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| Theme | Type | Status | Speed*▲ | Move to | |
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 AstraLightweight, builder-agnostic, actively maintained by Brainstorm Force. | WordPress | Maintained | 39 | — | |
 KadenceLightweight block-friendly theme, actively developed. | WordPress | Maintained | 61 | — | |
 GeneratePressPerformance-first lightweight theme. | WordPress | Maintained | 59 | — | |
 BlocksyModern block-era theme. | WordPress | Maintained | 81 | — | |
 NeveLightweight theme by ThemeIsle. | WordPress | Maintained | 92 | — | |
 OceanWPPopular multipurpose theme. | WordPress | Maintained | 57 | — | |
 DiviTheme + visual builder by Elegant Themes; shortcode lock-in. | Page builder | Maintained | 68 | — | |
 ElementorMost popular page builder; performance + lock-in trade-offs. | Page builder | Maintained | 54 | — | |
 FlatsomeBest-selling WooCommerce theme with UX Builder. | WooCommerce | Maintained | 70 | — | |
 WoodmartPremium WooCommerce theme. | WooCommerce | Maintained | 84 | — | |
 StorefrontFree WooCommerce baseline theme by WooCommerce. | WooCommerce | Maintained | 55 | — | |
 Shopify DawnShopify's free reference Online Store 2.0 theme. | Shopify | Maintained | 53 | — | |
 Technopolis (ThemeBurn)ThemeBurn's flagship OpenCart theme. Shop wound down; no updates. | OpenCart | Discontinued | 97 | Woodmart, Flatsome | |
 Shoppica (ThemeBurn)ThemeBurn premium OpenCart/HTML e-commerce theme; discontinued. | OpenCart | Discontinued | 75 | Woodmart, Flatsome | |
✝WooThemes CanvasWooThemes' flagship flexible theme; wound down after the Automattic acquisition. | WordPress | Discontinued | 82 | Astra, Kadence, GeneratePress | |
 Thesis (DIYthemes)Early opinionated theme framework; momentum faded. | WordPress | Slowing | 74 | GeneratePress, Kadence, Astra, Blocksy | |
 Genesis FrameworkParent-theme framework; development slowed in the block era. | WordPress | Slowing | 57 | GeneratePress, Kadence, Blocksy, Astra | |
 HeadwayDrag-and-drop theme framework; discontinued. | WordPress | Discontinued | 72 | Kadence, Blocksy | |
 OptimizePressLanding-page/funnel builder; older versions are legacy. | Page builder | Slowing | 59 | Brizy (ThemeFuse), Elementor | |
 X Theme / Pro (Themeco)ThemeForest mega-seller with Cornerstone builder; momentum slowed. | Page builder | Slowing | 61 | Astra, Kadence, GeneratePress | |
 SalientPopular creative multipurpose theme. | WordPress | Maintained | 81 | — | |
 AvadaLong-running best-selling multipurpose theme + Fusion builder. | WordPress | Maintained | 65 | — | |
 BeThemeMultipurpose theme with many pre-built sites. | WordPress | Maintained | 100 | — | |
 The7Multipurpose theme, Elementor/WPBakery. | WordPress | Maintained | 58 | — | |
 HestiaOne-page-friendly theme by ThemeIsle. | WordPress | Maintained | 73 | — | |
✝Thematic (ThemeShaper)Pioneering hooks/child-theme framework by Ian Stewart; abandoned after he joined Automattic, no updates in over a decade. | WordPress | Discontinued | 85 | Genesis Framework, GeneratePress, Astra, Kadence | |
✝Hybrid Core (Theme Hybrid)Influential theme framework by Justin Tadlock; wound down after he joined WordPress.org and the Theme Hybrid shop closed. | WordPress | Discontinued | 99 | Genesis Framework, GeneratePress, Astra, Blocksy | |
✝Carrington (Crowd Favorite)Early atomic theme framework from Alex King's Crowd Favorite; development ceased years ago and the project is effectively dead. | WordPress | Discontinued | Source needed | Genesis Framework, GeneratePress, Astra, Kadence | |
✝Atahualpa (BytesForAll)Once-hugely-popular options-heavy theme by BytesForAll; long abandoned, removed from WordPress.org and incompatible with modern WP. | WordPress | Discontinued | 100 | Astra, GeneratePress, Neve, Kadence | |
