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Best WordPress Themes for Styles

15 themes compared · Updated August 2026 · Styles

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Choosing a WordPress theme for styles 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. Nextawards Best overall 76/100
  2. 2. Eksell 75/100
  3. 3. Feminine Style 73/100
  4. 4. Axton 72/100
  5. 5. Lalita 71/100
  6. 6. Shoppable Style 71/100
  7. 7. GridView 69/100
  8. 8. BoldWP 66/100
  9. 9. Magazine Lume 65/100
  10. 10. Lovebird 64/100
  11. 11. Cockatoo 64/100
  12. 12. Macaque 64/100
  13. 13. Tortoise 63/100
  14. 14. Interior Style 63/100
  15. 15. GridWP 62/100
1 Nextawards
Best overall 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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2 Eksell
Free by Anders Norén

Eksell

Eksell is a feature-rich portfolio and blog theme, with deep support for the block editor and full color settings. It includes extensive block styles and multiple prebuilt block patterns, an...

5★
from 13 ratings
600+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
75

WPScore

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3 Feminine Style
Free by Acme Themes

Feminine Style

Feminine Style is a voguish, dazzling and very appealing WordPress theme. The theme is completely woman based and made for modern women around the world to have their personal or professiona...

4.5★
from 2 ratings
300+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
73

WPScore

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4 Axton
Free by Catch Themes

Axton

Axton is a free minimalist block portfolio WordPress theme for full site editing. With the Global Styles feature introduced in WordPress 6.0, you can pick your site color style from Dark or...

5★
from 1 ratings
200+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
72

WPScore

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5 Lalita
Free by wpkoithemes

Lalita

Lalita is a WPKoi theme under GPL license. You can find theme demos at wpkoi.com. Lalita has a clean, colorful style and design for portfolio, business or agency content. The theme is multip...

5★
from 1 ratings
300+
active installs
Updated
May 2026
71

WPScore

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6 Shoppable Style
Free by Bosa Themes

Shoppable Style

Shoppable Style is beautiful multipurpose ecommerce theme. Shoppable Style is beautiful, fast, lightweight, responsive, extremely customizable, multipurpose ecommerce theme that you can use...

5★
from 1 ratings
300+
active installs
Updated
May 2026
71

WPScore

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7 GridView
Free by themesdna

GridView

GridView is clean and modern, mobile responsive, Masonry style grid WordPress theme is ideal for elegantly displaying your content. GridView has Customizer options, accessibility improved de...

5★
from 2 ratings
400+
active installs
Updated
Dec 2025
69

WPScore

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8 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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9 Magazine Lume
Free by wpHoot

Magazine Lume

A vibrant and colorful magazine style theme perfect for content rich websites. Its vibrant layout and modern design make it ideal for online magazines, lifestyle blogs, and digital publicati...

400+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
65

WPScore

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10 Lovebird
Free by wowsthemes

Lovebird

Lovebird is a block based Wwwows WordPress theme with full site editing features. Check the theme demos at wwwows.com. Lovebird has a modern, clean and pink style and design for portfolio, b...

200+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
64

WPScore

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11 Cockatoo
Free by wowsthemes

Cockatoo

Cockatoo is a block based Wwwows WordPress theme with full site editing features. Check the theme demos at wwwows.com. Cockatoo has a modern, white style and design for portfolio, business o...

200+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
64

WPScore

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12 Macaque
Free by wowsthemes

Macaque

Macaque is a block based Wwwows WordPress theme with full site editing features. Check the theme demos at wwwows.com. Macaque has a modern, trendy style and design for portfolio, business or...

200+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
64

WPScore

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13 Tortoise
Free by wowsthemes

Tortoise

Tortoise is a block based Wwwows WordPress theme with full site editing features. Check the theme demos at wwwows.com. Tortoise has a modern, white style and design for portfolio, business o...

100+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
63

WPScore

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14 Interior Style
Free by Theme Arile

Interior Style

Interior Style is a sleek, modern and feature-rich multipurpose WordPress theme. Interior Style can be used to create a range of various websites with WordPress. The theme is perfectly suite...

100+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
63

WPScore

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15 GridWP
Free by themesdna

GridWP

GridWP is a responsive, visually-appealing, gallery/grid style WordPress theme to build a strong online presence. It has user friendly theme options to customize various aspects of the theme...

5★
from 1 ratings
100+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2025
62

WPScore

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