Features:

• 4 Color Schemes
• Post Formats
• Archives Template
• Responsive Design
• Custom Widgets
• Shortcode Manager
• Buit-in Gravatar Support
• Built-in Threaded Comments Support

Screenshots:

Unlike other free WordPress themes with Tumblr-Like features, the BonPress theme is packed with premium features that are found in most of WPZOOM premium themes. Aside from the basic and premium features listed above, BonPress uses the “responsive design” technique which enables the blog to automatically adapt the theme layout to the screen resolution of the device, improving the readability of the blog. BonPress has its own mobile theme/layout for tablets, smartphones and other mobile devices. Best of all, WPZOOM has made this theme available for FREE.

Preview or Download the BonPress Tumblr-Like WordPress Theme from WPZOOM.

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

Here’s a short introduction/insight from the theme authors:

Releasing a theme on Smashing Magazine is always a challenge for us at DesignDisease. A challenge we look forward to. ‘Splendio’ is a theme where we try to solve the empty space that exists around most themes with a joyful rhythm of lines and squares, complimented with a light color palette. The specialized header images complete the package, as it can be used both in a static or randomized manner.

Designed by Vlad and Elena Scanteie and developed exclusively for Smashing Magazine and its readers, the Splendio theme is a 3-column, widget-ready theme that’s based on the Twenty Ten WordPress theme.

Basic Features:

• 3 columns (homepage)
• 2 columns (post/page)
• Widget-ready (6 widgetized areas)
• Built-in gravatar support
• Built-in threaded comments support
• Homepage post/image slider (Featured Article)
• RSS/Social bookmarking buttons
• Flickr gallery

Screenshots:
Homepage

Blog Post

Page

My Take:
Splendio is an awesome freemium WordPress theme. Aside from the basic features – widget-ready, threaded comments support, gravatar support, etc. it has a premium quality design and other elements that you don’t normally see/get in a free WordPress theme. I like the post and image slider on the homepage (Featured Article), RSS/social bookmarking buttons on the left side of the header and the Flickr gallery. Another thing I love about the Splendio theme is the style/layout and custom icons/buttons on the comment form.

Another cool thing about this free WordPress theme is that the PSD sources are available for FREE. This means if you have some Adobe Photoshop skills, you can completely change or customize the look and feel of the Splendio theme.

Although the theme can run without them, a few WordPress plugins are required to implement 100% functionality of the Splendio theme – Flickr RSS, WP Featured Content Slider and WP PageNavi which by the way are all included in a separate download package.

Because Splendio is based on the the Twenty Ten WordPress theme, users can choose to display random header images. The theme package includes several custom images but if you want to use your own custom header, you can upload it via the Appearance > Header section.

Preview the Splendio WordPress Theme
Download the Splendio WordPress Theme (Theme + Plugins)
Download the Splendio WordPress Theme (Theme + Plugins + PSD Sources)

NOTE: This theme requires WordPress 3.0+

How do you like the Splendio WordPress theme? What specific feature/s do you like most? What other features/options would like to be added to this theme? Please share your thoughts.

Features:

• Built from the ground up using HTML5 and CSS3
• Portfolio custom post types
• Custom admin settings
• 2 alternative homepage image slider templates
• Admin settings for featured images in slider
• Widget-ready
• 2 columns
• Gravatar support
• Compatible with Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, Safari

Screenshots:
Homepage

Blog

Post

Portfolio

Admin Settings

Aside from it’s clean, sleek and professional design, the Graphite WordPress theme also has very good typography. It also features a very nice image slider with cool transitions on the homepage. Graphite is widget-ready and has built-in gravatar support. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to support threaded comments. Overall, the Graphite theme is still a very beautiful WordPress theme that should fit not only creative companies and individuals but any WordPress user who likes these types of themes.

As a bonus for MediaLoot subscribers (premium members) they will also get the original Fireworks PNG and PSD source files for Home Page, Portfolio Page, About Us Page & Blog Page in the download package.

Preview or Download the Graphite WordPress theme from MediaLoot.

Speaking of MediaLoot, I’m giving away 3 1-year MediaLoot Elite Memberships worth $288/each. Check out this post for more details.

From WPZOOM:

At a closer look you’ll realize that, yet simple, this theme is great for a Portfolio showcasing works of a photographer or designer. Even if this theme is a “free” one, we didn’t hesitate to integrate a great Featured Posts Slider on the homepage of the theme, great for highlighting your greatest works.

Besides the above described “visual” features this theme has, it is also enhanced with our WPZOOM Options Panel, which allows you very quickly and easy to configure any option of this theme.

Features:

• Featured Slider
• Custom Widgets: Flickr Gallery, Social Profiles, Featured Posts
• Widgetized Sidebar & Footer
• Custom Post & Page Templates
• Gravatar support
• Threaded comments support

Screenshots:

Homepage

Regular Layout

Custom Layout (Full width)

Options Page

Designed by Oleg Dubinovich, Photoria is an awesome portfolio style WordPress theme that’s ideal for designers and photographers who want to showcase their works online. Not only does it look good but it also has very nice features. I’m sure many WordPress users would be able to use this theme for one of their projects, client’s website or their own portfolio.

Kudos to the designer Oleg Dubinovich, Pavel Ciorici and the rest of the folks of WPZOOM for releasing this nice WordPress theme for free to the community.

Preview or Download the Photoria WordPress Theme.

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.