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Academic

200+ installs · #5,030 most popular

Its stats
Closest match
TutorStarter
Shares 15 of Academic's 15 tags.
Most installed
GeneratePress
500K+ active installs.
Best rated
ColorMag
4.9 out of 5 from 1,568 reviews.
Most recently updated
Inspiro
Updated on Nov 6, 2026.
  1. TutorStarter

    by Themeum

    Tutor Starter is a free WordPress LMS theme powered by Tutor LMS, the popular eLearning plugin for WordPress. It is designed to let Tutor LMS take center stage while also letting you pick what feels right. Tutor Starter…

    Installs
    10K+
    Rank
    #100
    Rating
    4.0(4)
    Updated
    1 month ago

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  2. Hestia

    by Themeisle

    Hestia is a modern WordPress theme for professionals. It fits creative business, small businesses (restaurants, wedding planners, sport/medical shops), startups, corporate businesses, online agencies and firms, portfoli…

    Installs
    70K+
    Rank
    #31
    Rating
    4.8(563)
    Updated
    11 days ago

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  3. Ashe

    by WP Royal

    Personal and Multi-Author Free WordPress Blog Theme. Perfect for personal, lifestyle, health & fitness, food, cooking, bakery, travel, beauty, fashion, wedding, photography, news, quotes blog, auto blog, small business…

    Installs
    30K+
    Rank
    #62
    Rating
    4.9(304)
    Updated
    17 days ago

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  4. MH Magazine lite

    by MH Themes

    MH Magazine lite is one of the most popular free responsive magazine, news, newspaper and blog WordPress themes for modern online magazines, dynamic news websites, professional blogs and other editorial websites. This f…

    Installs
    10K+
    Rank
    –
    Rating
    4.8(129)
    Updated
    2 years ago

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  5. Crio

    by BoldGrid

    Crio is a WordPress SuperTheme that allows front-end designers, developers and other web professionals to create without bounds or restrictions. Crio's advanced customization options are completely integrated with the…

    Installs
    10K+
    Rank
    #129
    Rating
    4.2(5)
    Updated
    2 months ago

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  6. GeneratePress

    by Tom

    GeneratePress is a lightweight WordPress theme built with a focus on speed and usability. Performance is important to us, which is why a fresh GeneratePress install adds less than 10kb (gzipped) to your page size. We ta…

    Installs
    500K+
    Rank
    #11
    Rating
    4.9(1.4K)
    Updated
    11 months ago

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  7. Inspiro

    by WPZOOM

    Inspiro is a fast, ultra-lightweight, and versatile WordPress theme for small businesses, creative professionals, photographers, and visual portfolios. Launch your website in minutes with 20+ ready-made starter sites fo…

    Installs
    60K+
    Rank
    #24
    Rating
    4.7(127)
    Updated
    3 days ago

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  8. ColorMag

    by ThemeGrill

    ColorMag is a fast, flexible WordPress theme built for news portals, online magazines, personal blogs, and publishing sites. Trusted by 50,000+ publishers worldwide, it's the #1 news & magazine theme on WordPress.org. W…

    Installs
    40K+
    Rank
    #64
    Rating
    4.9(1.6K)
    Updated
    7 days ago

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  9. Customify

    by PressMaximum

    Customify is fast, lightweight, responsive and super flexible multipurpose theme built with SEO, speed, and usability in mind. Unleash the power of your imagination with a true WYSIWYG Header & Footer builder (inside th…

    Installs
    30K+
    Rank
    #55
    Rating
    4.7(141)
    Updated
    1 month ago

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  10. Spacious

    by ThemeGrill

    Spacious is an incredible free business WordPress theme that fits small to medium businesses. This responsive theme is optimized for speed. So, you end up with a business website that loads within 1 second. Since Spacio…

    Installs
    20K+
    Rank
    #96
    Rating
    4.9(852)
    Updated
    1 month ago

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  11. Nirvana

    by CryoutCreations

    Imagine a land of infinite beauty and overwhelming magnificence. Imagine seas of freedom and oceans of peace joining together with splashing waves of pure love. Imagine high mountains of hope, hills of reason and deep v…

    Installs
    10K+
    Rank
    #273
    Rating
    4.3(69)
    Updated
    9 months ago

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  12. Responsive

    by CyberChimps

    The Responsive theme by CyberChimps is a superfast, lightweight, and customizable WordPress theme for building professional websites without coding. Build your website quickly with 100+ free WordPress starter templates…

    Installs
    10K+
    Rank
    #151
    Rating
    4.7(559)
    Updated
    4 days ago

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