Do you know of a minimal WordPress Theme that I could point a friend to? (Found a few but am hoping to find a not so well known gem.)
— Tina Roth Eisenberg (@swissmiss) September 17, 2012
Earlier today I asked my Twitter Followers if they knew of any hidden gems for minimal, clean WordPress Themes. Here are some of the responses I got so far:
pagelines.com (thank you Bianca)
themezilla.com (thank you Anna)
wpshower.com (thank you Chesley)
thethemefoundry.com (thank you @3thriftyguys)
themecobra.com (thanks Rob)
madebyraygun.com (thank you Dave)
themefurnace.com (Thank you Justin)
manifest (thank you WITphotography)
dessign.net (thank you Marios)
standardtheme.com (thank you Joel)
Thanks for everyone that chimed in. And feel free to leave more suggestions in a comment below. I will pick the best ones and suggest them to my friend who is looking to start a blog!
Checkout http://graphpaperpress.com – they have an assortment of great minimal themes, especially for portfolio sites but they are all flexible enough to use for text-focused sites. I’ve used their themes for a few projects and loved every one.
Sep 17th, 2012 / 2:38 pm
You should check http://plaintxt.org , the first WordPress site devoted to minimalism. It has the famous Sandbox Theme that will allow you to develop a minimalist theme of your own.
Scott Wallick was an inspiration for many designers at the time, his themes are clean and elegant.
Sep 17th, 2012 / 2:45 pm
Oh oh oh. You miss Elmastudio in the list.
http://www.elmastudio.de/wordpress-themes/
Sep 17th, 2012 / 3:09 pm
If you want really minimal (rather than designer minimal) I built Adam’s Razor http://adamlofting.com/adams-razor but it’s a somewhat brutalist approach to functional design.
Sep 17th, 2012 / 3:15 pm
http://www.elegantthemes.com/gallery/
:)
Sep 17th, 2012 / 3:28 pm
Definitely check out Underscores!
http://underscores.me/
Sep 17th, 2012 / 3:39 pm
let me know if you need any more thoughts about Standard Theme… i’m part of that team and would love to let you give it a whirl.
Heck, why not.
Sep 17th, 2012 / 4:57 pm
I second Elmastudio!
http://www.elmastudio.de/wordpress-themes/
Sep 17th, 2012 / 5:22 pm
Greg Ponchak’s horizontal and vertical wordpress themes:
http://gregponchak.com/
Sep 17th, 2012 / 6:04 pm
Here’s one created by Leo Babauta for his zenhabits.net
He’s giving it free of charge. Cant get more minimal than that ;)
http://zenhabits.net/theme/
Sep 18th, 2012 / 4:26 am
http://www.themetrust.com
Sep 18th, 2012 / 8:24 am
Or, if you wanna go *extremely* minimalist…
“Dogma” is based on Leo Babauta’s theme but all the ground rules of the minimalist web design ‘dogma’ applied –
http://understandingminimalism.com/dogma/
Sep 18th, 2012 / 9:29 am
Great sharing, thanks! wpshower is best!
Sep 18th, 2012 / 11:19 pm
Check out min by Jared Erickson:
http://jarederickson.com/2012/updated-min-theme-v1-3/
Sep 18th, 2012 / 11:37 pm
My two cents:
http://themeyourself.com (Free version available!)
Sep 19th, 2012 / 4:49 am
I currently use Thematic: http://thematictheme.com
For an example of how it looks in action, check out http://zepfhyr.com
Sep 19th, 2012 / 8:17 am
I’ve always loved manifets – so absolutely clean!
Sep 19th, 2012 / 1:04 pm
I’d recommend Touchfolio free theme – http://dimsemenov.com/themes/touchfolio/
Sep 19th, 2012 / 4:05 pm
*bookmarks furiously*
Sep 20th, 2012 / 7:18 pm
Canvas by woothemes.com (http://www.woothemes.com/2012/06/canvas/) is a great bare bones theme that can be as minimal (or complex) as you want!
Sep 21st, 2012 / 12:48 pm
These are great, and sorry to slightly hi-jack this post, but I love this tumblr theme by Marc Kremers
http://bloodsweatand11years.tumblr.com
I can’t for the life of me find anything like it on WordPress though. Any idea/thoughts?
Great post!
Sep 25th, 2012 / 8:55 am
Hey Swiss Miss,
Did you end up finding a good minimal wordpress theme or finalizing any?
Sep 28th, 2012 / 4:21 pm
I am in love with my new theme from One Designs: http://www.onedesigns.com/wordpress-themes/pinboard
But am keeping this post on file for future reference…thanks!
Sep 30th, 2012 / 3:04 pm
Some gems in there http://www.cssigniter.com
Oct 30th, 2012 / 3:33 am
Your style is so unique compared to other folks I have read stuff from. Thanks for posting when you have the opportunity, Guess I will just book mark this site.
Dec 18th, 2012 / 1:42 am
Just found this post, it’s just what i was looking for.
Thanks alot
Dec 19th, 2012 / 8:41 am
I found this wonderful theme
Milo http://madebyminimal.com/demo/milo/
which is exactly what I am looking for, but high-priced and not apparently a woirdpress theme. CAn anybody suggest soemthing similar?
Dec 22nd, 2012 / 11:16 am
This is a good one:
http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/plainscape
Dec 23rd, 2012 / 8:26 pm
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Mar 27th, 2014 / 2:03 pm
There’s a new free theme that I’ve released recently. It’s called Exceptional:
http://manuelvicedo.com/exceptional/
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