There are all sorts of WordPress themes available for anyone to download at no charge, but none are as popular or have spawned so many versions as the wildly popular K2 WordPress theme, which was created by Michael Heilemann, Chris J Davis and Zeo, based on the original Kubrick theme. As a result, I decided to dedicate an entire post to cover some of the best K2 theme styles and modifications available for download.

K2 Theme

Source | Download

K2 Styles

(Styles Require The Above K2 Theme Installed - Styles Are Placed in Styles Folder and Provide Only a CSS File and Relevant Images, then are activated from the K2 Control Panel)

Blue K2 Style

Source | Download

Blackboard Style

Source | Download

Jolie Style

Source | Download

Digivation Style

Source | Download

K2 Mods

(Does NOT Require K2 Theme Installed - Stand Alone Standard Themes)

AdAdvantage Theme

Source | Download

Stormy Horizon Style

Source | Download

Redoable Theme

Source | Download

3 Column K2 Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Scattered4 Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Unwakeable Theme

Source | Download

TechnoBlue Theme

Source | Download

Triple K2 Theme

Source | Download

K2 Styles for the Technoblue and 3K2 Themes

(Requires either of the Technoblue or 3K2 themes displayed above to be installed)

3C Fractal Style for Technoblue

Source | Download | Demo

This is one of many available styles for these themes. You can check out this list for a full compilation of styles for the popular Technoblue and 3K2 themes.

Feel your K2 theme, style, or mod belongs on this list? Feel free to comment below with a link and I’ll check it out!

In previous posts I featured some of my favorite 2-column WordPress themes, as well as 3-column WordPress themes. Those will likely get the most attention, but I’ve found that there are several bloggers out there that really enjoy 4-column themes. If done properly, a 4-column theme can move a lot more stuff above the fold while at the same time give your blog a fantastic look.

Some WordPress theme designers are truly talented and have managed to make these work, so I’ve decided to create a large collection of these themes and throw them out there in all their glory for everyone to see. Here is my compilation of my favorite 4-column WordPress themes:

Techicon Theme (Widget Ready)

Source | Download | Demo

Quadruple Blue Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Four WPTP Theme

Source | Download (No Demo)

Royal Blue Theme

Source | Download | Demo

YGo Green Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Feel your 4-column theme belongs on this list? Feel free to comment below with a link and I’ll check it out!

While most full time bloggers seem to use and prefer 2-column WordPress themes, there is no doubt that 3-column themes are definitely more popular among the WordPress blogger masses. This can be attributed to many things, but the most appealing thing seems to be the ability to place more sidebar stuff above the fold on your blog. This can help you better monetize your blog by allowing more room for advertisements, subscription buttons, and other important sidebar content that needs to be seen by your readers.

This post is designed to be a spot to collect screen shots and download information about my favorite 3-column WordPress themes that have been made available to the WordPress community. I decided to avoid displaying any themes that cost money, and I’ve tried to include additional information about the theme then possible, including if it is widget ready or SEO friendly, etc.:

3-Column Themes (2 Sidebar Left)

Facebooked Theme

Source | Download | Demo

3-Column Themes (2 Sidebar Right)

iPhone Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Simpleton Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Padangan Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Free Revolution theme

Source | Download | Demo

Black and White Theme (SEO Friendly, Optimized for AdSense)

Source | Download | Demo

Firebug Theme

Source | Download | Demo

ProSense Theme (SEO Friendly, Optimized for AdSense)

Source | Download (Orange, Blue, and Gray) | Demo

BloggingPro Theme (Widget Ready)

Source | Download | Download w/Widgets | Demo

Blue Stripes Ajax Theme (SEO Friendly, AdSense Ready)

Source | Download | Demo

Gossip City Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Xplosive Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Xplosive Reloaded

Source | Download | Demo

Blog oh Blog Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Fresh Theme (Widget Ready)

Source | Download | Download w/widgets | Demo

Blue Dream Theme

Source/Demo | Download

Dark Zen Theme

Source | Download | Demo

ElegantBlue Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Deep Blue Theme

Source | Download (Right Sidebar) | Download (Left Sidebar) | Download (125×125 Ad Blocks) | Demo

WP-Polaroid Theme

Source | Download | Demo

BizFresh Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Ghacks Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Daily Blog Tips Theme

Source | Download (Green, Blue, Black, and Orange) | Demo (Green, Blue, Black, and Orange)

Blue Green Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Pride Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Crunch Themes

Source | Download (Purple, Blue, Green, and Black) | Demo (Purple, Blue, Green, and Black)

Illacrimo Theme (Widget Ready)

Source | Download | (No Demo Available)

Simple Red Theme (Supports 125×125 banners)

Source | Download (Requires free registration) | Demo

True Blue Theme (Supports 125×125 banners)

Source | Download (Requires free registration) | Demo

Silhouette Theme

Source | Download | Demo (Note: 2-Column version also available)

Resurrection Theme

Source/Demo | Download

Smashing Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Nonzero Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Cleaker 2.1 Theme (Widget Ready)

Source | Download | Demo

TyreMonkey Theme (Widget Ready)

Source | Download | Demo

Mezzo Theme (AdSense Ready)

Source | Download | Demo

WP Premiere Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Fresco Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Saur Theme

Source | Download | Demo

3-Column Themes (1 Sidebar Left and 1 Sidebar Right)

Maggo Theme

Source | Download | Demo

YGo Sea Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Silveray Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Rhea Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Velocity Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Tigopedia Theme

Source | Download | Demo

3cWPTP Theme (Widget Ready)

Source | Download | Demo (Click 3cWPTP in drop-down box)

Blue Zinfandel Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Acid Green Pro Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Alike Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Simplified Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Greed Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Feel your 3-column theme belongs on this list? Feel free to comment below with a link and I’ll check it out!

