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28 Smashing WordPress Theme Clones

April 14th, 2009 Blog

Themes inspired and created by WordPress theme authors, based on their favorite desktop applications and websites. Comment away if you know any look-alike themes that’s not in the list.

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Apple.com vs iBlog

CNN vs WNN

Coda vs WP CODA

Digg vs Digg-like

Digg vs Max Magazine

Facebook vs CryBook

Facebook vs Facebook WordPress

Gmail vs Gmail WordPress

Google Chrome vs Google Chrome WP

Google Search Engine vs Woogle

Mac OS X vs Leopard Mac

Mac OS X vs Tigerpress

Mac OS X vs iTheme

Mac OS vs Retro MscOS

Msn Messenger vs Msnlog

Tumblr vs Tumblelog

Twitter vs Fresh Tweet

Win Vista vs Themedvista

Win Aero vs Aerodrome

WP Dashboard vs WP DashboardLike

Gawker Lifehacker vs HackerWP

Premium WP Themes Clone

Alltop/Popurls vs OneNews

Apple.com vs iBlogPro

BBC vs TheBeeb

CNN vs The Gazette Edition

GameSpot vs GameMaker

Kineda vs Celebrity Gossip

New York Times vs New Yorker

Win Aero vs Aeros

WordPress.org vs Shade Pro

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56 Responses to “28 Smashing WordPress Theme Clones”

1. Calítoe.:. | April 16th, 2009 at 11:03 pm

   Thanks a lot for this list but, what happened to Deluxethemes since yesterday? Now you are redirected to their support forums. o_0

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   • Genkisan | April 17th, 2009 at 7:13 am

     Hmm.. they were working just days ago.

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2. MALINA | April 16th, 2009 at 11:11 pm

   CNN Theme not link

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   • Genkisan | April 17th, 2009 at 7:14 am

     Thanks for the heads up.

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3. a_usman | April 23rd, 2009 at 11:03 pm

   wow… great list you have.

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4. Andrew Powers | May 6th, 2009 at 10:43 am

   Hey! IBlog is on here — very cool!
   Thanks for including us.

   Andrew powers

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5. Blog design Lab | May 9th, 2009 at 5:45 am

   Thanks for this selection

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6. giorgio | May 15th, 2009 at 8:20 pm

   the gazette edition is not a free theme.

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7. Cheap Ed Hardy | May 20th, 2009 at 12:57 am

   Thanks for all the cool wordpress themes. I in the process of finding the right theme for me.

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8. william | May 26th, 2009 at 12:21 pm

   beautiful Collection !! OMG !! I’m realling buying one of this !! The News one are just crazily coooool….

   thanks mate for this, being looking for this long time..

   thanks !

   cheers

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9. carl | June 4th, 2009 at 2:10 am

   the gmail theme links elsewhere but not to the gmail theme (it is a fake?)

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   • Genkisan | June 4th, 2009 at 7:39 am

     I think deluxethemes.com removed some of their themes. Max Magazine page missing too.

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10. christian liang | June 12th, 2009 at 3:14 am

    Thanks for posting the different themes. personal fav is the Retro MscOS

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11. drakox | August 2nd, 2009 at 6:37 am

    Arreglen el de CNN! Está muy bueno pero no anda el link de descarga…

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    • Genkisan | August 2nd, 2009 at 7:10 am

      New link: http://www.templates-free.com/wordpress-themes/wnn-wp/714/

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12. BLoG kiTa | August 5th, 2009 at 10:30 pm

    Whoaa!! Nice List!! Thanks!

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13. podin | August 20th, 2009 at 8:11 am

    tank for CNN Theme i’am succes DL

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14. Free PSN Codes | August 27th, 2009 at 12:16 am

    Very nice themes! Thanks for sharing!

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15. Free XBox Live | August 27th, 2009 at 5:42 am

    Nice themes, thank you! I like the Digg mock-ups.

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16. Jonathan Bennett | August 27th, 2009 at 6:06 am

    I’m not exactly sure why, but these types of templates just make me all happy inside. The whole idea of using Google search as a page template was especially amusing, to me.

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17. SEODEO | September 2nd, 2009 at 10:49 pm

    Wonderful themes. I will use this informaton for my next project. Thank you

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18. birthday sms | September 12th, 2009 at 8:22 am

    these thems are awesome i like then all good work. thanks for sharing

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19. watch anime online | September 12th, 2009 at 8:23 am

    thanks for sharing these good and soft themes

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20. mazyoyo | September 14th, 2009 at 11:24 pm

    i just collect ones.. thanks.

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21. ceneval | September 29th, 2009 at 2:40 am

    Nice themes, thank you! I like the Digg mock-ups.

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22. Secured Loans | October 6th, 2009 at 11:25 pm

    Some great themes here… and free as well! Superb!

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23. iPhone Accessories Australia | October 7th, 2009 at 9:10 pm

    Thanks for the beautiful list of WordPress Themes. The Win Aero vs Aerodrome would look spectacular on my iPhone Accessories Blog. The Mac Wodpress clone also looks really cool! Thanks again!

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24. liz | November 2nd, 2009 at 8:29 pm

    Great themes. Thanks for sharing

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25. divx film indir | November 4th, 2009 at 8:00 am

    max magazin and gamer wonderfull theme. can ı find these themes for joomla?

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26. Homeowner Loans | December 4th, 2009 at 11:45 pm

    Digg v Maxx is my favourite.

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27. Heru Yugo Prasetyo | February 7th, 2010 at 8:08 am

    nice themes…cool i have download the woogle.. can we change the result keywords with bold font? have you some tips to make it?

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28. Payday Loans | March 15th, 2010 at 8:26 pm

    You cannot beat these – great work – well done.

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29. search engine | March 23rd, 2010 at 7:44 pm

    Man, really awesome collection. Just too good !

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30. Puschen | May 25th, 2010 at 9:49 pm

    Hi,
    thanks for the list. I am working with wordpress too. Last month I decided to buy a template, because I found no really cool free templates. –> At the result I also changed 90% percent of the premium template too… )

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31. Guarantor Loans | July 12th, 2010 at 6:24 pm

    Never seen such a good compilation! Thanks!

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32. Xbox Live for Free | July 22nd, 2010 at 10:20 am

    Beautiful looking tghemes. I may add one to my other site.

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33. FreePSNCards | July 26th, 2010 at 12:38 pm

    the iBlog Pro layout looks nice..
    i’m gonna have to use that one =D

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34. josh | July 26th, 2010 at 12:39 pm

    I Like the layouts
    they look really nice
    thanks for sharing

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35. Funny sMs | July 30th, 2010 at 1:19 pm

    Nice themes…i like all of them so much..thanks alot for sharing..

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36. FreeMicrosoftPoints | August 9th, 2010 at 12:22 pm

    the layouts look awesome =D

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37. FreePSNCodes | August 9th, 2010 at 12:23 pm

    im diggin the themes..
    they look great

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38. Pension Loans | August 19th, 2010 at 3:13 am

    The Beeb theme is fantastic. The same developers also do more themes based on everything from Sky Sports to NFL sites. They are absolutely awesome.

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39. Birthday sms | August 23rd, 2010 at 11:01 pm

    Really nice themes i was wondering about themes like these thanks so much for sharing..

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