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83 Beautiful Wordpress Themes You (Probably) Haven’t Seen
February 9th, 2007 in Design Showcase | 1030 Comments
Sometimes it’s just like searching for a needle in a haystack: if you’ve ever googled for free and quality Wordpress Themes, you know exactly what we’re talking about. Most designers love to create Wordpress themes, so they can demonstrate the quality of their work and add some fresh works to their portfolios.
However, most Wordpress themes are either used too often (Kubrick theme, now K2, is definitely overused) or just have nothing to offer - particularly, if you are looking for a free, impressive and professional design. However, sometimes search is worth it. In the gallery below you’ll find 83 free Wordpress Themes you probably haven’t seen yet. All themes offer quality, elegance and a user-friendly interface. … and please take a look at Dr. Web’s free Wordpress Themes. Links checked: July/3rd 2008.
1. Redoable 1.0
2. Iceburgg
3. Soxnest link
4. Gridlock
5. Fresh Theme
7. Time Manager
9. Intra Blog
10. gone
11. Wave link
12. gone
13. Hemingway
16. gone
17. gone
18. Rounded Blue V2
19. Freshy 1.0
20. Fresh 1.0 [ WP 2.0]
21. I feel dirty
22. Neo Sapien
23. gone
24. gone
25. Kiss Theme
26. Organique
27. Theme Leia
28. Sirius
29. Pink-Kupy 1.0
30. Free FU
31. GR
32. Bastard Theme
33. Beast-Blog v.2.0
34. Foliage, Foliage Mod
35. Peaceful Rush
36. Digg 3 Columns
37. Contaminated
38. Greenery
39. Mollio
40. (Not so) Fresh
41. Aalglatt V1.0
42. Blue Moon 1.0
43. Light 1.0
44. Fall Season
45. Mental Disorder
46. Orange Sky
47. gone
48. gone
49. TerraFirma
50. Brajeshwar v 7.0
51. Quadruple Blue
52. Subtle
53. Dream On
54. Glossy Blue
55. Unwakeable 1.2
56. The Hobbit
57. Shantia
58. Indigo
59. Andharra
60. Spreeksel
61. 2813
62. Stripes Theme
63. Js Theme
65. gone
66. gone
67. Minima Plus
68. Alternate 0
69. Squible
70. gone
71. Balance
72. 5thirtyone v2
74. BloxPress (AJAXified + Prototype + Scriptalicious)
75. gone
76. Bosco
77. Darlanas
78. Seo Adsense Wordpress Theme
79. Nonzero
80. So Suechtig
81. Blue Zinfandel Wordpress Theme
82. Frequency
83. Vertigo Enhanced
84. Lunarpages Green










































































Pat (February 9th, 2007, 10:06 pm)
Hey, I always read you entries and really like this blog. Just came here and saw you added my Wordpress theme to that list (80), funny :-)
Allexiel (February 9th, 2007, 10:20 pm)
I just released my own theme at my blog, and those free wordpress themes make me cry -_-
I want to make a new one now!
Thanks for that list :)
stuart (February 9th, 2007, 10:29 pm)
Nice collection. Too bad I just switched to Mephisto.
Luisa (February 9th, 2007, 11:07 pm)
Had already grabbed the first one as a placeholder for my site, while I learn how to work with CSS myself.
Love your site, thanks for all the great information you put here.
Luisa.
Navdeep (February 9th, 2007, 11:15 pm)
Very good looking themes. I hope my Blog Link [www.whitesquid.com] could be nominated under this category. :)
Han (February 9th, 2007, 11:57 pm)
Wordpress themes are overly complicated :( I’ve done a series of “wordpress themes for beginners” themes! (ie none of that unnecessary coding!)
Bill (February 10th, 2007, 12:18 am)
I’m constantly amazed at the great stuff you feature on this site. This is a fantastic list. I always dread digging through the WP themes to find one I like, and here you’ve done all the work for me. :)
Brandon (February 10th, 2007, 1:28 am)
Thanks for the list! I use a few of them currently, but most of them I’d never seen. I’m going to search the rest of your site now.
