Best WordPress Themes for Site Navigation

15 themes compared · Updated August 2026 · Menus & Navigation

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Choosing a WordPress theme for site navigation 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. Treville Best overall 67/100
2. GridMe 67/100
3. WriteMag 67/100
4. GridLane 66/100
5. BoldWP 66/100
6. TextWP 64/100
7. Oberon 63/100
8. Simple Writer 60/100
9. Arendelle 59/100
10. PrimeWP 58/100
11. CuteMag 58/100
12. MagPal 56/100
13. FlashWP 56/100
14. GreatWP 54/100
15. CoolWP 54/100

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Treville

An elegant Blogging & Magazine WordPress Theme with subtle colors and great typography. Treville supports two navigation menus, advanced post settings and a post slider with fullscreen i...

1k+: active installs
Updated: Jun 2026

WPScore

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Free by themesdna

GridMe

GridMe is a Grid WordPress Theme to showcase your content in clean and elegantly. GridMe has responsive/mobile friendly design, Customizer theme options, 2 navigation menus, full-width templ...

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

WPScore

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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

WPScore

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Free by themesdna

GridLane

GridLane is a stunning, user-friendly, responsive grid-style WordPress theme for news blogs or portfolio sites. GridLane has Customizer theme options, header and footer navigation menus, sti...

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

WPScore

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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

WPScore

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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

WPScore

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Free by Noor Alam

Oberon

Oberon is a Twenty Fifteen child theme. This theme changes the default layout of Twenty Fifteen theme by moving the sidebar and navigation menu to the right.

100+: active installs
Updated: Aug 2026

WPScore

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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

WPScore

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Free by DeoThemes

Arendelle

Arendelle is a gorgeous WooCommerce WordPress theme that suits best for apparel, fashion and clothing store website. The theme comes with a selection of home page layouts, header, footer, me...

5★: from 2 ratings
100+: active installs
Updated: Oct 2024

WPScore

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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

WPScore

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Free by themesdna

CuteMag

CuteMag is simple and modern, fully responsive, user-friendly, black style WordPress theme for news magazine websites. It has Customizer theme options, 2 navigation menus, header image suppo...

100+: active installs
Updated: Dec 2025

WPScore

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Free by themesdna

MagPal

MagPal is a powerful and versatile WordPress theme designed for bloggers, news websites, magazines, and content creators. Featuring a Masonry posts grid, sticky header, two navigation menus,...

200+: active installs
Updated: Jul 2025

WPScore

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Free by themesdna

FlashWP

FlashWP is an attractive, responsive/mobile friendly, 2 columns, magazine blogging theme for WordPress. It has easy to use customizer theme options, 2 navigation menus, 3 posts styles, full-...

200+: active installs
Updated: Jun 2025

WPScore

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Free by themesdna

GreatWP

GreatWP is a clean and elegant, 2 columns, responsive and user-friendly, magazine blogging theme for WordPress. It has customizer theme options to configure the theme easily and has 2 naviga...

100+: active installs
Updated: Jun 2025

WPScore

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Free by themesdna

CoolWP

CoolWP is a clean, 3 columns, 100% responsive, easy to use blogging theme for WordPress. It has many theme options to customize various aspects of the theme quickly and has 2 navigation menu...

100+: active installs
Updated: Jun 2025

WPScore

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