Best Free WordPress Themes for Microformats

15 themes compared · Updated August 2026 · Microformats

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Choosing a WordPress theme for microformats 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. Astra Best overall 88/100
2. Twenty Eleven 82/100
3. Twenty Twelve 82/100
4. Twenty Ten 82/100
5. Twenty Fifteen 81/100
6. Responsive 81/100
7. Twenty Sixteen 80/100
8. Twenty Fourteen 80/100
9. BlogHash 79/100
10. Graphene 79/100
11. CosmosWP 79/100
12. Twenty Thirteen 78/100
13. Parabola 76/100
14. BlankSlate 76/100
15. Catch Box 76/100

Best overall Free by Brainstorm Force

Astra

The Astra WordPress theme is lightning-fast and highly customizable. It has over 1 million downloads and the only theme in the world with 6,000+ five-star reviews! It’s ideal for professiona...

4.9★: from 6,514 ratings
1M+: active installs
Updated: Aug 2026

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Twenty Eleven

The 2011 theme for WordPress is sophisticated, lightweight, and adaptable. Make it yours with a custom menu, header image, and background -- then go further with available theme options for...

4.6★: from 50 ratings
60k+: active installs
Updated: Aug 2026

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Twenty Twelve

The 2012 theme for WordPress is a fully responsive theme that looks great on any device. Features include a front page template with its own widgets, an optional display font, styling for po...

4.6★: from 159 ratings
50k+: active installs
Updated: Aug 2026

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Twenty Ten

The 2010 theme for WordPress is stylish, customizable, simple, and readable -- make it yours with a custom menu, header image, and background. Twenty Ten supports six widgetized areas (two i...

4.7★: from 54 ratings
50k+: active installs
Updated: Aug 2026

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Twenty Fifteen

Our 2015 default theme is clean, blog-focused, and designed for clarity. Twenty Fifteen's simple, straightforward typography is readable on a wide variety of screen sizes, and suitable...

4.4★: from 54 ratings
60k+: active installs
Updated: Aug 2026

WPScore

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Free by CyberChimps

Responsive

Responsive is a fast, lightweight, & fully customizable WordPress theme, which offers 100+ free ready-to-use Elementor & WordPress Block templates for websites of all types (blog, Wo...

4.7★: from 559 ratings
20k+: active installs
Updated: Aug 2026

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Twenty Sixteen

Twenty Sixteen is a modernized take on an ever-popular WordPress layout — the horizontal masthead with an optional right sidebar that works perfectly for blogs and websites. It has custom co...

4.1★: from 83 ratings
90k+: active installs
Updated: Aug 2026

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Twenty Fourteen

In 2014, our default theme lets you create a responsive magazine website with a sleek, modern design. Feature your favorite homepage content in either a grid or a slider. Use the three widge...

4.4★: from 97 ratings
50k+: active installs
Updated: Aug 2026

WPScore

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Free by peregrinethemes

BlogHash

BlogHash is the perfect pick for bloggers seeking a lightweight, customizable theme that suits them just right. With plenty of options to adjust colors and typography, making your site uniqu...

4.7★: from 12 ratings
10k+: active installs
Updated: Aug 2026

WPScore

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Free by silverks

Graphene

We believe that every theme should facilitate creative writing, not hinder it. We also believe that each site should have the opportunity to be unique. Since the beginning, we have listened...

4.7★: from 83 ratings
10k+: active installs
Updated: Aug 2026

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Free by cosmoswp

CosmosWP

CosmosWP is a multi-purpose new generation modern Gutenberg WordPress theme, super-fast, easily customizable, flexible, beautiful, perfect, and highly extendable theme. With a simple downloa...

5★: from 74 ratings
2k+: active installs
Updated: Jul 2026

WPScore

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Twenty Thirteen

The 2013 theme for WordPress takes us back to the blog, featuring a full range of post formats, each displayed beautifully in their own unique way. Design details abound, starting with a vib...

4.1★: from 62 ratings
30k+: active installs
Updated: Aug 2026

WPScore

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Free by CryoutCreations

Parabola

Welcome to a world of endless possibilities! Parabola awaits you with a huge assortment of theme settings that enable you to take a fully responsive, clean and elegant design to even newer h...

4.9★: from 70 ratings
10k+: active installs
Updated: Feb 2026

WPScore

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Free by Web Guy

BlankSlate

Donate: https://opencollective.com/blankslate. Learn: https://blankslate.me/. BlankSlate is the definitive WordPress boilerplate starter theme. I've carefully constructed the most clean...

4.9★: from 61 ratings
10k+: active installs
Updated: Nov 2025

WPScore

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Free by Catch Themes

Catch Box

Catch Box is simple, lightweight, box shaped, and adaptable WordPress Theme for bloggers and professionals. It is based on HTML5, CSS3 and Responsive Web Design to view in various devices. 1...

4.7★: from 59 ratings
5k+: active installs
Updated: May 2026

WPScore

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