Wordpress is a seriously popular blogging platform but with popularity comes endless options offered by the huge community. This is certainly a major advantage and it means you’re never alone with a problem. But there are literally tons of Free Themes and Plugins that you can combine in endless ways introducing a risk that looking around for the perfect setup removes focus from the main purpose…creating content for your blog readers.

Going for a Premium Theme may get you started much faster but what should you look for and is it possible to find Free alternative that provides the features normally only found in Premium Themes?

miniBlog Theme

miniBlog is another Free Wordpress Theme with a lot of features.

“Intuitive Theme Options, Twitter, Any Color Scheme”

• Wordpress 2.7+ Ready
• Widget Ready
• Built for “Sticky Posts”
• Gravatar Ready
• IE 6 & 7 Compatible
• Firefox Compatible
• Safari Compatible
• Opera Compatible
• Netscape Compatible
• Custom Post Image-Thumbails
• Infinite Number of Color Schemes
• Detailed Theme Options Page
• ReadMe.txt for Help Installing the Theme
• Separate Comments and Trackbacks
• Easily Editable CSS – Fully Commented
• Web 2.0, Tableless Design
• Best of all, it’s all FREE

Rock Solid Theme

Rock Solid Theme is another Free Wordpress Theme with a lot of features.

“Four color schemes, theme options, Twitter+Flickr, free”

• Wordpress 2.6, 2.7+ Ready
• Widget Ready
• Gravatar Ready
• IE 6 & 7 Compatible
• Firefox Compatible
• Safari Compatible
• Opera Compatible
• Netscape Compatible
• Custom Post Image-Thumbails
• Four (4) Different Theme Color Styles Available
• Detailed Theme Options Page
• ReadMe.txt for Help Installing the Theme
• Fully-Layered .PSD of Each Header Color Variation + Font Used for Customization
• Separate Comments and Trackbacks
• Easily Editable CSS – Fully Commented
• Web 2.0, Tableless Design
• Best of all, it’s all FREE

Jynxed Theme

Jynxed Theme is another Free Wordpress Theme with a lot of features.

“Unique design, cross-browser transparency, elegant look”

• 100% working cross-browser transparency (Even IE 6)
• Beautiful javascript tab area in sidebar for clutter-free design
• Unique web 2.0 feel
• Gravatar ready
• Widget ready
• XHTML / CSS validated
• Tested on all major browsers (and then some)
• SEO friendly
• Completely FREE

Stitches Theme

Stitches Theme is another Free Wordpress Theme with a lot of features.

“Five color schemes, theme options, Twitter+Flickr.”

• Wordpress 2.6+ Ready
• Widget Ready
• Gravatar Ready
• IE 6+, Firefox 2+, Safari, Opera, Netscape Compatible
• Custom Post Image Thumbails
• Featured Posts
• Styled Optional Calendar Widget
• Five (5) Different Theme Color Styles Available
• Detailed Theme Options Page
• ReadMe.txt and FAQ.txt for Help Installing the Theme
• Seperate Comments and Trackbacks
• Elegant-Looking Sidebar Tabs
• FREE – Developer License (use the theme as many times as you want for your own use)
• Completely FREE

Bamboo – Free WordPress Theme

Today we have a pretty cool looking blog template designed by Rambling Soul. I then took the template and ported it to WordPress (with a bit of help). This theme features an unusual vertical page navigation, visible on the left side, as well as a featured post area. There are also two widgetized areas. This theme is built for WordPress 2.7 and above, and has features such as threaded comments and pagination.