19 Best Free Forum WordPress Themes

This WordPress theme can be considered among the best ones when it comes to providing functionality for a forum website. Built on the Bootstrap framework, FirmaSite supports BuddyPress as well as bbPress plugins, along with plenty of optimization features such as Google Fonts, 13 varying theme styles, 4 different layouts and much more.

The ecstatic color combination of yellow and black gives the Fanwood free forum WordPress theme buzzy appeal. With the seamless integration for bbPress, BuddyPress, Hybrid Tabs and Jigoshop, you can also play around with the customizations in the form of 12 different layouts, post formats, and widget areas.

A child theme of the popular Twenty Ten multipurpose WordPress theme, bbPress (Twenty Ten) is built to last. Without any extravagant imagery and visualization effects, the robust structure and plenty of customizations in the form of posts, background, layout and widgets makes bbPress (Twenty Ten) among the most sought after choices.

Designed with the new generation of users in mind, the Origameiz free forum WordPress theme has a stunning design. Ideal for the magazine, blog or even news websites, this theme comes with a wide array of customization options such as custom color patterns, background, post format and several other theme options.

The clean, responsive and brilliantly designed WordPress theme of AccessPress Staple is primarily a multipurpose business theme. This theme not only supports forum layout with bbPress compatibility, it is also integrated with the WooCommerce plugin. With multiple blog layouts, social media integration, full width gallery and boxed content, you can have it all in your business website.

The National Basic theme has a transcendent appeal, owing to its full-width header image followed by a plain white background. Not only does the design style of this theme make typography even more effective, but the added performance boost by its Bootstrap framework, forum integration support by bbPress and BuddyPress, and jQuery carousel multimedia gallery makes it as good as any other premium WordPress theme.

Although the Optimizer WordPress theme has multiple usages, what makes it ideal for a forum website is its wide range of customization options and responsive layout. With more than 600 fonts for enhanced typography, HTML5 and CSS3 performance enhancement and seamless integration of Contact Form 7, WooCommerce, bbPress and Mailchimp, your forum website will have nothing but the best.

The Agama free forum WordPress theme comes with a personalized feel with tons of customization options. Apart from forum support with the bbPress plugin integration, you can monetize directly from your website with the WooCommerce plugin support and also choose between multiple color schemes and blog styles.

If you are looking forward to creating an online tech support or online help forum, the CyberMag theme would be a great choice. With 9 different page templates, 6 layouts, and 11 widget areas to customize your website, you can also utilize the SEO friendly and responsive CyberMag theme for e-Commerce support.

Based on a dark color scheme, the Nerocity WordPress theme boasts with powerful features and a creative design style. Built with the power-packed Twitter Bootstrap framework, Nerocity supports custom layouts, background, header, blog support and much more.

Matheson is among the free forum WordPress themes which incorporate an artistic design into its essence. Keeping things clean and elegant with a minimalist design and vibrant visuals, Matheson is built with Compass, SASS and Bootstrap for optimal performance, along with bbPress as well as BuddyPress integration.

The Chromatic WordPress theme is the one to go for when you need your business website to support seamless forum integration. The mobile friendly layout and fluidic design is supported by a large number of customization options, along with a user-friendly drag and drop page builder for a fully custom layout.

A dedicated forum website does not require fancy visuals and effects, but does need unprecedented performance which the Impulse Press delivers. Built to perform with the Bootstrap framework, you get the choice of multiple page templates, customization options and even free theme support from the developers.

Corsa free WordPress theme is yet another brilliant choice for an agency, portfolio or business theme which incorporates forum functionality in a seamless manner. Integrated with the WP PageBuilder, Google Fonts, WooCommerce, bbPress, WPML and many other, the one-click installation makes website building a hassle-free experience.

The Elbee Elgee forum WordPress theme is built with the good old classic forum layout with a hint of modern elements. With multiple columns, more than 20 different layouts, custom background, headers and much more, you get support for BuddyPress as well as bbPress.

The AccessPress free WordPress theme is all about the elegance and simplicity in design, masked behind raw performance elements. With bbPress and WooCommerce compatibility, you also get an SEO friendly structure, plenty of customization options, featured image slider and much more in a compact, business style design.

The MesoColumn is regarded as one of the best free BuddyPress WordPress themes out there, owing to its iconic design and power-packed performance. Built with HTML5 and CSS3, this theme supports some of the most noteworthy WordPress plugins and comes with features such as Google Fonts, custom background, layout, header, menu and much more.

Ideally a free blogging WordPress theme, Star is all about speedy performance and heightened reading experience. The white color pattern enhances the readability of your content while the numerous widgets and Jetpack plugin incorporate even more features into the core functionality of the Star WordPress theme.

The Destin Basic WordPress theme is among the few which incorporate forum functionality into a visualization-centric design. The fluidic responsiveness of this theme is supported by HTML5 integration, while the additional features such as multiple plugins integration (Jetpack, bbPress, BuddyPress, WooCommerce) make the Detin Basic a sight to behold.