Top 5 Fast and Lightweight WordPress Themes

Are you a blogger or you’re thinking of starting a blog, then I’m going to tell you about the most amazing and fastest WordPress themes for bloggers in 2023. You probably might be interested in blogging that’s why you are here. As a web designer and a freelancer, I’ve covered some amazing fast-loading WordPress themes for almost free.

Which type of theme should I use as a blogger? Well, I know this question irritates you very much but now no more irritations. We generally look for free themes plugins, software, websites, services, and a lot more. 

If you are a blogger you must know how to keep the website user-friendly so that you can get more traffic, Free themes and plugins have limited features sometimes but they are good enough for beginners and newbies. Here are some amazing WordPress themes you should use in 2023.

GeneratePress:

This theme is really renowned among bloggers all over the internet. It comes with a free and paid version with user-friendly support. You can run a blog generating $1000/per month easily while using this amazing fast theme.

You are free to customize anything in the theme from header colors, and typography to layout controls, elements, and extensions. Gp Premium unlocks all modules and site libraries that are not available in the free version.

There are 40+ demo libraries you can import and customize accordingly. During my 2years of freelancing as a web designer, I have realized if you are looking for a lightweight theme for blogging purposes Generate Press is a gem for the bloggers’ community.

Ocean WP:

This is a multipurpose optimized free theme, Ocean wp is a highly customizable and easy theme, you can Import demo content, edit and delete anything you want. It comes with one click demo importer extension which means you can build a website in just 5 mins you just need to edit as per your requirements that’s it. 

Freelancers love this theme because it is easy, fast, responsive, and compatible with e-commerce features. If you are a product-based business and looking for an e-commerce store then this theme made your task simple.

They have a popup login, cookies notice, sticky footer, custom sidebar, element, or widgets as extensions. Is the theme good for bloggers? Yes, this theme is responsive and well-structured you can simply import blogger templates and edit them accordingly. I have used ocean wp a lot of times for my clients and for personal use and it’s a good theme for beginners.

Bimber:

Bimber is considered the best-selling viral theme of all time. It is a lightweight theme that is great for news forums, BuzzFeed, Reddit, viral blogs, viral videos, and youtube. This is the paid theme available on Themeforest with the latest update.

Taking page speed into consideration bimber scored 90 on pagespeed insights which are amazing. You can load ads, photos, videos, and content from social media sites as well. It will work with and without page builders.

In the latest update Bimber has launched an affiliate product aggregator Demo, which means you can make money on Black Friday, and Cyber Monday. It will automatically fetch product title descriptions and images for woo commerce products.
It can be an Amazon affiliate, eBay, aliexpress, and many more. Similarly, there are 15+ Viral demos from which you can create your own social news aggregator, fashion blog, affiliate blog, movie blog, and many more amazing websites.

Astra:

Astra is considered the most powerful theme of all time. And why not with their excellent performance and support Astra stands out with 5-star ratings. I have used this free theme several times for my clients and I feel like I am doing nothing.

Pre-build websites reduce your burden of creating a website from scratch, therefore it’s easy to use and customize each section of the theme. Astra has similar options like disabling elements content formatting which is in generate press also and it allows you to choose the schema structure of the WordPress website.

I really like the integration option available with my favorite page builders element or, Yoast, learn dash, and woocommerce. Changing themes is the most procrastinating thought when you are not happy with the current theme but you can simply migrate to the astra theme without any extra effort.

Astra Premium will be most beneficial as you get more options like spacing controls, hooks and filters, multiple blog layouts, and more color controls.

Customify

Among all players, this theme stands out differently as it comes with a WYSIWYG Header & Footer builder built exclusively for this theme in light of the fact that their speed tests delivered astounding outcomes.

You can use any page builder to create your website, it can be anyone elementor, visual composer, brizy, Divi, Thrive, architect, beaver builder, etc.. while the customization perspectives are finished with header and footer developers, demo imports, and mixes with page builders. It supports heavy plugins like woo commerce, yoast, buddypress etc…but i will still go for generate press theme and there is no comparison between Customify and generate press. Both themes are well-coded for users and designers, and that is the reason Customify is in the list.

You can simply import pre-made (demo) website templates, and customize your WordPress site easily, Having a user-friendly website increases the chance to attract visitors and traffic. From the SEO perspective, this might be a good theme for you therefore you can use it for free.