20 Free 3 Column WordPress Themes
Is your blog too cluttered? Too much information for one sidebar? Then you should try one of these free 3 column WordPress themes. From clean and minimal to graphic and creative templates to use on personal, corporate or magazine style blogs, this selection of 20 of the best 3 column WordPress templates will definitely help you make the right choice.
Please visit their authors’ sites, available at the “Info & Download” link, to learn more about each of these themes.
Elements of SEO
ElegantBlue
Simple Balance 2.0
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Pride
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Silhouette
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Grid Focus
Neoclassical
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Fervens
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MassivePress
Info & Download Here
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Agneka Simple
Sans-Serif Racer
WP Imagination
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Dilectio
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DailyPress
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Unbound
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Woodtastic
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Bird
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Dark Zen
Info & Download Here
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Lorem Ipsum
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These templates are great! I just wish they worked for Blogger. Why is it that the templates for WordPress always look so clean and crisp?
I wouldn’t say that every theme is clean, these are selected from probably over 300 themes that I’ve ruled out. Every blogging platform has nice designs, it all depends on designer’s talent.
Really nice and clean themes. Thanks for sharing.
Dude, this is one of your best posts so far! I used Dark Zen for a while on my personal blog, so I knew about that one, but you really gave me a good idea on what to use for one of my future developments. Cheers!
Ivan & Vlad, thank you both for your nice words. Glad you’ve enjoyed the selection.
simplified theme does it for me on my blog but others also cool
You’ve put together a really nice collection of themes here. I particularly like Daily Press although would be better with a white background.
@sushi: I don’t usually edit user comments but the kind of advertisement you made withing the part that was edited is not acceptable. Think twice next time. Also, I’ve checked that website before and I couldn’t actually find something really worth mentioning.
@Paula: I’m pretty sure that changing the background color is not a very hard thing to do for DailyPress.
I’ve always been a fan of three-column themes. They indeed make everything look clear and it’s harder to clutter your blog. It’s in no way impossible though
Very nicely sorted…! Thanks for listing them
Muy buen reporte de plantillas. Muchas gracias por compartir.
Saludos.!
1 word….wow!..thanks for sharing. I am amazed they do not charge for some
I’ve been looking for just this sort of list, thanks for putting it together.
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Nice list! I also love your other articles as well.
I really like Simple Balance – it’s the first time I’ve seen that theme.
nice collection..
thanks for posting.
SUPER
Thanks. nice themes
nice themes !
thanks for the themes…
wish u all the best and success
thanks for the theme, u’re great !
superb collection, thanks
Why there so little left sided 3 column themes, they all made on right side :\
realest, basically, the best 2 reasons I can think of are:
1. SEO-wise, outputting tons of menu links before content is not very helpful (although positioning can be achieved via CSS too);
2. Blogs are mostly “tall” websites with many scrolling pages. While scrolling, having the navigation close by is much helpful than having it across the screen.
thank You
This is great
Thanks for sharing !
Cheers
super nice themes
u got some awesome themes out their, i love it
Unbound really caught my eye!
Nice collection 
Thanks for putting this list together!
Personally I’m really feeling the first and last theme
Love your selection. I’ve downloaded a few and will try it out on which suites me the best.
Thanks. Great post.
Thanks for sharing.
Finally! I’ve been looking on wordpress website for a free three column wordpress theme, but their search engine is broke, it was showing up 2 columns as well.. so I googled, and googled, and came across your website where I finally found a clean and neat theme! Thanks!
I am downloading few themes and will upload them on my server as soon as possible. Cant wait to see them live on my blog. Pretty kool collection
I’ve been looking for some decent 3-column themes to replace my current theme. I think I’ve found some winners here. But you never know until you actually get them live. Keep ‘em coming.
Thanks for the info
It’s cool template.. Thanks
cool and very nice template..thank you
nice list!
Have just downloaded The Birds theme to help fit with the new blog im launching, Thanks
Agneka Simple is really simple… its colors reminds me of Flickr.
Nice Themes!
Wow! There are a lot of awesome WordPress themes here. I might have to convert my site to wordpress after seeing this. Judging that they’re all free.
I love the Unbound, thanks for sharing…
Simple Balance 2.0 is awesome and easy to use. Thank you very much.
