free wordPress themes
WordPress Themes are a set of files which make up the look-and-feel or design of a WordPress website. Theme files can be downloaded from the WordPress Free Theme Directory.
Preview our Installed Themes Using the Theme Switcher
In the sidebar is a “Theme Switcher” drop-down menu which includes all of the WordPress themes installed at Another Design by Matt Sweeny. Select a theme name from the Theme Switcher to preview this website with the different WordPress themes applied. I have tested all of these themes on WordPress 2.8 (running this website). All are widget ready (and maybe a bit too feature rich). I selected these themes to highlight my favorite free theme designs.
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Free WordPress 2.8 Compatible Themes
Below is a list of WordPress themes installed here at Another Design by Matt Sweeny which were selected to showcase what I think are the most unique theme designs and compatible with WordPress 2.8.
Description: Ani World WordPress Blog Theme designed by ani world! Description: Simple but elegant theme with lots of theme options. Designed by digitalnature. Description: Magazine-styled theme with tons of features. Ready for alternate styles. Includes featured posts slideshow, different post layouts, multi-tabbed sidebar, custom single meta fields for reviews and many other customisable features. Description: A very customisable theme with options page that gives you control over sIFR fonts, Sidebar Position, Header content, Colour schemes and the Navigation Bar. Includes tagging and two widget spaces. Has optional footer page links. New colour schemes can be created very easily using the supplied graphics files and parameterised CSS system. Description: A blue and white light tones, two-columns layout. A simple, clean and minimalist theme to set calm and relax all minds. Description: Bold Life is nice free wordpress theme for personal blog. The theme is released under GPL Description: The Christmas Waltz Theme captures the spirit of a modern Christmas. Light blues give it a cool wintery feel, accented by the warm colors of traditional Christmas symbols such as a decorated tree, mistletoe and, of course, Santa Claus. Description: Clean, Clear and BIG! Just so easy to READ! Description: High quality Wordpress theme. Colorful, grunge,and stylish theme. two columns, left sidebar dropdown menu and widget-ready. Description: Theme inspired by Daßlog Papier No. 1 2009 (pages 18-19), a blog magazine handed out at Sweden Social Web Camp by Mymlan, the true blogging queen of Sweden. Description: Supports widget, threaded-comments and theme-options. Also including PSD files. Description: This theme supports widget, threaded-comments, theme-options,and translation is ready. Also including multi level dropdown menu and PSD files. Simple,Practical and Stay updated. Description: A gorgeous wordpress theme with two-columns,widget ready, left sidebar and awesome jquery effects on the left sidebar links Description: EasyCity v1.3 : Stylish theme inspired by city life. Compatible with Wordpress 2.8, valid XHTML & CSS Description: An unwashed yet crisp theme with a feature footer, styled image frames, a page template with a uniquely configurable sidebar and a photoblog tag page Description: Just a simple WordPress theme created by addoZh.With two columns, right-sidebar, fixed-width, valid XHTML and CSS. Description: A yellow and white pastel tones, two-columns layout simple, clean and minimalist theme full of energy and good vibe to inspire and complement all your texts. Also RTL-languages friendly! Description: Gravel is a grunge theme. It has an options page (Dashboard > Appearance > Gravel Options). Browsersupport: (Internet Explorer 6+, Mozilla Firefox 2+, Safari 2+, Chrome 1+, Opera 8+). SEO optimized. Check for more information, support or for saying ‘thanks’ (feel free to leave your link!) the Theme Page (www.noonnoo.com/category/my-free-wordpress-themes/gravel/). ||||| CHANGELOG since Gravel 1.5: 1. The XHTML tags list above an comment is now an option. 2. The theme is now 100% XHTML and CSS 2.1 valid. 3. Several small visual tweaks. Description: Wordpress Theme for Fall Description: Js O4w is a beautiful orange-white color WordPress theme without any plugins needed, widgets supported. Valid CSS & HTML. Language localization supported, zh_CN, en_US, fr_FR. Visit the theme released page for more details. Description: Simple, stylish and light. Text- and image-oriented: it’s all about the content here! Functional and powerful inside, clean and lightweight outside. Easy to use and modify. Some standard specifications: two columns, widget-ready, a flexible width. Clean and understandable code, valid XHTML! Description: LonelyTree is a theme inspired by the global warming conditions around the world and in part dedicated to the bush fires. The theme is simple with two columns, fixed width, widget ready, valid CSS and valid XHTML and compatible with wordpress 2.8. LoneyTree Wordpress Theme by Designed by Gauson Description: High Quality WordPress Theme. Green and Black. Two Column, No plugins required, Sidebar and Widget Ready. Compatible with WordPress 2.9. W3C Validated CSS & HTML, Compatible with IE and Firefox. Description: Feature-packed theme with a solid design and a friendly interface. Designed by digitalnature. Description: Easy to customise and minimal, featuring a print stylesheet and some exciting CSS3 treats. Supports threaded comments for WordPress 2.7 and beyond. Wrapped around a grid, with a whiff of the International Typographic Style. Description: A group blog theme for short update messages, inspired by Twitter. Featuring: Hassle-free posting from the front page. Perfect for group blogging, or as a liveblog theme. Dynamic page updates. Threaded comment display on the front page. In-line