New Themes: Ari and San Kloud

March 20, 2012

Takashi Irie

Today, I’m excited to introduce the latest additions to our ever-growing collection of free themes.

First up is Ari—a responsive and minimal blog theme designed by Elmastudio. This theme is beautiful out of the box but it’s also packed with cool features including two color schemes, three custom color options, a custom header image, a custom background, and a custom menu. With all of these features, the Ari theme will be suitable for a wide range of blogs. Yes, for yours too! So be sure to read about it on the Theme Showcase page.

Ari Theme

Next up is San Kloud—a bright, colorful theme with a playful feel—perfect for a tumblelog or journal. It features three color schemes, fun post format icons, and support for a custom header image and custom background. See more details on the Theme Showcase. San Kloud is designed by Theme.fm.

San Kloud Theme

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  1. Ian Stewart Mar 20th at 5:11 pm

    I love Ari. I switched my blog to it right away! 🙂

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  2. Mikalee Byerman Mar 20th at 5:31 pm

    Thank you for continuing to add to the arsenal of free themes…we poor bloggers do appreciate this! 😉

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  3. Christopher Mar 20th at 5:32 pm

    Thanks, WP, for keeping them coming!!!! Though I’m a devote Bueno guy, I’m tempted by your new releases every time!!!! Love you…

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  4. Bosstiger Mar 20th at 7:34 pm

    I do like both themes, the Ari theme is good, it is a three column theme and it is well designed, the San Kloud theme, I think it looks best on its orange view, well both themes are too great, new themes, new inspiration, keep up the good work 😀

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  5. Sandra Pawula Mar 20th at 8:14 pm

    Love the minimal themes like Ari! Keep ’em coming. Many thanks!

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  6. Matt's Photo Contest Mar 20th at 8:37 pm

    Oh, I’m so glad you have some new themes. I always love to browse the newest themes at WP!

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  7. Donkey Whisperer Farm Mar 20th at 8:48 pm

    I will look into this theme. Thank you!

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  8. wildlifewatcher Mar 20th at 8:51 pm

    Thanks WordPress for these fine new theme choices. I eagerly let my friends know about WordPress and how wonderful this blog press is! Your staff is ever-so-helpful, too!

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  9. Sajib Mar 20th at 9:26 pm

    Thank you for all the new addition although I’d say nothing beats the theme that is currently active on my blog. 😀

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  10. rmsocialmedia Mar 20th at 9:34 pm

    I’m new to WordPress, but I must say: I’m impressed!

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  11. timethief Mar 20th at 10:08 pm

    I like Ari and will be torture testing it (lol :D) in my test blog before switching it using it. 🙂

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  12. sannekurz Mar 20th at 10:27 pm

    Loving it! And was fun to read German samples for a change – very entertaining!

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  13. ghambertani Mar 20th at 10:54 pm

    I like this theme. Simple an classic look and many feature

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  14. Mayris Mar 20th at 11:07 pm

    I feel like switching to Ari theme now. Yohoo.Kudos WP for always keeping us abreast with this cool themes.

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  15. pdrhodes53 Mar 20th at 11:17 pm

    I like the new themes and look forward to the others you discover.

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  16. siobhanmp Mar 20th at 11:30 pm

    I have just changed the look of my blog with San Kloud. I found it the easiest one to use as regards changing the background colour. Thanks,
    Siobhan

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  17. Shane Peltzer Mar 20th at 11:54 pm

    Damn, I just switched to Splendio (which I love!) but that Ari theme…wow. Tempting.

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  18. Air Cooled Underware Mar 21st at 1:22 am

    So Many themes to try. I think I will have to start a test blog just to be able to try some of these on for ‘size’.Thanks for the continuing creativity.

