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Best Free WordPress Themes for Drag & Drop Builder

12 themes compared · Updated August 2026 · Drag & Drop Builder

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Choosing a WordPress theme for drag & drop builder comes down to a few things: whether it is still actively maintained, whether real users rate it well, and whether it does the specific job you need without dragging the rest of the site down.

We ranked 12 themes using our WPScore, which weighs the user rating (adjusted for how many people actually rated it), how many sites run it, how recently it was updated, and which WordPress version it is tested against. 12 of them have enough public data to be scored; the rest are listed below the ranked block, clearly marked, rather than being given a number we cannot justify.

How this list is funded. Some links here earn us a commission if you buy. It costs you nothing extra, and it does not move anything up the list — the order comes from the WPScore, which is calculated from public ratings, install counts and update history. See the method.

At a glance

  1. 1. Kadence Best overall 87/100
  2. 2. Ultra 77/100
  3. 3. Make 76/100
  4. 4. Stax 71/100
  5. 5. VisualBlogger 69/100
  6. 6. Surya Chandra Lite 68/100
  7. 7. AccessPress Root 66/100
  8. 8. Envince 64/100
  9. 9. Krystal 60/100
  10. 10. MetroNewspaper 60/100
  11. 11. Business Mart 58/100
  12. 12. Joyas Jewellery 54/100
1 Kadence
Best overall Free by Nexcess

Kadence

Kadence Theme is a lightweight yet full featured WordPress theme for creating beautiful fast loading and accessible websites, easier than ever. It features an easy to use drag and drop heade...

4.9★
from 452 ratings
500k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
87

WPScore

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2 Ultra
Free by Andrew Misplon

Ultra

Use it to launch your business site, blog or portfolio. Create detailed layouts without writing a line of code using SiteOrigin's drag and drop Page Builder plugin. Start your pages off...

4.9★
from 32 ratings
4k+
active installs
Updated
May 2026
77

WPScore

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3 Make
Free by thethemefoundry

Make

Build a website that means business. With Make’s powerful drag and drop page builder and hundreds of Customizer options, you can effortlessly brand your site without touching a line of code....

4.2★
from 45 ratings
5k+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
76

WPScore

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4 Stax
Free by StaxWP

Stax

Stax is fast, lightweight and super customizable theme. Best used for shops, communities, blogs and drag&drop page builders.

5★
from 1 ratings
100+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
71

WPScore

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5 VisualBlogger
Free by WPEnjoy

VisualBlogger

VisualBlogger is a WordPress blogging theme built with the WordPress site editor, which allows you to create beautiful blogging sites with drag and drop, no coding skills required. This them...

5★
from 1 ratings
400+
active installs
Updated
Jan 2026
69

WPScore

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6 Surya Chandra Lite
Free by WEN Themes

Surya Chandra Lite

Surya Chandra Lite is a responsive multi-purpose WordPress theme. It is a flexible theme suitable for agency, blog, business, corporate or portfolios. Powered with drag and drop page builder...

4★
from 1 ratings
300+
active installs
Updated
Jan 2026
68

WPScore

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7 AccessPress Root
Free by Access Keys

AccessPress Root

AccessPress Root is a simple, clean, beautifully designed responsive WordPress business theme with drag and drop homepage sections. Its minimal but mostly used features will help you setup y...

4.8★
from 16 ratings
600+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2025
66

WPScore

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8 Envince
Free by ThemeGrill

Envince

Envince is bootstrap 3 powered magazine wp theme to make your site look good. Create powerful magazine site with drag and drop editing features. Get free support here: https://wordpress.org/...

4.6★
from 18 ratings
300+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2025
64

WPScore

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9 Krystal
Free by Spiracle Themes

Krystal

Krystal is a WordPress theme built for most popular drag and drop page builder Elementor. Krystal comes with 9+ unique demos and with 1 click demo import feature. Krystal is SEO friendly, mo...

5★
from 1 ratings
300+
active installs
Updated
Jan 2025
60

WPScore

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10 MetroNewspaper
Free by WPEnjoy

MetroNewspaper

MetroNewspaper is a WordPress newspaper theme built with the WordPress Site Editor, which allows you to create beautiful newspaper websites with drag and drop, no coding skills required. The...

200+
active installs
Updated
Jan 2026
60

WPScore

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11 Business Mart
Free by WEN Themes

Business Mart

Business Mart is a simple child theme of Surya Chandra Lite with green color scheme. It is a responsive corporate WordPress theme. Powered with drag and drop page builder, SiteOrigin Page Bu...

100+
active installs
Updated
Jan 2026
58

WPScore

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12 Joyas Jewellery
Free by aThemeArt

Joyas Jewellery

Joyas Jewellery is a modern and unique child theme of Joyas Shop, featuring a design focused side menu. With Elementor as its drag and drop page builder, users can easily edit and create new...

100+
active installs
Updated
Mar 2025
54

WPScore

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