I have always been of the opinion that WordPress 2-column themes give your site a much better look than 3-column themes, and I think if you look around the blogosphere at what most full time bloggers use, you will see that these people tend to find the most success with 2-column themes.

There are definitely a lot of brilliant and useful 2-column themes available for WordPress users, so I figured that I would throw together a post compiling screen shots and links to some of the best 2-column themes available:

Left Sidebar 2-Column Themes

DarkT Theme

Source/Download | Demo

Green Bug Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Integral Design

Source | Download | Demo

Riaz Theme (Widget Ready)

Source | Download | Demo

Right Sidebar 2-Column Themes

Slick Blue Theme (Advertising Ready, SEO Friendly)

Source | Download | Demo

PassionDuo Theme (3 Colors)

Green: Demo | Download, Red: Demo | Download, Blue: Demo | Download

Green Tech Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Lemon Twist Theme

Source/Demo | Download

WP Freemium Theme

Source | Download

GlossyBlue Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Salmon Theme

Source | Download | Demo

iTheme Theme

Source | Download | Demo

StudioPress Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Crystal 1.0 Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Several3 Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Mag on Wood Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Blue Sensation Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Boxy Mint Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Daily32 Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Silicon Theme

Source | Download | Demo

WoodPress Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Green Love Theme

Source | Download | Demo

YGo Just Simple Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Curved Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Clean and Mean Theme

Source | Download | Download “Extras”

Twilight Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Insense Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Cool Water Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Accord Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Blue Block Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Red Clover Theme

Source/Download | Demo

Webby Green Theme | Webby Blue Theme

Source | Download (Green) | Download (Blue) | Demo (Green) | Demo (Blue)

Feel your 2-column theme belongs on this list? Feel free to comment below with a link and I’ll check it out!

One of the things that separates WordPress from other blogging software out there is the fact that it is open source, and the benefits that go along with being open source. If you aren’t very good at coding, or good with PHP in particular, then the WordPress community has come to the rescue with WordPress plugins, which will allow just about anyone to easily add additional functionality to their blog. With the free WordPress plugins that various authors write and contribute from around the globe, WordPress has gained a lot of flexibility, causing it to be more attractive to potential bloggers.

As this site is dedicated to WordPress, I thought it would be a good idea to have a featured post dedicated to the best WordPress plugins available. This post is a constant work in progress, and will continue to be updated as I feature more plugins on this website. After each plugin, you should find a quick description, as well as a link to the full review. I have also broken the plugins down into categories for easy reference.

Premium WordPress Plugins

- Advertising -

• OIO Publisher - Complete plugin that removes all hassle for bloggers who manage advertising. Automates banners, text links, paid reviews, and collects the money for you. [Full Review]

- Affiliates -

• WP Affiliate Pro - Allows you to manage your affiliate links from within your WordPress dashboard. Also allows you to mask links and a number of other features. [Full Review]
• WP Ninja Affiliate - Similar to WP Affiliate Pro plugin, but provides some additional features including  multiple keywords and caching. [Full Review]

- SEO -

• WP SEO Sniper - Extreme SEO plugin designed to give people conscious of SEO full control over their blogs from the WordPress dashboard. Significant upgrade to the All-in-One SEO Pack plugin. [Full Review]

Free WordPress Plugins

- Admin Tools -

• Author Exposed - Adds a full featured display of the authors profile. Great for multi-author blogs. [Full Review]
• Fluency Admin - Improves the look of your WordPress Dashboard (WordPress 2.5+ Only) [Full Review]
• Gamer’s Pack - Makes your blog viewable using the Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, and PSP gaming systems. [Full Review]
• GoCodes - Easily create redirects from your WordPress Dashboard that point anywhere. Great for hiding affiliate links. [Full Review]
• Google Sitemap - Creates a fully-compliant sitemap for search engines. [Full Review]
• In Series - Allows you to easily group a series of posts into a series. [Full Review]
• No Self Ping - Prevents your blog from sending Pingbacks internally to your other posts. [Full Review]
• WP-o-Matic - Allows users to collect feeds and auto-generate posts on your blog. [Full Review]
• WP Sticky - Allows users to feature a post at the top of their homepage for a day or permanently. [Full Review]
• WP-Super Cache - Creates a cache of your posts to avoid server load. Great for surviving a Digg. [Full Review]

