20 Best Free WordPress Themes for 2024 (Responsive, Mobile-Ready, Beautiful)

Neve

It’s often been said that you can’t please everybody, but whoever said that, hasn’t met Neve. Beginners building their first WordPress site love Neve for its ease of use and compatibility with popular website builders, while seasoned web developers appreciate it for its full gauntlet of features, fast performance, reliable code, and consistent updates. With its mobile-first approach, Neve can really make your WordPress website shine.

Features:

• Lighting fast (can load in less than one second)
• Simple to set up and easy to use
• Seamlessly integrates with all popular page builders
• Extremely lightweight (Google will love you)
• Customizable header and footer
• Quality code and full support
• Reliable updates
• Over 100 ready-to-import starter sites

Neve FSE

The classic Neve theme is one of the most popular WordPress themes of all time – and for lots of good reasons. It’s lightweight, aesthetically pleasing, mobile-friendly, and highly customizable. No wonder that it’s equally appreciated by both beginners and professional developers. Neve FSE brings all of those same beloved features to the table, but with access to the Full Site Editor added on top of it. If you want your WordPress website to both look great and function at the highest level, then Neve FSE is a must.

Features:

• Fast, really fast, if Usain Bolt was a WordPress theme fast
• Really easy to set up, easy to use, and easy to customize
• Quality code and optimized for SEO right out of the box
• Multi-lingual friendly, with fully translatable elements and RTL support
• Pre-built block patterns for all website sections will save you lots of time when building your WordPress site
• Wide range of FSE templates for Single and Archive pages, Header Covers, Footer and Header variations, etc
• Global styles that let you create whatever color and typographic combination work best for your site

Abisko

Abisko is a perfect example of why simplicity in web design works. Its front-end simplicity creates an elegant aesthetic that easily allows site visitors to scan your pages and know immediately what’s going on. Its back-end simplicity means that it’s extremely lightweight and loads quickly. When combined, the result is a great overall user experience. And because it’s a block theme, Abisko also offers access to the Full Site Editor, which means you can customize your site to your heart’s content.

• Fully responsive and looks great on any device
• Includes only 14 KB of CSS and no JavaScript at all (i.e., it’s very fast)
• Default design relies on crisp typography and generous amounts of whitespace to keep the focus on your content
• Contains over 30 different block patterns that you can quickly build unique page layouts with
• Comes with five pre-built theme styles, each with their own color schemes (which are adjustable)
• Easily customize your header and footer by using the Full Site Editor
• Choose from a wide selection of fonts that are accessible through the Font Library (inside the Full Site Editor)

Raft

Imagine the luxury amenities of a five-star cruise ship combined with the light weight and swiftness of a raft. Impossible right? Only in the nautical sense. In a WordPress theme sense, it’s very possible and you’re looking at it. The Raft theme, powered by Otter Blocks, gives you the horsepower of popular page builder plugins, but without the bloat. You’ll be able to build a great looking WordPress site that will not only be visually enticing, but it’ll load fast and perform at an elite level. Set sail below:

Features:

• Provides full-site-editing templates for all of your main pages
• Comes with block patterns, ready for quick prototyping while building your WordPress website
• Equipped with global styles functionality to create a perfect color combination for your site
• Adheres to the latest WordPress block editor standards
• Built fully responsive so it looks amazing on any size screen
• Contact form blocks are included, so you can capture email addresses and messages
• Pricing blocks let you quickly create beautiful pricing tables and sections for your services/products
• Overall, you’ll get over 30 new blocks, courtesy of Otter Blocks, which will extend the default WordPress editor

Sydney

With thousands of active installations across the internet, there’s a reason that WordPress lovers continue to put their faith in Sydney. Actually, there isn’t a reason, there are many. Sydney offers a plethora of customizations, including full control over layout and color schemes, logo uploads, sticky menus and lots more. If that’s not enough, you can import one of their templates to get your WordPress website up-and-running in no time.

