Empire is a completely free WordPress blog theme, simple enough to look at, but it packs enough features to keep any blogger happy.  This simple, modern theme is completely free, it boasts several layout choices and much more.

Empire is a free, responsive theme for your WordPress blog created by ThemeIt. It allows your blog to adapt and adjust to the device your viewers are using – whether it is a smart phone, a tablet, or a laptop. It is a retina ready theme, which enables your WordPress blog to look sharper and have better resolution instead of presenting a blurry and pixellated view to your audience, especially when they zoom in and out of your WordPress site. This theme can be installed easily and is best for food and lifestyle blogs, but it could also be customized to fit your liking.

Some of its features include:

• A clean and bold design perfect for those who want a simple blog layout but also want to give a good impression to the audience.
• A switch option for the sidebar, allowing it to be disabled or enabled on the homepage, archives, or in a single post.
• A responsive design great for any device.
• A selection of color options for the WordPress site to cater to users’ different tastes.
• Contains major browser compatibility, allowing users and viewers to look at the blog content in good quality, no matter what browser is used.
  Featured posts are placed in a beautiful and creative slider.
• The theme has 3 useful promo boxes to highlight the ads featured in the user’s blog, allowing higher chances of conversions from the audience.
• A variety of theme options powered by the WordPress customizer to allow quick and easy blog design changes.
• Some custom widgets, including a customizable about me section.
• An Instagram widget plugin is also included either in the sidebar or the footer (depending on the user’s choice) of the blog.
• A customizable option for the user’s latest posts, and a customizable social icon for all of the blog owner’s social media accounts.
• A support for Contact Form 7 plugin to manage the user’s different contact forms.
• A translation ready feature for different viewers around the globe.
• The theme is SEO optimized to help promote the user’s blog in different search engines like Google, Yahoo, or Bing.
• Our theme documentation is also already included in the purchase.
• A ‘share blog posts’ option to easily post the user’s blog content in different social media platforms and other websites.
• A Love Post System instead of the usual like button for a more unique and creative look.

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These are just are just some of the features Empire has to offer. Check out the live preview to explore the theme even more and see the many different features for yourself. For any concerns or questions, just leave them in the comments section. You can give your ideas and suggestions for the next themes, or share your opinions on the features offered in the previous themes.
Note that this theme could not be installed in the WordPress hosted site. It can only be used for the user’s own self-hosted WordPress site.

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While we think Empire is a fantastic portfolio and blog theme, it might not be exactly what you’ve been looking for.  If you want more inspiration, checkout our collection of WordPress minimal themes, personal blog WordPress themes or even portfolio WordPress themes.

Empire isn’t the only free theme we’re proud to offer. 

King is our free WordPress WooCommerce and blog theme, it’s a simple blog and shop theme and it’s completely free.  If not, here’s a little writeup of this free WooCommerce shop, blog and portfolio theme all rolled into one.  Yep, we think it’s a pretty great WordPress theme.  but don’t take our word for it, check out the demo to see for yourself.

Online stores have become extremely popular among people in today’s world. That’s mainly because they can purchase what they want from an online store in a convenient manner. The order could be placed on the go and the product could be delivered to the doorstep. If you have such an online store or if you are looking forward to make it more user friendly, you should be careful enough to select an appropriate WordPress theme such as King.

What is King?

King is a minimal styled theme that is ideal to be used in an online store. Or else, it can also be used when setting up a blog. The unique features that you can find in this theme include ground breaking minimal style and perfect design. This is an effective theme that can be added to any blog. That’s because all the available options of the theme have been designed carefully with the objective of delivering the best possible customer experience. Therefore, any online store that starts using this theme would be benefited in the long run.

King theme can easily be customized as per the specific needs and requirements of the business. Even a person who doesn’t have any experience with WordPress will be able to figure out the basics of this theme and customize the website accordingly. This can keep the developers away from the hassle of spending money on professional web designers.

