The 10 Best FREE WordPress Block Themes of 2023!

[@JacquesvanWyk]

I am developer and I rather like coding to page builders but I am starting to like the Gutenberg and block themes more and more for fast simple sites. Wordpress is really keeping up with changes on web.

[@RichardWadeUK]

Awesome collection of block themes Jamie. Not sure about the disco theme making the list, but I appreciate why you chose to give it some attention 😁

[@jamiewp]

Thanks Richard - gotta love the disco 😬

[@TheBeeOBee]

Nice, you showed that hard line gradient trick before! Thanks for keeping folks up to date with the scene.

[@jamiewp]

Yes i did - it's a cool trick for sure

[@WPZOOM]

Thanks for featuring our UniBlock theme, Jamie!

[@jamiewp]

My pleasure - it's a really good theme

[@derek-hanson]

Agreed! There really should be a growth in opinionated themes. That’s what will keep theme creation an important part of WordPress. Also agree with many of your choices. Frost is a favorite of mine. Upside Down is simple and brilliant. Ollie is a new one I want to explore for the patterns alone. Nice video.

[@jamiewp]

Thanks Derek 👍

[@jdccool]

TY for the update, Jamie.

[@adelakunoluwatobi8930]

Yay, trying spectra one out. Ollie and green shift got my attention too

[@gps36]

Great work, Jamie! Your research is commendable and I really appreciate your efforts. I'm definitely going to benefit from this valuable information. Thank you so much!

[@jamiewp]

My pleasure 😇

[@margacabrera9857]

Wow, thanks for featuring Stacks, that was fast!

[@jamiewp]

👍

[@HelenaDenley]

Thank you - nice round up.

[@davideylerYT]

Excellent info! Thank you so much Jamie.

[@webdoze]

olliewp theme looks very nice. Thanks for sharing Jamie.

[@jamiewp]

Yup it’s really great 👍

[@sesamreinhart]

I love the disco theme! More crazyness please :) Stacks is lovely as well!

[@jamiewp]

100% agree

[@tim78723]

How did I know that the Spectra One theme would be #1.? Fantastic class by the way! If any of you want to learn more about the block themes, it's well worth it. In fact, I kind of feel guilty that it was such a little price for it. (Well not all that guilty, consider me as feeling like I got a bargain.)

[@jamiewp]

Fantastic, thanks Tim 🙏

[@yuasys]

Excellent! Very informative and helpful. Thank you very much!

[@jimnech5066]

As always another great video! I have a couple of thoughts about Spectra. It looks great but it appears that they want to replace most of the standard Gutenberg blocks with their own versions. They also modify the core code to add additional functionality which will lock users into their platform. What do you think?

[@jamiewp]

Hi Jim, Spectra One works great with just core blocks, so if you don't need the extra functionality that the Spectra Blocks bring then it's an option to leave them to one side and don't install

[@jimnech5066]

@@jamiewp Thanks, I appreciate your response.

[@yasminegerer3096]

Hello Jamie. Did you tested the Neve FSE Theme and the Riverbank Theme? If not maybe have a look at this two and please let me know what do you think about this two. Thanks. And a very informative Video. Thanks for this.

[@jamiewp]

Hi, not yet, but Neve is on my list to test out 👍

[@gerryking4346]

Hi Jamie, very informative thanks. I thought I’d seen you talk about Kadence theme in the past, was I mistaken? It’s on my radar at the moment.

[@jamiewp]

Hi Kadence, yup you won't go wrong with Kadence 👍

[@gerryking4346]

@@jamiewp Thanks Jamie, I appreciate your opinion on that.

[@Brianthecitizenjournalist]

I think I liked the greenshift theme most, but you didnt show very much of it. So I will have to try it.

[@realonomicsnet2379]

What is the most exceptions block theme for large news/magazine ventures?

[@Mr.iBrain]

Hello, Jamie! You promised to make a review about Greenshift. Please make sample website with GS theme, show how to deal with Block themes on a GS sample

[@jamiewp]

Hi, did I promise?

[@Mr.iBrain]

@@jamiewp Yes, you did. Watch your very promise on the 5:23 minute of this video. You can't deny it. Now please fulfill. :)

[@jamiewp]

@@Mr.iBrain you are quite right

[@dawnelise1528]

I think Mr.iBrain forgot to say the word "please." @@jamiewp 🥰

[@mSherjeelr]

I use stackable builder with Astra its a great combo for me

[@SingaporeMathsAcademyUK]

Great video as always! I'm trying to find a video you made which had a cool restraunt/cafe theme, but I can't seem to recall the name of the video!! Anyone able to help? It had a funky look and a easy to manage menu too?

[@jamiewp]

hmm i'm struggling to remember - will keep thinking

[@SingaporeMathsAcademyUK]

@@jamiewp i got it

[@PaulGillard-English-Artist]

Is it possible to access blocks from two different themes, please? I'm guessing that there will soon be a market for bundles of different blocks, without the theme part. eg: Could I buy just the blocks seen on the ollie theme? (I have the Spectra One theme loaded and elementor pro product.)

[@tonyeneh8194]

You can actually copy and paste blocks across different browser tabs opened to different themes. Learnt that from another of Jamie's videos yesterday

[@Mclovin47]

I have a question: I recently picked a Block Theme (gutenify medical) to use as a template. I would like to change the meta description of the homepage, but I can't because it is probably "hard-coded" into the template. Is there a solution to be able to modify this?

[@jamiewp]

Does that theme put content into the actual template rather than you creating a home page?

[@HaifengZhu-pn3uq]

Is Astra a block theme?

[@jamiewp]

Nope

[@freddymercury2259]

What about Blocksy?

[@jamiewp]

Its great but its not a block theme

[@VijayKumarIM]

Are these 2023's Best FREE Block themes???

[@dawnelise1528]

Free, some with Pro/paid versions also.