Posted on 29 April, 2009 By
Kim Woodbridge
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10 More Simple WordPress Themes
Last Winter I posted 5 Simple WordPress Themes and I think it’s time to list some more.
I would like to make my home more simple and minimal as well – there is just so much stuff. I’m slowly giving it away but kids make it really hard to live simply.
But in today’s maddening world I think we all yearn for simplicity so here are 10 more simple and minimalistic WordPress Themes.
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April 29, 2009 at 2:59 am
I know this isn’t the intent, but these theme roundup posts kinda stress me out because I get all worked up about whether or not I should change my blog theme to one of them! :P
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April 29, 2009 at 12:42 pm
Hi Siel – I like your theme. :-) I know what you mean though – some articles I read make me feel like I should do things differently.
April 29, 2009 at 6:50 am
the first one works well for a photo blog. i’m not sure if i should start one or just use my flickr account. :/
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April 29, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Hi Valerie – You seem to be really into photography so a blog might be a good idea. You have more control over the display of them too. But by using flickr there’s less pressure to update and stuff.
I had a post about photoblogging themes – they might be better for photoblogs than that first one.
http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/7-wordpress-photoblog-themes/
April 29, 2009 at 8:35 am
I kind of like the really simple themes. Now if only we could get Beckham in one of them. ;-)
April 29, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Hi Jim – There’s nothing simple about Becks ;-)
April 29, 2009 at 9:00 am
I never prefer simple themes since they are very common and I don’t think that it would have a big impressions on my readers.
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April 29, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Hi – I guess it depends on what you are doing with the blog. I like reading blogs with simple themes as it’s easy to read the content. But I also know that a lot of people don’t have the same taste that I do.
April 29, 2009 at 9:10 am
Well partially Paulubiadas is right. It’s nice having a complex theme with not too much going on but graphically challenging. On the other hand it’s like saying “my content sucks so visit for the graphics” like mine :P. So, i guess it’s all about style. If you feel simplistic or gigantically artistic :) On the other hand i get the feeling of changing my theme almost every six months or so and as it seems i swing between the two.. Nice post Kim…
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April 29, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Hi Stratos – Your content doesn’t suck :-)
I feel like changing my theme but them it seems like too much work right now. I don’t know if I would go with any that minimal though. If I started with something like that I would probably change it quite a bit.
April 29, 2009 at 11:53 am
I wonder if minimalistic themes will come back into vogue. There is such a push in the Web 2.0 direction that it seems that a backlash is likely. Maybe elegant simplicity.
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April 29, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Hi Gennaro – I don’t think of 2.0 of being overly fussy or detailed. What is the opposite of simplistic? I think 2.0 sites are much cleaner than the ones that came before.
And now I need a really good definition of web 2.0 ;-)
April 29, 2009 at 2:02 pm
The Kallista theme is beautiful.
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April 29, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Hi Vered – Glad you liked it :-)
April 29, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Kim,
Thank you so much for this post! I recently subscribed to your blog and these suggestions are very helpful, as I’m currently building my self-hosted wordpress blog, moving over from blogger. Right now, I’m playing around with the Vigilance theme, but I can’t wait to check these out!
April 29, 2009 at 6:10 pm
Hi Angie – Thanks for visiting and subscribing :-)
I just took a look at Vigilance and really like it – there is an even a discussion in the WordPress forum about how it compares to Thesis. It seems familiar to me but I’m not sure why.
May 14, 2009 at 1:50 am
Glad to hear you both like Vigilance!
April 29, 2009 at 4:43 pm
I always feel like I should change my theme!
April 29, 2009 at 6:10 pm
Hi Carla – I think I’m going to start a theme changers support group ;-)
Now where is Rick?
April 29, 2009 at 6:01 pm
Black Cat and Carrington are both very attractive — but the others are, too. I made myself choose 1 or 2 favorites. You’ve got a nice selection today, Kim!
I notice that all these themes are 2-column. Would one of your criteria for choosing a simple theme be that it has 2 columns rather than 3?
The thing about simple themes is that they *encourage* reading, as opposed to complicated ones where you have to search for the content. And let’s not even discuss those complicated ones overloaded with flashing ads. I leave before I even bother to search for the content!
April 29, 2009 at 6:13 pm
Hi Mike – I don’t think I even thought about the columns in determining what is simple. But apparently it seems that 2 columns wins for simplicity. I think with 3 columns it looks cleaner when they are both on the same side.
April 30, 2009 at 3:27 am
superb collection Kim!! I love Carrington the most. But there are so many out here which I had never seen before!
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April 30, 2009 at 11:55 am
Hi Raju – Thanks! I’m glad you like them.
April 30, 2009 at 6:14 am
I am in the look out of a new theme. The criteria is that I need a narrow sidebar on the left and a wider one on the right and it should be tweakable :)
The themes listed here are really good in their simplicity. I liked simplistica for its looks (minus the box on the content)
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April 30, 2009 at 11:56 am
Hi Ajith – I read your article and made a possible recommendation.
Even if you don’t find an exact match the columns can be moved and the sizes adjusted. I’m curious to see what you end up selecting.
April 30, 2009 at 8:36 am
Ooh, I quite like the look of Titan. I wonder if it uses custom hooks…
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April 30, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Hi Dave – LOL – We can only hope ;-)
May 14, 2009 at 1:42 am
Dave,
Glad you like Titan!
Sorry, no custom hooks. We are intentionally not creating a theme “framework”. Trying to stay lean and mean :)
April 30, 2009 at 12:32 pm
nice simplistic themes but I tend to like color on mine.
April 30, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Hi Linda,
One nice thing about starting with a custom theme is to customize it and add the colors that you want.
May 1, 2009 at 2:56 am
Hi Kim,
I didn’t know there were so many simple themes. Although I don’t like a lot of clutter on my blogs, I do like some color. I’m in the process of changing the theme on one of my blogs and can’t make up my mind. My readers must be wondering what the heck is going on, but today I found one I really like so may switch to that and stick with it – for awhile. LOL
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May 1, 2009 at 11:35 am
Hi Barbara – You might want to join the support group I’m starting for people who want to change their themes all the time. We’re thinking of making Rick president. ;-)
May 2, 2009 at 1:46 am
Great Post Kim. I like the Titan theme. Maybe i will have it on my blog someday.
May 2, 2009 at 8:21 am
Hi Madhur – Dave likes that one too. :-)
May 2, 2009 at 9:08 am
Hey Kim,
Thanks for your feedback. I like that Vigilance is clean and relatively easy to use. Blog writing is more my thing than blog building! But it has been pretty fun to try to figure out.
Angie
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May 10, 2009 at 9:54 am
Very nice selection of themes. Thesis remains my favorite for it’s simplicity.
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May 10, 2009 at 6:45 pm
Hi Colleen – I try to only feature free themes. Thesis, however, is a great choice for a clean and simple looking theme.
May 14, 2009 at 1:38 am
Kim,
Thanks for featuring Titan! I appreciate it.
May 15, 2009 at 10:41 am
Hi Drew – Thanks for stopping by and thanks for the great themes :-)