One of the most prominent benefits that are associated with King theme is its responsive design. The website owners who get this theme don’t need to think about working on any additional developments in order to make it responsive. The theme is responsive by default and installing it would instantly transform the website or online store into a responsive one. Due to the responsive design, it would look perfectly well on any computer as well as on a mobile device.

The King WordPress theme can be installed on any website server within a short period of time. Therefore, it can be considered as one of the quickest methods available for the people to get their online stores up and running within a short period of time. It won’t take a long time to customize the website as per the branding guidelines of the business as well. The website or online store can be detailed in every possible way and this would be an excellent WordPress theme that any person could install.

Who can use King?

King is ideal for the people who want to have their own e-commerce stores up and running. However, people who own blogs can also think about using this theme because the available features match perfectly well with a blog. All in all, it is ideal for any person who is looking forward to create an online presence with a simple and a clean design, without spending money to get the assistance of a professional web designer.

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While we think King is a fantastic portfolio and blog theme, it might not be exactly what you’ve been looking for.  If you want more inspiration, checkout our collection of minimal WordPress themes, WordPress blog themes or even portfolio WordPress themes.

How about another free theme?  Try Silverbow.

Mercury is our free WordPress blog, magazine and portfolio theme.  Simple, free and beautiful.  That’s a rare combo, but I’m being honest when I say that’s what this theme offers.

Mercury is a bold and minimalist WordPress theme created by ThemeIt and we’re totally stoked to offer it to you for free.  This theme is perfectly designed for lifestyle blogs, fashion blogs, arts and crafts, travel and food blogs, photography, and magazine sites, among others. It contains a variety of features that allow you to make your blog unique and stand out from the rest. It is simple yet modern, personal, and professional looking, a great theme for sharing your story to the world. Mercury is a responsive theme that enables your blog to adapt to the different devices used by your audience.

This theme can be installed and used as it is, or it can be customized through the WordPress Native Customizer. Here are some of the features Mercury offers:

• A clean and minimalistic design for a simple yet creative look in order not to bombard the viewers with too much design going on all over the place.
• A wide array of color options for the menu, sidebar, footer, and other sections that are customizable to fit the owner’s needs.
• Fast speed and high load ready for quick data loading and efficient content processing.
• Responsive and retina ready design to adjust to the devices and resolutions the audience are using.
• Provides 10 different blog layouts for different bloggers’ needs, and comes with a built-in archive and homepage layout.
• The blog owner could select some posts to be featured in the theme’s beautiful slider.
• Provides a customizable sidebar that can be shown or hidden in preferred pages.
• Translation ready feature for convenience to the viewers around the world.
• Custom logo and Favicon upload to help with the tiny yet important details on the WordPress site.
• A site title and tagline section to emphasize what the blog’s content is about.
• Provides custom widgets fit for the different blog types and an Instagram widget that is already pre-designed and ready to use.
• A variety of post formats – Standard, Photo Gallery, Video, and Audio – for better content compatibility.
• Supports Contact Form 7 to help manage messages and forms.
• Provides a number of social icons to promote the blog owner’s different social media sites, and social share buttons in all of the blog posts to help spread the content to other social media platforms.
• Includes demo.xml and other documentation, and is very easy to use that it could be setup in about a minute.
• It contains lifetime upgrades upon purchase.
• It is coded through HTML5 & CSS3 and is SEO optimized for better chances of search engine results promotion.
• Contains a dropdown navigation menu.
• Can be edited through live customizer along with multiple theme options allowing the blog owner to alter the site’s layout and style while previewing the changes done.

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For a clearer picture on the theme’s features, you can check out the live demo and the screenshots provided. If you have questions, feedback, and suggestions on the theme, you can be post them in the support forum system.

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While we think Mercury is a fantastic portfolio and blog theme, it might not be exactly what you’ve been looking for.  If you want more inspiration, checkout our collection of minimalist WordPress themes, WordPress personal blog themes or even WordPress portfolio themes.

Another great free theme we’re proud to offer is Silverbow.