Today with all the WordPress Theme Shops that popping up all around, it’s more and more difficult to find free themes. In this post, I will list 11 recent free WordPress Themes which have premium features like theme options in the admin Panel and multiple Color Schemes. All the themes have been released recently during the first semester 2010.

1. Design Pile via Smashing Magazine

Type : Magazine, News, Blog

Style : Dark, Grunge and Handwritten Font

Features : Widget Ready, Theme Options Page in admin panel

One of the best recent free theme designed by site5 and released on Smashing Magazine. I really love the design but in the negative points : no featured post management, and no carousel to display the  last post.

Quick link : Demo – Download

2. FolioGrid by Frogsthemes

Type : Portfolio

Style : Liquid design, Grid, Clean, Minimalist

Features : Widget Ready, Thumbnail resizing, 3 color schemes

One of the first free portfolio liquid themes for WordPress. I love the JQuery roll-over effect on the posts.

Quick link : Demo – Download

3. NotePad by N.Design Studio

Type : Blog, News

Style : Apple-style, Clean, Fresh

Features : Widget Ready, Theme Options Page in admin panel

A great new themes by Nick La, NotePad is inspired the iPhone’s Notes application. Really great design details, but only one color variation. this themes is also available for blogger and textpatern.

Quick link : Demo – Download

4. Good Theme Lead by Good Theme

Type : Magazine, News

Style :  Clean, Fresh

Features : Widget Ready, Theme Options Page in admin panel

This themes was already released some times ago but the new version 2.0 is now available with some new features.

Quick link : Demo – Download

5. Structure Theme by Organic Themes

Type : Magazine, News

Style :  Minimalist

Features : Widget Ready, multiple color schemes

A nice 3 columns themes which would be great for customization.

Quick link : Demo – Download

6. Daily Note by Design Disease

Type : Blog, Personal

Style : Grunge, Paper Texture

Features : Widget Ready, multiple color schemes

A nice clean design

Quick link : Demo – Download

7. Furvious by Kreative Themes

Type : Blog, Personal

Style : Fresh ,Clean

Features : Widget Ready, multiple color schemes, Featured Post

A nice 2 columns themes which would be great for customization.

Quick link : Demo – Download

8. Bright Sky by Kreative Themes

Type : Blog, Personal

Style : Light, Clean, Fresh

Features : Widget Ready, multiple color schemes, Lifestream, Twitter.

Ideal for a Personal blog with a LifeStream Feature.

Quick link : Demo – Download

9. Upside Theme by DynamicWP on Six Revisions

Type : Magazine-style

Style : Light, Clean

Features : Widget Ready, multiple color schemes, Thumbnail management.

The UpSide Theme is a free WordPress theme that is best suited for personal blogs. The WordPress theme comes with 5 color schemes and 2 different layouts that you can set up on the theme’s options page in the WordPress Admin panel.

Quick link : Demo – Download

10. Simplity Fresh by InstantShift

Type : Blog

Style : Light, Clean

Features : Widget Ready, multiple color schemes, Thumbnail management.

Simply Fresh is a new WordPress theme from designer and developer Matt Cronin, being released exclusively from InstantShift for its readers.

Quick link : Demo

11. Koi Theme by N.Design Studio

Type : Blog

Style : Watercolor, Textured

Features : Widget Ready, Admin Panel.

Based on the last design of N.Design Studio. This theme is really one of the most beautiful.

Quick link : Demo – Download