It’s been a while since I last reviewed or blogged about a WordPress theme so today I thought about sharing another nice freemium (free and premium-quality) WordPress theme. The Meeta theme was designed and created by my friend Pavel Ciorici of WPZOOM.

The Meeta WordPress theme is a simple and minimalistic theme that can be used for a whole lot of different purposes and can work with different types of blogs or websites. This theme runs on the recently released WPZOOM theme framework which is only available to premium WPZOOM themes so if you’re not a member of the WPZOOM theme club and would like to try it out, then you can grab a copy of Meeta.

Theme Features:

• Responsive Layout
• Custom Header
• Archives Template
• Custom Widgets
• Shortcodes

Aside from the unique theme features listed above, the Meeta theme includes the following standard features available to all themes running on the WPZOOM theme framework:

Standard WPZOOM Features

• WPZOOM Options Panel
• Custom Menus Management
• Threaded Comments Support
• Custom Widgets & Features
• SEO Options Section
• Custom Page Templates
• Developed for WP 3.0+
• Custom Logo Input
• Automatic Image Resizing
• Internationalized & Localized
• Custom Background Support

Screenshots:
Homepage

Post w/ Slideshow

Archives

Shortcodes

Meeta is an awesome WordPress theme not only because it’s FREE but also because of its simple yet beautiful design and the built-in premium-quality features thanks to the WPZOOM theme framework. To get access to the PSD file and/or support forums, you’ll have to join the WPZOOM theme club. Thanks to Pavel and the rest of the design team at WPZOOM for creating and sharing this theme to the WordPress community.

Preview or Download the Meeta WordPress theme from WPZOOM.

NOTE: This theme was scanned using the Theme Authenticity Checker and doesn’t contain any hidden or encrypted code.

One of the themes from WPCharity that caught my attention is the theme named “Sepeda” which is Indonesian for “bicycle“. This theme is a clean and simple, 3-columned, WordPress theme based on the Sandbox framework and 100% FREE. (Not all themes offered by WPCharity are for sale, some are FREE to download)

Screenshots:

Homepage

Post page

Features:

• Supports WordPress 3.0
• Simple, clean and light
• Custom header
• Threaded comments
• Easy to read text in the content
• Two-column sidebar
• One widget in one sidebar
• Using Yanone Kaffeesatz font from Google font API for title
• Using Molengo font from Google font API for default
• Drop-down menu (page) on header
• Different style for admin on comment posts
• Optional image content using border (default) or none (using class=”noborder”)
• Based on Sandbox theme

Sepeda is a clean and simple, widget-ready theme that has a decent amount of features and options. It has a custom header, gravatar and threaded comments support. It’s a good theme option if you plan to use the Sandbox framework and its FREE!

I like what WPCharity is doing – how they’re using their talents to create nice WordPress themes, selling it and donating a part of the proceeds to charity. I hope more WordPress theme providers do this. If you don’t need a WordPress theme but feel like donating a certain amount to charity, you can send your donation via the WPCharity website.

Preview or Download (registration required) the Sepeda WordPress Theme.

NOTE: This theme was scanned using the Theme Authenticity Checker and doesn’t contain any hidden or encrypted code.

Newly Installed Plugins:

• Full Text Feed – Prevents WordPress 2.1+ from adding a more link to your website’s feed.

  I added this plugin coz for the mean time I’ll be using the < more > tag while I work on something to customize the way my posts are displayed.

• Impress – Impress your readers with statistics on the number of users, posts, comments, pages, categories, words in posts, words in comments, and words in pages you have.

  I installed the Impress plugin to display some of my blog stas on my About page.

• Leprekhauns Word Count – Adds a word count to your backend without having to submit the data

  This plugin comes very handy especially if you’re into paid reviews and sponsored posts where you need to meet a minimun number of words per post.

• Permalink Redirect – Permalink Redirect ensures that pages and entries are always accessed via the permalink. Otherwise, a 301 redirect will be issued.

  Installed this to make my permalinks prettier and search engine friendly.

• WP-Page Navi – Adds a more advanced paging navigation to your WordPress blog.

  Makes it easier for visitors and readers to navigate and access different pages.

Aside from these plugins that I’ve installed I also did some changes to the layout and design.

• Increased size of the default text and post title.
• Removed the bottom bar.
• Added icons for RSS feeds, Sideblog, Categories, Archives and Top Commentators.
• Created a new custom header

I did the first two changes thanks to K‘s comments and suggestions. I think he’s the only one who has the guts to make suggestions or comments regarding my blog theme and layout. I appreciate it man!

If you have any comments, suggestions or feedback regarding the current layout or to the changes I’ve made, please do let me know. I would be happy to hear them. You can leave a comment here or use the Contact page.

Lastly, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the loyal readers, rss subscribers, other supporters, and sponsors. This blog won’t be where it is right now without you guys.