What factors should you follow to choose a good free WordPress theme

There are many factors to consider when determining the best free WordPress templates for 2025, such as speed, customer rating, whether the template is search engine friendly or not, whether you will use it for blogging and writing purposes or for e-commerce businesses. In this article, I will mention the features of each template and whether it supports e-commerce or not, supports the Arabic language or not, and you can also, dear reader, view the best paid templates from here

Best Free WordPress Themes for 2025

OceanWP

Template Features:

• Fast and smooth
• Supports Arabic
• Compatible with LearnDash (educational purposes)
• LifterLMS integration (educational purposes)
• WooCommerce integration (e-commerce purposes)
• Custom 404 page
• Import/export website settings
• Facebook Like Box widget
• Flickr widget
• MailChimp widget
• Twitter widget
• Video widget
• Google Fonts

Astra

Template Features:

• No JQuery (The theme is based on a system that uses Vanilla JavaScript which prevents jQuery from being rendered en route and affects performance.)
• Works perfectly with all page builders like Elementor, Beaver Builder, Visual Composer, SiteOrigin, Divi
• Very lightweight (less than 50KB on the front end)
• Supports Arabic
• Google Fonts built into the theme system
• LifterLMS integration (educational purposes)
• Learn dash integration (educational purposes)
• WooCommerce integration (e-commerce purposes)
• Custom 404 page
• Import/Export website settings
• Native AMP ready

Hueman

Template Features:

• Hueman theme loads fast
• 100% mobile friendly according to Google
• One of the top-rated themes for blogs and magazines on WordPress.org
• Used by over 70,000 websites worldwide

Hestia

Template Features:

• Suitable for creative businesses, small businesses (restaurants, wedding planners, sports/medical stores) and startups
• Modern and contemporary design
• Compatible for eCommerce businesses (WooCommerce) and freelancers
• Has a multipurpose one-page layout, split footer
• Compatible with: Flat Parallax Slider
• Image Gallery
• Responsive
• Compatible with Elementor Page Builder
• Compatible with WPML
• Retina Ready
• SEO Friendly
• Uses Material Kit for design

Neve

Template Features:

• Neve works perfectly with Gutenberg and most popular page builder plugins (Elementor, Brizy, Beaver Builder, Visual Composer, SiteOrigin, Divi)
• Contains highly SEO optimized codes, leading to top rankings in Google search results
• Very fast, customizable and multipurpose theme
• Perfect for blogs, small businesses, e-commerce purposes
• Compatible with WooCommerce
• Supports AMP optimized and fully responsive
• Lightweight and minimalist design
• Supports Arabic RTL

Radiate

Template Features:

Clean, creative and lightweight template

Possibility to combine the primary color with the background

Custom css

The template is ready for translation

Free support at https://themegrill.com/contact/

Cenote

Template features:

• Cenote is a clean and beautifully designed theme
• Easy to set up and has a great set of features
• Suitable for personal, fashion, food, travel, business and any type of blogging websites
• Comes with many different demo pages ready which you can easily import with the help of ThemeGrill Demo Importer plugin

CityLogic

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CityLogic’s understated yet eye-catching design makes it a great choice for creating any website from travel to business to food, decor, lifestyle, sports, and more

WooCommerce compatible

WPForms compatible

Recent Posts Widget Extended compatible

Works great with the SiteOrigin Page Builder plugin making it quick and easy to create professional-looking pages without any coding knowledge

Foodica

Template Features:

• Perfect template for creating blogs about cuisine and recipes
• Fast and smooth
• Beautiful featured slider
• Compatible with Gutenberg
• Pro version works with Elementor
• Custom spaces to display ads
• Compatible with WooCommerce
• Compatible with WPML