Features:

• Stunning design options (control the color, text, buttons, etc)
• Multiple menu choices (static, sticky, inline, centered, transparent)
• 18 professionally designed starter sites (three are included in the free version)
• 11 footer widget layouts with editable footer credits
• Full WooCommerce integration
• Optimized for Core Web Vitals
• Compatible with the most popular language translation plugins
• Recommended by and fully integrated with the Elementor site builder

Variations

This is a really unique block theme that was developed by Tyler Moore. On Tyler’s website, he has a simple template customizer that anyone can use with any of his themes – including Variations. There’s no need to log in or create an account. It’s just there. Freely available. Once you’re satisfied with your initial draft, you can copy the code of each page that you customized, and paste it into your own website. And just like that, you’re up and running. The unbelievable thing is that it’s all absolutely free. It feels like it shouldn’t be, but it is.

• Fully responsive and looks great on any device
• Comes with unique, fully customizable pre-built patterns
• Adjustable theme colors so you can match your site to your brand
• Utilizes ChatGPT to generate the basic text for your website sections (this is optional and you can also edit it after)
• Access the Google fonts library via the Full Site Editor which unlocks more than a thousand different typography options
• Customizable image settings that let you change border styles, add overlays, adjust opacity, and more
• Option to mix-and-match designs between multiple themes
• Helpful video tutorial that goes over every single step of how to use the free customizer to build your WordPress site

OceanWP

It’s 2024. Hype alone isn’t going to make your WordPress website excel. If you’re searching for a theme that’s backed up by some serious performance numbers, then OceanWP is here to answer that call. The staggering amount of positive reviews (currently rated 98%) that OceanWP has accumulated is a testament to the fact that it is doing something right. Check out the features below for a deeper dive.

Features:

• Fully customizable with no coding skills required
• Multiple menus, including three different mobile menu styles
• Visibility control (show only what you want and where you want it)
• Full color and typography settings
• Breadcrumb options to help reduce your bounce rate
• Seven pre-made headers with customization capability
• Adjustable logos for normal, large and mobile screens
• WooCommerce integration (build an online store with ease)

Astra

“Ad astra” is a Latin phrase meaning “to the stars,” and with the type of numbers this WordPress theme has put up on the board, “to the stars” is fitting. With over a million active installations on the internet, it’s no wonder that the official Astra page braggadociously bills itself as the most popular theme of all time. If you want your WordPress website to reach the moon, Astra might be just the theme to get you there.

Features:

• Lightweight theme with excellent performance based on test results
• Pixel perfect website demos available in the Astra library to reduce web design time
• WordPress Customizer so you can customize your WordPress site without relying on code
• Seamless integration with Elementor, BeaverBuilder, Yoast, LearnDash, and other popular tools
• Ability to turn off the page title and sidebar to create full-width pages with design freedom
• Several header layout options built-in (Pro version has even more)
• Full control over width, content and even the meta of blog posts & archive pages
• Brand continuity through global color and font settings to maintain a consistent look

Blocksy

If you’re a WordPress beginner and feel intimidated at the thought of building your own WordPress website, then Blocksy’s tagline will speak to your soul: “Build your next web project visually in minutes, without coding skills.” Blocksy doesn’t only make you feel at ease, but also offers plenty of features for both beginners and seasoned WordPress users to get excited about. Check them out below.

Features:

• Built to work with popular WordPress page builders like Elementor, Brizy, and BeaverBuilder
• Hyper-intuitive options to customize and change every part of your website in real-time
• Ability to manage and access color and background options where and when you need them
• Freedom to change the typography in each part of your website – globally or locally
• Five types of modern and clean archive layouts for your blog posts
• SEO ready right from the first line of code
• Modern page hero/title sections with parallax effects and more
• Related posts section to reduce the bounce rate by displaying more recommended content

Jaxon

Jaxon is a modern block theme with a minimalistic design that is rapidly gaining recognition in the WordPress repository. Its versatility and user-friendly interface, along with a variety of design patterns and multiple style options, have contributed to its growing popularity. Whether you plan on launching a blog, an ecommerce store, or a WordPress site using the native WordPress Block editor, Jaxon is a great, free theme to consider. Get into the features below:

Features:

• A 100% free WordPress block theme with FSE support
• Customize your site’s color schemes, menus, and logo to your liking
• Keep your most important content front and center with the sticky post feature
• Showcase your WordPress site in multiple languages with RTL support
• Choose the alternating image and description preset layout
• Display testimonials in a two or three column preset layout
• Highlight your products with the three column product descriptions preset layout
• Keep your visitors engaged in organized conversations with threaded comments

Zakra

Zakra’s tagline is “the only theme you’ll ever need.” That’s a bold statement, but Zakra backs it up with a host of features and close to 100 pre-made starter templates. You probably won’t even get through all of them before you find one that will fit your future WordPress website. You will also love Zakra for its ease of use, where custom coding is welcome, but completely optional.

