Top 10 Free WordPress 3.0 Ready Themes

July 28, 2010 - 39 Comments
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Just a few ago ago, WordPress introduced there 13th major release, the much anticipated ‘Thelonious’ (WP 3.0). As with every other major release, to accommodate all of the new features there has been some (mostly minor) compatibility issues with a number of themes. As such, the WP community has been working hard to update all of there themes and plugins to make them WP3.0 ready and to make best use of all of the exciting and new features.
After some extensive research from todays author (Sven Salmonsson ) we have a list of his top ten favorite free WordPress 3.0 fully compatible themes.

This is our weekly section were we highlight the Top 10 resources from any given field from within the design community. These mini-articles give us an opportunity to share some really useful resources which would be either-wise ignored and difficult to justify with a full blown article.

1. The Morning After by WooThemes

Morning After is perhaps the original WordPress magazine-styled theme, with more than 100,000 downloads to date it is also by far the most popular. It has been recently purchased by the guys behind WooThemes and been updated with there powerful framework and is now fully WP 3.0 compatible.
The Morning After Home →
Live Demo →

2. Structure by Organic Themes

Structure is a WP 3.0 theme available in four variants, all based on an attractive and effective minimalist style. This theme will integrate seamlessly with any established blog.
Structure Home →
Live Demo →

3. Mansion by GraphPaperPress

Mansion is a distinct theme geared toward photobloggers. It features a flexible-width thumbnail grid for both images and photo journal entries. Mansion is perfect for those who want to primarily showcase their photographs and occasionally write blog posts. If you appreciate an image-oriented style and want something unique, Mansion is definitely worth your time.
Mansion Home →
Live Demo →

4. Twenty Ten by The WordPress Crew

It might seem a little silly to include the default WordPress 3.0 theme, but it is damn good, it would be a disservice not to include it.
Twenty Ten
Live Demo →

5. Magazeen by WeFunction & Smashing Magazine

The premium quality Magazeen theme oozes functionality and style. Its bold two column magazine layout and style has been designed with the main focus being on typography, grids and its overall magazine-feel.
Magazeen Home →
Live Demo →

6. Mystique by Digital Nature

This smooth WP 3.0 template is a perfect choice for CMS publishers and bloggers alike. There is a ton of customization options, with a solid design, built-in widgets and a intuitive theme settings interface.If there is one drawback, it is that it can at times be an overwhelming amount.
Mystique Home →
Live Demo →

7. AutoFocus+ by Fthrwght (Allan Cole)

AutoFocus+ is a clean and simple WordPress theme developed for photographers looking to showcase their work. It has designed on an 800px, 8 column grid which will truly allow your images to shine and boasts a sharper typographic approach with a 22px baseline grid, and a Garamond/Helvetica (Times/Arial for you PC users) font stack that’s much easier to read.
AutoFocus+ Home →
Live Demo →

8. Gadget by ThemeJam

Gadget is one of the sharpest and sleekest themes available for WordPress 3.0 right now.s
Gadget Home →
Live Demo →

9. Suffusion by Aquoid

Suffusion is an elegant, versatile and browser-safe theme with a power-packed set of options. It has 10 widget areas, one-column, two-column and three-column fixed-width formats, 10 pre-defined templates, 17 pre-defined color schemes, two customizable multi-level drop-down menus, featured posts, a magazine layout, tabbed sidebars, widgets for Twitter, Social Networks and Google Translator, translations in many languages and RTL language support.
Channel Home →
Live Demo →

10. Titan by The Theme Foundry

A refined, balanced, and exceptionally handsome WordPress theme. Features a robust theme options menu allowing you to integrate your Flickr photos, Twitter updates, and Feedburner email updates. Use the custom code box to include photos, video, or whatever else your heart desires.
Titan Home →
Live Demo →

About the Author

This is a guest post by the guys behind WpBlogHost.net, an excellent resource if you’re looking to obtain WordPress hosting or WordPress themes.

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19 Comments › Leave yours

rod rodriguez
29 Jul, 2010
Nice compilation, I’m currently testing Mystique myself, it’s really fun to work with it. Very nice options under the hood, digitalnature did a great job with this one. I’m also road testing twentyten, pretty smooth too. But I need more time to get around to it. Anyway thanks for the post.
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Manmohanjit Singh
29 Jul, 2010
Great list!
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Tony B
29 Jul, 2010
Watch out on Mystique.
I’m using it currently, but it puts a nasty message to anyone using an older browser. I don’t mind a polite message but the “You’re using an old and buggy browser” made a lot of people assume *I* was telling them.
Digitalnature’s response in this thread wasn’t helpful.
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-youre-using-a-old-and-buggy-browser
You can find the code to comment out but with it being “hidden” in the code, I can’t recommend the theme to anyone not familiar with commenting out lines of code.
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- Yourwaytomagic
  30 Jul, 2010
  Also in IE the RSS, Twitter and the mouse over of the 5 icons are not working (after the update).
  I prefer the older version.
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Karl
29 Jul, 2010
In looking at those themes, the free version of structure claims it does not include WP 3 features. Almost all of the old themes will run on 3, but this article stresses free 3.0 ready themes – I don’t believe Structure qualifies based on the chart on it’s homepage.
Titan suffers from the same restrictions. To get built in 3.0 menu support you must purchase the “pro” version. When you advertise free, please make sure they are free. I don’t mind paying for a theme if necessary, but I don’t expect to find “premium themes” in an post about free themes.
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designer jakarta
29 Jul, 2010
Thhank’s for share…. nice post
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Anurag Bansal
29 Jul, 2010
Very good list. I have always been a fan of woothemes.
Recently I also started looking for a new theme for my blog. Your list will definitely help a lot.
Thanks
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Nitin Jain
29 Jul, 2010
Is structure theme really FREE?
Their site says its for $69!!
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- sven
  30 Jul, 2010
  there is a free version of the structure theme
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  - Quinn
    4 Aug, 2010
    Yes, but the free version isn’t WP 3.0 ready, which is what this post is supposed to be all about. Totally agree with Karl above.
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Arshad Cini
29 Jul, 2010
Great compilation..
Thank you
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Shumel Lais
31 Jul, 2010
My Favourite is Mansion. I think it would be great for a personal lifestyle blog of student.
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KellyW
1 Aug, 2010
Big fan of Gadget – the look and feel and layout just does it for me. The Mansion theme is pretty stylish though – a close second.
Nice list.
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Richard Havelock
2 Aug, 2010
Nice collection. Going to try Magazeen for my girlfriend’s website. I think Titan would be a good theme to base a design on.
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Drake
4 Aug, 2010
Is Titan theme, free version, usable also for commercial sites or not?
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Ambrausa Viccars
6 Aug, 2010
J’aime se blog, Bonne continuation
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frePerl
18 Aug, 2010
I love WordPress,thanks!
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seolar
20 Aug, 2010
Very cool list! Thank you for the listing of these WordPress 3.0 ready themes. In my opinion the WordPress theme number 10 called titan is best. But that’s my thought…
Thanks and keep writing!
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Reedd
27 Aug, 2010
Love the list! Best of all its free.
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