Highlights · computed from our daily tracking data
- Creative Minimalist currently ranks #179 in the WordPress.org popular themes list.
- Its best position in our tracking is #42, first reached on Jul 16, 2025.
- Active installs have held steady at 1K+ since we began tracking it in June 2026.
- It is averaging 12 downloads/day over the last 30 days, down 24% versus the month before (16/day).
- The latest release, v1.4, shipped on Jan 31, 2026 (258 days ago) — release #5 since the theme joined the directory in 2025.
Ranking history
Ranking history — data table
| Date | Ranking history |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | #179 |
| 2026-09-30 | #168 |
| 2026-08-31 | #155 |
| 2026-07-31 | #154 |
| 2026-06-30 | #141 |
| 2025-08-06 | #50 |
| 2025-07-31 | #50 |
Latest reading of each month from our daily snapshots; the chart holds the full daily history.
Active installs
Active installs — data table
| Date | Active installs |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | 1,000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 1,000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 1,000 |
| 2026-07-31 | 1,000 |
| 2026-06-30 | 1,000 |
| 2025-08-06 | 600 |
| 2025-07-31 | 500 |
Latest reading of each month from our daily snapshots; the chart holds the full daily history.
Downloads per day
Downloads per day — data table
| Date | Downloads per day |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-15 | 21 |
| 2026-09-30 | 19 |
| 2026-08-31 | 30 |
| 2026-07-31 | 9 |
| 2026-06-30 | 10 |
| 2026-05-31 | 13 |
| 2026-04-30 | 16 |
| 2026-03-31 | 30 |
| 2026-02-28 | 18 |
| 2026-01-31 | 774 |
| 2025-12-31 | 17 |
| 2025-11-30 | 39 |
| 2025-10-31 | 27 |
| 2025-09-30 | 50 |
| 2025-08-31 | 47 |
| 2025-07-31 | 91 |
Latest reading of each month from our daily snapshots; the chart holds the full daily history.
Details
| Author | SuperbThemes |
|---|---|
| Current version | 1.4 |
| Versions released | 5 |
| Last updated | 2026-01-31 |
| Added to directory | 2025-07-02 |
| Requires WordPress | 6.1+ |
| Requires PHP | 5.6+ |
| Type | Block theme |
| First tracked here | 2025-07-16 |
Description
Creative Minimalist is the best free WordPress theme for creatives, bloggers, and businesses who value clean design and high conversion rates. Whether you're running a lifestyle, travel, fashion, or photography blog—or managing a marketing agency, startup, or corporate company—this minimalist theme adapts easily. Built for speed, it’s one of the fastest and most mobile friendly themes available. Fully responsive, translation ready, and FSE compatible, it works with page builders like Gutenberg, Brizy, Elementor, Visual Composer, and Divi Builder. With support for adsense, advertisement, affiliate banners, and schema markup, it's perfect for magazine, news, or newspaper publishing. Customize your sidebar, block, template, and color options easily. Use it as a journal, portfolio, writing, or review site, or build a high-converting landing page or one page ecommerce store with WooCommerce. SEO-optimized and simple to use, Creative Minimalist helps your WordPress site get found by search engines—and loved by your audience. Includes dark mode and blogging tools for writers. It's easy to create a website with Creative Minimalist.
Frequently asked questions
How many websites use Creative Minimalist?
WordPress.org reports 1K+ active installs.
How popular is Creative Minimalist?
As of October 16, 2026, Creative Minimalist ranks #179 in the WordPress.org popular themes list. Its best position in our tracking is #42.
When was Creative Minimalist last updated?
Creative Minimalist was last updated on January 31, 2026 (version 1.4). It has shipped 5 releases in total.
Who makes Creative Minimalist?
Creative Minimalist is developed by SuperbThemes. It joined the WordPress.org theme directory in July 2025.