Oliver Tani (February 10th, 2007, 1:38 am)
This is an awesome list. I usually use the wordpress theme viewer online but have never seen most of these… I love wordpress for its simplicity and its numerous abilities… I just gotta stop using it on every singe site I put online! Haha!
Derek (February 10th, 2007, 2:57 am)
FYI: For items 68 and 69, the href address is pointing to the address that 67 is referring to (Minima Plus). The preview links for each are correct though. Thanks for compiling this list, it’s very useful.
Max (February 10th, 2007, 3:48 am)
wow! I love your lists / collections. Keep on ;-)
Matt (February 10th, 2007, 4:58 am)
Is that Soxnest (redsox) theme downloadable? I couldn’t find a link to it anywhere. They mention their themes are downloadable at Link [www.devlounge.net] but Soxnest isn’t listed. Anyone know where to find it?
David G. Paul (February 10th, 2007, 5:08 am)
Well it’s a list thats not just useful for Wordpress users, but also for people who are looking for inspiration.
Nice job!
Jim (February 10th, 2007, 5:28 am)
Can these be used for blogs housed at Wordpress.com or just if you are using the Wordpress software on your own site?
Eoin (February 10th, 2007, 5:45 am)
Can I recommend Mandigo (at ) for the next iteration of this list?
Joost (February 10th, 2007, 6:47 am)
Problem is that these will not become overused!
Eric (February 10th, 2007, 7:03 am)
Well this can’t be a coincidence…
Link [www.drweb.de]
More than a slight resemblance here - but kudos for finding 3 on your own!
smurfstah (February 10th, 2007, 10:46 am)
AWESOME stuff mate!!! beautiful stuff here :D
Eve (February 10th, 2007, 12:46 pm)
Wow these are beautiful. I have a wordpress blog but don’t use it much since Javascipt cannot be incorporated in it-but I’ll consider using one of these Thanks!
devnull_ (February 10th, 2007, 6:59 pm)
Awsome list! :)
Keep up the good work.
K.Dev (February 11th, 2007, 1:53 am)
Wow… Wonderful article. The title perfectly fit. All of them are really rare… I am going to use at least five of them for my blog…
Dave C. (February 11th, 2007, 1:58 am)
There are some great one’s here. I’ve been looking at themes for another site and I think I’ve found the perfect one here. Thanks for this post.
tom (February 11th, 2007, 2:34 am)
Très bons goûts dans les chois de ces thèmes..j’en avais déjà installé une bonne partie mais certains vraiment intérrésants méritent une petite mise à jour..Good job !
Andrew (February 11th, 2007, 6:05 am)
Thanks for including Iceburgg and Soxnest, but Soxnest is not a public theme. It was a theme designed for personal use that was than sold off to a new owner.
Pizzadude (February 11th, 2007, 6:08 am)
_o_
jez (February 11th, 2007, 11:39 pm)
one of the best write-ups. thanks!!
ahmet (February 12th, 2007, 3:05 am)
thats nice! but, i could not glance at all of them… also, it would be better if we can have some options to obtain wordpress templates easily that we can change them by manually easily i meant…
have fun :Pp
Ethan (February 12th, 2007, 4:52 am)
You should take the Organique theme off the list - it doesn’t seem to be accessible at all.
Bryce (February 12th, 2007, 2:24 pm)
Thanks for this, I’ll definately come here when looking for wordpress themes
firman firdaus (February 12th, 2007, 3:48 pm)
thanks for the piece. i’m one of the “free WP theme hunters”, hahaha
Kris (February 12th, 2007, 6:34 pm)
“… Haven’t Seen…”
Not anymore, digg was here :)
OverZero.it (February 12th, 2007, 7:38 pm)
I don’t use Wordpress because I don’t need a personal blog at the moment, but this themes list is very inspiring!
Thank you.
Gratis (February 12th, 2007, 9:04 pm)
very nice!
Kris Karkoski (February 12th, 2007, 11:35 pm)
I can’t seem to find where to download the SoxNest theme, could you perhaps edit it to where I can download it at? Thanks so much for this list as well.
tzMedia (February 13th, 2007, 12:36 am)
Wow hot topic!
