Best Minimalist WordPress Themes

Are you looking for a clean and simple theme for your website? In my collection I present you some minimalist WordPress themes for blogs, portfolios and multipurpose websites.

What is so special about Minimal WordPress Themes?

Minimalist WordPress themes focus on simplicity and a crisp, clean design. As such, they are primarily a good choice for content-driven websites. This is not only applicable for bloggers, but also for designers, agencies, freelancers or small businesses. Here are some key features:

• Simplicity & Clarity
  A minimalist theme is clearly structured and offers a clean and clear design. Visitors are therefore not overwhelmed by unnecessary elements or flashy bells and whistles, but can simply concentrate on the essentials.
• Whitespace
  A lot of white space makes your website look lighter and leaves room for the really important elements.
• Reduced colour scheme
  Minimalist WordPress themes usually use very few colours.
• Typography
  The minimalist design gives prominence to the content. This is often reinforced by fancy fonts or extreme font sizes, for example.
• Functionality
  With a simple website, there are only important elements. Fancy sliders, annoying pop-ups or distracting news tickers are not required here or are used very sparingly.
• Theme features
  Even if the theme design is very reduced, this does not necessarily apply to the included features. Most of the WP themes presented use a page builder such as WPBakery or Elementor and often also contain additional plugins. This makes the design options very diverse, but the design still remains simple and clear. This way, you can also expand minimalist WordPress themes at any time. A few themes, e.g. from wordpress.org, usually only offer the basic functions, but this does not have to be a disadvantage.
• Performance
  Since minimalist WordPress themes contain fewer elements, they are often somewhat faster in terms of loading times. Of course, you also have to consider the code and the plugins.

15+ Minimalist WordPress Themes

Finding simple, plain or minimalist WordPress themes is not that easy. Because most theme providers often top each other with overloaded & flashy web design templates. Therefore, I have collected some rather simple WP themes (Free & Pro) for you.

Most of the featured premium themes are available at Themeforest* for a one-time fee. Depending on the theme, this is between $29 and $59.

Kalium – Creative Multipurpose Theme

For the theme design, the developers have consciously paid attention to a fresh and clean design:
A lot of white space with clear lines and only limited use of animations. An ideal design basis for simple yet creative websites for e.g. agencies, freelancers, photographers or architects.

Of course, you can also use it to create a clear WooCommerce shop.

• Elementor Page Builder & WPBakery
• 25 Templates
• Free Plugins included (ACF, RevSlider, WooCommerce Product Filter)
• Demo-Import

Kalium Info & Demo*

Neve

Neve is one of the most popular free multipurpose themes. You can use it for simple business websites as well as for blogs or shops. To get started quickly, you can use ready-made templates (starter sites) and then customise the design using many options. Overall, this theme is very lightweight and the look is very clean and simple.

• Simple design
• Good loading times
• Header and footer styles
• Many theme options
• Can be used with both Gutenberg and Page Builders

Neve Info & Demo

Divi

The popular Divi* theme also contains some minimalist WordPress templates. Especially the layout packs in the categories art, design, photography and portfolio offer an elegant and clean design.
The features of Divi are very diverse, so that you can really implement any type of website with it. However, the backend or the Divi-Builder is not for minimalists. You can lose track of the endless options.

• Integrated Page Builder
• Theme Builder
• Countless ready-made layouts
• Portfolio
• Slider
• Galleries

Divi Info & Demo*

Adios – Portfolio WordPress Theme

Adios* is a design-oriented, aesthetically pleasing and technically sophisticated minimal WordPress theme.
With over 15 homepage layouts and many special portfolio options, it is ideal for portfolio or agency websites.

• Header layouts
• Different Footer layouts
• Portfolio features
• Horizontal scrolling
• Section scrolling
• Split Screen
• Elementor & WPBakery
• Blog

Adios Info & Demo*

Alia – Minimal Personal Blog

Minimal design and manageable options form the basis of the minimalist WordPress theme Alia*. With its reduced settings, you won’t get lost in time-consuming adjustments, but can concentrate fully on blogging. And your readers will also focus on your posts thanks to the simple design.

• Minimal design
• Good loading times
• Simple WordPress Customizer
• Author Stories
• Different post formats
• Ideal for bloggers

Alia Info & Demo*

The Fox – Minimal Newspaper WordPress Theme

The Fox* is the right choice for magazines, blogs or newspaper websites. The minimalist WordPress theme puts content and typography in the foreground. It offers a pixel-perfect and minimal design and is very easy to use.