Great web templates. I was actually looking for one to replace my current web template which is so rigid. Can’t see any of my adsenses. I’m going to try out one of templates shown here and see if they work. See you soon!
thanks for the great templates. i can’t find this one: The Story WordPress Theme??? well i can’t find the preview.
In answer to an earlier comment – my understanding is that the eye travels from left to right when first encountering visual stimulus; you want visitors to see your content first so put nav on the right – I was taught this at art school – next time you look at something for the first time try and conciously track where your eye goes first and the trajectory it follows. This way too serious but try it you’ll be suprised.
Nick,
We’re used to reading from left to right, unlike people in the arab countries. That’s why we focus on the top left corner first and continue scanning pages to bottom right in a quick zig-zag method.
In terms of what you want your visitors to see first, I will disagree with your statement. Why? Because most times, the content stands out on his own. We use large titles, images inside our articles, boxes around them, a larger area to display and so on.
Users don’t usually have a hard time identifying the content. The big problem with content is making it reader accessible through styling, paragraphs, sub-headings etc.
What users have a hard time identifying on websites is the navigation and when the navigation is not relevant, they go for the search form, assuming its placement is good and visible.
From statistics, about a third of the most accessed websites nowadays have an “inverted L” navigation type: items across the top, and items across the left side.
Usually, the ones across the top link to large areas of the website, while the left side ones are used to guide the user through sub-level items.
From where I stand, navigation should be consistent, meaning, you should have all your navigation items that relate to you website structure on one side (top or left) and additional navigation, like featured items, off site links etc on the other (left or right).
If you should decide between left or right hand navigation, there’s really no difference from a users point of view. No test managed to determine for sure that users prefer one over the other, and everyone adjusted really quick to the navigation if placed on the other side.
It’s all in the consistency and unity of your navigation items.
which one from those templates having the best choice for SEO
its really good themes . i liked all of them and iuse my blog choseone.. good blogs..
these are amazing themes thanks for the share
I love coming across WP theme collections, the only problem is so many great themes, so little time!
Thanks for presenting such a cool themes and I liked rainbow theme much.
Nice Themes!
i really like the Unbound theme, i think ill use that for my blog. thanks for the share!
Greate beutiful themes. i like that
simple and nice templates
these are indeed excellent templates. thanks for making them available at no cost. great work
I have used the Dark Zen theme before on 1 of my sites so nice to see it on your list.
Thanks for sharing! I’ve been looking for themes that I’ll be using for SEO related blog.
Awesome Post! Actually I need to install wordpress installation for easy accessing of my personal sites…for tht I need some guidance…
I like this list, I especially like “simple balance”
Silhouette >> page not faound
nice themes
Decided to use one of these for my WP blog.
Crisp clean designs.
cool and very nice template..thank you
i like Simple Balance 2.0, pretty cool…
Very nicely sorted. I particularly like Daily Press although would be better with a white background.
Really nice and clean themes.
i have used several of these themes and they work out great.
I am really like this ^^ hehehe
thanks for the themes
Thanks for these themes ! They are simple and clean !
thank for free themes like premium..
great jobs pal, there are so plenty nice theme. Thank you to make all free
As a user of Simple Balance for my blog/site, I can tell you that it’s a great theme and very versatile. Plus Alex provides excellent support.
Nice collection of themes.
Like the Fervens theme.
wow amazing collection.. collected them
Pride Theme has an Extra ‘h’ in the ‘http’ (so it reads ‘hhttp’ and wont open otherwise.
Best,
Ron
Thanks Ron, problem fixed.
Thanks for the up.
Sure=)
Its a nice theme but lacking an easy to implement sidebar reviews or banners…do any of your themes offer that? something like a “Logo, Short Description”
…I would even replace the search and meta functions with that…
best,
Ronn
MassivePress looks like it could work but the theme is missing the ads in the preview…
first time been on this site, very well themes. thanks for sharing
Very nice themes, thank you for putting this collection together for me.
nice themes
Thank you for the 3 columns template, been looking for this for awhile
Where is the theme shown in this image: http://blogsessive.com/wp-cont.....themes.gif
@James: It’s “Elements of SEO”, the first theme in the list.
Thx for sharing, these templates are really nice, I just wish they worked for me soon
Hey I think there is some problem with Silhouett … I have tried to open but with no result. Check it.
