30 Fresh Minimal WordPress Themes (2011 Edition)

by Web Design, Wordpress

Minimal is the timeless web design trend of basic styling a web page and stripping out all non-essential elements allowing the reader to focus solely on the content with absolutely no distractions. Achieving the balance between content and minimal design is not easy, but in the hands of a skilled designer or a competent writer, the minimal style can truly accentuate your web page.

This post is our third year featuring minimal WordPress themes and by far and away our best, you can also view the 2009 and 2010 editions.

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Minimal WP Themes

Theophilus

Theophilus
TheophilusDemo

mimiThem

mimiThem
mimiThemDemo

Melville

Melville
MelvilleDemo

Sutra

Sutra
SutraDemo

Minimalista

Minimalista
MinimalistaDemo

The Talking Fowl

The Talking Fowl
The Talking FowlDemo

Simply Delicious

Simply Delicious
Simply DeliciousDemo

min.

min.
min.Demo

Mini Hyper

Mini Hyper
Mini Hyper

Blogum

Blogum
BlogumDemo

Ghostwriter

Ghostwriter
GhostwriterDemo

Wordfinder

Wordfinder
WordfinderDemo

Papaver

Papaver
PapaverDemo

Feijoa

Feijoa
FeijoaDemo

Laelia

Laelia
LaeliaDemo

Portfolium

Portfolium
PortfoliumDemo

Expositio

Expositio
ExpositioDemo

Swiss Dessign

Swiss Dessign
Swiss DessignDemo

Studio Dessign

Studio Dessign
Studio DessignDemo

Minimal with a touch of styling

Yoko

Yoko
YokoDemo

Cudazi Mono

Cudazi Mono
Cudazi MonoDemo

Wordfinder

Wordfinder
WordfinderDemo

Renova

Renova
RenovaDemo

Beauty and Clean

Beauty and Clean
Beauty and CleanDemo

Triton Lite

Triton Lite
Triton LiteDemo

Casual

Casual
CasualDemo

Insomnia

Insomnia
InsomniaDemo

HyperSpace

HyperSpace
HyperSpaceDemo

Parallax

Parallax
ParallaxDemo

Typominima

Typominima
TypominimaDemo

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  • http://www.ufothemes.com UFOthemes

    Awsome. Thank you for featuring our theme. 

  • http://www.ufothemes.com UFOthemes

    Awsome. Thank you for featuring our theme. 

  • http://www.cinnamonagency.com jas_cinammonagency

    Minimal = Clean = Gorgeous! So much better than cluttered and an important part of website design.

  • http://www.cinnamonagency.com jas_cinammonagency

    Minimal = Clean = Gorgeous! So much better than cluttered and an important part of website design.

  • Anonymous

    Thanks for insert my themes on this article!

  • Anonymous

    Thanks for insert my themes on this article!

  • Riya

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  • Riya

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  • http://ultimatewebsitedesign.co.uk/ Kevin Sinfield

    Great article. It seems that minimal is the way a lot of themes are going. I think it is for the best, no clutter easy to view on mobile devices.

  • Jose Anzueto

    Love it thank you so much, big fan of wordpress themes

  • http://toribloger.com toribloger

    Super collection. Thanks!

  • http://featurethem.com Angelee

    This inspires me to start doing web design PSDs 

  • http://designshareblog.com/ Design Share Blog

    Thanks a lot for sharing this great WordPress theme.

  • Denis

    There’s a new theme shop that just launched which focuses strictly on minimal WordPress themes. Check ‘em out at http://minimalwpthemes.com

  • Oscar

    You have to be careful with minimal themes – it’s useless to use them if you content lacks quality. AND quantity. I usually do them myself in Lubith, many users look for this kind of themes because you can cutomize them in many ways and make them original, and still keep that simple attractive look.