Features:

• User support for both free and pro versions of Zakra
• Optimized for speed to keep site loading time to a minimum
• SEO-optimized and works with major SEO plugins
• Compatible with the block editor and Elementor site builder
• Tested with all major browsers to ensure a consistently clean aesthetic look
• Widget areas are available on important areas of the theme from header to footer
• Translation-ready so that any hardcoded English text can be translated to another language
• Option to use custom CSS to tweak the look and the design of the theme

Inspiro Blocks

Inspiro Blocks is a block-based theme that seamlessly integrates with the WordPress Full Site Editor (FSE). The theme provides distinctive page templates, block patterns, and color schemes that can be personalized to craft a visually appealing website. With the new FSE system, you can exercise complete autonomy over the website’s design, all without the need for any page builders. If you want a great-looking WordPress website that also functions well, then Inspiro Blocks is a solid choice.

Features:

• Provides a range of unique page templates that can be used to customize entire pages and posts
• Comes with over 20 pre-built block patterns that you can use to quickly create beautiful sections of pages and posts with minimal effort
• Features six different color combo schemes that you can pick from to customize your site (you can also create your own styles)
• Fully compatible with WooCommerce, so you can easily set up an online store and start selling your products or services
• Integrates with the free WPZOOM Portfolio plugin, enabling users to create and manage visually appealing portfolios using FSE
• Built with clean and compact code resulting in a lightweight, performance-optimized WordPress website
• Includes helpful documentation on the WPZoom site to help you navigate the features and functions of the theme
• Compatible with WordPress version 6.0 and higher

Cenote

The word cenote is derived from a Yucatec Maya word and refers to any location with accessible groundwater. The same way that access to water is necessary for life, access to a fast, customizable, and user-friendly theme is necessary to build a successful WordPress site. The Maya trust cenotes to provide what they need, and with all of the powerful features that this theme offers, you can trust Cenote to meet your needs as well. Take a sip from the offerings below.

Features:

• Compatible with all major browsers for a consistent visitor experience
• Optimized for both speed and SEO
• Choose the width and layout of your page with a sidebar on the left or right, or no sidebar at all
• Multiple widgets included, with the option to add custom widgets
• Over five ready-to-use starter sites to get your WordPress site up and running
• WooCommerce integration with additional features to help you create a well managed store
• Works with many popular page builders so you can create a layout to your liking
• Add your social media links to convert your visitors into followers

Phlox

There are many themes in the WordPress landscape that offer pre-built templates to give you a quick start on building a website. Phlox is no exception, but in a way, it is an exception, in that it offers an exceptional quantity, that’s matched only by each template’s exceptional quality. Spend a few minutes browsing through the more than 190 demo themes and it’s virtually impossible that you won’t find something to fit the vision you have for your WordPress site. If you still want more, check out the features below.

Features:

• Build your site to your specifications using the Elementor page builder
• Comes with over 30 exclusive widgets to augment the functionality of your site
• Change the theme options and see the result in real-time
• Built to be an out-of-the box responsive website solution, designed to work on any screen size
• Choose gallery layout style using either the Grid or the Masonry layout
• Highlight your posts with a unique touch and respond slider
• Turn your WordPress site into an online store with WooCommerce integration
• Variety of additional customization options to let you customize any part of your website with ease

Lavander Lite

If you’re sniffing out a clean and polished WordPress theme with a minimalistic feel, then Lavander Lite might be exactly the scent you’re looking for. Its overall design follows the latest industry trends, making it a great choice if you plan to give your WordPress site visitors a smooth content consumption experience. Check out the features below.