editing for posts and comments. Live tag suggestion based on previously used tags. A show/hide feature for comments, to keep things tidy. Real-time notifications when a new comment or update is posted. Super-handy keyboard shortcuts. Helvetica Neue for you modern font lovers. And more to come… Description: 2 column theme, compatible with WP2.8 and threaded-comments – add your own header image – 6 backgrounds, left or right sidebar, link/hover colors, jQuery dropdown page menu, and twitter badge all fully customizable – licenced under the GPL. Language localization supported, DA, AR, DE, FR, IT, NL, ES, TR. Description: Patagonia is a very good looking Wordpress Theme with a clean design. This theme is search engine optimized and compatible with the latest wordpress version. Patagonia Theme supports Tag clouds, categories, dinamic widgets, gravatars. You can also visit our site at: http://www.wpthemesplanet.com/ Description: It’s a simple and powerfull theme ! Inspired by Blocks(MG12) and Çå±Ç³×Ã(Zoll) use jQuery,widget supported and doesn’t require any plugin. Gorgeous design by yinheli Description: A crisp black and white design that looks like a traditional webpage, not a wordpress blog. Support and forums to help you get started at http://mac-host.com/support Description: Precious is a theme framework for WordPress 2.8+. Built with simplicity and web accessibility in mind. Description: R755 is a wordpress theme built from scratch with two basic principles: content comes first and the smallest possible size. Different styles (color schemes) – very easy to create your own unique style, valid CSS and XHTML (strict), lightweight, threaded-comments, microformats, sticky-post, SEO, options page, printer friendly, enhanced archives template, localization supported. Description: Regal is a clean theme with an optional magazine layout with two columns, fixed width, widget ready. Theme has valid CSS and valid XHTML and compatible with wordpress 2.8.5. Regal Wordpress Theme Designed by Gauson Design Description: A dirty, grungy theme with a fully dynamic sidebar by Chris Wallace. Description: Grungey Notepad Layout with original illustrations. Includes a blank header graphic so that you can draw your own header. Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict and CSS. Description: A unique template featuring sliding images in the header based on phatfusion imagemenu. Look at theme homepage to see the menu in action – the preview does not work on wordpress.org!!!! Sliding images in header link to pages, or can be redirected using the Page Links To plugin. The theme has a comprehensive support forum to help you get started at http://mac-host.com/support Description: The exact Facebook clone theme for Wordpress. Based on Facebook profile page. 3 columns or 2 columns available. Advanced Javascript & AJAX effect just like on Facebook also available. Autogrow comment box. Description: The balmy freshness of travelling outer space, a leave of boat over the star sea, they are just as deep as the dark blue. Combined with the bright color, easy used column, a unique simple fashion style comes up. Created by WPart. Description: Tandil is a good looking Wordpress Theme with a stylish design. This Theme is Compatible with the latest wordpress version and optimized for Search Engines. It includes Theme Options and you can use your own RSS and Twitter Accounts. Tandil is also compatible with Wordpress MU. Description: A slightly different dark theme with some animation effects. You can replace the big-background-image to any pictures you like, and config how to display the background image under the Appearance(Design) page of admin console. Theme by leen.name. Description: A clean blue underwater theme designed for bloggers. Designed by Tim Sainburg of Brambling Design. Description: Unique dark grungy theme with two-column layout suitable for a wide range of bloggers. Tested in all major browsers. If you need support with this theme head over to the author’s website. Description: A wide, clean theme in whites and pale greys, by Dave Garlitz. Posts are displayed in a newspaper-style format, with a a feature lead article excerpt and up to 4 excerpts “at the fold.” Description: Awesome theme with an awesome Vibe to it. Great look & feel – Enjoy! Description: blue, two-columns, right-sidebar, fixed-width, translation-ready with Superfish Dropdown menu navigation WP Theme .Original Webbdesign by Divine Developer. Released under the GNU General Public License. This means you may use it for any purpose, and make any changes you like. However I would like if you leave Webbdesign link to my site under your footer. Description: White House theme by PageLines. Professional theme with 2 column layout and right sidebar, widget-ready, built-in support for twitter feed, support for threaded/nested comments, easy to customize through the settings-page. Note: PHP5 is required for options. Description: A simple layout including a fixed background with transparent header, content, sidebar, and footer areas. This theme is compatible with Wordpress 2.8 and offers valid XHTML & CSS. Description: The original WordPress theme that graced versions 1.2.x and prior. Description: The default WordPress theme based on the famous Kubrick.Ani World
Arclite
Arras Theme
Blend
BlueClouds
Bold Life
Christmas Waltz
Cleanr
Comment Central
Daßlog Screen
diary-cute
diary-k
Dynamic Dream
EasyCity
Elegant Grunge
flashy
Gold Pot Theme
Gravel
Harvest
Js O4w
Life is Simple
Lonelytree
Luxury Press
Mystique
Old Popular Yolk
P2
Panorama
Patagonia
PhilNa2
Picture Perfect
Precious
R755
Regal
Rusty Grunge
Scribblings
Sliding Door
Smells like Facebook
StarOcean
Tandil
The Scenery
Underwater
Urban View
Viala
Vibe
Webbdesign
WhiteHouse
Wild Flower
WordPress Classic
WordPress Default
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