‘Tis time for our monthly session of top 10 free themes. January, the first month of the year brought an abundance of new WordPress themes with fresh designs and crucial features. Free WordPress themes can be the ultimate solution for those who are trying to get the best for their website without troubling the wallet. The choices are unlimited. And with so many themes providing astounding designs might put you in confusion and indecisiveness. So, to put a full stop on your confusion, we’re here with our top 10 picks for the month of January. Without any further ado, let me present the 10 Best Free WordPress Themes of January 2020.
10 Best Free WordPress Themes of January 2020
1. Abletone
Abletone is a free music WordPress theme for all the music-related personas and businesses. If you own a music site and want all your expertise and services to be displayed on the spotlight, Abletone is the one for you. The theme is ideal for solo musicians, music bands, DJs, recording studios, and related businesses. This responsive music WordPress theme includes music features like Featured Slider, Featured Content, Hero Content, Portfolio, Testimonials, and more. Mindfully use this theme to build a strong profile and level up your music promotion.
The theme is yet to be released on WordPress.org Theme Directory. Meanwhile, you can grab this theme from its official site.
Major Features
- Responsive Sleek Design
- Strong Theme Options
- Featured Slider
- Webmaster Tools
- Page Templates
- Header Video
2. Go
Go is a beautiful theme that has been turning heads in the community for a few months now. With already more than 9000+ Active installs, it can be considered as one of the most popular themes as of today. Built to be light and fast, this theme is also incredibly beautiful. With its light design, it is very easy to access and is also cluster-free which makes things very simplistic for the user. It is a Gutenberg-first, multipurpose theme and you can use it for small businesses, simple blogs or full eCommerce sites.
Major Features
- Custom Colors
- Custom Menu
- Theme Options
- Translation Ready
- Custom Logo
- Block Editor Styles
3. Travelers Blog
As the name suggests, Travelers Blog is a theme that focuses on Travel blogs. Being a free theme, it is fully responsive and was specially designed for travel blogs. With more than 2000 downloads to date, it is for sure one of the favorite themes of travel bloggers. The customization options are vast yet super easy to use. You will have your cheery travel blog in no time with Travelers Blog.
Major Features
- Speed Optimization
- Transition ready
- SEO Friendly
- Mobile Friendly
- Fluid Responsiveness
- Light and Well Maintained
4. Shark Magazine
Shark Magazine is what you might call a modern WordPress Theme online magazine sites. It has been widely used for News Websites, Magazines, Personal Blogs, newspapers, etc. Already amassing over 1000 installs, it can be safe to assume that it is in fact, one of the most popular WordPress themes currently. Boasting beautiful and powerful customization options like a flexible front page, customizer API, widgets, boxed layout and more, it has been a major release for the WordPress audiences. Without any coding knowledge, you can build your unique theme in just a few minutes with Shark Magazine. Some aspects of Shark Magazine are listed below:
Major Features
- Responsive Layout
- Cross-Browser Compatibility
- SEO Ready and Optimized
- Two Columns
- Social Media Interaction Support
5. Blossom Travel
Blossom Travel is a free WordPress theme that allows you to create various types of feminine blogs such as travel blogs, personal blogs, fashion blogs, beauty blogs, and many more. You can create a professional and chic friendly travel and other feminine blogs with this theme. It is fully responsive and has a very clean aesthetic design. This theme features a great design on the front-end and easy to use content management system on the back-end. It has dedicated sections for Instagram and Email Subscription to help you grow your Instagram followers and Email list. Furthermore, it is a speed optimized theme that provides a great user experience to your visitors while browsing your website.
Major Features
- Aesthetic Design
- Cross Browser Compatible
- Color Options
- Map Section
- Social Media Integration
- RTL compatible
6. Gutenbiz
Gutenbiz is a Gutenberg WordPress theme that is fully compatible with Gutenberg WordPress Blocks. You can create unique and beautiful layouts for your blog or websites with Gutenbiz blocks. The theme is fully responsive and your website will look flawless in all screen sizes. Sections like Featured Slider, Banner, About, Services, Icons Boxes, Counter, Portfolio, Team, Testimonials, Mega Menu, etc. have been added in Gutenbiz to elegantly showcase your skills and expertise. You can also switch between colors and the font of each and every text, link in the theme customizer. There’s a handful of demos as well. Try them out and pick the one that allures you the most.
Major Features
- SEO Ready
- Mobile Desing
- Blocks Ordering Options
- Pagination Options
- Color Skins
- Editable Footer Options
7. Apex Business
Apex Business is a multipurpose WordPress theme that fits perfectly for almost all types of websites. You can use the theme for business, startup, portfolio, agency, medical, construction, photography, blog, magazine, gym, personal, travel, food & restaurant, charity, architect, corporate, yoga, one-page websites, and more. The theme includes flexible features and sleek designs to flaunt your business the way you want. Apex Business is built with SEO in mind and is also fully responsive to all major mobile, tablet & desktop devices.
Major Features
- Color Option
- Sticky Header
- Transparent Header
- Google Fonts
- Responsiveness
- Custom Logo
8. Makenzie Lite
Makenzie Lite is a stylish WordPress theme specially designed for creative businesses like Handmade Shops, Magazine, Craft Blogs, Fashion & Lifestyle Blogs, and so on. The theme is easy to set up and customize, you need just a few clicks, and you can entirely change the look of your website! This Responsive theme is perfect for handmade merch sales and writing about Food, Travel, Interior Design, Lifestyle, and Fashion. If you have a creative business and want the world to know about it, Makenzie Lite will help you display your business.
Major Features
- Promo Boxes
- Responsive Layout
- Live Customizer
- Gutenberg Compatible
- Custom Colors
- E-commerce
9. Grip
Grip is a responsive news and magazine WordPress theme for your articles and blogs. With the live customizer and custom widgets, you can launch your online news website in minutes. As it includes many useful features that require to build an awesome looking news portal, the theme is perfect for blogging and excellent for news, newspaper, magazine, publishing or review site. Grip also provides many demos so that you won’t have to start from scratch. Your site will be up and running as soon as you’re online. Grip is simple, easy to use and features crucial customization options. Go Grip!
Major Features
- Responsiveness
- Translation Ready
- Cross Browser Compatible
- Unlimited Google Fonts
- Custom Widget
- Sticky Sidebar
- Multiple Blog Page
10. Fluid Basics
Lastly, last but not the least on our 10 Best Free WordPress Themes of January 2020 list is Fluid Basics. It is a responsive multipurpose blog WordPress theme for bloggers and journalists. A clean and minimal design with powerful features is what you’ll get in Fluid Basics. If you love simplicity and cleanliness, you will love Fluid Basics. It is a child theme of another powerful blogging theme called ResponsiveBlogily. You can use Fluid Basic for blogs and newspapers. This theme focuses more on your content and displays them in an attractive way to catch your visitors’ eyes. It is extremely responsive and your website will look amazing across all devices.
Major Features
- Lightweight and Fast
- SEO optimized
- Mobile Friendly
- Flexible Features
- Powerful Customization Options
- Clean Design
We have finally come to an end of our list of 10 Best Free WordPress Themes of January 2020. All of the above-mentioned themes have amazing features, super user-friendly, responsive, and secure. So, if you’re in search of the free WordPress theme that provides the best in class design with superior coding, then the above themes are for you. We hope our list helped you find the perfect free WordPress theme for your website.
We will be back with our monthly post of the same kind next month. Till then, Happy WordPressing!
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