Best dark WordPress themes
The most popular dark themes for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Jason Portfolio Resume leads with 70+ active installs, ahead of Melos Business (100+) and Oberon (100+). All 269 themes tagged “Dark” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 dark themes
- 1.
Jason Portfolio ResumeThe most installed dark theme, with 70+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago.
- 2.
Melos Business100+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 8 months ago.
- 3.
Oberon100+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
Melos Creative80+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 8 months ago.
All 269 themes tagged “Dark”

Jason Portfolio Resume
Up in the last 7 days:6#4,636by CRThemes1 year ago
Jason Portfolio Resume is multipurpose portfolio and resume theme for personal portfolio and resume with stunning design to catch the attension of your visitors. If you are a freelancer, designers, developers, photograp…
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day

Melos Business
Up in the last 7 days:50#6,321by ThinkUpThemes8 months ago
Melos Business is the free version of the multi-purpose professional theme (Melos Pro) ideal for a business or blog website. The theme has a responsive layout, HD retina ready and comes with a powerful theme options pan…
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day

Oberon
Up in the last 7 days:15#7,340by Noor Alam2 months ago
Oberon is a Twenty Fifteen child theme. This theme changes the default layout of Twenty Fifteen theme by moving the sidebar and navigation menu to the right.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day

Melos Creative
Down in the last 7 days:27#7,638by ThinkUpThemes8 months ago
Melos Creative is the free version of the multi-purpose professional theme (Melos Pro) ideal for a business or blog website. The theme has a responsive layout, HD retina ready and comes with a powerful theme options pan…
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day