Who says that these days you have to pay for a high quality WordPress theme?   Today I noticed that one of my favorite free theme designers, ChiQ Montes, has released yet another incredible WordPress theme.

Her newest creation is the Maggo Mag theme, which is a 3-column theme with the sidebars split out on each side (I’ve always liked this style and wish more 3-column WordPress themes had the content in the middle).  Other features include being 125×125 ad block ready, the ability to add a video to the right sidebar, and of course the wonderful color blue.

Here is a screenshot:

And here is a live demo.   If you’d like to try out the Maggo Mag theme, you can download it here.

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I absolutely love the i3 WordPress theme. I used it for my site for about a month, and I had no problems for what I needed. It features a “mac” look, has the Mac OS X classic background that fades into the mac’s “spotlight blue”. The sidebars are on the left and right side not attached to the middle content. The separate widgets are each in their own little bubble with a mac like toolbar as the header. The theme displays the pages in the middle content column, and this is one of the very rare themes that display the sub-pages very nicely under the page parent. Also you can move around the columns to your liking, so instead of the content being in the middle you can have it off to the right and the sidebars on the left, and vice versa.

If you are on the photos section it would display a small little bar under the pages bar displaying the sub pages, but if you are on the home page it will not display these sub pages. It has a built-in search bar in the top right hand corner, and it looks like the spotlight application in Mac OS X 10.4 and higher, except its black. The only problem I’ve ever had with it is displaying javascript in sidebar, ad- sense would fine, but a simple javascript code would make the sidebar screw up and shift to the bottom of the page. I switched themes because of that and because it is a very popular theme, and I like to switch up my theme every once in a while.

I highly recommend using this theme if you can’t find a better theme for yourself. Thanks for reading and have a wonderful day!

Updated: May 13, 2012!

While most full time bloggers seem to use and prefer 2-column WordPress themes, there is no doubt that 3-column themes are definitely more popular among the WordPress blogger masses. This can be attributed to many things, but the most appealing thing seems to be the ability to place more sidebar stuff above the fold on your blog. This can help you better monetize your blog by allowing more room for advertisements, subscription buttons, and other important sidebar content that needs to be seen by your readers.

This post is designed to be a spot to collect screen shots and download information about my favorite 3-column WordPress themes that have been made available to the WordPress community. I decided to avoid displaying any themes that cost money, and I’ve tried to include additional information about the theme then possible, including if it is widget ready or SEO friendly, etc.:

3-Column Themes (2 Sidebar Left)

Facebooked Theme

Source | Download | Demo

3-Column Themes (2 Sidebar Right)

Simpleton Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Padangan Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Black and White Theme (SEO Friendly, Optimized for AdSense)

Source | Download | Demo

Firebug Theme

Source | Download | Demo

ProSense Theme (SEO Friendly, Optimized for AdSense)

Source | Download (Orange, Blue, and Gray) | Demo

BloggingPro Theme (Widget Ready)

Source | Download | Download w/Widgets | Demo

Blue Stripes Ajax Theme (SEO Friendly, AdSense Ready)

Source | Download | Demo

Gossip City Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Xplosive Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Blog oh Blog Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Fresh Theme (Widget Ready)

Source | Download | Download w/widgets | Demo

Blue Dream Theme

Source/Demo | Download

Dark Zen Theme

Source | Download | Demo

ElegantBlue Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Deep Blue Theme

Source | Download (Right Sidebar) | Download (Left Sidebar) | Download (125×125 Ad Blocks) | Demo

BizFresh Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Ghacks Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Daily Blog Tips Theme

Source | Download (Green, Blue, Black, and Orange) | Demo (Green, Blue, Black, and Orange)

Blue Green Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Pride Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Illacrimo Theme (Widget Ready)

Source | Download | (No Demo Available)

Tomodachi Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Simple Red Theme

Source | Download (Requires free registration)

True Blue Theme

Source | Download (Requires free registration)

Langit Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Resurrection Theme

Source/Demo | Download

Nonzero Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Cleaker 2.1 Theme (Widget Ready)

Source | Download | Demo

TyreMonkey Theme (Widget Ready)

Source | Download | Demo

WP Premiere Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Fresco Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Saur Theme

Source | Download | Demo

3-Column Themes (1 Sidebar Left and 1 Sidebar Right)

Maggo Theme

Source | Download | Demo

YGo Sea Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Silveray Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Rhea Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Velocity Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Tigopedia Theme

Source | Download | Demo

3cWPTP Theme (Widget Ready)

Source | Download | Demo (Click 3cWPTP in drop-down box)

Blue Zinfandel Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Acid Green Pro Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Alike Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Greed Theme

Source | Download | Demo

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Getting a good design for your blog can be either difficult or expensive if you use most blogging software, but the popular open source software WordPress supports the ability to easily install and use various WordPress themes. As a result, the incredible WordPress community has stepped up and people from all around the world are offering great themes for anyone to use, and most have no cost associated with them.

As this site is dedicated to covering the world surrounding WordPress, I thought it would be a good idea to have a series of theme galleries dedicated to some of the best free and premium WordPress themes available to WordPress users.

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