Thanks so much
x x
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I feel as if I’ve been smashed by a two-ton heavy thing —queensryche ;)
Dan (February 13th, 2007, 1:50 am)
Using an overly popular Wordpress theme is a sure-fire way to have your blog to fall into obscurity. These are all very impressive and I hope they encourage new users to tweak their blog designs now they see what is possible.
Jason (February 13th, 2007, 2:16 am)
I just finished uploading my modified version of fjords and my friend shows me this! I’m not sure if I’m happy to see all these beautiful themes or really upset?! Regardless your magazine here is great, thank you for all the great resources.
Opfer (February 13th, 2007, 12:50 pm)
Another beauty and free wpTheme ^^
storelicious.com/?p=14
DavilaCS (February 13th, 2007, 11:52 pm)
Las plantillas lo diseñso todo es muy bueno aqui realmente muchas gracias por dar cosas de primera ;)
SvT (February 14th, 2007, 12:19 am)
Big Tnx!… ;)
Website Guru (February 14th, 2007, 1:12 am)
Never thought about changing my current theme - but when I saw this! I could not but select something new :)
Maksik (February 15th, 2007, 7:33 pm)
Thx, very useful!
Anon (February 16th, 2007, 12:21 am)
Yeah, unwakeable is basically a cheap imitation of Link [openswitch.org]. Get it right.
BooTCaT (February 16th, 2007, 10:26 pm)
Hey guyz , nice work .
Actually , i have individually visited each of these sites , but never thought of putting them at one place .
Good Job .
Jordan (February 19th, 2007, 4:01 am)
Why not just link to Link [www.drweb.de], instead of copy/pasting that post here?
Karl (February 19th, 2007, 3:56 pm)
@Jordan: Because both websites are run by the same folks… DrWeb’s for german language people, SmashingMagazine is international.
Asep (February 20th, 2007, 8:33 am)
I agree these are beautiful themes. I hope these compatible with Wordpress 2.1
iddaa tahminleri (February 22nd, 2007, 8:39 am)
good themplates but i am searching soccer themes. if you have soccer themes please contact me Link []
JM (February 24th, 2007, 3:27 am)
Seriously, thank you for contributing this. It’s so frustrating sorting through the numerous half baked templates when your looking for something that feels just right.
aaheroe (February 24th, 2007, 4:20 am)
wow… this is great wordpress theme lists !
Amazing !
Brandon Hopkins (March 1st, 2007, 1:44 pm)
Using one of these at my site! Thanks!
jimmyc (March 2nd, 2007, 4:08 am)
one word: Wow!
bookmarked this
Hans (March 3rd, 2007, 3:14 pm)
WOW thanks for this great list. I also released a new theme called Link [blogosquare.com]. Maybe you could have a look at it :) It’s a black minimalist theme, highly customisable, lightning fast,easy to deploy and use while supporting the vast majority of plugins out there.
You can view the live demo version Link [blogosquare.com].
deckie (March 6th, 2007, 6:57 pm)
didats: YES, you`re the owner of that theme Umalas. im joining you to say it to the world. let them shame for what they done.
hendra (March 8th, 2007, 10:56 am)
Woow, great list. I take the first one in the list. But, before that, i download all that interest me and try it at localhost. But, i like Redoable. Many thanks!
vibhash (March 12th, 2007, 2:45 am)
Awsome list:)
imaginepaolo (March 14th, 2007, 4:50 pm)
What do you think about my theme? Thanks…
Columbus Ohio directory (March 19th, 2007, 6:35 am)
Without question, one of the more valuable blog posts I’ve seen in some time. Thanks for taking the time to put this together. I will most certainly pass it along to friends!
RenderFaux.com (March 19th, 2007, 8:38 am)
Your blog is awesome, alot of really great templates here!
Abdullah Ibrahim (March 22nd, 2007, 1:23 pm)
Yet another sweet post from Smashing Magazine. All are awesome. I really loved them.
Issis (March 23rd, 2007, 1:42 am)
I would like to know if this templates can be used for free. I´ve got a blog in Wordpress and I would like to change the current template for one of this. How can I change it? Or these templates are only for looking them.
david (March 27th, 2007, 9:21 pm)
i use one of them, and it is look good ;)
Solltex (March 29th, 2007, 11:57 pm)
i use one of them, and it is look good
şen (April 2nd, 2007, 8:33 pm)
templates are perfect thanks for everything
dirk (April 13th, 2007, 3:19 am)
great posting, I like the design the guys from Magnus did on their corporate blog. Check it out, Link [blogs.magnus.nl]
Hardik (April 13th, 2007, 7:36 pm)
good collection…
Raspana (April 15th, 2007, 4:59 pm)
Hi. My name is Hamed.