• 33 demos
• Elementor Pagebuilder
• Customizer options
• Optimised for Core Web Vitals
• Compatible with WooCommerce
• Header Builder
• Live Post Feature
• Review System

The Fox Info & Demo*

Park – Creative Portfolio WordPress Theme

Park* is an attractive template for elegant portfolio websites. The focus here is clearly on images and powerful typography. The customisations are done via the Customizer and shortcodes. So there is no page builder that affects performance.

• Child Theme
• Portfolio Post Type
• Simple Slider
• Simple Gallery
• Shortcode Generator
• Demo Import

Park Info & Demo*

Manon: Portfolio & Agency Theme

With its modern and minimal design, Manon* is particularly aimed at agencies, freelancers and creatives. Not only the visual presentation of the portfolio items is emphasised here, but also the typography is very strongly weighted.

• WPBakery
• Slider Revolution
• Many portfolio layouts
• Header layouts

Manon Info & Demo*

Proton – Minimal Portfolio Theme

Proton* is a classic and above all clean solution for portfolio websites. With its minimal styling, it offers every creative a timeless design for the presentation of their own work.

• Dark & Modern Skin
• Demo Importer
• 3 Header Layouts
• Visual Composer
• Slider Revolution
• Extensive theme options
• Many portfolio functions

Proton Info & Demo*

Stockholm – Multi-Concept Theme

Stockholm* is one of the most popular templates at Themeforest. No wonder, because it not only has an extremely large number of features, but also, like all Qode themes, impresses with its successful modern design.

In addition to portfolio and shop functions, Stockholm contains pretty much everything you need for a multi-purpose website. That means you can use it for any kind of website.

• 140+ Demo Concepts
• Many layouts & elements,
• Portfolio- & Shop-Functions
• Blog styles
• Elementor or Bakery as page builder
• Layer Slider / RevolutionSlider
• Parallax
• Header layouts
• Mega Menu
• Page Transitions

Stockholm Info & Demo*

Kleanity – Minimalist WordPress Theme

“Keep your business clean & simple” is the slogan of Kleanity*. The minimalist WordPress theme is ideal for clear and elegant websites and WooCommerce shops. Especially for the presentation of artwork there are many templates.

• Coming Soon Mode
• Unlimited sidebars
• Slider Revolution
• Many portfolio & blog layouts
• Own page builder (GoodLayers)
• Header Layouts
• Demo Import

Kleanity Info & Demo*

Bifröst – Simple Elementor WordPress Theme

The Bifröst* theme is very simple and straightforward and is one of the most popular WordPress portfolio themes. It is therefore mainly used for agency websites and portfolio showcases, but it can also be used for blogs and shops.

• Elementor Builder
• Over 40 demos
• Header & Footer Builder
• Interactive layouts
• Revolution Slider
• Template Library
• Parallax Effects

Bifröst Info & Demo*

Botiga

The free WooCommerce theme Botiga presents your products in a clear minimal design. All necessary settings can be adjusted via the WP-Customizer.

• Customisation of product presentation
• Product galleries
• Product filter
• Search function
• Header styles
• Blog function
• Footer styles

Botiga Info & Demo

Björk

Björk was developed by Anders Noren, who has long been known for beautiful and minimalist WordPress themes. The free block theme has a clear and clean design, which, however, remains discreetly in the background. Because this is more about the content. It is designed for blogs, but can be used for any type of website.
You can find his other recommended templates directly on his homepage.

• Full Site Editing
• Global Styles
• Block Patterns
• Very good loading times

Björk Info & Demo

Minimalist WordPress Themes by Elmastudio

The web designer duo from  Elmastudio has also been known for its minimalist WordPress themes for many years. Here you will find timeless designs for blogs, magazines and portfolios. But there are also some themes for business websites or shops in the portfolio. Here are a few popular themes:

• Zuki (most popular magazine and blog theme)
• Ubud (minimalist theme for photo bloggers)
• Hawea (theme for minimalist shops with WooCommerce)
• Moka (suitable as a business, magazine or blog theme)
• Zeitreise (minimalist portfolio and business theme)

Unlike most of the themes presented here, these WordPress templates are also very minimalistic in the backend. I.e. the customisation is not done via Page Builder or additional plugins, but solely via the WordPress Customizer. So really only something for minimalists.

• Reduced backend
• Timeless & tidy design
• Typography in focus
• Reasonable prices

The themes are available individually from €19,- or as a complete theme bundle for €39,-.

Elmastudio Themes Info & Demo

Conclusion

Overall, themes that contain an enormous number of features are in vogue among WP developers. They want to show what they have to offer! Unfortunately, this often makes the design look cluttered and leaves little room for the content. But if you search a little, you can also find a few minimalist WordPress themes that can convince with their discreet design and well thought-out typography.

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