
24. Path – DOWNLOAD | DEMO
25. News – DOWNLOAD | DEMO
Featured Plugin - WordPress Appointments Plugin
Take, set and manage appointments and client bookings without having to leave WordPress. Appointments+ makes it easy.
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26. iFeature – DOWNLOAD | DEMO
27. Esplanade – DOWNLOAD | DEMO
28. Tiga– DOWNLOAD | DEMO
29. Trending – DOWNLOAD | DEMO
30. Sampression Lite – DOWNLOAD | DEMO
Featured Plugin - WordPress Google Maps Plugin
Simply insert google maps into posts, sidebars and pages - show directions, streetview, provide image overlays and do it all from a simple button and comprehensive widget.
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31. Themolio – DOWNLOAD | DEMO
32. Ascetica – DOWNLOAD | DEMO
33. Brightpage – DOWNLOAD | DEMO
34. Triton Lite – DOWNLOAD | DEMO
35. Scylla Lite – DOWNLOAD | DEMO
Featured Plugin - WordPress Pop-Up Chat Plugin
No javascript required, no third part chat engine, just fully featured chat right in your own database on your own WP sites - couldn't be easier.
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36. Amphion Lite – DOWNLOAD | DEMO
37. WP-Creativix – DOWNLOAD | DEMO
38. Genjit – DOWNLOAD | DEMO
39. Monochrome – DOWNLOAD | DEMO
40. Branford Magazine – DOWNLOAD | DEMO
Featured Plugin - WordPress Ecommerce Shopping Cart Plugin
Out of all the WordPress ecommerce plugins available, MarketPress has got to be the winner - easy to configure, powerful functionality, multiple gateways and more. A simply brilliant plugin!
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guys cmon
all this themes sucks :/
Great Compilation Joseph. Seems like wonderful themes and best of all they are free to use. :)
Thanks for the great share.
–Neeraj
InkThemes
Thanks, Neeraj.
Woh, that’s one hell of a list, love it.
Thanks, James.
Arras looks great! Great typography. Nice balanced design overall. Might have to look into the code to see.
Usually, among these lists, there’s always at least one that looks great. Thanks for sharing.
Glad you liked it ●_● … :)
Thank you so much. Some of the best news templates I have ever seen. I’ve been looking for a template like Premium News for a long time!
Glad you liked it.