With millions of free WordPress themes available for download on the internet, it is not easy to find just the right theme. In this post we present you 9 Best Free WordPress Themes Released In 2016. All these themes are available for downloading, are customized and can be used for free in both personal and commercial projects.

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Free WordPress 3.1 Theme: Splendio (With PSD Sources)

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A beautiful theme, designed by Vlad and Elena Scanteie which was developed exclusively for Smashing Magazine and its readers. As usual, the theme is free to use in both private and commercial projects. The theme is based upon the Twenty Ten WordPress theme and requires WordPress 3.0 to run.

Designer Theme

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Free WordPress 3.0 theme: Designer Theme, good for portfolios and showcases

Vertigo

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Vertigo is a stylish and fun theme with one column, a custom header, and a custom accent color. It makes great use of WordPress post formats. It has a charming, hitchcockian typeface. And it’s dark.

WordPress Theme: Terbiumable

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Terbiumable WordPress theme makes your basic WordPress blog into a fully functional business or corporate website. It has a customizable front page widgets, horizontal jQuery Accordion image slider, magazine layout content area and custom typography for an added professional touch. These features are easily accessible via the Admin Options area.

Freebie: Blog-O-Folio WordPress Theme Version 1.0

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Blog-O-Folio is a free 2 column WordPress Theme suitable for any and all of your corporate, portfolio or personal blog needs. With a wide variety of tunable theme options and functionality to merge your portfolio with the blog, it is now ultra easy to maintain your blog and portfolio at the same time.

Smashing Magazine Free HTML5/CSS3 WordPress 3.1+ Theme With Responsive Layout: Yoko

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Yoko is a modern and flexible WordPress theme. With the responsive layout based on CSS3 media queries, the theme adjusts to different screen sizes. The design is optimized for big desktop screens, tablets and small smartphone screens. To make your blog more individual, you can use the new post formats (like gallery, aside or quote), choose your own logo and header image, customize the background and link color.

My Corporation Free Business WordPress Theme

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A totally Free (although donations are encouraged) GPL WordPress theme that is perfect for setting up your minimalistic business and/or portfolio website.

Slated WordPress Theme Unlimited Colors

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Slated WordPress Theme is a well-designed Magazine Style Theme that has unlimited Colors. Just set in the admin panel your own color preference for this theme. Theme also has Featured jQuery slider, Thumbnails on Posts, Widget Ready, Theme Administration Options and more.

Grid Portfolio WordPress Theme

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Beautiful modern and minimalistic wordpress themes, design for illustrators and graphic designers to show their amazing work.