Best blog WordPress themes
The most popular blog themes for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Twenty Twenty-Five leads with 1M+ active installs, ahead of Astra (1M+) and Twenty Twenty-Four (500K+). All 10,813 themes tagged “Blog” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 blog themes
- 1.
Twenty Twenty-FiveThe most installed blog theme, with 1M+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 14 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 2.
Astra1M+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 6,555 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 3.
Twenty Twenty-Four500K+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 39 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
Kadence500K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 456 reviews, updated 2 days ago.
- 5.
Twenty Twenty-Three200K+ active installs. Rated 3.4 from 61 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.
OceanWP400K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 5,721 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 7.
Blocksy300K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 873 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 8.
GeneratePress500K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 1,427 reviews, updated 11 months ago.
- 9.
Twenty Twenty-One200K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 44 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 10.
Bluehost Blueprint50K+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 6 months ago.
All 10,813 themes tagged “Blog”
Twenty Twenty-Five
#1by WordPress.org5 months ago
Twenty Twenty-Five emphasizes simplicity and adaptability. It offers flexible design options, supported by a variety of patterns for different page types, such as services and landing pages, making it ideal for building…
- Installs
- 1M+
- Rating
- 4.0(14)
- Downloads
- 13.5K/day
Astra
#3by Brainstorm Force10 days ago
The Astra WordPress theme is lightning-fast and highly customizable. It has over 1 million downloads and the only theme in the world with 6,000+ five-star reviews! It’s ideal for professional web designers, solopreneurs…
- Installs
- 1M+
- Rating
- 4.9(6.6K)
- Downloads
- 16.2K/day
Twenty Twenty-Four
#4by WordPress.org2 months ago
Twenty Twenty-Four is designed to be flexible, versatile and applicable to any website. Its collection of templates and patterns tailor to different needs, such as presenting a business, blogging and writing or showcasi…
- Installs
- 500K+
- Rating
- 3.8(39)
- Downloads
- 13.3K/day
Kadence
#5by Nexcess2 days ago
Kadence Theme is a lightweight yet full featured WordPress theme for creating beautiful fast loading and accessible websites, easier than ever. It features an easy to use drag and drop header and footer builder to build…
- Installs
- 500K+
- Rating
- 4.9(456)
- Downloads
- 2.6K/day
Twenty Twenty-Three
#6by WordPress.org2 months ago
Twenty Twenty-Three is designed to take advantage of the new design tools introduced in WordPress 6.1. With a clean, blank base as a starting point, this default theme includes ten diverse style variations created by me…
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rating
- 3.4(61)
- Downloads
- 11.1K/day
OceanWP
#9by oceanwp13 days ago
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+
- Rating
- 4.9(5.7K)
- Downloads
- 2.7K/day
Blocksy
#10by Creative Themes9 days ago
Blocksy is a fast, modern WordPress theme with advanced WooCommerce support and full compatibility with the block editor.
- Installs
- 300K+
- Rating
- 5.0(873)
- Downloads
- 3.3K/day
GeneratePress
#11by Tom11 months ago
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+
- Rating
- 4.9(1.4K)
- Downloads
- 1.3K/day
Twenty Twenty-One
#12by WordPress.org2 months ago
Twenty Twenty-One is a blank canvas for your ideas and it makes the block editor your best brush. With new block patterns, which allow you to create a beautiful layout in a matter of seconds, this theme’s soft colors an…
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rating
- 4.2(44)
- Downloads
- 10.7K/day
Bluehost Blueprint
#13by Bluehost6 months ago
Bluehost Blueprint is a block-based, multi-purpose, WordPress theme. Compose your pages to fit any design you like with the power of Full Site Editing (FSE) and the included wide range of Block Patterns. The pre-built p…
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 125/day
Twenty Twenty-Two
#14by WordPress.org2 months ago
Built on a solidly designed foundation, Twenty Twenty-Two embraces the idea that everyone deserves a truly unique website. The theme’s subtle styles are inspired by the diversity and versatility of birds: its typography…
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 3.2(70)
- Downloads
- 8.9K/day
Neve
#16by Themeisle1 day ago
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+
- Rating
- 4.7(1.3K)
- Downloads
- 1.9K/day
Twenty Twenty
#17by WordPress.org10 days ago
Our default theme for 2020 is designed to take full advantage of the flexibility of the block editor. Organizations and businesses have the ability to create dynamic landing pages with endless layouts using the group an…
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rating
- 4.4(68)
- Downloads
- 13.4K/day
Envo Royal
#18by EnvoThemes2 days ago
Envo Royal is a fast, clean, lightweight, customizable and modern-looking free responsive multipurpose WordPress theme. Suitable for blog, creative, portfolio or business website and WooCommerce storefront. Theme suppor…
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 89/day
Royal Elementor Kit
#19by WP Royal16 days ago
Truly all in one Solution For Elementor Lovers. 140+ Elementor Templates KIT, 100+ Professional Elementor Widgets, Elementor theme builder, Elementor Popup Builder, Elementor Premade blocks and many other cool features…
- Installs
- 90K+
- Rating
- 5.0(92)
- Downloads
- 406/day
PopularFX
#20by pagelayer1 year ago
Lightweight theme to make beautiful websites with Pagelayer. Includes 100s of pre-made templates to design your dream website !
