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Best Free WordPress Themes for Photographers

15 themes compared · Updated August 2026 · Photography

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Choosing a WordPress theme for photographers 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. Ashe Best overall 83/100
  2. 2. Bard 80/100
  3. 3. NewsBlogger 79/100
  4. 4. Travelify 79/100
  5. 5. Fotografie 78/100
  6. 6. Newscrunch 77/100
  7. 7. Avril 77/100
  8. 8. Chosen 77/100
  9. 9. Minimalio 77/100
  10. 10. NewsExo 76/100
  11. 11. Nextawards 76/100
  12. 12. Flavita 76/100
  13. 13. PhotoFocus 76/100
  14. 14. Koji 76/100
  15. 15. Spintech 76/100
1 Ashe
Best overall 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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2 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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3 NewsBlogger
Free by spicethemes

NewsBlogger

NewsBlogger is a dynamic and versatile child theme for the popular NewCrunch WordPress theme. Perfect for bloggers, journalists, and online magazines, it offers enhanced customization option...

5★
from 10 ratings
9k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
79

WPScore

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4 Travelify
Free by Silkalns

Travelify

Travelify is a clean, responsive travel and blogging theme that looks good on any screen. It ships a full-width featured post slider, a widgetised left or right sidebar you can set globally...

4.9★
from 94 ratings
4k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
79

WPScore

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5 Fotografie
Free by Catch Themes

Fotografie

Fotografie is a modern Photography WordPress Theme that comes with high-quality features and minimal design. True to the essence of the German word, Fotografie is simple, elegant and straigh...

4.8★
from 25 ratings
3k+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
78

WPScore

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6 Newscrunch
Free by spicethemes

Newscrunch

Newscrunch is a magazine and blog theme. It is a lightweight, elegant, and fully responsive theme specifically designed for creating magazines, newspapers, editors, blogs, and dynamic news w...

4.3★
from 12 ratings
5k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
77

WPScore

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7 Avril
Free by Nayra Themes

Avril

Avril is flexible, super fast, easily customizable, lightweight, modern multipurpose theme. Avril comes with everything you could ever need to build an amazing website, and It's perfect...

4.6★
from 34 ratings
3k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
77

WPScore

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8 Chosen
Free by Ben Sibley

Chosen

Chosen is a bold and minimalist theme for publishers who want to get their visitors' attention and keep it. Present your best content in a simple, uncluttered fashion on phones, tablets...

4.8★
from 58 ratings
2k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
77

WPScore

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9 Minimalio
Free by Mikulas K

Minimalio

Minimalio is a free simple minimalist WordPress theme for personal portfolios and blogs. It features all the necessary tools for creators, artists and other professionals, with its sleek min...

5★
from 85 ratings
2k+
active installs
Updated
May 2026
77

WPScore

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10 NewsExo
Free by Theme Arile

NewsExo

NewsExo is a clean, stylish, and, powerful WordPress theme for News Blog & Magazine websites. It has a unique design for a visually stunning layout that makes your content displays beaut...

5★
from 5 ratings
2k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
76

WPScore

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11 Nextawards
Free by Marchetti Design

Nextawards

Responsive Starter WordPress Theme (WooCommerce Ready) with: Minimal Style, 4 Header Style, 2 Menus, 11 Amazing Block Patterns, Trasparent Header Template, WhatsApp Chat, Cool animations, Li...

5★
from 25 ratings
2k+
active installs
Updated
May 2026
76

WPScore

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12 Flavita
Free by Nayra Themes

Flavita

A powerful next generation theme for upcoming generations and traditional UI that focuses on the color combinations of solid and gradient colors, along with cool animations and attractive fe...

5★
from 5 ratings
2k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
76

WPScore

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13 PhotoFocus
Free by Catch Themes

PhotoFocus

PhotoFocus is a free multipurpose photography WordPress theme for photographers, photo bloggers, freelancers, and other creative photography centric websites. It sure was specially designed...

4.6★
from 17 ratings
2k+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
76

WPScore

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14 Koji
Free by Anders Norén

Koji

Koji is a clean and lightweight theme for bloggers. It features a masonry grid on the archive pages, a beautiful and minimal design, Block Editor/Gutenberg support, widget areas in the sideb...

4.9★
from 11 ratings
1k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
76

WPScore

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15 Spintech
Free by BurgerThemes

Spintech

Spintech WordPress theme is specially designed for an IT & Software Company. Theme is perfectly for Startup, IT Solutions, Agencies, Marketing, Consulting, and Services Company related t...

4.9★
from 25 ratings
1k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
76

WPScore

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