✝Suffusion (Sayontan Sinha)Highly configurable multipurpose theme by Sayontan Sinha; pulled from WordPress.org and no longer maintained. | WordPress | Discontinued | 90 | Astra, GeneratePress, Kadence, Neve | |
WWeaver Xtreme (WeaverTheme)Long-running options-based Customizer theme; still maintained on WordPress.org with updates as recent as late 2024. | WordPress | Maintained | 59 | Astra, GeneratePress, Kadence, Blocksy | |
 Graphene (Syahir Hakim)Popular blog/CMS theme by Syahir Hakim; site and forum persist but core development stalled around the Gutenberg era. | WordPress | Slowing | 74 | Astra, GeneratePress, Neve, Kadence | |
✝Mystique (digitalnature)AJAX-driven options theme by digitalnature; vendor inactive and the theme is no longer maintained or distributed. | WordPress | Discontinued | 75 | Astra, GeneratePress, Neve, Kadence | |
✝Constructor (PressCoders)Customizable framework-style theme from PressCoders; abandoned long ago and removed from WordPress.org. | WordPress | Discontinued | 75 | Astra, GeneratePress, Kadence, Neve | |
✝Frugal (Tactical Theme)SEO-focused premium theme from the Grizzly/Tactical Theme camp; vendor gone and product no longer sold or updated. | WordPress | Discontinued | Source needed | Genesis Framework, GeneratePress, Astra, Kadence | |
 Customizr (Press Customizr)Fast multipurpose theme by Nikeo with 100K+ active sites; still maintained free + Pro with recent releases. | WordPress | Maintained | 94 | Astra, GeneratePress, Kadence, Blocksy | |
 Responsive (CyberChimps)Original CyberChimps Responsive theme, 1M+ downloads; actively maintained with Elementor/block templates. | WordPress | Maintained | 66 | Astra, GeneratePress, Neve, Kadence | |
✝Stargazer (Theme Hybrid)Flagship Hybrid Core showcase theme by Justin Tadlock; abandoned alongside Theme Hybrid's shutdown. | WordPress | Discontinued | 99 | GeneratePress, Astra, Blocksy, Kadence | |
 Make (The Theme Foundry)Drag-and-drop Customizer builder theme with 800K+ users; still on WordPress.org but development has largely stalled. | Page builder | Slowing | 65 | Kadence, Astra, GeneratePress, Blocksy | |
 Jannah (TieLabs)Top-selling TieLabs news/magazine theme, still actively updated with regular WP-compatibility releases. | WordPress | Maintained | 68 | Kadence, Blocksy, Astra, GeneratePress | |
 Sahifa (TieLabs)Veteran TieLabs magazine theme; still sold on ThemeForest (~27k sites) and updated for current WordPress. | WordPress | Maintained | 73 | Kadence, Blocksy, Astra, GeneratePress | |
 Newsmag (tagDiv)tagDiv magazine theme, actively maintained alongside its bigger sibling Newspaper. | WordPress | Maintained | 70 | Kadence, Blocksy, Astra, GeneratePress | |
 Newspaper (tagDiv)Best-selling tagDiv news/WooCommerce theme; still under active development. | WordPress | Maintained | 71 | Kadence, Blocksy, Astra, GeneratePress | |
 Jevelin (Shufflehound)Still listed and patched but development slowed; bundled Unyson framework dropped after its WP.org closure. | WordPress | Slowing | 53 | Astra, Kadence, Blocksy, GeneratePress | |
 Enfold (Kriesi)One of ThemeForest's all-time best sellers; Kriesi maintains it with frequent releases. | WordPress | Maintained | 59 | Astra, Kadence, GeneratePress, Blocksy | |
 Jupiter X (Artbees)Jupiter X website builder actively developed with new template packs; the older Jupiter v6 line is legacy. | WordPress | Maintained | 52 | Astra, Kadence, Blocksy, GeneratePress | |
 Bridge (Qode Interactive)Long-running Qode multipurpose theme with ongoing WooCommerce/Elementor compatibility updates. | WordPress | Maintained | 53 | Astra, Kadence, Blocksy, Flatsome | |