PJ
This themes compatible with latest wp version?
Really good collection of themes, thanks for sharing.
nice…
and thx..!!
great themes, ı like this site… Thanks you
wow, thanks 4 sharing these cool wordpress themes… Very useful site !!
I love wordpress. I have been using it for about 2 years and Let’s Mint is my fav theme in your collections
My McAfee suggested that the Bird theme was not secure. Can you tell me why?
@Anne, Unfortunately I cannot, but you can definitely ask the theme’s author.
Nice themes!
Very nice templates. I am looking to use one.
very Attractive themes….
very nice & attractive themes. I like Dilectio a lot!!
thx
Thanks great collection of themes
thanks alot for such a nice templates,i am going to use one of these themes
i love 3 column themes, and downloaded 2 from here. Nice collection..
Wah, i very like the simple balace theme, i download it for my next blog, big thanks again!
nice post bro .. now i have a new collection .. thank you
i use one of this themes, very nice, thanks….
cool and very nice template..thank you
hurraahh, these themes are very nice & attractive. i like these all very much. thanks for making these themes.
Neoclassical is the theme I chose, and I just love it! Thank you for pointing me to it!
Nice collection man.
Nice themes. I am going to us simple balance for one of my site. Thanks for sharing.
I am also looking for a 3 column left navigation bar, any ideas?
I’m trying to download Rainbow Circles but it’s not available. Will it become available? I just found this the other day and i LOVE this theme.
Thanks
Lisa
so so so nice themes i like it very much. thanks for making these themes for us. take care.
Very nice collection. Love Massive Press!
Hello Alex,
Loving your themes as they are easy on the eye gate. I’m looking at using your BlogSessive and am wondering if I can replace the logo across the top with my own?
Also appreciate your straight forward feedback to the person who wasn’t abusing this forum. I get the same thing, and have simply deleted them. You’ve taken the time to tell them why. Powerful!
so so so nice themes i like it very much. thanks for making these themes for us. take care.
I use the Massive Press theme for a few of my blogs.
Your collection is so damn beautiful. Download it one.
i m looking for a new 3 column theme for my blog. but i did’t like anyone. i think i need to pay for this.
Not what I expected. Should look at more collections to find out the best or just move on to Themeforest.
Wow……….wonderful collection!
awesome collections! thank you for sharing
Fantastic themes. Going to look into these when I next install wordpress on one of my sites. These look clean and great for SEO.
- Harriet
(Sorry about not using my name in the last comment!)
nice list of themes… but I was searching for a theme for my sms blog..
which where someone can see the full post… without entering the blog post url…
Cant find that type of 3 col themes…
Really nice themes for WordPress. I am using Simple Balance and it gives cool features.
Do you have any that allows you upload your own Mast Head?
nice collection..but just wonder whether all the themes is compatible to the latest WP version or not.
very nice template, i like it, thank for share
For me DailyPress is the absolute winner. Great theme, will use it.
Love your selection. I’ve downloaded a few and will try it out on which suites me the best.
Thanks. Great post.
Simple and eye-catching
Great collections. Thanks
thanks buddy, i like element of seo theme. you really help me to find 3 colomn theme here.
Cant download “MassivePress” theme from that sit…this is not a free theme any more…can you please provide another link for this them..
I like Neoclassical… simple and has lots of possibilities.
Thanks.
Thanks for the share.
I quite like the ‘elements of SEO’ theme. It looks clean and neat.
Have you tested any of these for SEO purposes? I’m currently trying out a theme called CTR (click through rate) which is supposed to help with SEO. It’s still early days, so I can’t say if it works.
I’d be interested to know if you have found any of these themes to rank better than others?
Thanks for the post
All the best
Bill Jenkins
Webmaster, learnhowtobuildaodghouse.com
nyc collection of SEO themes. Thumbs up!
I think massive press is a winner. Ill definitely tell my clients to give it a shot.
yeah …! thank u ! … to me like all themes !
Awesome themes! Really like “massive press”.
Nice themes, but is there a cool themes make for a wordpress blog optimized for videos ?
Awesome 3 column wordpress themes. I Like simplified theme for my personal blog. I will use it.
Thanks.
thanks for the 3 coloum wordpress themes, i have choose one and i use to my blog.. thanks you’re the best
I use the Massive Press theme for a few of my blogs.