{"id":1446,"date":"2014-07-30T10:45:25","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T08:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostking.host\/blog\/?p=1446"},"modified":"2025-08-11T10:24:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T06:24:49","slug":"5-best-free-wordpress-themes-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostking.host\/blog\/5-best-free-wordpress-themes-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Best Free WordPress Themes 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have been looking at designing themes for my personal blog for some time and looked for free themes. I don&#8217;t like buying themes as they are quite costly for just a personal blog site. So here are a few free WordPress themes you can use. To get others head over to WordPress website :&nbsp;https:\/\/wordpress.org\/themes\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sensitive<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostking.host\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/32.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostking.host\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/32.png\" alt=\"32\" class=\"wp-image-1447\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sensitive is a fully responsive theme built using Twitter\u2019s Bootstrap framework with Metro Styled Accent. It ships with three different page templates, support for custom backgrounds and menus. It\u2019s a great option if you\u2019re looking for clean and modern, without a lot of fussy code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading list-title\"><span class=\"list-title-inner\" style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\">Customizr<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostking.host\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/customizr.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostking.host\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/customizr.png\" alt=\"customizr\" class=\"wp-image-1448\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Customizr is the most customizable free theme I\u2019ve ever come across. It comes with eight skins and a responsive slider generator. It also has a theme options panel, multi-layouts, threaded comments and nine post formats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to really get stuck into customizing this theme, there is a custom CSS panel and DEV tools. The DEV tools include a developer dashboard giving you an overview of your theme settings and useful information for debug and development. You can also turn on embedded tooltips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This theme also makes extensive use of WordPress hooks and also has its own hooks API. Code snippets are a new feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Twenty Fourteen<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostking.host\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/twenty-fourteen.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostking.host\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/twenty-fourteen.png\" alt=\"twenty-fourteen\" class=\"wp-image-1449\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A list of free, responsive themes wouldn\u2019t be complete without Twenty Fourteen. The default WordPress theme features a sleek design and allows you to display your homepage content in either a grid or slider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are three widgetized areas to customize your site, and you change your content\u2019s layout with a full-width page template and a contributor page to showcase your authors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Copa<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostking.host\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/114.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostking.host\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/114.jpg\" alt=\"114\" class=\"wp-image-1450\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #777777;\">Copa utilises the latest technologies in WordPress including custom menus, backgrounds and featured images. This fantastic General\/Blog theme boasts easy-to-use admin options and widgets.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Oxygen<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"778\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostking.host\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/oxygen_wordpress_theme2-778x518-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1451\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostking.host\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/oxygen_wordpress_theme2-778x518-1-1.jpg 778w, https:\/\/www.hostking.host\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/oxygen_wordpress_theme2-778x518-1-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hostking.host\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/oxygen_wordpress_theme2-778x518-1-1-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 778px) 100vw, 778px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">#image_title<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #777777;\">Oxygen is a minimalistic, mobile-optimized magazine theme with responsive layout. 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