Best Free WordPress Themes for Layout

15 themes compared · Updated August 2026 · Layout

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Choosing a WordPress theme for layout 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. Polite Best overall 75/100
2. SuevaFree 74/100
3. eMart Shop 73/100
4. Prefer 73/100
5. Urbane 71/100
6. Newsport 69/100
7. Daily Newscast 69/100
8. CoverMag 69/100
9. Shop Zita 66/100
10. Guten 65/100
11. Magazine Lume 65/100
12. Brief News 65/100
13. Electa 64/100
14. Depth News 64/100
15. Nikkon 63/100

Best overall Free by Template Sell

Polite

A perfect theme for blog and magazine site. With masonry layout and multiple blog page layout, this theme is the awesome and minimal theme. This theme has search option, off-canvas sidebar,...

4.6★: from 10 ratings
1k+: active installs
Updated: Aug 2026

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Free by alexvtn

SuevaFree

SuevaFree is a free clean and minimal WordPress blog theme, with an optional minimal layout and one page section, perfect to manage your personal, lifestyle, travel, food, recipes or fashion...

4.6★: from 22 ratings
500+: active installs
Updated: Jul 2026

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Free by aThemeArt

eMart Shop

Share your online store with confidence and ease using the Emart WordPress eCommerce theme. Bold presentation and smooth transitions keep the page alive. This high energy layout moves the ey...

5★: from 1 ratings
300+: active installs
Updated: Aug 2026

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Free by Template Sell

Prefer

A perfect theme for blog and magazine site. With masonry layout and multiple blog page layout, this theme is the awesome and minimal theme. This theme has search option, off-canvas sidebar,...

5★: from 2 ratings
300+: active installs
Updated: Aug 2026

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Free by Template Sell

Urbane

A perfect theme for blog and magazine site. It is a feminine theme. With masonry layout and multiple blog page layout, this theme is the awesome and minimal theme. This theme has search opti...

5★: from 3 ratings
100+: active installs
Updated: Aug 2026

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Free by AF themes

Newsport

Newsport is a child theme of CoverNews. The theme is coming with different main banner section layout as well as changes on essential title fonts and color setup. Furthermore, the theme also...

4.5★: from 2 ratings
700+: active installs
Updated: Feb 2026

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Free by AF themes

Daily Newscast

Daily Newscast is a child theme of CoverNews. The theme has different header layout as well as changes on some essential fonts and color setup. Furthermore, the theme also altered some of th...

5★: from 1 ratings
600+: active installs
Updated: Feb 2026

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Free by AF themes

CoverMag

CoverMag is a child theme of CoverNews. The theme has different header layout as well as changes on some essential fonts and color setup. Furthermore, the theme also altered some of the fron...

5★: from 2 ratings
400+: active installs
Updated: Feb 2026

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Free by ThemeHunk

Shop Zita

Shop Zita is a child theme of zita WordPress theme, This theme add frontend layout switcher for shop page. Zita is best theme to create a perfect shop website using WooCommere. Zita is compl...

5★: from 1 ratings
100+: active installs
Updated: Nov 2025

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Free by Kaira

Guten

With 10 Header Layouts, 4 Footer Layouts, 5 Blog Layouts, advanced layout options, and pages to import, Guten is also lightweight and highly extendable, fast, intuitive, flexible and scalabl...

4.5★: from 4 ratings
700+: active installs
Updated: Jul 2025

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Free by wpHoot

Magazine Lume

A vibrant and colorful magazine style theme perfect for content rich websites. Its vibrant layout and modern design make it ideal for online magazines, lifestyle blogs, and digital publicati...

400+: active installs
Updated: Jun 2026

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Free by Ascendoor

Brief News

Brief News is a clean and modern WordPress theme designed for news, magazine, and portal websites. With its minimalist style and user-friendly layout, it offers multiple flexible layouts and...

300+: active installs
Updated: Aug 2026

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Free by Kaira

Electa

Electa is your grid layout personal or commercial portfolio theme. Electa is the perfect theme to display any site from your photography portfolio, personal blog, restaurant websites, weddin...

5★: from 9 ratings
200+: active installs
Updated: Aug 2025

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Free by Ascendoor

Depth News

Depth News is a clean and modern WordPress theme designed for news, magazine, and portal websites. With its minimalist style and user-friendly layout, it offers flexible layouts and easy cus...

200+: active installs
Updated: Aug 2026

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Free by Kaira

Nikkon

Nikkon is a creative multipurpose WordPress WooCommerce theme designed with a minimal, clean design which is fully responsive and fast loading. Nikkon offers multiple header layouts, multipl...

4.9★: from 18 ratings
1k+: active installs
Updated: Feb 2025

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