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Best Free WordPress Themes for Food And Drink

15 themes compared · Updated August 2026 · Food and Drink

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Choosing a WordPress theme for food and drink 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 15 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. 15 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. Colibri WP Best overall 83/100
  2. 2. Ashe 83/100
  3. 3. Phlox 82/100
  4. 4. Mesmerize 80/100
  5. 5. Bard 80/100
  6. 6. Kale 80/100
  7. 7. Kubio 79/100
  8. 8. Solace 79/100
  9. 9. Highlight 79/100
  10. 10. EmpowerWP 78/100
  11. 11. Rufous 77/100
  12. 12. Spexo 77/100
  13. 13. Brite 77/100
  14. 14. Travel Agency 77/100
  15. 15. Travel Monster 76/100
1 Colibri WP
Best overall Free by Extend Themes

Colibri WP

A beautiful, very customizable, multipurpose theme that you can use to create amazing websites through drag and drop. It comes with a pre-designed home page, 5 header designs and over 35 rea...

4.8★
from 266 ratings
50k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
83

WPScore

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2 Ashe
Free by WP Royal

Ashe

Personal and Multi-Author Free WordPress Blog Theme. Perfect for personal, lifestyle, health & fitness, food, cooking, bakery, travel, beauty, fashion, wedding, photography, news, quotes...

4.9★
from 303 ratings
30k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
83

WPScore

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3 Phlox
Free by averta

Phlox

Phlox is a modern, lightweight and customizable theme perfect for almost any type of website including, blog, portfolio, business, agency, news & magazine, food & restaurant, travel,...

4.8★
from 865 ratings
30k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
82

WPScore

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4 Mesmerize
Free by Extend Themes

Mesmerize

Mesmerize is an incredibly flexible, multipurpose WordPress theme that can help you create an amazing website easier than ever, by drag and drop. It comes with a predesigned home page, 5 hea...

4.8★
from 348 ratings
10k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
80

WPScore

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5 Bard
Free by WP Royal

Bard

Personal and Multi-Author Free WordPress Blog Theme. Perfect for personal, lifestyle, health & fitness, food, cooking, bakery, travel, beauty, fashion, wedding, photography, news, quotes...

4.8★
from 87 ratings
9k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
80

WPScore

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6 Kale
Free by lyrathemes

Kale

Kale is a charming and elegant, aesthetically minimal and uncluttered food blog theme that can also be used for a variety of purposes. Whether you want to share recipes or fashion tips, run...

4.9★
from 206 ratings
7k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
80

WPScore

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7 Kubio
Free by Extend Themes

Kubio

Kubio is an innovative, easily customizable, multi-purpose theme, focused on empowering users to build astonishing WordPress websites. Kubio is mainly designed for small businesses, startups...

4.3★
from 6 ratings
20k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
79

WPScore

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8 Solace
Free by solacewp

Solace

Solace is a minimalist, and lightweight WordPress theme for creating beautiful, fast-loading, and accessible websites, as well as a new generation clean design blog theme. This theme is idea...

4.9★
from 7 ratings
10k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
79

WPScore

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9 Highlight
Free by Extend Themes

Highlight

Highlight is an incredibly flexible, multipurpose WordPress theme that can help you create an amazing website easier than ever, by drag and drop. It comes with a predesigned home page, 5 hea...

4.9★
from 29 ratings
8k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
79

WPScore

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10 EmpowerWP
Free by Extend Themes

EmpowerWP

EmpowerWP is an incredibly flexible, multipurpose WordPress theme that can help you create an amazing website easier than ever, by drag and drop. It comes with a predesigned home page, 5 hea...

4.8★
from 23 ratings
4k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
78

WPScore

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11 Rufous
Free by Extend Themes

Rufous

Rufous is an innovative, easily customizable, multi-purpose theme, focused on empowering users to build astonishing WordPress websites. Rufous is mainly designed for small businesses, startu...

2.3★
from 3 ratings
10k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
77

WPScore

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12 Spexo
Free by Fast Themes

Spexo

Spexo is a lightweight Elementor Theme for WordPress. It is responsive, SEO optimized and optimized for speed. With over more than 100+ advanced Elementor widgets, and multiple pre-built dem...

5★
from 3 ratings
3k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
77

WPScore

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13 Brite
Free by Extend Themes

Brite

Brite is a beautiful, very customizable, multipurpose theme that you can use to create amazing websites through drag and drop. It comes with a pre-designed home page, 5 header designs and ov...

4.7★
from 3 ratings
3k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
77

WPScore

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14 Travel Agency
Free by Rara Themes

Travel Agency

Travel Agency is a free WordPress theme to create travel online booking website for tour and travel operators and companies. You can add trips, destinations, and trip types, feature travel a...

5★
from 58 ratings
2k+
active installs
Updated
Mar 2026
77

WPScore

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15 Travel Monster
Free by WP Travel Engine

Travel Monster

Travel Monster is a free travel and tour booking WordPress theme for travel agencies. It is powered by the WP Travel Engine plugin, the most popular travel booking plugin. You can use the Tr...

5★
from 5 ratings
4k+
active installs
Updated
Apr 2026
76

WPScore

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