I spent a lot of times to find a nice theme for wordpress, but i’m so tired now!
…
Good lock
isa (April 15th, 2007, 7:26 pm)
Hi!
The XV doesn’t work in my WP!
I’ve uploaded it correctly but WP doesn’t recognize the style.css
:-(
Smith (April 18th, 2007, 2:02 pm)
We use your Themas to Our Blog Site
Thanks alot
Pink is the new blogPink Is The New Blog and pink panther, pink depression glass with pink world and pink rose with pink is the new blog.
Link [www.pinkisthenewblog.info]
Bryan Le (April 23rd, 2007, 1:06 am)
Hey there,
Just a heads up - the 3rd one featured, Soxnest - the URL is actually Link [www.soxnest.com] not the one you have working.
Bryan
Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz (April 23rd, 2007, 2:35 pm)
bryan le: link no.3 is the right one. this is the theme we want to show.
parveen (May 3rd, 2007, 8:07 pm)
Instead of going to wordpress.org and searching for the required ones from thousands of wordpress themes is very time consuming. I think this would form a good comprehensive list of quality themes to look on .
Vent Swap (May 4th, 2007, 1:51 pm)
Hi, I’ve been looking around for the english version of the “GreenDog” theme.
Thank you.
bony (May 5th, 2007, 7:57 am)
Thanks for the great themes here. I have always been looking for some great themes. I have used the NeoSapien in my Link [www.bonyuts.com] and the fresh them is used by my friend in her Link [www.agendassos.net] as well. Thanks :)
wordpress themes biz (May 9th, 2007, 10:00 am)
thanks for these themes.i like white backgrounded professional themes.and i am trying to do some themes myself.you can check my page Link [www.wordpressthemes.biz]thanks.
E-Kereta (May 12th, 2007, 5:08 pm)
TQ for the great compilation. I will use one of the theme in my blog….
Abazza (May 13th, 2007, 7:13 pm)
Nice collection. Thank you for wour work. We usind theme number 40,… not so fresh,… but looking for some new stuff. I think we discovered the right to collection to find.
Thank you
Abazza
serdar (May 14th, 2007, 12:56 am)
woww thanks soo much, that’s nice themes..
GnC,
i using black.
Bucky (May 15th, 2007, 9:46 pm)
Great list.
Now I don’t have to manually do it myself. I have been looking for a page like this for some time now. :)
Thank you.
claudia (May 20th, 2007, 11:34 pm)
Hey this is a really cool article and i am going to pass it on to the rest of my friends. Thank you for your research and time to put this neat resource together. –Clau
Jonathan (May 23rd, 2007, 5:14 pm)
I’m stunned by these layouts. I’ve just finished redesigning my girlfriend’s blog and feel like and idiot…
Link [insearchofdessert.com]Link [www.insearchofdessert.com]
athew (May 26th, 2007, 2:39 am)
thanks. my new blog using Sirius .
Ali Sanaei (May 29th, 2007, 12:49 am)
Thanks a million!
great themes, wish I found you before ;)
Doc Oth (May 31st, 2007, 7:00 am)
Very good overview of some of the better themes out there!
JDM Blog (May 31st, 2007, 3:52 pm)
what a nice compilation…great job
kenisha stone (May 31st, 2007, 10:57 pm)
I would like to know how could I get in contact with your compnay. I see some items that I would like to use to create a web page, but I need to know what I can and can not use. I also want to know if there is a template available for purchase on the design that you choose. is there a phone number that I can use to speak to a customer service rep?
Hornswaggled (June 1st, 2007, 3:18 am)
Im running number 79 on another site I have. Too funny! Some of these are great. Im probably looking at this a little late as I have seen many of these around but then again I am always looking out for new styles.Thanks for the list.
