10 Free Clean Minimal WordPress Themes

Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
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A collection of ten free minimalist WordPress Themes for your consideration. Images link to theme demos, by request. (We aim to please!)

This post was updated in May 2019 to indicate themes no longer available for download.

1. Frank WordPress Theme

Frank, an open-source WordPress theme designed and built to provide a light, responsive and unobtrusive reading experience.

Author: P.J. Onori, Demo: Link, Download: Link

2. Sutra WordPress Theme

It’s a very minimal theme meant for journal type posts with no distractions.

Author: Mike Sewell, Demo: Link, Download: Link

3. Feijoa WordPress Theme

This is a four-column layout with a simple sidebar and was designed using the jQuery Masonry plug-in.

Author: Chris Magiera, Demo: Link, Download: Link

4. Blogum WordPress Theme

Blogum is a simple grid-based blog theme, designed with a modern and minimalist style. It supports all WordPress 3.0 features, giving you extra flexibility.

Author: WPShower, Demo: Link, Download: Link

5. Papaver WordPress Theme

Papaver is an elegant, minimal theme. You can set the content to one, two or three columns.

Author: Chris Magiera, Demo: Link, Download: Link

6. Melville WordPress Theme

Melville was inspired by classic literature. It has no distractions; just a simple design that focuses the reader on your writing.

Author: Raygun, Demo: Link, Download: Link

7. Svbtle WordPress Theme

Very clean minimal responsive theme.

Author: Ricardo Rauch, Demo: Link, Download: Link

8. Minimalistiq WordPress Theme

Minimalistiq has responsive design , 2 distinct color schemes, user-friendly theme options panel, and many built-in shortcodes.

Author: WPLegion, Demo: Link, Download: Link

9. Less WordPress Theme

Less is a superminimal theme with single column responsive layout.

Author: Jared Erckson, Demo: Link, Download: Link

10. Oulipo WordPress Theme

Inspired by and named after the group Oulipo, this clean, minimal, grid-based theme was created for authors who want their content to shine. Three-column simplicity with an eye for typography.

Author: Andrea Mignolo, Demo: Link, Download: Link

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