Top 5 Free WordPress Themes

Here’s my Top 5 for free downloadable WordPress themes.

1. Arras Theme

Currently definitely my number 1, as you can see. Arras Theme looks and feels incredibly good and might even be classified as a Premium Theme if you ask me.

There are lots of options to run through right in the administration dashboard.

Theme style	Magazine style
Dashboard options
Number of columns	1, 2 or 3
Custom column positions
Widget-ready
Multiple color schemes

2. WP CODA

This is one of the most beautiful themes you can use for showing of a product or service. WP CODA uses a nice and smooth jQuery navigation system for some extra awesomeness.

There’s a cool example on Panic.com (awesome OSX software developer), on the CandyBar product page.

Theme style	Slider theme
Dashboard options
Number of columns	1
Custom column positions
Widget-ready
Multiple color schemes

3. Crafty Cart

A great theme for creating your very own online store! This free theme has very clean colours and is surprisingly easy to navigate. Crafty Cart was designed to go along with the free e-commerce plugin WP E-commerce, so make sure you grab that one as well.

Theme style	e-commerce
Dashboard options
Number of columns	2
Custom column positions
Widget-ready
Multiple color schemes

4. Vigilance

Vigilance by The Theme Foundry is a very simple, yet truely classy theme. It has a single, widget-ready sidebar and a sleek horizontal menu in the header. Although this one doesn’t seem to be free anymore, there’s a “trial” version which lets you try it out for free.

Theme style	blog style
Dashboard options
Number of columns	2
Custom column positions
Widget-ready
Multiple/custom olor schemes

5. Irresistible

This is one of the free themes by WooThemes, one of the most succesful Premium Theme developers out there. Irresistible is perfect for your personal blog. It has integrated Flickr support and some other cool automated features.

Theme style	personal blog
Dashboard options
Number of columns	2
Custom column positions
Widget-ready
Multiple/custom color schemes

Top 3 Premium Theme sources

ElegantThemes

WooThemes

ThemeForest

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