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

Penguin

100+ installs

Its stats
Closest match
Hestia
Shares 14 of Penguin's 16 tags.
Most installed
OceanWP
400K+ active installs.
Best rated
Blocksy
5.0 out of 5 from 873 reviews.
Most recently updated
Neve
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

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  2. Phlox

    by averta

    Phlox is a modern, lightweight and customizable theme perfect for almost any type of website including, blog, portfolio, business, agency, news & magazine, food & restaurant, travel, and photography as well as WooCommer…

    Installs
    30K+
    Rank
    #59
    Rating
    4.8(867)
    Updated
    3 months ago

    SharesCustom logoCustom menuEditor styleFeatured image headerFeatured imagesGrid layoutPost formatsRight sidebarSticky postTheme optionsThreaded commentsThree columnsTranslation readyTwo columns

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  3. Neve

    by Themeisle

    Neve is a next-generation, ultra-fast WordPress theme designed for top performance, SEO, and Core Web Vitals. Its lightweight codebase and small size ensure minimal overhead and lightning-fast load times. Fully compatib…

    Installs
    200K+
    Rank
    #16
    Rating
    4.7(1.3K)
    Updated
    3 days ago

    SharesAccessibility readyBlogCustom logoCustom menuFeatured image headerFeatured imagesGrid layoutRight sidebarSticky postTheme optionsThreaded commentsTranslation readyTwo columns

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  4. 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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  5. Parabola

    by CryoutCreations

    Welcome to a world of endless possibilities! Parabola awaits you with a huge assortment of theme settings that enable you to take a fully responsive, clean and elegant design to even newer heights. You can edit everythi…

    Installs
    10K+
    Rank
    #213
    Rating
    4.9(70)
    Updated
    9 months ago

    SharesBlogCustom menuFeatured image headerFeatured imagesGrid layoutPost formatsRight sidebarSticky postTheme optionsThreaded commentsThree columnsTranslation readyTwo columns

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  6. 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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  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
    #129
    Rating
    4.2(5)
    Updated
    2 months ago

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  8. 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
    #95
    Rating
    3.6(14)
    Updated
    1 year ago

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  9. 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

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  10. Twenty Seventeen

    by WordPress.org

    Twenty Seventeen brings your site to life with header video and immersive featured images. With a focus on business sites, it features multiple sections on the front page as well as widgets, navigation and social menus,…

    Installs
    300K+
    Rank
    #15
    Rating
    4.5(119)
    Updated
    2 months ago

    SharesAccessibility readyCustom logoCustom menuEditor styleFeatured imagesPost formatsRight sidebarSticky postTheme optionsThreaded commentsTranslation readyTwo columns

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  11. Blocksy

    by Creative Themes

    Blocksy is a fast, modern WordPress theme with advanced WooCommerce support and full compatibility with the block editor.

    Installs
    300K+
    Rank
    #10
    Rating
    5.0(873)
    Updated
    11 days ago

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  12. Twenty Fourteen

    by WordPress.org

    In 2014, our default theme lets you create a responsive magazine website with a sleek, modern design. Feature your favorite homepage content in either a grid or a slider. Use the three widget areas to customize your web…

    Installs
    50K+
    Rank
    #56
    Rating
    4.4(97)
    Updated
    2 months ago

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