- Advertising -

• Got Banners - Plugin allows you to randomize your advertising banners. Ideal for 125×125 banners. [Full Review]
• Max Banner Ads - Plugin that lets you control your advertising from the WordPress dashboard.  Also allows you to rotate multiple advertisements in a single spot.  [Full Review]
• Show125 - Plugin that specializes in managing your 125×125 block advertisements. [Full Review]
• Shylock AdSense - Allows you to easily insert Google AdSense code into your WordPress blog. [Full Review]

- Comments -

• MyAvatars - Automatically inserts the commentators MyBlogLog avatar next to their comment using the e-mail address provided. If unavailable, it will attempt to pull the bloggers Gravatar. [Full Review]
• Show Top Commentators - Allows you to display your top commentators automatically in a place of your choosing. Great for encouraging comments. [Full Review]
• Smilies Themer - Plugin that offers a variety of smilies styles to place in the comments section of your blog. [Full Review]
• Subscribe to Comments - Allows readers to receive e-mail notifications when a follow up comment is left. [Full Review]

- Domaining -

• Domain Name Portfolio - This plugin automatically creates a page in WordPress that domainers can use to display their domain portfolio. Everything is controlled from the dashboard. [Full Review]

- Downloads -

• Download Manager - Plugin that allows you to manage your downloads from the WordPress dashboard.  [Full Review]

- Feeds -

• Add Related Posts To Your Feed - Will automatically add related posts to your blog’s feed. [Full Review]
• FeedCount - Allows you to display a numerical version of your Feedburner feed count without using the Feedburner chicklet. [Full Review]
• Feed Footer - Allows you to use HTML to add a custom footer to your blog’s feed. Plugin also supports randomizing up to 10 different footers. [Full Review]
• RSS Footer - Basic plugin that allows you to easily add copyright notice, etc. [Full Review]

- Forums -

• RS Discuss - Plugin that allows you to easily integrate a forum into your existing WordPress blog. [Full Review]

- Maintenance -

• WordPress Automatic Upgrade - Allows you to easily upgrade your WordPress installation to the latest version. [Full Review]

- Miscellaneous -

• BlogRush Click Maximizer - Assists you in creating a customized BlogRush feed to display the post of your choice. [Full Review]
• BreadCrumb Navigation XT - Allows you to provide your readers with additional blog navigation. [Full Review]
• Get Firefox Banner - Shows a banner to IE6 and IE7 web browser users recommending they switch to Firefox. Great for blogs whose theme is optimized for Firefox. [Full Review]
• Popularity Contest - Monitors your website traffic and gives you reports on your popular posts. Plugin is fully customizable allowing you to set the values used to calculate your posts popularity. [Full Review]
• WP-eCommerce - Plugin that allows you to create an online shop on your WordPress blog [Full Review]
• WP-Submission - Creates a submission page then places all submissions into a post draft. Ideal for group writing projects. [Full Review]

- Related Posts -

• Related Posts - Uses keywords in your post URL’s to display a designated number of related posts. [Full Review]

- SEO -

• All-in-One SEO Pack - The Ultimate SEO WordPress plugin. Allows you to set your homepage meta information and automatically generate custom meta information for your individual posts. [Full Review]
• Permalink Redirect - Creates a 301 Redirect to avoid duplicate content penalties with search engines. Also includes a Feedburner redirect. [Full Review]

- Tags -

• Betting Tags Manager - Allows you to better manage your tags, as well as convert your categories to tags. [Full Review]
• Recommended Tags - Looks at your post’s content and recommends tags. Includes additional features. [Full Review]

- WordPress 2.3 -

• Technorati Links - Restores the Technorati incoming links feature that was removed from WordPress 2.3. [Full Review]

Getting a good design for your blog can be either difficult or expensive if you use most blogging software, but the popular open source software WordPress supports the ability to easily install and use various WordPress themes. As a result, the incredible WordPress community has stepped up and people from all around the world are offering great themes for anyone to use, and most have no cost associated with them.

As this site is dedicated to covering the world surrounding WordPress, I thought it would be a good idea to have a series of theme galleries dedicated to some of the best WordPress themes available to WordPress users.

In the interest of preserving load times, I have divided our featured themes up and separated them into their own specific posts:

Premium WordPress Theme Galleries:

• Premium WordPress Themes Gallery
• News and Magazine Premium WordPress Themes Gallery
• Small Business Premium WordPress Themes Gallery
• Blogging Premium WordPress Themes Gallery

Free WordPress Theme Galleries:

• 50 Best Free WordPress Themes Gallery
• Free Magazine Style WordPress Themes Gallery
• 2-Column WordPress Themes Gallery
• 3-Column WordPress Themes Gallery
• 4-Column WordPress Themes Gallery
• K2 WordPress Theme Mods and Styles Gallery
• 125×125 Banner WordPress Theme Gallery
• Google Ads Optimized WordPress Themes Gallery
• Search Engine Optimized WordPress Themes Gallery
  

Want to see your WordPress theme featured on one of these posts? Feel free to contact us and if we like the look, we’ll get it added to the appropriate galleries!