 Porto (P-Themes)Top-selling WooCommerce/multipurpose theme, frequently updated for current WP and WooCommerce. | WooCommerce | Maintained | 61 | Flatsome, Woodmart, Kadence, Blocksy | |
 Uncode (Undsgn)Award-winning Undsgn creative theme with continued releases and a large demo library. | WordPress | Maintained | 96 | Astra, Kadence, Blocksy, GeneratePress | |
 Total (WPExplorer)WPExplorer's WPBakery-based multipurpose theme, actively maintained with regular updates. | WordPress | Maintained | 91 | Astra, Kadence, GeneratePress, Blocksy | |
 Kalium (Laborator)Laborator creative/WooCommerce theme; updated for current WooCommerce 10.x. | WordPress | Maintained | 65 | Astra, Kadence, Blocksy, Woodmart | |
KKallyas (Hogash)Hogash multipurpose theme with its own page builder; still receiving updates. | WordPress | Maintained | 56 | Astra, Kadence, Blocksy, Flatsome | |
 Sydney (aThemes)aThemes business theme (free + Pro), actively updated with block-editor patterns. | WordPress | Maintained | 46 | Astra, Kadence, GeneratePress, Blocksy | |
UU-Design (Andon)Long-lived AndonDesign multipurpose theme still updated for current WP/WooCommerce on ThemeForest. | WordPress | Maintained | 62 | Astra, Kadence, GeneratePress, Blocksy | |
KKarma (TrueThemes)Classic TrueThemes theme still listed but development clearly slowed; last release dates to early 2023. | WordPress | Slowing | 64 | Astra, Kadence, GeneratePress, Blocksy | |
 Beaver Builder (FastLine Media)Long-running, stable page builder still actively maintained with regular releases. | Page builder | Maintained | 40 | Bricks (Bricks Builder), Elementor, Kadence, GeneratePress | |
 Bricks (Bricks Builder)Modern developer-favored visual theme builder under very active development. | Page builder | Maintained | 93 | Elementor, Blocksy, GeneratePress, Kadence | |
BBrizy (ThemeFuse)Actively maintained no-code builder; WordPress and Cloud editions both shipping updates. | Page builder | Maintained | 45 | Elementor, Bricks (Bricks Builder), Blocksy, Kadence | |
OOxygen Builder (Soflyy)Still supported; Soflyy shipped the Oxygen 6 rebuild sharing a core engine with Breakdance. | Page builder | Maintained | 57 | Bricks (Bricks Builder), GeneratePress, Elementor, Kadence | |
 WPBakery Page BuilderFormerly Visual Composer; still updated and Envato-bundled but dated versus modern builders. | Page builder | Maintained | 50 | Elementor, Bricks (Bricks Builder), Kadence, GeneratePress | |
VVisual Composer Website BuilderStandalone full-site builder distinct from WPBakery; still updated with Hub template additions. | Page builder | Maintained | 55 | Elementor, Bricks (Bricks Builder), Blocksy, Kadence | |
 Themify Builder (Themify)Actively maintained drag-and-drop builder bundled with Themify's theme catalog. | Page builder | Maintained | 79 | Elementor, Bricks (Bricks Builder), Blocksy, Kadence | |
 KingComposer (King-Theme)Closed and pulled from WordPress.org (had 80k+ installs); abandoned with no further development. | Page builder | Discontinued | 82 | Elementor, Bricks (Bricks Builder), Kadence, GeneratePress | |
 Live ComposerFree open-source builder still shipping occasional fixes, but development has clearly slowed. | Page builder | Slowing | 56 | Elementor, Bricks (Bricks Builder), Blocksy, Kadence | |
 Tatsu (Brandexponents)Still maintained and tied to the Oshine theme, but niche and slowing versus mainstream builders. | Page builder | Slowing | 88 | Elementor, Bricks (Bricks Builder), Blocksy, Kadence | |
 Dynamik Website Builder (Cobalt Apps)Genesis child-theme builder still sold but eclipsed by Genesis DevKit; updates slowed since 2020. | Page builder | Slowing | 51 | Kadence, GeneratePress, Blocksy, Elementor | |
✝PageLines DMSDMS drag-and-drop framework abandoned (~2015); PageLines pivoted entirely away from WordPress. | Page builder | Discontinued | 87 | Elementor, Bricks (Bricks Builder), GeneratePress, Kadence | |
