Genesis is the top framework at the moment for WordPress powered sites. It provides a great core structure to build your themes with good coding structure. However, styling this “structure” is difficult, especially for those who don’t know anything about coding. Studiopress, the creator of this framework, does provide many solid child themes with professional looking and functions, but they cost around $24.95 for each child theme (maybe smaller if you use Studiopress discount code).
If you don’t want to spend your money but still want to give another dress for your site, you can use FREE Genesis child themes. The problem is searching for these free themes takes lots of time. To save your theme and help you enjoy the power of Genesis framework, I have put here a collection of top free themes for Genesis. There are plenty of themes, but I just show the best of them. Hope that these themes will add more spices to your website.
Note: These themes require Genesis Framework to work, so you must have Genesis first. If you haven’t bought Genesis yet, you can click this link to buy (The price is the same, but I’ll get commission on your purchase and I’ll use that money to grow this site bigger and bigger).
Free Genesis Child Themes – The Best Collection
CopyBlogger
This theme is inspired by Copyblogger, the top blog about blogging and increasing conversion rate. It has 6 page layouts, 3 theme colors, custom background, custom header, custom menus, footer widgets, threaded comments.
24k
24k is a blog theme designed by Josh Byers. It has clean design with 3 main colors Yellow, Black and White. Features: 6 page layouts, custom background, custom header, custom menus, footer widgets, threaded comments.
Sample
It used to be a free theme, but now it’s the default layout of Genesis 1.8 & WordPress 3.3. It creates a solid foundation to build your themes on.
Fairway
Normadic
The very first free theme from Genesis, very clean and simple.
Georgia
HB Theme
This theme is inspired by FreelanceSwitch and Evanto theme. Beside the normal layout, it also supports advertising spaces, cufon and footer settings box.
Sinatra
This theme reminds me of the old age of Frank Sinatra 
It has a big slider on top, 3 columns footer and many other features.
Transchild
Features: Auto slider on top, Custom background, Drop down menus
Okeo
by TeethGrinder
This theme includes 3 layout options, 7 color scheme, custom background, featured images, footer widgets and Genesis slider.
Inzornade
by TeethGrinder
Inzornade is a CSS3 child theme for Genesis Framework. It also includes jQuery slider for homepage, you can set the size for featured images.
Birow
by TeethGrinder
It’s a child theme for bloggers need simplicity and clarity. It’s very light since it doesn’t require much graphics.
Adaptation
It combines simplicity and Thesis-feel to a Genesis child theme. It’s my most favorite free child theme so far.
Latitude
This child theme includes Genesis slider plugin, portfolio page template, 6 layout options, custom header and background, featured images. It’s very suitable for business website.
MiniPress
Black and White WordPress child theme by Rafal Tomal.
Gridspiration
A grid-feel design theme by Rafal Tomal
Fremedy
Fremedy has shortcodes, easy landing pages, simple installation, different color styles, extra custom widgets and more!
Code Chirps
Code Chirps includes big “Read more” button and an email optin box at the top.
Humphrey
This theme includes Google fonts, 10 different types of box, custom homepage, post format support.
GoGreen
Simple
Terragon
This child theme consists of earth-toned colors, mainly browns and reds. The homepage is loaded with featured widgets and some other killer features.
Fitness
It’s a perfect theme for weight loss and fitness blog. It has some nice graphics related to these niches to help you make a better website.
Justify
Flare
Make Your Own Genesis Child Theme
If you want to build your own child theme, you should read this free guide from Studiopress. In this free guide, it will teach you how to install, configure, settings and many other things about Genesis framework.
I hope with these free genesis child themes and the ultimate guide from Studiopress, you can enjoy the power of Genesis framework.
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Hi, I just downloaded the guide. I think genesis is good for new blogger since the features are lot effective. Thanks for having these post. I am planning to sell genesis child themes.
Genesis is good for web developers for wordpress also to make wordpress theme fast and effective.
If you are releasing your child theme, please let me know so I can update for my readers here
Hi
Nice list but some of the themes are not possible to download..
HB theme
Links redirects you to Depositfile.com. After 60sec you get message the files doesnt exists or has been remove.
Birow.
“Download does not exist!”
These are the ones I have tested..
Hi, for HB Theme, it seems like the owner has removed the link. I’ll upload my version and update soon since it’s a free theme.
For Birow, the creator of this child theme, teethgrinder, is moving his hosting, so it isn’t possible to download his themes for a while.
Hi guys, we also please to contribute with our first free theme you can see in action here: http://demo.zigzagpress.com/?theme=simplicity
I will love to hear your feedback
@patrick – Thanks for the free theme. I’m about to install it and check it out. Just a heads up that the email to download the free theme went into my spam filter.
This theme is pretty perfect.. simply good.
New Child Theme – Genesis Sandbox Theme Starter Kit =)
GenesisSandbox.com, created by me Jonathan Perez, and developed by Travis Smith
Completely Free and Open Source on GitHub, feel free to contribute, suggest, and ask!
I’ll be making some tutorials in the next couple of weeks so keep an eye out for that too!
Just a heads up. Was in your page yesterday for the Sandbox theme and everything was ok. Now I try to go into it today and getting all kinds of malware errors. Just wanted you to know. Not sure if it is just me or not. Thanks.
I got the same warning
I’ve used the Fairway theme. It looks great after little customization.