Hot Off the Press: New WordPress.com Themes for September 2023

A bold selection of new themes for bloggers and creators featuring a diverse range of styles and uses.

September 14, 2023

Jeremy Anderberg

The WordPress.com team is always working on new design ideas to bring your website to life. Check out the latest themes in our library, featuring beautiful new options for bloggers and creators of all stripes.

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Gourmetto

Gourmetto is a blog theme that will captivate both creators and readers who prefer a classic layout imbued with an aura of familiarity. Its front page, adorned with stunning, colorful images, has been designed to effectively engage visitors right away while also fostering email sign-ups with a prominent Subscription Block.

Click here to view a demo of this theme.

Otis

Otis is well-suited for personal blogging. It provides a polished, modern user experience. The default templates include an opinionated header with large type as well as straightforward post and page templates, which are particularly useful for those who don’t want to include images on their site. This theme is focused on simplicity and readability, with a clean and uncluttered layout that allows readers to easily navigate content.

Click here to view a demo of this theme.

Enroute

Enroute is a refreshed, modernized version of the popular Exford theme. We kept that theme’s general vibe while updating the layout and typography. We scraped the center-aligned header, significantly shortened the height of the Cover Block (which makes the headline seem bolder and stronger), and decluttered the homepage overall to make it cleaner and less repetitive. This is a great theme that will serve a variety of uses for bloggers, creators, small businesses, and WordPressers of all stripes.

Click here to view a demo of this theme.

Cortado

The design featured in Cortado is simple and elegant. The color palette and typography work together to deliver a subtle style, especially well-suited to restaurants and coffee shops. Single post pages are constructed to work well for short and medium-length copy—which can stimulate succinctness and more frequent publishing.

Click here to view a demo of this theme.

Freddie

Freddie uses a full-screen background image to captivate the viewer with an immersive introductory moment. The design is straightforward and utilizes a semi-bold typography with a tighter-than-usual line height. This theme is perfect for creators who want to showcase visual projects.

Click here to view a demo of this theme.

To install any of the above themes, click the name of the theme you like, which brings you right to the installation page. Then click the “Activate this design” button. You can also click “Open live demo,” which brings up a clickable, scrollable version of the theme for you to preview.

Premium themes are available to use at no extra charge for customers on the Premium plan or above. Partner themes are third-party products that can be purchased for $79/year each.

You can explore all of our themes by navigating to the “Themes” page, which is found under “Appearance” in the left-side menu of your WordPress.com dashboard. Or you can click below:

All WordPress.com Themes

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  1. Amandeep Kaur Sep 14th at 5:00 pm

    Nice. usable

    Liked by 5 people

  2. Norse Hellas Sep 14th at 8:12 pm

    Al Dente is a great Theme.

    Clean, sober, efficient and maintains the little Twitter bird for social media sharing.

    Liked by 6 people

  3. Huchi Sep 15th at 3:09 am

    Congratulations just make it easier we are not born developers make it easier . Thank you 🙏

    Liked by 3 people

  4. swidbd Sep 15th at 3:29 am

    Thanks for the information contained in this email.

    Liked by 5 people

  5. jarryharper Sep 15th at 5:40 am

    ❤ this theme

    Liked by 5 people

  6. 2020testjj Sep 15th at 7:51 am

    Lovely new themes, but I’m a bit confused. Looking for Premium themes in the theme showcase, currently there’s only 4 Premium themes available? Didn’t there used to be many more? Thanks.

    Liked by 3 people

    • Jerry B Sep 15th at 7:23 pm

      Hi there, it looks like you might have been looking at “recommended” themes, which is the default state when you land in the themes directory. If you choose the “all” themes option, you will see the full list of premium themes here: https://wordpress.com/themes/all/premium/

      Also worth noting that we’re adding new themes all the time (and also retiring a few themes as needed) so the number of Premium themes can fluctuate.

      Liked by 6 people

      • 2020testjj Sep 16th at 9:15 am

        Thanks for clarifying! It’s curious to me that the preference is to show a limited number of available Premium themes instead of all them. And looking forward to seeing the availability of more Premium themes as well.

        Liked by 3 people

  7. skincarebykay2f71f43769 Sep 15th at 4:39 pm

    😊

    Liked by 8 people

  8. gandharvnaktode Sep 16th at 2:07 am

    Exlent✨

    Liked by 3 people

  9. fitnessgearstore Sep 16th at 2:31 am

    Awesome article!

    Liked by 4 people

  10. anowerulhaq2015 Sep 16th at 5:27 am

    ok

    Liked by 3 people

  11. ahmad Sep 16th at 8:22 am

    Hi, can you recommend a similar theme like McLuhan?