Thomas (June 2nd, 2007, 12:25 am)
Great collection of sophisticated themes. In case someone is looking for something simpler but easier to customize, you might want to have a look at a template I just completed. Again, it’s not a visual stunner, but if simple design and easy customization are what you are looking for, you’re invited to check it out.
Free WordPress Themes (June 6th, 2007, 10:54 am)
We have 2 very new WordPress themes inspired by 2 upcoming movies Fantastic Four and Transformers. I bet none of you have seen them yet? Ohh and by the way, they are free. :-)
HDR (June 6th, 2007, 5:58 pm)
Wow, that’s quite a list!
Eric (June 6th, 2007, 8:30 pm)
Very nice themes! I’m using one of them that is on your list (highly modified though ;) ) - Glossy Blue.
Taking a look at these, I may just add another one..
-Eric
Michael Krotchie (June 7th, 2007, 5:00 am)
Great post, thanks for all of the choices!
marc (June 8th, 2007, 4:31 pm)
many thanks for themes!
Bertrand (June 9th, 2007, 12:37 am)
Many thanks for your great liste, I found THE one ;)
ThemeMaster (June 9th, 2007, 5:49 pm)
Good themes. Thanks!
Inga Oz (June 10th, 2007, 7:00 am)
Very nice collection of themes… As always, my favorites are those light ones with 3 columns… :)
Julia (June 12th, 2007, 1:01 am)
Great Collection :)
Luiis (June 12th, 2007, 10:24 am)
Great list!
BaseballLines (June 12th, 2007, 10:48 pm)
Thanks for the great list. I’ve been looking for a theme over at the official wordpress themes site but it’s a pain to navigate it. And your right on the money, I haven’t seen 90%+ of these themes before. Thanks!
anar$ist (June 13th, 2007, 3:05 am)
Wow these are beautiful. I have a wordpress blog but don’t use it much since Javascipt cannot be incorporated in it-but I’ll consider using one of these Thanks!
fauzi (June 13th, 2007, 10:54 am)
nice and comprehensive compilation. good job bro
kashi (June 13th, 2007, 5:33 pm)
i see this site it’ s realy nice site
handmade (June 16th, 2007, 5:37 pm)
Good themes. Thanks!
lorenzo piccinini (June 18th, 2007, 12:55 am)
These are the best wordpress themes out there! I use a lot of them to take inspiration to create new theme, thanks a lot for the links!
lorenzo piccinini
women blog (June 19th, 2007, 7:45 pm)
Instead of going to wordpress.org and searching for the required ones from thousands of wordpress themes is very time consuming. I think this would form a good comprehensive list of quality themes to look on .
masTR (June 22nd, 2007, 3:26 am)
i loved all of this. thanks for sharing
BoogieBoy (June 25th, 2007, 2:26 pm)
There’s some nice themes here. But most of them are not very usable or not so good readable to use them.
ram (June 26th, 2007, 11:29 pm)
Wow, what a collection of themes, some of the themes i have never seen before.
Chris (June 27th, 2007, 5:44 am)
Great selection of themes. Just need to work out which one to use now!
Thanks for the comprehensive list
Chris
Nishanthe (June 28th, 2007, 5:32 pm)
Thank you for the great stuff!
-Nish
Mehmet Poyraz (July 1st, 2007, 10:40 pm)
very good templates
PC-bug-doctor (July 3rd, 2007, 4:55 pm)
Very good collection. Thank you try. Respect
Felsefe (July 9th, 2007, 12:35 pm)
Wonderful article. The title perfectly fit. All of them are really rare!
muzik (July 9th, 2007, 12:41 pm)
Thanks for this, I’ll definately come here when looking for wordpress themes.
Brian (July 11th, 2007, 11:12 pm)
There is some nice themes there, its the best collection I have seen so far.
Thanks
nexus (July 14th, 2007, 11:04 pm)
good themes, thank you :)
neysyah (July 15th, 2007, 12:59 am)
usualy i use my siite with joomla but after see this i will change my blog to the wordpress hehehe thank u bro
Brad Jenkins (July 17th, 2007, 1:32 pm)
Great article! I liked to you and some other helpful wordpress websites here: Link [www.thetechmen.com]
gene (July 17th, 2007, 11:01 pm)
starting to feel like web2.0 design has reached/surpassed its peak point of supply and demand. just seems like every design lacks originality.
