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Best WordPress Themes for Column

12 themes compared · Updated August 2026 · Column

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Choosing a WordPress theme for column 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. Annina Best overall 73/100
  2. 2. Blue Planet 70/100
  3. 3. Zenzero 70/100
  4. 4. WriteMag 67/100
  5. 5. BoldWP 66/100
  6. 6. TextWP 64/100
  7. 7. Simple Writer 60/100
  8. 8. PrimeWP 58/100
  9. 9. GridShow 58/100
  10. 10. GridHot 58/100
  11. 11. GridPal 58/100
  12. 12. EasyWP 56/100
1 Annina
Best overall Free by CrestaProject

Annina

Annina is clean & fresh responsive WordPress Blog Theme, full width and masonry based, one main column e one sidebar column, unlimited colors and theme options by CrestaProject.com. Comp...

5★
from 8 ratings
200+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
73

WPScore

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2 Blue Planet
Free by Nilambar Sharma

Blue Planet

Blue Planet is a beautiful and sleek responsive theme for your awesome WordPress website. Features - Cross browser compatible, Two columns or One column layout, Responsive Design, Custom men...

4.9★
from 23 ratings
500+
active installs
Updated
Sep 2025
70

WPScore

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3 Zenzero
Free by CrestaProject

Zenzero

Zenzero is a modern and Minimal WordPress Theme with generous white space and large legible fonts, one main column e one sidebar column, unlimited colors and theme options by CrestaProject.c...

5★
from 2 ratings
100+
active installs
Updated
Apr 2026
70

WPScore

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4 WriteMag
Free by themesdna

WriteMag

WriteMag is clean and elegant, responsive/mobile friendly, easy to use, 3 columns WordPress theme for news blogs or magazine websites. It has useful theme options, 2 navigation menus, header...

5★
from 1 ratings
200+
active installs
Updated
Dec 2025
67

WPScore

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5 BoldWP
Free by themesdna

BoldWP

BoldWP is responsive/mobile friendly, 2 columns, RTL supported, translation-ready, easy-to-use, blogging/news WordPress theme. It has Customizer theme options, 2 navigation menus, 3 post sty...

5★
from 1 ratings
100+
active installs
Updated
Dec 2025
66

WPScore

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6 TextWP
Free by themesdna

TextWP

TextWP is clean and minimal, fully responsive, 2 columns, RTL supported, translation-ready, easy-to-use, WordPress blogging theme for writers. It has Customizer theme options, top navigation...

4★
from 2 ratings
300+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2025
64

WPScore

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7 Simple Writer
Free by themesdna

Simple Writer

Simple Writer is clean and modern, minimalist, fully responsive, translation-ready, 2 columns, blogging theme for WordPress. It has Customizer theme options, RTL support, multi-level navigat...

300+
active installs
Updated
Dec 2025
60

WPScore

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8 PrimeWP
Free by themesdna

PrimeWP

PrimeWP is fully responsive, accessibility improved, 3 columns, RTL supported WordPress theme for blogging/news websites. It has Customizer theme options, 2 navigation menus, 3 post styles,...

100+
active installs
Updated
Dec 2025
58

WPScore

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9 GridShow
Free by themesdna

GridShow

GridShow is sleek, clean and modern, responsive/mobile friendly, grid WordPress theme to showcase your content in an elegant way. GridShow has easy-to-use theme options, 5 columns posts grid...

100+
active installs
Updated
Dec 2025
58

WPScore

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10 GridHot
Free by themesdna

GridHot

GridHot is clean and attractive, responsive/mobile friendly, simple grid WordPress theme for building stunning magazine or gallery websites. GridHot has Customizer theme options, 4 columns g...

100+
active installs
Updated
Dec 2025
58

WPScore

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11 GridPal
Free by themesdna

GridPal

GridPal is fresh and elegant, 3 columns masonry grid WordPress Theme for building responsive news magazine or gallery websites. GridPal has Customizer theme options, sticky header, primary a...

100+
active installs
Updated
Dec 2025
58

WPScore

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12 EasyWP
Free by themesdna

EasyWP

EasyWP is a clean and lightweight, easy to use, 3 columns, responsive WordPress blogging theme. It has many theme options to customize various aspects of the theme and has accessibility-read...

200+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2025
56

WPScore

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