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Marlin lite alternatives

The 12 WordPress themes most like Marlin lite, by the tags they share, the most in common first. Installs, ratings and updates come from WordPress.org and refresh every night.

Marlin lite

300+ installs

Its stats
Closest match
Hestia
Shares 16 of Marlin lite's 18 tags.
Most installed
GeneratePress
500K+ active installs.
Best rated
OceanWP
4.9 out of 5 from 5,720 reviews.
Most recently updated
Inspiro
Updated on Nov 6, 2026.
  1. 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

    SharesBlogCustom backgroundCustom colorsCustom headerCustom menuEditor styleFeatured imagesFlexible headerFull width templatePost formatsRight sidebarSticky postTheme optionsThreaded commentsTranslation readyTwo columns

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  2. 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

    SharesBlogCustom backgroundCustom colorsCustom headerCustom menuEditor styleFeatured imagesFlexible headerFull width templatePost formatsRight sidebarSticky postTheme optionsThreaded commentsTranslation readyTwo columns

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  3. Bravada

    by CryoutCreations

    Bravada looks amazing, behaves flawlessly and scales to any screen. It goes anywhere, it's for everyone and everything. It's clear, clean and simply gorgeous. It has CSS powered animations that will bring users to their…

    Installs
    10K+
    Rank
    #96
    Rating
    3.6(14)
    Updated
    1 year ago

    SharesBlogCustom backgroundCustom colorsCustom headerCustom menuFeatured imagesFlexible headerFull width templatePhotographyPost formatsRight sidebarSticky postTheme optionsThreaded commentsTranslation readyTwo columns

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  4. Twenty Eleven

    by WordPress.org

    The 2011 theme for WordPress is sophisticated, lightweight, and adaptable. Make it yours with a custom menu, header image, and background -- then go further with available theme options for light or dark color scheme, c…

    Installs
    60K+
    Rank
    #54
    Rating
    4.6(50)
    Updated
    2 months ago

    SharesBlogCustom backgroundCustom colorsCustom headerCustom menuEditor styleFeatured imagesFlexible headerFull width templatePost formatsRight sidebarSticky postTheme optionsTranslation readyTwo columns

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  5. 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
    #65
    Rating
    4.9(304)
    Updated
    17 days ago

    SharesBlogCustom backgroundCustom colorsCustom headerCustom menuFeatured imagesFlexible headerFood & drinkFull width templateRight sidebarSticky postTheme optionsThreaded commentsTranslation readyTwo columns

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  6. 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
    #275
    Rating
    4.3(69)
    Updated
    9 months ago

    SharesBlogCustom backgroundCustom colorsCustom headerCustom menuFeatured imagesFlexible headerFull width templatePost formatsRight sidebarSticky postTheme optionsThreaded commentsTranslation readyTwo columns

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  7. 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
    #130
    Rating
    4.2(5)
    Updated
    2 months ago

    SharesBlogCustom backgroundCustom colorsCustom headerCustom menuEditor styleFeatured imagesFlexible headerFull width templateRight sidebarSticky postTheme optionsThreaded commentsTranslation readyTwo columns

    Compare with Marlin lite
  8. Consulting

    by ThinkUpThemes

    Consulting is the free version of the multi-purpose professional theme (Consulting Pro) ideal for a business or blog website. The theme has a responsive layout, HD retina ready and comes with a powerful theme options pa…

    Installs
    10K+
    Rank
    #119
    Rating
    3.0(19)
    Updated
    6 months ago

    SharesBlogCustom backgroundCustom headerCustom menuFeatured imagesFlexible headerFull width templatePhotographyPost formatsRight sidebarSticky postTheme optionsThreaded commentsTranslation readyTwo columns

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  9. Newsmatic

    by blazethemes

    Newsmatic is complete solution for your news website with full Elementor compatibility. By integrating the News Kit Elementor Addons plugin on your site, you can now customize any part of the theme with the Elementor pa…

    Installs
    10K+
    Rank
    #68
    Rating
    4.8(87)
    Updated
    12 days ago

    SharesBlogCustom backgroundCustom colorsCustom headerCustom menuFeatured imagesFlexible headerFull width templatePost formatsRight sidebarSticky postTheme optionsThreaded commentsTranslation readyTwo columns

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  10. 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

    SharesBlogCustom backgroundCustom colorsCustom headerCustom menuFeatured imagesFlexible headerFull width templateRight sidebarSticky postTheme optionsThreaded commentsTranslation readyTwo columns

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  11. OceanWP

    by oceanwp

    OceanWP is the perfect theme for your project. Lightweight and highly extendable, it will enable you to create almost any type of website such a blog, portfolio, business website and WooCommerce storefront with a beauti…

    Installs
    400K+
    Rank
    #9
    Rating
    4.9(5.7K)
    Updated
    14 days ago

    SharesBlogCustom backgroundCustom colorsCustom menuEditor styleFeatured imagesFull width templatePost formatsRight sidebarSticky postTheme optionsThreaded commentsTranslation readyTwo columns

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  12. Twenty Sixteen

    by WordPress.org

    Twenty Sixteen is a modernized take on an ever-popular WordPress layout — the horizontal masthead with an optional right sidebar that works perfectly for blogs and websites. It has custom color options with beautiful de…

    Installs
    90K+
    Rank
    #30
    Rating
    4.1(83)
    Updated
    2 months ago

    SharesBlogCustom backgroundCustom colorsCustom headerCustom menuEditor styleFeatured imagesFlexible headerPost formatsRight sidebarSticky postThreaded commentsTranslation readyTwo columns

    Compare with Marlin lite

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