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 $$$, any of the themes below serve as a great starting point:
Jello Wala Mello WordPress Theme
Visionary: WordPress Theme
Wordpress Magazine Theme: Mimbo
The Morning After
WP-Polaroid
Grid Focus
Victoria
Newspaperize
Trevilian Way
Upstart Blogger Futurosity Magazine
Gridlock
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11 Comment(s)
By Brian Auer on Nov 15, 2007 | Reply
Cool resource, I didn’t realize there were so many really good ones out there. I’m using the Mimbo theme, and I love it (after some moderate hacking of course).
By David Yeiser on Nov 15, 2007 | Reply
Hey Ben,
Thanks for featuring Trevilian Way! It’s much appreciated.
By Ajay on Dec 1, 2007 | Reply
Can you include my adsense ready theme Blog Oh Blog Realoaded and write review about it:
http://blog.techiezone.in/2007/11/17/blog-oh-blog-reloaded-adsense-ready-wordpress-theme-launched/
By Lee on Dec 13, 2007 | Reply
Great! Very informational site and a lot of things to learn on.
By Tyler @ Building Camelot on Jan 3, 2008 | Reply
Nice list - I use The Morning After and have fallen in love with the “magazine” style theme. It’s really great that you can build a great looking website using Wordpress.
The Morning After uses some great code and has a community of great bloggers who know how to tweak the theme to your liking.
–TW
By Johnny on Jan 7, 2008 | Reply
Stumbled upon your blog while surfing for ways to increase my traffic and saw this post.
These WP templates are really sweet!
Hard to believe that these are FREE… Imagine what these guys can do for you for $$$
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.