✝iThemes Builder (SolidWP)Theme framework sunset in 2022; iThemes steered users to Kadence then rebranded to SolidWP. | Page builder | Discontinued | 62 | Kadence, GeneratePress, Blocksy, Elementor | |
✝Catalyst Framework (Cobalt Apps)Cobalt Apps ceased Catalyst; no longer sold, succeeded by Dynamik on Genesis. | Page builder | Discontinued | 94 | Kadence, GeneratePress, Blocksy, Elementor | |
TThrive Theme Builder (Thrive Themes)Conversion-focused theme builder with 85k+ installs, actively updated as part of Thrive Suite. | Page builder | Maintained | 26 | Elementor, Bricks (Bricks Builder), Kadence, GeneratePress | |
✝Debut (Shopify)Shopify's default free theme for years; retired from the Theme Store with the Online Store 2.0 / Dawn launch in 2021. | Shopify | Discontinued | 62 | Shopify Dawn | |
✝Brooklyn (Shopify)First-generation free Shopify theme aimed at apparel; retired when Online Store 2.0 / Dawn arrived in 2021. | Shopify | Discontinued | 62 | Shopify Dawn | |
✝Minimal (Shopify)First-generation free Shopify theme; retired from the Theme Store with the Online Store 2.0 / Dawn transition in 2021. | Shopify | Discontinued | 62 | Shopify Dawn | |
✝Supply (Shopify)Free Shopify theme built for large catalogs; retired from the Theme Store with the Online Store 2.0 / Dawn launch in 2021. | Shopify | Discontinued | 65 | Shopify Dawn | |
✝Venture (Shopify)Free Shopify theme for high-volume stores; retired from the Theme Store with the Online Store 2.0 / Dawn launch in 2021. | Shopify | Discontinued | 64 | Shopify Dawn | |
✝Narrative (Shopify)Storytelling-focused free Shopify theme; retired from the Theme Store with the Online Store 2.0 / Dawn launch in 2021. | Shopify | Discontinued | 65 | Shopify Dawn | |
✝Boundless (Shopify)Image-led free Shopify theme; retired from the Theme Store with the Online Store 2.0 / Dawn launch in 2021. | Shopify | Discontinued | 61 | Shopify Dawn | |
✝Simple (Shopify)First-generation free Shopify theme with sidebar navigation; retired with Online Store 2.0 / Dawn in 2021. | Shopify | Discontinued | 63 | Shopify Dawn | |
 Journal (Digital Atelier)Best-selling OpenCart theme/framework, actively maintained since 2013; still the dominant premium OpenCart option. | OpenCart | Maintained | 78 | Woodmart, Flatsome | |
SSO Framework (SmartAddons)SmartAddons' SO-series OpenCart themes/framework; still sold but largely dormant as the OpenCart market shrank. | OpenCart | Slowing | Untested | Woodmart, Flatsome | |
PPav Themes (PavoThemes)PavoThemes' Pav-series OpenCart themes; minimally updated as OpenCart theme demand declined. | OpenCart | Slowing | Untested | Woodmart, Flatsome | |
✝Mystile (WooThemes)Free WooThemes-era WooCommerce theme; on WooCommerce's retired-themes list and no longer supported. | WooCommerce | Discontinued | 78 | Storefront, Flatsome, Woodmart | |
✝Wootique (WooThemes)The original free WooCommerce-enabled theme by WooThemes; long since retired and unsupported. | WooCommerce | Discontinued | 77 | Storefront, Flatsome, Woodmart | |
✝Artificer (WooThemes)Artisan-styled WooThemes WooCommerce theme; among WooCommerce's retired themes and discontinued. | WooCommerce | Discontinued | 81 | Storefront, Flatsome, Woodmart | |
BBasel (XTemos)XTemos' earlier WooCommerce theme and the direct predecessor of WoodMart; still listed but effectively superseded. | WooCommerce | Slowing | 64 | Woodmart, Flatsome, Storefront | |
TThe Retailer (Get Bowtied)Long-running Get Bowtied WooCommerce theme, still actively maintained and updated on ThemeForest. | WooCommerce | Maintained | 64 | Flatsome, Woodmart, Storefront | |