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.6(115)
- Downloads
- 168/day
Elastra
Up in the last 7 days:1#21by EnvoThemes10 days ago
Elastra is block based theme with full support for the WordPress Block Editor includng custom colors, typography and full customisation of page layouts. This multipurpose theme is ideal for building corporate, blog, bus…
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 62/day
Envo One
Down in the last 7 days:1#22by EnvoThemes2 days ago
Envo One is a fast, clean, lightweight, customizable and modern-looking free responsive WooCommerce WordPress theme for e-commerce stores like clothing, fashion, electronics, ebooks, dress store, sports shop, marketplac…
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 53/day
Inspiro
Up in the last 7 days:1#24by WPZOOM1 day ago
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+
- Rating
- 4.7(127)
- Downloads
- 414/day
YITH Wonder
#26by YITHEMES1 year ago
Wonder is the new block-based, multi-purpose, WordPress theme by YITH. Compose your pages to fit any design you like with the power of Full Site Editing (FSE) and the included wide range of Block Patterns. The pre-built…
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 37/day
Lightning
Down in the last 7 days:1#28by Hidekazu Ishikawa2 months ago
Lightning is a very simple & easy to customize theme which is based on the Bootstrap. It is also very friendly with custom post types and custom taxonomies. When you add a new one, the breadcrumbs will be adjusted and p…
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.8(12)
- Downloads
- 478/day
Twenty Sixteen
Down in the last 7 days:1#30by WordPress.org2 months ago
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+
- Rating
- 4.1(83)
- Downloads
- 2.7K/day
Hestia
Down in the last 7 days:1#31by Themeisle9 days ago
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+
- Rating
- 4.8(563)
- Downloads
- 785/day
Futurio Storefront
Up in the last 7 days:3#36by FuturioWP9 months ago
Futurio Storefront is a lightweight, fast and customizable free multi-purpose and WooCommerce WordPress theme, suitable for business, portfolio, creative, and photography sites, eCommerce shops, landing pages, blogs or…
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 18/day
BlogHash
Down in the last 7 days:2#37by peregrinethemes1 month ago
BlogHash is the perfect pick for bloggers seeking a lightweight, customizable theme that suits them just right. With plenty of options to adjust colors and typography, making your site unique is a breeze. It's SEO frien…
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.7(13)
- Downloads
- 91/day
OnePress
Up in the last 7 days:1#41by FameThemes2 days ago
OnePress is an outstanding creative and flexible WordPress one page theme well suited for business website, portfolio, digital agency, product showcase, freelancers and everyone else who appreciate good design. The them…
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- 4.6(154)
- Downloads
- 315/day
Twenty Fifteen
Down in the last 7 days:1#44by WordPress.org2 months ago
Our 2015 default theme is clean, blog-focused, and designed for clarity. Twenty Fifteen's simple, straightforward typography is readable on a wide variety of screen sizes, and suitable for multiple languages. We designe…
- Installs
- 60K+
- Rating
- 4.4(54)
- Downloads
- 2K/day
Blogsy
#45by peregrinethemes25 days ago
Blogsy is a modern, high-performance WordPress theme designed for bloggers, news publishers, and content creators who demand style and flexibility. Effortlessly shape your site with built-in support for the powerful Gut…
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 72/day
News Magazine X
Down in the last 7 days:1#47by WP Royal1 month ago
Easy to use Personal and Multi-Author Free WordPress Blog Magazine Theme - Suitable for WordPress Beginners and for Professionals as Well. Perfect for bloggers, journalists, and online magazines, news, blogs, and magazi…
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 5.0(30)
- Downloads
- 77/day
Zakra
Down in the last 7 days:1#52by ThemeGrill1 month ago
Zakra is a powerful and versatile multipurpose theme that makes it easy to create beautiful and professional websites. With over free 40 pre-designed starter demo sites to choose from, you can quickly build a unique and…
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.9(600)
- Downloads
- 196/day
Twenty Eleven
#53by WordPress.org2 months ago
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+
- Rating
- 4.6(50)
- Downloads
- 695/day
Blogsy News
Down in the last 7 days:2#54by peregrinethemes4 months ago
Blogsy News is a modern, high-performance WordPress theme designed for bloggers, news publishers, and content creators who demand style and flexibility. Effortlessly shape your site with built-in support for the powerfu…
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 23/day
Customify
Down in the last 7 days:1#55by PressMaximum1 month ago
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+
- Rating
- 4.7(141)
- Downloads
- 145/day
Shopvane
Up in the last 7 days:10#56by SaifBrand1 month ago
