If you love clean, sharp design and have a passion for white space, a minimalist theme may well be the style that will be suit your WordPress website or blog.
As any interior, graphic or fashion designer will attest to; minimalism is hard to do well. Fortunately, these five sleek and stylish minimalist WordPress themes hit the nail right on the head.
Minimal for Bloggers
Minimal offers simple elegance without sacrificing advanced features, and features a minimalist style that translates to a relaxing and user-friendly experience for your users and readers.
Minimal is available from Elegant Themes as part of a theme package from just $39, and features:
- Two elegant classic color schemes
- Clean lines and intuitive design
- Layout customization
- Shortcodes for added functionality
- Secure code
- Browser compatibility
- Complete localization
- Multiple page templates
To see this minimalist theme for yourself, be sure to check out the Minimal live demo.
In Focus for Business
In Focus is an ice-cool minimalist theme, offering the ultimate in customization for users who need to take their corporate or company website to the next level.
In Focus is available from ThemeForest for $45, and features:
- jQuery and Nivo sliders
- 30+ skins and inbuilt skinning system
- Contact form builder
- Multiple custom widgets
- More than 100 custom shortcodes
- Unlimited portfolios
- Multiple portfolio layouts
- Full responsive design for viewing on all devices
- Multimedia support
- Infinite one-click color schemes
To see this minimalist theme for yourself, be sure to check out the In Focus live demo.
Clean for Portfolios
Clean offers a responsive and stylish minimalist theme that is designed to look amazing across multiple devices, and features an infinite scrolling and touch-swipe slideshow.
Clean is available from ThemeTrust for $49, and features:
- Responsive layout
- Slideshow shortcode
- Custom widgets
- Localization support
- Infinite scrolling
- Button shortcodes
- Video support for Vimeo and YouTube
- Inbuilt page templates
- Inbuilt lightbox
- Google Web Font integration
- Multiple browser compatibility
To see this minimalist theme for yourself, be sure to check out the Clean live demo.
Whiteness for Agencies
Whiteness is a beautifully crafted scrolling theme with an abundance of white space that would make any designer swoon.
Whiteness is available from Mojo Themes for $49, and features:
- Clean, elegant design
- Responsive layout for mobile and tablet viewing
- Custom background colors
- Custom page layouts
- Drag and drop page builder
- Portfolio manager
- Slideshow manager
- Custom widgets
- Google Fonts integration
- Social integration
- User-friendly design
To see this minimalist theme for yourself, be sure to check out the Whiteness live demo.
Hub for Content Writers
Hub offers a distinctive minimalist style that is designed to put your content front and center.
Hub is available from WooThemes from $99, and features:
- Popular posts displays to keep active content featured
- Author highlights
- Intuitive content discovery module
- WooCommerce integration
- Testimonials and Features by WooThemes integration
- Multiple styling options
- Custom widgets for sidebar and footer areas
To see this minimalist theme for yourself, be sure to check out the Hub live demo.
Is there an outstanding minimalist WordPress theme we’ve missed? Let us know in the comments below.
