WordPress Theme: Free Maggo Mag Theme
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.
Best Free WordPress Themes Gallery
Updated: October 21, 2009
It has been awhile since I’ve created one of our popular WordPress theme galleries, so I decided it was time to build a new one. In the past I’ve always taken the approach of trying to remove any personal bias and just display the WordPress themes and demo/download information in a manageable way so that the reader can choose their favorite themes that they’d like to use.
This time I decided to comb the internet looking for my personal favorite free WordPress themes of all the different types and then throw in a few of my favorite premium WordPress themes towards the bottom. Right now, they are broken down into the following categories (click the link to be taken to the section you are looking for):
- Free 2-Column WordPress Themes
- Free 3-Column WordPress Themes
- Free 4-Column WordPress Themes
- Free Magazine WordPress Themes
- Free Video & Photo WordPress Themes
- Best Premium WordPress Themes
This post is updated regularly, so if you find you are often in the market for a free WordPress theme, bookmark this post and check back regularly!
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Best 2-Column Free WordPress Themes
Vintage Theme
Blues Theme
Shades of Blue Theme
Typebased Theme
PassionDuo Theme (3 Colors)
Green: Demo | Download, Red: Demo | Download, Blue: Demo | Download
WP Freemium Theme
SimpleWP Theme
Evolution Theme
Source | Download | Demos: Blue, Green, Red
GlossyBlue Theme
Color Paper Theme
StudioPress Theme
Blak Magik Theme
Free 3-Column WordPress Theme: SilveRay
When I started this WordPress blog, one of my goals was to feature my favorite WordPress themes. At the time premium WordPress themes did not exist, so I spent a lot of time featuring my favorite free WordPress themes. Going forward, as free themes catch my eye, I’m hoping to spend more time featuring them on this blog.
I generally prefer 2-column themes, but there are situations where a 3-column WordPress theme can be a better fit for a blog. If you’re looking for a free 3-column theme, look no further than the Silveray Theme by Blog Perfume. This is not a term I use loosely, but I have to say that this theme is premium quality. Here are some screenshots:
Silveray Top
Silveray Footer
If you’d like to use this theme for a WordPress blog, you can download it here.
I have added this theme to the appropriate WordPress theme galleries.
WordPress Theme Galleries Get Significant Update
In case it has been awhile since you’ve visited my WordPress Themes page, I just wanted to write a quick post and let you know that they have received a very significant update in the past two weeks. I’ve been scouring the blogosphere looking for the best free WordPress themes and found a lot of incredible ones that I didn’t know existed! As always, I have managed to get a screen shot of them added, along with the the download and demo links whenever possible.
The posts that have seen the most significant upgrades are the following:
- Best 2-Column WordPress Themes
- Best 3-Column WordPress Themes
- Best Google AdSense Optimized WordPress Themes
If you think you may be in need of a WordPress theme in the next few months, you may want to bookmark these pages for future reference. They will continue to be updated as I run across themes that I feel are worthy of a spot on the list.
If you have any questions or want to recommend something, please leave a comment below or let me know!
Search Engine Optimized (SEO) WordPress Theme Gallery
When picking out a new WordPress theme, there are a lot of factors to consider. Do you want a 2-column theme or a 3-column theme? What about AJAX comments? Maybe you want specific colors? No matter what your preference is, one of the main factors you should probably consider is how search engine friendly your theme is going to be.
There are a lot of techniques that theme designers can use when creating their theme to help optimize it for search engines, and several authors have taken the time to do so. Here are what I feel are the best search engine optimized WordPress themes:
2-Column Search Engine Optimized WordPress Themes
Slick Blue Theme (Advertising Ready, SEO Friendly)
Sodelicious Theme
Modern Blue Green Theme
YourBlog 2.0 Theme
PassionDuo Theme (3 Colors)
Green: Demo | Download, Red: Demo | Download, Blue: Demo | Download
Yakuter Tema 2.0 Theme
3-Column Search Engine Optimized WordPress Themes
Big Blue Theme
Redie 3.0 Theme
Ambient Glo Theme
ProSense Theme
Source | Download (Orange, Blue, and Gray) | Demo
Cutline Theme
Courtney Tuttle has posted a great collection of SEO Friendly WordPress themes. It looks like these are existing WordPress themes that were modified to be more search engine friendly.
Have a search engine optimized WordPress theme you’d like to see included in this list? Feel free to comment below with a link and I’ll see about it getting added!
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