Looking for a free child theme for the Genesis framework? You’ve come to the right place! All of our child themes listed here are free to use and are released under the GNU General Public License v2.0. Each child theme is fully internationalized and ready for translation. The CURRENT child themes require at least Genesis 1.9+ and WordPress 3.5+ in order to run. Over 4200 downloads to date! While these themes have been released free of charge please consider making a donation to the animal shelter of your choice.
Please note: While bug reports are welcome on the themes listed as CURRENT, they are offered without support. The themes listed as DEPRECATED are no longer maintained.
BlogNews
- Built on a 1100px CSS Grid
- 8 colour schemes – Aqua, Bronze, Green, Orange, Pink, Purple, Red and the default Blue
- Google fonts
- support for Genesis Responsive Slider, Genesis eNews Extended and Genesis Tabs
- 6 different content box styles to choose from
- 11 different gradient buttons
- post formats
- single post navigation
- widgetized 404 error page
- responsive layout
ElevenHundred
- Built on a 1100px CSS Grid
- Google fonts
- 6 different custom content box styles to choose from
- 11 different gradient buttons
- widgetized 404 error page
- single post navigation
- 4 custom widget areas
- Compatible with the Genesis Responsive Slider
- Compatible with the Genesis eNews Extended
- responsive layout
Herman
- Google fonts
- widgetized home page
- widgetized 404 page
- Landing page
- Portfolio page
- post formats
- single post navigation
- support for Genesis Responsive Slider
- responsive layout
- internationalized – ready for translation
Humphrey
- Built on a 1100px CSS Grid
- Google fonts
- Post Format support
- custom widgetized home page that reverts to a standard blog format if no widgets active
- widgetized 404 error page
- support for Genesis Responsive Slider and Genesis eNews Extended
- custom content boxes and gradient buttons
- Portfolio page using Portfolio custom post type
- responsive layout
- and more
Morgan
- Google fonts
- 3 custom menus
- 6 different content box styles to choose from
- Custom widgetized home page that reverts to a standard blog format if no widgets active
- pullquotes
- Genesis Box
- Post Format support
- widgetized 404 error page
- responsive
Winfield
- Google fonts
- 6 different content box styles to choose from
- Custom widgetized home page that reverts to a standard blog format if no widgets active
- setup for use with the Genesis Responsive Slider plugin
- pullquotes
- Genesis Box
- Post Format support
- widgetized 404 error page
- responsive
Conrad
- 6 different content box styles to choose from
- Custom widgetized home page that reverts to a standard blog format if no widgets active
- setup for use with the Genesis Tabs and Genesis Slider plugins
- setup for Genesis Grid Loop
- pullquotes
- Genesis Box
- Post Format support
- and more
Conrad Full
- 6 different content box styles to choose from
- Custom widgetized home page that reverts to a standard blog format if no widgets active
- setup for use with the Genesis Tabs and Genesis Slider plugins
- setup for Genesis Grid Loop
- pullquotes
- Genesis Box
- Post Format support
- and more
GoGreen
- Google fonts
- your choice of 3 different home page layouts
- setup for use with the Genesis Tabs and Genesis Slider plugins
- 6 different content box styles to choose from
- portfolio page
- Genesis Box
- Post Format support
- and more
Linky Loo
- A bookmark/link theme
- Automatically converts Post Titles to external links
- Widgetized home page that falls back to standard format if no widgets active
- Google Fonts
- Multiple Layouts
- Custom Header
- Custom Background
Manifest
- Google fonts
- 6 different content box styles to choose from
- your choice of 3 different home page layouts
- setup for use with the Genesis Tabs and Genesis Slider plugins
- pullquotes
- Genesis Box
- Post Format support
- and more
NewsBeat
- 6 different content box styles to choose from
- Custom widgetized home page that reverts to a standard blog format if no widgets active
- setup for use with the Genesis Tabs and Genesis Slider plugins
- setup for Genesis Grid Loop
- pullquotes
- Genesis Box
- Post Format support
- and more
Simple
- 7 colour schemes
- post formats
- 6 different content box styles to choose from
- Genesis Box
- and more
Theodore
- 4 custom menu positions (including header right widget area)
- 6 different content box styles to choose from
- Custom widgetized home page
- setup for use with the Genesis Tabs and Genesis Slider plugins
- pullquotes
- Post Format support
- single post navigation
- Portfolio page template
- and so much more
Winfield Dark
- Google fonts
- 6 different content box styles to choose from
- Custom widgetized home page that reverts to a standard blog format if no widgets active
- setup for use with the Genesis Tabs and Genesis Slider plugins
- pullquotes
- Genesis Box
- Post Format support
- and much more
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