5 Free Magazine style WordPress themes

There are many free, magazine style WordPress themes available but when it comes to quality we are left with few themes which are free as well as efficacious. There are also many such themes which though really good enough yet somehow they lack content slider that is the chief part of front page. After reviewing many free themes we finally have brought to you five best themes of this type which have their own content sliders too.

Swift Theme

Though ‘Swift Premium’ has been launched yet its free version is still available for download. This is a professional SEO WordPress theme that has both blog and magazine layouts. Swift theme comes with an optional content slider in which you could show post with thumbnail.

Swatch Woo theme

Swatch is a business and portfolio WordPress theme which in spite of being free is well equipped with well-known premium Woo features. This theme has been launched by Woo company on completing its 100 WordPress Themes.

Best Features of Swatch Theme

• Easy and advanced option panel
• Optional content slider
• Automatic thumbnails
• SEO options
• Free updates
• Custom page templates

Arras Magazine Theme

Arras magazine theme is a popular free Magazine style WordPress theme and it too has a content slider that could be easily enabled or disabled through a control panel.

Best Features of Arras

• Full featured content slider
• j-Query image slider
• Automatic thumbnail resizing
• Magazine style layout
• Custom sidebar widgets
• Easy logo integration
• Alternative CSS styles

Cross Block

Cross Block is a free semi-magazine style WordPress theme and its content slider is a little different from that of other themes. It comes with a vertical sliding effect. There are many customization options controlled by a control panel.

Best Features of  Cross Block

• Feature slider with vertical sliding
• Automatic thumbnails
• Integrated Related post with thumbnail
• FeedBurner, Twitter integration

The Original Premium News

This is another magazine style free premium Woo theme and it too has integrated j-Query slider that looks very attractive. OPN is a consummate magazine theme and is based upon Woo theme solid code framework.

Best Features of The Original Premium News

• Easy customization with option panel
• Automatic thumbnails
• Custom page templates
• j-Query content slider
• Custom sidebar widgets

gazpoMag

gazpoMag is an SEO optimized free magazine style WordPress theme. Its layout would surely strike anybody as wonderful because it is all like premium professional layout.  All these features make this theme suitable for a professional blogger. Its content slider is awesome which has thumbnail control too.

Salient Features of gazpoMag

• Attractive j-Query content slider.
• Customization with theme option panel.
• Thumbnail image from featured image.
• Sidebar custom widgets.

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