Shopvane is a fast, lightweight multipurpose WooCommerce theme for book stores, fashion boutiques and general online shops. It ships with a full-width hero slider, four product card styles, category tiles, editorial ban…
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Twenty Fourteen
Down in the last 7 days:1#57by WordPress.org2 months ago
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+
- Rating
- 4.4(97)
- Downloads
- 1.4K/day
Twenty Twelve
Down in the last 7 days:2#60by WordPress.org2 months ago
The 2012 theme for WordPress is a fully responsive theme that looks great on any device. Features include a front page template with its own widgets, an optional display font, styling for post formats on both index and…
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- 4.6(159)
- Downloads
- 1.2K/day
HybridMag
Down in the last 7 days:2#61by ThemezHut26 days ago
HybridMag is a modern and stylish WordPress theme for blogs, newspapers, and magazine websites. The advanced options provided with HybridMag allow you to tailor every aspect of your website to match your brand, making i…
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 34/day
Ashe
Down in the last 7 days:1#62by WP Royal16 days ago
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+
- Rating
- 4.9(304)
- Downloads
- 305/day
NewsBlogger
Down in the last 7 days:3#63by spicethemes2 months ago
NewsBlogger is a dynamic and versatile child theme for the popular NewCrunch WordPress theme. Perfect for bloggers, journalists, and online magazines, it offers enhanced customization options, improved performance, and…
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 5.0(10)
- Downloads
- 43/day
ColorMag
#64by ThemeGrill6 days ago
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+
- Rating
- 4.9(1.6K)
- Downloads
- 495/day
NewsGoal
Down in the last 7 days:2#65by themeansar12 days ago
NewsGoal is a fast, clean, modern-looking Best Responsive News Magazine WordPress theme. The theme is fully widgetized, so users can manage the content by using easy to use widgets. NewsGoal is suitable for dynamic news…
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 24/day
Newsmatic
Up in the last 7 days:1#66by blazethemes11 days ago
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+
- Rating
- 4.8(87)
- Downloads
- 88/day
Total
Down in the last 7 days:1#69by hashthemes12 days ago
The Total WordPress Theme is a versatile, feature-rich, and fully responsive theme designed to help you create stunning websites effortlessly. With over 40,000 active installations, Total offers a clean and elegant desi…
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.8(64)
- Downloads
- 94/day
Solace
Down in the last 7 days:1#70by solacewp5 days ago
Solace is a minimalist, and lightweight WordPress theme for creating beautiful, fast-loading, and accessible websites, as well as a new generation clean design blog theme. This theme is ideal for a fashion blog, lifesty…
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(7)
- Downloads
- 90/day
Twenty Ten
Down in the last 7 days:1#71by WordPress.org2 months ago
The 2010 theme for WordPress is stylish, customizable, simple, and readable -- make it yours with a custom menu, header image, and background. Twenty Ten supports six widgetized areas (two in the sidebar, four in the fo…
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- 4.7(54)
- Downloads
- 640/day
Sinatra
Down in the last 7 days:1#72by sinatrateam27 days ago
Sinatra is a lightweight and highly customizable multi-purpose theme that makes it easy for anyone to create their perfect website. You can use it for any type of website from blogs, businesses, online shops, creatives,…
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 5.0(41)
- Downloads
- 1.2K/day
Botiga
Down in the last 7 days:1#73by aThemes11 days ago
Botiga is a fast, lightweight WooCommerce theme for building modern online stores and eCommerce websites. It works with both Elementor and the WordPress block editor to assemble pages quickly. A clean, modern design wit…
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(164)
- Downloads
- 241/day
BlogChrome
#74by AF themes5 days ago
BlogChrome is a customizable WordPress blog, news, and magazine theme built as a child theme of ChromeNews. Ideal for personal blogs, online newspapers, digital magazines, editorial websites, and news portals, it featur…
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 18/day
Vantage
Down in the last 7 days:1#75by SiteOrigin7 months ago
Vantage is a flexible multipurpose theme. Its strength lies in its tight integration with some powerful plugins like Page Builder for responsive page layouts, Smart Slider 3 for big beautiful sliders and WooCommerce to…
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.6(165)
- Downloads
- 85/day
Newsup
Down in the last 7 days:1#76by themeansar4 days ago
Newsup is a fast, clean, modern-looking Best Responsive News Magazine WordPress theme. The theme is fully widgetized, so users can manage the content by using easy to use widgets. Newsup is suitable for dynamic news, ne…
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(188)
- Downloads
- 484/day