11 Free Magazine Style WordPress Themes
By Ben on Nov 14, 2007 in Wordpress
With the popularity of “magazine style” WordPress themes on the rise, I thought I’d post a collection of FREE magazine style WordPress themes.
A lot of professional blog designers, including Brian Gardner and Michael Pollock, have begun charging for these magazine style wordpress themes, but you should know that there are alternatives available! I don’t question the quality of a premium/paid blog design, but if you’re looking to go the do-it-yourself route and save some $$$, any of the themes below serve as a great starting point:
Jello Wala Mello WordPress Theme
Visionary: WordPress Theme
Wordpress Magazine Theme: Mimbo
The Morning After
WP-Polaroid
Grid Focus
Victoria
Newspaperize
Trevilian Way
Upstart Blogger Futurosity Magazine
Gridlock
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26 Comment(s)
By Brian Auer on Nov 15, 2007 | Reply
Cool resource, I didn’t realize there were so many really good ones out there. I’m using the Mimbo theme, and I love it (after some moderate hacking of course).
By David Yeiser on Nov 15, 2007 | Reply
Hey Ben,
Thanks for featuring Trevilian Way! It’s much appreciated.
By Ajay on Dec 1, 2007 | Reply
Can you include my adsense ready theme Blog Oh Blog Realoaded and write review about it:
http://blog.techiezone.in/2007/11/17/blog-oh-blog-reloaded-adsense-ready-wordpress-theme-launched/
By Lee on Dec 13, 2007 | Reply
Great! Very informational site and a lot of things to learn on.
By Tyler @ Building Camelot on Jan 3, 2008 | Reply
Nice list - I use The Morning After and have fallen in love with the “magazine” style theme. It’s really great that you can build a great looking website using Wordpress.
The Morning After uses some great code and has a community of great bloggers who know how to tweak the theme to your liking.
–TW
By Johnny on Jan 7, 2008 | Reply
Stumbled upon your blog while surfing for ways to increase my traffic and saw this post.
These WP templates are really sweet!
Hard to believe that these are FREE… Imagine what these guys can do for you for $$$
Thanx!
Johnny
By The Georgia Jukebox on Jan 22, 2008 | Reply
Mimbo is indeed a great theme! We’re using it at The Georgia Jukebox website, and you wouldn’t believe how simple it was.
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By Prosperity Writer on Apr 2, 2008 | Reply
magazine style themes are all the rage these days. maybe i should try one of these free themes
By ts on Apr 7, 2008 | Reply
Here’s a gallery of magazine-style themes:
http://wpmagthemes.com/
By Bruce Wagner on Apr 28, 2008 | Reply
Are any, or all, of these available on Wordpress.com blogs?
(Please also let me know via email: bruce@brucewagner.com )
By Ben on Apr 28, 2008 | Reply
@Bruce … I’m not sure which (if any) of these themes will work with WordPress.com blogs! My recommendation is to setup your own domain name and hosting account and get a self-hosted WordPress blog.
By FreeLance on May 28, 2008 | Reply
this post is really awsome. i took one of the TM on my BLOG
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By Plus Size on Jun 5, 2008 | Reply
Thank you for featuring this resource page. I am using Mimbo on my blog and like it.
By Melanie on Jun 6, 2008 | Reply
Thanks for this post Ben and yeah, magazine styles seem to be everywhere. I’m going to give Mimbo a shot!
By diki on Jun 21, 2008 | Reply
nice list, but are they comaptible with wp mu?
By Ben on Jun 21, 2008 | Reply
@diki - I’m not sure which of the themes are compatible with WordPress MU. I have only used my WordPress Dream Theme with WordPress MU so far, and it works perfectly.
By Visiting Bangkok on Jul 2, 2008 | Reply
the morning after is the best. nice collection btw thanks!
By Lisa on Jul 10, 2008 | Reply
“I’m not sure which of the themes are compatible with WordPress MU.” - Yes would be interested in this answer also…
By videos on Jul 10, 2008 | Reply
What a terrific piece. Thank you.
By Internet Marketing Uncut on Jul 13, 2008 | Reply
I love these magazine type templates. I use them all the time myself.
By müzik dinle on Nov 25, 2008 | Reply
What a terrific piece. Thank you.
By PPC Bully Review on Dec 29, 2008 | Reply
dude, you rock. These themes are excellent and exactly what I needed. I’m trying to make my blog do a number of things and was having a really difficult time pulling it all together. Thanks so much for making these available.
By TCTalk on Dec 30, 2008 | Reply
Very nice collection of resources. Thnx dude!
By Adam on Jan 12, 2009 | Reply
Hey, I am glad I found your site. I’ve started to really get into magazine style themes. Thanks for sharing this!
By Jim on Jan 28, 2009 | Reply
Gridlock is very nice, i love it
By TechHairBall on Apr 22, 2009 | Reply
Nice cool collection of themes. Will try newspaperize.