23 Free Magazine WordPress Themes
WordPress is not just a blogging platform, contrary to popular belief. In fact, WordPress can be (and is being) used for a whole lot more. Today, WordPress has become one of the most powerful publishing platform that is increasingly being used to power online magazines and other news-driven Websites–and these are sites that fall outside the domain of 'blogs'.
In this roundup, I am going to list 23 tastefully and beautifully designed free magazine WordPress themes that you can download and use for free. A link to the original source or author's page where these themes where originally sourced is being provided. Simply click on each preview image to take you to a new page where you can get more information about these free magazine WordPress theme as well as the download link in case you want to use the theme for your site.
But in case you are looking for a good deal for premium theme, then try browsing the available themes at Elegant Themes. By becoming a member, you will have unlimited access to more than 50 premium templates (with more templates added monthly) available in this site. Some of the themes available there that you can use for a magazine WordPress blog are listed at the end of this post.
01 – Magazeen by We Function Design Agency for Smashing Magazine
An advanced free WordPress magazine theme created by the talented We Function Design Agency. This bold magazine 2-column theme was designed with the main focus being on typography, grids and magazine-look. It was created especially for Smashing Magazine and its readers.The theme is released under GPL. You can use it for all your projects for free and without any restrictions.
02 – The Morning After by Arun Kale (The Masterplan)
Description: A free magazine WordPress theme created based on a brief survey on the WordPress forums about what people would want to see in a unique magazine-style theme. Terms of Use: As of February 14, 2009, version 1.4 of the Morning After theme is released under a Creative Commons License (Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike). Just to clarify what is implied by non-commercial use: you are not allowed to sell the theme or any derived works. You are, however, free to use the theme for commercial web sites.
03 – Berica from Mag Press
This is a 2 columns fixed width free magazine WordPress theme by MagPress.com. This light Brown WordPress template has theme options page, featured content slider, featured categories, 4 columns footer widgets ready, Adsense ready and many more.
04 – NewsMore
A free premium magazine WordPress theme with featured content option and options page. Supports post thumbnails. Suitable for any niche, especially for news or magazine sites.
05 – Technetiumastic from Padd Solutions
The customizable front page is built with our very own horizontal jQuery Accordion image slider and three front page widgets which transform your basic WordPress blog into a fully functional website. Technetiumastic WP theme comes with a clean and well-structured code for easy customization for your special needs and a .pot file which you can easily translate in your preferred languages with ease.
06 – Paragams
This free magazine wordpress theme was made by special techniques and correspond a grid-based lightweight design with almost no images. Paragams, thanks to a number of custom advanced features is really easy-to-use, either for you or for your visitors. This theme is really fits any journalistic-type website whether it is a news-blog or some kind of online-mag.
07 – Press Magazine
This is a free magazine WordPress theme with featured content option and options page. Supports post thumbnails. Suitable for any niche, especially for news or magazine sites.
08 – Journal Crunch
Here is a new free magazine WordPress theme for magazines or portfolios with an integrated journal. The theme is released under GPL.
09 -Purplex
This is a two-column, fixed-width free magazine WordPress theme by MagPress. This WordPress template comes with theme options, featured categories, customized latest posts display, footer widgets, Adsense ready and many more.
10 – Arthemia (Version2) by Deluxe Themes
Arthemia combines a magazine and a weblog into one; it is not too magazine-ish nor too blog-ish. The front page of this free WordPress theme shows the headline and featured post of yours along with the photos in magazine style. The rest of your posts are shown sequentially just like a usual blog.
11 – Obscure Magazine Style Theme
Obscure theme is a premium dark and free magazine wordpress theme suitable for any site niche and best fit for community based website. With the recent update, this free magazine wordpress theme has been heavily overhauled to work on version 3 of wordpress along with support to it's new features such as custom background, post thumbnail, custom menu and etc.
12 – The Stars
The Stars is a sexy but free magazine WordPress theme ideal for fashion, lifestyle, entertainment, celebrity/gossip, or lifestyle websites. The theme includes a wide range of features including: drop down navigation menus, a featured content section, automatic thumbnail generation, integrated social bookmarking buttons and more.
13 – Grungezine
Grungezine is a two-column free magazine WordPress theme suited for those who want to have a grungy look for their sites.
14 – Zin Mag Tribune by Jinsona
Zinmag tribune is the latest magazine theme from the zinmag series. This free WordPress theme is designed with a newspaper layout. It is bundled with all the premium theme features and a custom admin panel to enable its different modules. Free support is available via the support forums.
15 – Plan NetWorld by Web2feel
Another free magazine WordPress theme that you can use in any way you want.
16 – Newspress: news style theme
It is built under 960 grid system and packed with in-demand features such as featured post, drop down menu, social bookmarks button, etc. This is totally a free magazine WordPress theme as long as footer links must keep intact.
17 -Vanadiumitic from PaddSolutions
This free magazine WordPress theme is great for personal blogs, tech blogs, design blogs and other related blog niches. Vanadiumitic WP theme has a premium design which has a featured slider to highlight your important posts. It is WordPress 3.0 compliant which is packed with a robust framework for easier back end customization – no need to touch the codes.
18 – The Original Premium News Theme
This was the very first premium theme that ever released by Woo Themes. This free magazine WordPress theme may be a bit rough around the edges (in terms of its looks), but the same solid base were used for all subsequent themes. Enjoy this themes' minimalistic beauty and make it your own today!
19 – Mimbo
This is a clean, customizable magazine-style theme for WordPress. It is also a simple framework which can be modified with child themes, discussed further down in the documentation.
20 – Snips
Snips is a free magazine WordPress theme with featured content option and supports the post thumbnails. Suitable for any niche.
21 – Adena
Adena is a two-column, fixed-width free magazine WordPress theme by MagPress.com. This Magazine style WordPress theme comes with theme options, featured categories, Adsense ready and many more.
22 – Sight
This is a professional but free magazine WordPress theme which was made in a modern minimalistic style and best suits for Blogs & Magazines. Layout is made using Golden Grid and it gives you a choice of information publishing – grid view or standard blog view.
23 – Suburbia
This is a free premium WordPress theme for magazines. The layout is very clean and flexible and designed in a modest and minimalistic style. Magazine is not the only purpose, so Suburbia suits for blogs and various project either. The theme was made in cooperation with Demian Peeters (aka Moodyguy). Some unique features of Suburbia give you an extra flexibility in every single step you make.
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