MMr. Tailor (Get Bowtied)Get Bowtied fashion WooCommerce theme; still listed but only lightly updated (last major update circa 2021). | WooCommerce | Slowing | 66 | Flatsome, Woodmart, Storefront | |
EElectro (Madras Themes)Madras Themes' electronics/marketplace WooCommerce theme, still actively sold and updated on ThemeForest. | WooCommerce | Maintained | 66 | Woodmart, Flatsome, Storefront | |
MMartfury (Drfuri)Drfuri's multi-vendor marketplace WooCommerce theme, still actively maintained and sold on ThemeForest. | WooCommerce | Maintained | 65 | Woodmart, Flatsome, Storefront | |
 Bimber (Bringthepixel)Viral magazine theme; actively maintained on ThemeForest with speed-focused 8.x releases. | WordPress | Maintained | 71 | Soledad (PenciDesign), SmartMag (ThemeSphere), Newspaper (tagDiv), Zeen (CodeTipi) | |
 SmartMag (ThemeSphere)ThemeSphere's actively-updated magazine theme with WP 6.8+ support. | WordPress | Maintained | 62 | Soledad (PenciDesign), Newspaper (tagDiv), Zeen (CodeTipi), Bimber (Bringthepixel) | |
SSoledad (PenciDesign)Heavily maintained multipurpose/magazine theme with frequent security patches. | WordPress | Maintained | 67 | SmartMag (ThemeSphere), Zeen (CodeTipi), Bimber (Bringthepixel), Newspaper (tagDiv) | |
 Zeen (CodeTipi)Next-gen magazine theme, compatible with current WordPress / PHP 8.3 / WooCommerce. | WordPress | Maintained | 80 | Soledad (PenciDesign), SmartMag (ThemeSphere), Bimber (Bringthepixel), Newspaper (tagDiv) | |
 Extra (Elegant Themes)Divi-Builder-powered magazine theme; tracks the active Divi / Elegant Themes release cycle. | WordPress | Maintained | 78 | Soledad (PenciDesign), SmartMag (ThemeSphere), Kadence, Blocksy | |
 Pro (Themeco)Themeco's Cornerstone-powered flagship and successor to the X theme; actively updated. | Page builder | Maintained | 40 | Kadence, GeneratePress, Blocksy, Astra | |
✝Standard Theme (8BIT)8BIT shut down in 2013; last release Standard 3 (2012), fully abandoned and unsupported. | WordPress | Discontinued | 88 | GeneratePress, Astra, Kadence, Blocksy | |
SStriking MultiFlex (kaptinlin)Veteran multipurpose theme by kaptinlin; still updated (WP 6.9 ready) despite its age. | WordPress | Maintained | 66 | Astra, Kadence, GeneratePress, Blocksy | |
✝Cherry Framework (TemplateMonster)GitHub frozen since 2016 (v3.1.5.1); superseded internally by TemplateMonster and effectively abandoned. | WordPress | Discontinued | 100 | Astra, GeneratePress, Kadence, Blocksy | |
VVellum (Parallelus)Parallelus/Runway-framework theme slowed to maintenance-only; last release April 2024. | WordPress | Slowing | 70 | Astra, Kadence, Blocksy, Neve | |
✝Centum (Vasterad)Last updated December 2018; abandoned and unsupported, incompatible with modern WordPress. | WordPress | Discontinued | Source needed | Astra, Kadence, GeneratePress, Neve | |
✝Gonzo (ThemeForest)Classic ThemeForest magazine theme; abandoned and no longer WordPress-compatible. | WordPress | Discontinued | Source needed | Soledad (PenciDesign), SmartMag (ThemeSphere), Zeen (CodeTipi), Newspaper (tagDiv) | |
VValenti (CodeTipi)CodeTipi's predecessor to Zeen; still listed but effectively frozen since 2021. | WordPress | Slowing | 78 | Zeen (CodeTipi), Soledad (PenciDesign), SmartMag (ThemeSphere), Newspaper (tagDiv) | |
 Savoy (NordicMade)Minimalist AJAX WooCommerce theme by NordicMade, still updated for current WordPress/WooCommerce. | WooCommerce | Maintained | 78 | Blocksy, Kadence, Astra, Neve | |
 Shopkeeper (Get Bowtied)Multipurpose WooCommerce theme; updated for current WP 7.0 / WooCommerce. | WooCommerce | Maintained | 49 | Blocksy, Kadence, Astra, Neve | |
TThe Hanger (Get Bowtied)Modern-classic WooCommerce theme by Get Bowtied with a current changelog. | WooCommerce | Maintained | 66 | Blocksy, Kadence, Astra, Neve |
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