December 2014: 23 Versatile and Free WordPress Themes to Grow Your (Blog-)Business

The end of the year is always that time when I get into thinking about my sites. Are they on track? Is a design change needed? How can I refine and fine-tune them to better support my goals. A new design might not seem mandatory. But as design is what is seen I always end up implementing a fresh one anyway. If you can relate to that, check out our collection of fresh and free templates for self-hosted WordPress sites and see which one fits best... All these themes are free, though some have commercial variants available. We noted that where applicable...

SKT Photo Session

Creator: SKT Themes Features: Photography-oriented, home page slider, user-friendly customization License: free for personal and commercial use under the terms of the GPL

Karo Light Magazine Theme

Creator: Kopa Theme Features: Social links, multiple sidebars, featured posts slider License: free for personal and commercial use under the terms of the GPL

Penscratch

Creator: Automattic Features: Super clean layout, quotes, logos, featured images License: free for personal and commercial use under the terms of the GPL

Mustard Theme

Creator: ThemeShock Features: Very simple layout, four different sliders, fully responsive License: free for personal use (commercial license available)

Photoshoot Theme

Creator: Faster Themes Features: Perfect for images and albums, responsive, social links, logo, etc. License: free for personal and commercial use under the terms of the GPL

Intergalactic

Creator: Automattic Features: Relies heavily on images, one column, distraction-free layout, elegant typography License: free for personal and commercial use under the terms of the GPL

Creative WordPress Theme

Creator: ThemeShock Features: Beautiful hand-drawn background, completely responsive, highly customizable License: free for personal use (commercial license available)

Nerocity Theme

Creator: myThemes Features: Elegant dark look, social media integration, HTML5/CSS3, fully responsive License: free for personal and commercial use under the terms of the GPL

Momentous Lite

Creator: Theme Zee Features: Clean typography, featured content, social icons License: free for personal and commercial use under the terms of the GPL

The Thinker Lite

Creator: Anariel Design Features: Uncomplicated and easy, fully blogging-oriented, focused on content License: free for personal and commercial use under the terms of the GPL

Portfolio Blog Responsive Theme

Creator: Dessign Features: Customizable colors, responsive design, unlimited domain usage License: free for personal and commercial use under the terms of the GPL

Blogghiamo Theme

Creator: Cresta Project Features: Responsive design, beautiful flat layout, header with hover and shadow effects License: free for personal and commercial use under the terms of the GPL

Freedom: Responsive Photo Blogging Theme

Creator: Theme Grill Features: Great for pictures and visual art, header image, easy color changing, translation ready License: free for personal and commercial use under the terms of the GPL

Flatfish Theme

Creator: Michael Arestad Features: Flat as flat can go, you need to install the Flounder theme first License: free for personal and commercial use

Prestig Theme

Creator: SMThemes Features: Quite versatile, good-looking related posts section, responsive License: free for personal and commercial use

Multishop Theme

Creator: Faster Themes Features: Focused on WooCommerce and eCommerce, fully responsive thanks to the Twitter Bootstrap framework License: free for personal and commercial use under the terms of the GPL

Zoo Theme

Creator: SMThemes Features: Cute green background, user-friendly admin panel, great for nature-oriented blogs License: free for personal and commercial use

Estada: Blogging Theme

Creator: New WordPress Themes Features: Dark styling, easy settings, entirely blog-focused License: free for personal and commercial use under the terms of the GPL

Aiden Theme

Creator: FThemes Features: .po file for easy translation, purely blog-oriented License: free for personal and commercial use

Nerog: Nature Theme

Creator: WpWOW Features: Pretty green tones, big home page slider License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported

Tecre: Real Estate Theme

Creator: WpWOW Features: Wooden background, uncomplicated classic design, multi-level menus License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported

Scene: Cinema Theme

Creator: SMThemes Features: Related posts, customizable sidebars, gigantic home page slider License: free for personal and commercial use These are our new entries for December 2014. If you can't get enough, check out the previous installments: 2014: January, February/March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November 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 or the Best of 2012 collection. Have fun and let us know if we missed out on any important new entries. Which ones are your favorites? (dpe)