Best WordPress Themes for Sidebars

5 themes compared · Updated August 2026 · Sidebars

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Choosing a WordPress theme for sidebars 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 5 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. 5 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. Puskar Best overall 63/100
2. Anymags 52/100
3. blogwaves 52/100
4. AI News 50/100
5. Logbook WP 50/100

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Puskar

Free Blog and Magazine Theme. With masonry layout and multiple blog page layout, this theme is the awesome and minimal theme. This theme has search option, off-canvas sidebar, multiple sideb...

100+: active installs
Updated: Aug 2026

WPScore

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Free by blogwp

Anymags

Anymags is free, personal, elegent WordPress blog theme. Anymags theme having setting in customizer and can check live change of settings. Anymags having topbar header, social icons, sidebar...

300+: active installs
Updated: Jan 2025

WPScore

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Free by blogwp

blogwaves

Blogwaves is free, personal, elegent WordPress blog theme. Blogwaves theme having setting in customizer and can check live change of settings. Bloagwaves having topbar header, social icons,...

300+: active installs
Updated: Jan 2025

WPScore

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Free by blogwp

AI News

AI News is free, personal, elegent WordPress blog theme. AI News theme having setting in customizer and can check live change of settings. AI News having topbar header, social icons, sidebar...

100+: active installs
Updated: Jan 2025

WPScore

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Free by blogwp

Logbook WP

LogbookWP is free, personal, elegent WordPress blog theme. LogbookWP theme having setting in customizer and can check live change of settings. LogbookWP having topbar header, social icons, s...

100+: active installs
Updated: Jan 2025

WPScore

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