Features:

• Retina ready and fully responsive so your site will look amazing on any size device
• Six pre-built demos that you can install with one simple click of your mouse or trackpad
• Social media icon links to turn your site visitors into devoted followers
• Three different post formats (standard, gallery, video) to give variety to your content
• Various double and triple column presentation options to display your text or images
• Clean, stylish typography that transports you back into the world of print magazines
• Search bar so visitors can find exactly what they want on your WordPress site
• Google Maps embedding option if you have a physical location and want local visitors

GeneratePress

Do you want your WordPress website to generate success? Well then look no further than GeneratePress. With an extensive library of pre-made, professionally designed websites that can be activated within minutes, you can simply swap in your own photos and text, and your WordPress site will be generated in record time. GeneratePress is sure to leave you impressed.

Features:

• Lightweight and built with a focus on speed + usability
• Fully responsive and uses valid HTML/CSS
• Compatible with all well-coded plugins, including WooCommerce
• Compatible with all major page builders, including Beaver Builder + Elementor
• Over 60 color control options
• Five navigation locations and five sidebar layouts
• Dropdown menus (click or hover) and nine widget areas
• Availability in over 25 languages

Kadence

Kadence is a theme with a lot to offer for anyone looking to build a WordPress website. Right off the bat, there is an extensive library of no-code-required, ready-to-use starter site templates. You can import one of these, swap out some text and photos, and have your WordPress site live in no time. If you’d rather march to the beat of your own cadence, you can do that too. Kadence is compatible with many popular page builder plug-ins, including Elementor, and Beaver Builder. See more features below.

Features:

• Header & footer builder with an easy-to-use, drag-and-drop interface
• Global color palette so you can change colors site wide with a few mouse clicks
• Global typography with any Google font or web-safe font applied to your whole site
• Global button settings to create the perfect button style that will apply to buttons across your site
• Built-in breadcrumb generator to enable breadcrumbs and keep visitors on your site longer
• Social icons for your header and footer so you can connect your site with your community
• Fully responsive from tiny screens to large monitors and you can customize to your liking
• Built with the best SEO Practices for markup and schema where needed

Botiga

Botiga is a Catalan word that translates to “shop.” However, you don’t need to be a Catalan speaker to understand that having a lightweight, high-performance theme will translate into a strong foundation for your online WordPress store. Use Botiga if you want to showcase your products in a clean, minimal design that is highly customizable and made to work with WooCommerce.

Features:

• Free version comes equipped with everything you need and Pro is even more impressive
• Choose from six different archive layouts for your ecommerce blog page
• Show your products how you want and create a gallery choosing from three styles for your product page
• Edit every aspect of your product card, including card style, elements, color, font, and more
• Offer product filters to help your customers find the product they want in only a few clicks
• Insert product recommendations to showcase related and upsell products on product pages
• Use badge styles to show which products are on sale or show special offers to boost sales
• Tweak your checkout page by showing the total amount on the right side or at the bottom

Tove

Tove is a fun and colorful block theme built entirely around the concept of full site editing. Full site editing (or FSE for short), is a collection of WordPress features that focuses on using blocks to style all parts of a website, not only the content. Thanks to the layout features offered by FSE, you can use the Tove theme to create your WordPress website exactly how you want it. Learn more below and get into it.

Features:

• Jumpstart your WordPress site with over 40 pre-built block patterns
• Access six different header designs and seven different footer designs
• Keep visitors from waiting for your site to load because Tove is only a smidgen over 200 kilobytes
• Modify the structure of your blog archive and blog posts easily
• Change the colors in the theme, adjust spacing, and tweak the typography with just a few clicks
• Add a sticky post to the top of your blog to highlight what you want visitors to see
• Translate the theme into whatever language you’d like
• Customize the menu and upload your logo

Mission News

Mission News is on a mission, and that mission is to help people like you build a WordPress website that will be seen and heard. This theme’s premium-quality design will add credibility to your every word and is inspired by classic news sites you’re probably already familiar with. Did we mention it’s fully compatible with the block editor and other popular page builders?

Features:

• Packaged with clean layouts to put all the attention on your content
• Built responsive so your WordPress site will look great on laptops, tablets, and phones
• Battle-tested to look amazing on real websites, not just the demo version
• Coded following WordPress best practices and has passed manual code reviews
• Actively maintained and always updated before every major WordPress release
• Same-day support from the developers who make the theme
• Tons of tutorials with step-by-step instructions in the Mission News Support Center
• Plays well with page builders like Elementor and ecommerce plugins like WooCommerce