Fall Cleaning: 22 Fresh and Free WordPress Themes From October 2014 to Damp Wipe Your Blog

Although I like the nightlife, I wouldn't say I want the nights to get longer. I enjoy a long day's - well - daylight. With autumn having undoubtedly arrived, nights are getting longer. We leave home for work in the dark and get back when it's dark already. To save you from depression and give you a little perspective during the cold and sinister season we've put together another round of free WordPress themes for self-hosted blogs, just like we did last month and the month before and the...

All (but one of ) the new additions are fully responsive, a trend that has been growing fast with no signs of slowing down. I hope you like what we found. I know I do. All these themes are free, though some have commercial variants available. We stated that where applicable. Enjoy!

Edin

Genre: Business
Responsive: Yes
Features: WordPress customization options, simple and direct look
License: Free

ProBiz

Genre: Business
Responsive: Yes
Features: HTML and PSD formats, templates, widgets, shortcodes, theme options
License: Free

AReview

Genre: Reviews/Blogging 
Responsive: Yes
Features: Full-color control, great looking icons, Google fonts, logo upload, favicon and more options
License: Free

CleanPort Lite

Genre: Blogging
Responsive: Yes
Features: Font Awesome included, responsive flex slider using customizer
License: Free

Nirvana

Genre: Multi-purpose
Responsive: Yes
Features: Google fonts, post formats, over 200 settings framework
License: Free

Pure

Genre: Portfolio
Responsive: Yes
Features: Grid layout, content sorting
License: Free

LifeLog

Genre: Blogging
Responsive: Yes
Features: Tumblr-like appearance, post formats
License: Free

Hotheme

Genre: Hotel/Travel/Transportation
Responsive: No 
Features: ZIP and HTML, amazing looks and performance
License: Free

Fukasawa

Genre: Portfolio
Responsive: Yes
Features: Retina-ready, loads of features (custom widgets, templates, post formats, etc.)
License: Free

Nile

Genre: Magazine
Responsive: Yes
Features: Responsive category slider and great theme option, three pages and post templates, seven custom widgets and five sample pages
License: Free

Saga

Genre: Blogging
Responsive: Yes
Features: Mobile-ready social menu, deep customization
License: Free

I Am One

Genre: Industry, corporate
Responsive: Yes
Features: One page, five default templates, social media integration
License: Free

UniEducation

Genre: Education
Responsive: Yes
Features: Versatile and multi-purpose, seven custom widgets
License: Free; enhanced commercial version available

CleanPort Lite

Genre: Business
Responsive: Yes
Features: Flat Design, all WordPress options available
License: Free

MobilePlus

Genre: Mobile/tech
Responsive: Yes
Features: Featured posts slider, great for news or sites with lots of info
License: Free; enhanced commercial version available

BusinessTime

Genre: Business
Responsive: Yes
Features: Social icons, widgets and featured posts
License: Free; enhanced commercial version available

Griffin

Genre: Blogging
Responsive: Yes
Features: Grid layout, custom header image and logo uploads
License: Free

Rubine Lite

Genre: Magazine
Responsive: Yes
Features: Good-looking featured content area, user-friendly, simple design 
License: Free; enhanced commercial version available

Garfunkel

Genre: Pinterest-style, blogging
Responsive: Yes
Features: Retina-ready, Masonry layout with infinite scrolling 
License: Free

Embr

Genre: Business
Responsive: Yes
Features: Elegant, dark layout, full width, post formats, sticky posts and more
License: Free

Cara

Genre: Blogging, portfolio
Responsive: Yes
Features: Simple, grid based, SEO-oriented with the most current HTML5 conventions and Schema.org microdata
License: Free

Creative

Genre: Blogging, tech
Responsive: Yes
Features: Simple, grid based, SEO-oriented with the most current HTML5 conventions and Schema.org microdata
License: Free

These are our new entries for October 2014. If you can't get enough, check out the previous installments:

2014: January, February/March, April, May, June, July, August, September

2013: December, November, October, September, August, July, June/May, April, March, January/February,

2012: December, November, October and September!

Don’t forget our roundup of the 100 best WordPress themes from 2013, the Best of 2012 collection and our Summer-Special 2013. Have fun and let us know if we missed out on important new entries. Which ones are your favorites?

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