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Best WordPress Themes for Support

15 themes compared · Updated August 2026 · Support

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Choosing a WordPress theme for support 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. Lovecraft Best overall 79/100
  2. 2. Eksell 75/100
  3. 3. BlackNews 74/100
  4. 4. Clean Blocks 71/100
  5. 5. Unos Publisher 69/100
  6. 6. Elite Commerce 69/100
  7. 7. Unos Magazine Black 68/100
  8. 8. Fukasawa 66/100
  9. 9. Unos News 65/100
  10. 10. Envince 64/100
  11. 11. Call Center Services 63/100
  12. 12. Simple Writer 60/100
  13. 13. NewsChrome 60/100
  14. 14. IT News Grid 59/100
  15. 15. Ikreate FSE 58/100
1 Lovecraft
Best overall Free by Anders Norén

Lovecraft

Lovecraft is a beautiful two-column theme for bloggers. It features a responsive design, great typography, Block Editor support, a full-width header image (which is replaced with the post th...

5★
from 17 ratings
8k+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
79

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 BlackNews
Free by AF themes

BlackNews

BlackNews is a dark, magazine-style WordPress child theme built on MoreNews for publishers seeking a high-contrast, professional aesthetic. It supports the Block Editor and major page builde...

5★
from 1 ratings
500+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
74

WPScore

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4 Clean Blocks
Free by Catch Themes

Clean Blocks

Clean Blocks is a simple and sophisticated, free multipurpose Gutenberg WordPress theme crafted with Gutenberg compatibility in mind. It supports all Gutenberg blocks and is equipped with en...

4.3★
from 6 ratings
100+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
71

WPScore

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5 Unos Publisher
Free by wpHoot

Unos Publisher

Blogging and Magazine style child theme with minimal white design. Unos Publisher is translation and multi-lingual ready with SEO optimized code which works with all popular plugins. Theme s...

5★
from 9 ratings
300+
active installs
Updated
Jan 2026
69

WPScore

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6 Elite Commerce
Free by Firefly Themes

Elite Commerce

Elite Commerce an eCommerce WordPress theme for your eCommerce Website. Elite Commerce supports WooCommerce Plugin fully along with YITH Wishlist, Translatepress and WooCommerce Currency Swi...

5★
from 1 ratings
100+
active installs
Updated
May 2026
69

WPScore

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7 Unos Magazine Black
Free by wpHoot

Unos Magazine Black

Dark Magazine Black is magazine theme with dark black style and a woocommerce ready store for games, entertainment, video, portfolio and education related sites. Its dark black design suppor...

5★
from 7 ratings
200+
active installs
Updated
Jan 2026
68

WPScore

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8 Fukasawa
Free by Anders Norén

Fukasawa

Fukasawa is a minimal masonry style blog theme for photographers and collectors. It features responsive & retina-ready design, Block Editor support, support for the image, gallery and vi...

4.8★
from 35 ratings
6k+
active installs
Updated
Feb 2025
66

WPScore

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9 Unos News
Free by wpHoot

Unos News

Unos News is a magazine news theme with bold and professional style. It is suitable for news, blog and magazine websites related to games, entertainment, videos, movies and graphics. It supp...

3★
from 2 ratings
100+
active installs
Updated
Jan 2026
65

WPScore

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10 Envince
Free by ThemeGrill

Envince

Envince is bootstrap 3 powered magazine wp theme to make your site look good. Create powerful magazine site with drag and drop editing features. Get free support here: https://wordpress.org/...

4.6★
from 18 ratings
300+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2025
64

WPScore

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11 Call Center Services
Free by pewilliams

Call Center Services

The Call Center Services Theme is a premium, multipurpose website template tailored for call centers, support teams, and customer service providers, offering a professional platform to showc...

100+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
63

WPScore

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12 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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13 NewsChrome
Free by AF themes

NewsChrome

Introducing NewsChrome, the ultimate WordPress newspaper theme designed for effortless website building. With support for Gutenberg and Elementor page builders, you can create stunning news...

300+
active installs
Updated
Feb 2026
60

WPScore

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14 IT News Grid
Free by indithemes

IT News Grid

IT News Grid is a simple yet powerful grid based Blog WordPress Theme. With a clean and sophisticated layout which adapts to any device of your liking along with support for Elementor and WP...

5★
from 2 ratings
100+
active installs
Updated
Dec 2024
59

WPScore

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15 Ikreate FSE
Free by Ikreate Themes

Ikreate FSE

Ikreate FSE is a fast, clean, and powerful Full Site Editing WordPress theme designed for modern business websites. With full support for block-based editing, you can customize every part of...

100+
active installs
Updated
Nov 2025
58

WPScore

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