    Liked by 4 people

  12. Freightdrop Io Sep 16th at 10:55 am

    Nice work

    Liked by 5 people

  13. dineshmitha91 Sep 16th at 11:43 am

    Nice games

    Liked by 4 people

  14. ashes5736 Sep 16th at 7:27 pm

    😊😊

    Liked by 3 people

  15. Tareq Ali Sep 16th at 10:32 pm

    Looks great!

    Liked by 3 people

  16. Tareq Ali Sep 16th at 10:37 pm

    Lovely new theme to look at.

    Liked by 5 people

  17. kunaldora37 Sep 17th at 12:28 am

    O yeah

    Liked by 4 people

  18. Unomoris Sep 17th at 7:44 am

    Nice

    Liked by 4 people

  19. Aslam Masih Sep 17th at 10:23 am

    Yeah

    Liked by 3 people

  20. hitechsolution Sep 17th at 12:29 pm

    good job

    Liked by 4 people

  21. Oluwaseun Sep 17th at 3:02 pm

    These are wonderful new themes. Well done for the top notch work.

    Liked by 7 people

  22. mdmosfirshalehin1985 Sep 17th at 7:06 pm

    I like it

    Liked by 2 people

  23. Sheri Renae Dixon Sep 17th at 9:44 pm

    Love it!!!

    Liked by 4 people

  24. Sadou Bah Sep 17th at 10:45 pm

    Fine idea

    Liked by 2 people

  25. shaik khasim peera Sep 18th at 1:42 am

    Thanks for updating new features

    Liked by 4 people

  26. Koi Monkeys Sep 18th at 3:44 am

    does your content transfer over?

    Liked by 2 people

  27. Krn6678 Karan Singh Sep 18th at 7:38 am

    Amazing

    Liked by 6 people

  28. angonfati36 Sep 19th at 12:16 am

    intrested

    Liked by 3 people

  29. reapaulafiney Sep 19th at 2:27 pm

    Wow. Awesome!

    Liked by 4 people

  30. ogburnmarcus2 Sep 19th at 2:32 pm

    Thanks for your response.

    Liked by 5 people

  31. Ocibul Oc Sep 20th at 12:22 pm

    Nice👍👍

    Liked by 5 people

  32. The Awakener Sep 22nd at 3:24 pm

    Looks great

    Liked by 8 people

  33. Carrie Kommers Sep 22nd at 11:19 pm

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    Liked by 2 people

  34. Raeesa Rehman, M.Phil. Scholar, Department of Statistics, UoP Sep 23rd at 2:46 am

    Wanted work from where I started earning easily

    Liked by 2 people

  35. talhahammad55884 Sep 23rd at 9:28 pm

    Nice

    Liked by 1 person

  36. Abubakar Adamu Donkor Sep 24th at 6:17 pm

    Great

    Liked by 1 person

  37. NeimanInsider Sep 25th at 5:45 am

    Niceeee

    Liked by 2 people

  38. faithblssd Sep 25th at 11:39 am

    Fantastic

    Liked by 3 people

  39. waqaradiliuk123 Sep 27th at 2:33 pm

    wow

    Liked by 3 people

  40. Kasanje Sep 27th at 5:56 pm

    I’ve been using some of these

    Liked by 1 person

  41. Ayobo/IpajaTV Sep 28th at 4:33 pm

    Am new here but would like to join the community of bloggers..please feel free to network with me..am open to new ideas and more so a constant learner on the go.cheers to everyone

    Liked by 2 people

  42. Ayobo/IpajaTV Sep 28th at 6:20 pm

    Cool..am down already .cheers @supernovia

    Liked by 1 person

  43. mmavirtualassistanceservices Sep 29th at 5:23 am

    Thanks for this info. Looking forward to use these new themes in my own word press site @ https://wordpress.com/view/mechellemasuncion.wordpress.com

    Liked by 1 person

    • supernovia Sep 29th at 7:55 pm

      Congrats on the new site! You’ll want to be sure to share links to the site itself (starts with https://mechellem...) instead linking to a preview page. If you need help with that, let us know!

      Like

  44. kuldeepsinghnitinsingh2485singh Oct 4th at 9:28 pm

    Hai
    Sir

    Like

  45. markrubin802 Oct 5th at 2:54 am

    Nice

    Liked by 1 person

  46. emekachinenye7 Oct 6th at 12:10 pm

    Thanks for the information

    Liked by 2 people

  47. malikclassic12 Oct 10th at 10:24 pm

    Ok

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