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

Vanilla

100+ installs

Its stats
Closest match
Twenty Twenty
Shares 12 of Vanilla's 14 tags.
Most installed
Twenty Twenty
200K+ active installs.
Best rated
Hestia
4.8 out of 5 from 563 reviews.
Most recently updated
Neve
Updated on Nov 6, 2026.
  1. Twenty Twenty

    by WordPress.org

    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+
    Rank
    #17
    Rating
    4.4(68)
    Updated
    11 days ago

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  2. Lightning

    by Hidekazu Ishikawa

    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+
    Rank
    #28
    Rating
    4.8(12)
    Updated
    2 months ago

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  3. 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
    10 days ago

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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
    2 days ago

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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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
    2 days ago

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  9. Twenty Twenty-One

    by WordPress.org

    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+
    Rank
    #12
    Rating
    4.2(44)
    Updated
    2 months ago

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  10. 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

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  11. 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
    #53
    Rating
    4.6(50)
    Updated
    2 months ago

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  12. Twenty Fifteen

    by WordPress.org

    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+
    Rank
    #44
    Rating
    4.4(54)
    Updated
    2 months ago

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