As I’m sure you all know, WordPress 3.0 is just around the corner. In fact, two beta versions have been released already, so it won’t be too long before a stable version of everyones favourite blogging platform has been released.
There are some great new features in WordPress 3 including WordPress Multi User integration, additional post types, a new custom menu system, custom taxonomies, background and header image control in the admin area, and a new default theme called Twenty Ten (bye bye Kubrick!).
It’s worth noting that most themes from WP 2.7+ onwards should work with WP 3.0+ with no problems. You may have to follow some integration steps to take advantage of the new features though. Which is why the speed of WordPress themes has not slowed down over the last few months.
In this post I will showing you 20 of the best free WordPress themes which have been released since the start of the year. They should tide you over til WordPress 3.0 is launched 
20 Great Free WordPress Themes from 2010
1. Happy Go Try
2. Florance
3. GameZone
4. Red Steel
5. SimpleFolio
6. Möbius
8. Katana
9. Light Folio
10. Black Stone
11. The What’s Up
12. Elegant News
13. Altair
14. Traction
15. Paperpunch
16. Titan
17. Vigilance
18. The Standard
19. Recipy
20. Alkaline
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While not free ($87) the Thesis theme is pretty cool to work with. I started using it for a friend's non-profit website redesign and then began blogging about how to use it.
How To Build a Website Using WordPress and Thesis Theme Part 1
http://www.marketingroiordie.com/2010/04/07/how-t…
How To Build a Website Using WordPress and Thesis Theme Part 2
http://www.marketingroiordie.com/2010/05/02/how-t…
How To Build a Website Using WordPress and Thesis Theme Part 3
http://www.marketingroiordie.com/2010/05/16/how-t…
Enjoy!
Rebekah
It’s worth noting that most themes from WP 2.7+ onwards should work with WP 3.0+ with no problems. You may have to follow some integration steps to take advantage of the new features though.
This is so good to hear. I was wondering about this.
Most updates are usually in the backend. However, 2.7 brought in a lot of new functions therefore the default templates were updated. A few new functions and features were added in 2.8 and 2.9 too.
If you search on the web you should find some tutorials on how to upgrade your design.
wow ,awesome collection,seems i can pick up one for my blog
Really great collection..Thank you so much..
Hi guys,
My favorite theme is Florance, because I like the bright colors. Thanks for sharing.
Kind regards,
Sam
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The traction theme isn't free!
It is. You can download it from here. The premium version just has a lot more advanced features.
Hi !
Thanks for your information. It is a really nice collection thanks for your sharing.
I like "Happy Go Try" and like to use it on my blog.
The What's Up is not a bad "clean" theme.
Hey Kevin,
Thanks for this. Most are not free though, but I like vigilance. I need a theme that will allow me to customize my banner. I'm switching from a wordpress domain (leisurelivingblog.wordpress.com) to my own domain (youryogaplace.com) and I want to use my existing banner. Any suggestions on banner-customizable themes?
Thanks Trina
All of them are free. Which theme(s) are you referring to?
Спасибо вам это хорошая подборка шаблонов, обязательно воспользуюсь.
Thank you this is a good selection of templates, be sure to take it.
Great WP Themes!!! I will use a lot of these on my blogs!!!
These are some very beautiful 20 themes for free. I wasn't aware that there were ones this awesome for absolutely free. I especially like Florance and thinking about to replace my previous theme. Thanks.
Thanks for the themes but I am not able to download them,every time error appears unavailable,why so is there any problem from your side or from mine?Any alternative for downloading?
topic that you need – especially in the style of "minimal"
Thank you for this post? Is there any theme that you could recommend for a non for profit organisation website?
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