10 Best Responsive, Mobile-Friendly WordPress Themes
On April 21, 2015, Google rolled out an important update to its search algorithm. Called the Mobile-Friendly Update, the new algorithm ranks mobile-friendly pages higher in Google’s mobile search results. Since the number of people that use mobile devices to view web pages on the Internet is constantly growing, not being unable to respond to this important update would mean losing some organic traffic to mobile-friendly websites. Thus, you must make your blogs easy to read on mobile phones and tablets by using responsive WordPress theme layouts.
One of the ways to make your WordPress blog mobile-friendly is to use an existing mobile-friendly theme. So where do we start looking for mobile-friendly responsive WordPress theme? If you do not have the budget to buy a premium theme, then the best place to look for free yet very functional themes is the official WordPress site. Here, you can read the reviews of other users of a particular theme so you already have a background on how to use the different functions of a theme and how to tweak it to maximize its functionalities. These responsive WordPress themes also have very reliable support in case you encounter problems along the way, not to mention forums where you can exchange ideas and information with other users of a particular theme.
In this roundup, we are going to feature what we think are the best responsive and mobile-friendly WordPress themes that can be found at the official WordPress site. We also look at the ratings given by users in choosing the themes that we include in this post. We hope you will find these themes useful.
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01 – TWENTY FIFTEEN WORDPRESS THEME
The 2015 default theme of WordPress is clean, blog-focused, and designed for clarity. Its simple and straightforward typography is readable on a wide variety of screen sizes, and suitable for multiple languages. This responsive WordPress theme is designed using a mobile-first approach, making your content responsive to all devices, whether smartphone, tablet, laptop, or desktop computer.
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02 – COLORWAY
A simple but responsive WordPress theme that is easy to customize. This theme’s customization options include options to use your own logos, backgrounds, Analytics and your footer texts . It is also easy to install. Simply click the activate button and your website is ready to go.
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03 – SOLON MODERN RESPONSIVE THEME
Solon is a fully responsive WordPress theme that will make your blog look slick and modern. This theme is packed with features for custom logo upload, custom favicon upload, changing colors of various elements, integration with FontAwesome, which gives you 20 of the most used Google Fonts choices.
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04 – TESLA: CLEAN RESPONSIVE THEME
Tesla is a beautiful responsive WordPress theme with clean, modern, responsive design and some great features powered by a robust framework. It is a great choice for a blog, portfolio, business website, creative agency or any other related project.
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05 – MH MAGAZINE LITE
MH Magazine lite is a responsive WordPress theme for magazines, news websites, professional blogs, and other editorial websites.
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06 – MOBILE-FRIENDLY PHOTO GALLERY THEME
Gridsby is a Pinterest style gallery responsive WordPress theme perfect for showcasing a beautiful photo collection. This theme is responsive and retina ready, and includes an easy method for posting photos to a front page gallery.
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07 – i-EXCEL RESPONSIVE BLOGGING THEME
i-Excel is a beautiful, elegant and flexible responsive WordPress theme with several premium features. This highly customizable theme can be used for business websites, portfolios, personal websites or blogging.
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08 – MOBILE-FRIENDLY PORTFOLIO THEME
ZBlackbeard is a modern responsive WordPress theme. It’s perfect for web agencies, digital studios, corporate, product showcase, personal and business portfolio.
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09 – SIMPLE RESPONSIVE WP THEME
Attitude is a simple, clean, and retina-ready responsive WordPress theme which adapts automatically to your tablets and mobile devices. This theme is easily customizable with numerous theme options.
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10 – CLEAN MOBILE-FRIENDLY THEME
Radiate is a clean, creative, and light retina ready responsive blogging theme supporting parallax header image. It integrates primary color option, custom background, custom css and few other features through WordPress customizer.
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