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  19. walterdoege Mar 21st at 1:54 am

    Very intersting themes…my blog is a work in pogress and my blog till now is words, phraes, paragraphs and so on

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  20. georgesg1 Mar 21st at 5:49 am

    I like the san Kloud , I have been watching thems for a long time and it is the 2nd one I approve , becaause it is soft
    to the eyes And the riting is easy to see , for example naerly black font on a black background would be hard to see ,
    black on white is also hard on the eyes , my first choice is andreas 4

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  21. hewhospeaksless Mar 21st at 6:29 am

    I like the them both but I’m gonna have to stick with my old theme. I’ll change it when I get some followers and have some posts. 🙂

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  22. viveka Mar 21st at 6:58 am

    Like them both .. thanks for given us something new and fresh. Have tried quite few out – but so fare I will stick with “forever”. Like simple themes that don’t take to much away from the written word – and both here is just perfect. Thanks!

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  23. globalinforation Mar 21st at 8:29 am

    I am new to wordpress but I am impressed.I like your posted pictures

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  24. bwbears Mar 21st at 9:57 am

    I love these new themes, particularly Ari… keep them coming!

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  25. emsitewa Mar 21st at 11:32 am

    i like both of them because they are a blend of nature… They look beautiful. Congratulations!

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  26. harirnurdin Mar 21st at 6:03 pm

    Thanks WordPress for these fine new theme choices’.Love the minimal themes like Ari! Keep ‘em coming. Many thanks!

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  27. Dinar Latest News Mar 21st at 6:29 pm

    Really nice post. It’s very helpful for all guys that are new with WordPress.

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  28. raulnayak Mar 22nd at 7:51 am

    San Kloud has indeed caught my eye… Thanks!!!

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  29. trangquynh Mar 22nd at 4:44 pm

    Thank you for a great post, I’ll try it on my food blog as soon as I can 😀

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  30. Agus Hadi Mar 22nd at 8:22 pm

    It’s feel so “Cloud”. Simple but amazing, and of course I love something simple like this. Good work Ari.. I like it. 😀

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  31. christrocks Mar 24th at 2:47 am

    The San Kloud theme is cute! Not for me, but I’m sure a lot of people will benefit from this addition.

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  32. jessiethought Mar 24th at 5:21 pm

    Ari has an interesting layout. I like it.

    Thanks, WordPress, for all your work.

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  33. Raise Expectations Mar 24th at 11:19 pm

    Cool themes. I like Ari better because it’s more minimalist. San Kloud’s cool too. It might be better for a kid’s or a game type of blog.

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  34. Teews Mar 25th at 7:46 am

    Thanks a lot for the updates^^ kinda cool:)

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  35. 19800000131mimmo Mar 25th at 3:13 pm

    i like both of them because they are a blend of nature… They look beautiful. Congratulations!

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  36. The Retiring Sort Mar 25th at 4:19 pm

    I like the way San Kloud displays all posts on the home page as distinct pages – very clear, yet a little whimsical!

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  37. AMIR GAZIT DESIGN WORKSHOP Mar 26th at 5:27 pm

    I would like to have a larger header for the Ari theme. WordPress.com , is there any possible way without 3rd party hosting?

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  38. respuestablog Mar 26th at 7:00 pm

    I like the minimal design of that first Ari one. Very clean! thanks for sharing both

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  39. thedarkestskin Mar 29th at 4:24 pm

    Thanks so much WordPress for all these interesting themes.

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  40. Sandra Lago Mar 29th at 7:09 pm

    Really nice themes!

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  41. Annie Mar 31st at 8:19 pm

    Ok so I think if I compare the two, I like ‘Ari’ better. I would like to experiment with it’s features and use it on my personal blog!!! 🙂

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  42. My Camera, My Friend Apr 1st at 3:11 am

    I like Ari. Nice clean theme.

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  43. micheal1985 Apr 1st at 7:38 pm

    good theme , i like it

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  44. chokolatt Apr 3rd at 1:59 am

    Liking the San Kloud theme :D!
    Colors are just nice ❤

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