Riz Ainuddin (July 19th, 2007, 5:43 pm)
This is the coolest selection I’ve seen. Thanks alot! for sharing these. Beautiful.
nexusbjk (July 23rd, 2007, 2:05 am)
great theme list, thanks for themes
mara (July 23rd, 2007, 9:19 pm)
Some of these themes are really beautiful.
You always give out great lists, thanks!
The Wolf (July 24th, 2007, 10:55 am)
The Wolf Approves This Blog. Congratulations.
Tim (July 25th, 2007, 4:06 pm)
Really nice kist of themes
Denis (July 26th, 2007, 4:38 am)
That was nice from you! :)
Thanks a lot! I was looking for themes a long time, but only here I’ve founded what I needed.
Respect! ;)
Calgary Internet Marketing (July 30th, 2007, 2:54 am)
I was introduced to this list earlier this year and just wanted to say thanks for creating this list. its like a css zen garden - type of listing.
Sheko (July 30th, 2007, 11:34 am)
I love those themes. I have used some of them.
Vignanam (August 6th, 2007, 9:40 pm)
I loved all of this. Thanks for sharing
Wordpress template (August 8th, 2007, 10:35 pm)
i have seen this beautiful templates i have posted someone in italian at my little blog.
i’ve already seen on dr.web weblog
Dugu (August 9th, 2007, 5:38 am)
Wow. Those are just great. I’m starting building some themes myself
Funny Pets (August 9th, 2007, 8:05 am)
This is really a fantastic list with a lot of great stuff, congratulations for all your work, its always an example :)
Greetings!
May
Henri (August 9th, 2007, 3:16 pm)
Thank You so much for the template. I’m workin’ on it. Hopefully you can add more template. :-)
Alexander Aab (August 9th, 2007, 4:30 pm)
Thank you very much for these themes all in one place. I was looking for some new themes. This is great.
Koen van der Zanden (August 11th, 2007, 10:16 am)
Thnx nice list!
I use one on my blog now!!!
Rudolf (August 11th, 2007, 4:46 pm)
Wow, that’s quite a list! Great post, thanks for all of the choices!Very nice themes!
Sharelor (August 14th, 2007, 2:06 am)
Wow! What a huge collections. Thanks a billions boss.
henri (August 14th, 2007, 4:02 pm)
thanks for nice templates. I’m working on it
Wong Seoul (August 17th, 2007, 10:57 am)
Great templates. I finally found some templates do not look like a blog templates :)
Rene K (August 21st, 2007, 5:36 am)
Very nice themes, glad i found them ! I use some of them on my blogs ! Thanks a lot !
Yunnan (August 22nd, 2007, 10:17 pm)
Thanks for your compilation. I didn´t like the idea of surfing through hundreds of themes, and here I founded what I need.
I´m going to use Leia for my new blog.
Kelly (August 23rd, 2007, 11:44 pm)
Amongst these 83 listed, I prefer: iceberg, soxnest, intrablog, XV, plain box, Theme leia, peaceful rush, greenery, fall season, glossy blue and japanese cherry.
There are many more “wordpress themes” more beautiful than the ones listed here but they are hard to find and are not free, and tend to lean towards more to the ARTISTIC like Plain Box/Theme Leia and Jap Cherry.
I personally find the REVVED UP theme (by Rudd-O) nice too cos I can replace i with my own face. :)
Syed Balkhi (August 26th, 2007, 5:25 pm)
awesome collection of wordpress themes. Some of them are very nice and classic looking designs.
Richard S. (August 26th, 2007, 9:14 pm)
I need help please, I am a graphic designer and want to have a wordpress blog, but I hate the themes I’ve seen, however as a graphic designer, these are quite nice.
What I am looking for is to learn how to insert a custom header into a wp header… It is not as easy as all say… I am a big novice at this… can someone give me some step by step instructions… I would even pay for the help if necessary…
thankyou
Rich
BillyWarhol (August 27th, 2007, 12:13 pm)
I too am struggling to find something that makes me go WOW! in WP themes* I need a Black or Dark BG i can’t stand all this WP White - sheesh + Purple or something Neon Sharp + 3 Columns!!
HELP ME!!!!
;))
Rinna (August 27th, 2007, 8:24 pm)
Nice collection. Thank you very much for these themes all in one place