Yes, Virtue is completely free to use. It is available on WordPress.org at no cost.

How many websites use Virtue?

Virtue has 20K+ active installations as tracked by WordPress.org.

What are the best Virtue alternatives?

Popular alternatives to Virtue include Twenty Twenty-Five, Astra, Twenty Twenty-Four. You can compare them on our theme directory.

Does Virtue work with the latest WordPress?

Virtue requires WordPress false+ and PHP 5.6+. Check the theme's WordPress.org page for the latest compatibility information.

Virtue — Reviews, Rating & Alternatives (2026)

As of April 2026, Virtue is a WordPress theme with 20K+ active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 223 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.6M+ times in total. Requires WordPress false+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Top alternative: Twenty Twenty-Five.

4.9/5223 reviews

20K+active installs

2.6M+total downloads

13 yearssince 2013

Overview

The Virtue is a classic theme, built before the Gutenberg block editor was created. While some support has been added for the block editor it's a WordPress legacy theme. The theme is extremely versatile with tons of options, easy to customize and loaded with great features. The clean, modern design is built with html5 and css3 and uses the powerful responsive framework from Bootstrap to be a fully responsive and mobile friendly. Virtue has support for wide and fullwidth blocks. It's fully e-commerce (Woocommerce) ready with all the tools you need to design an awesome online store. The versatile design is perfect for any business, online store, portfolio, or personal site. We built Virtue with a powerful options panel where you can set things like your home layout, sliders, custom fonts, a…

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Ratings & Reviews

4.9223 reviews

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Recent Reviews

Excellent theme and support

by simonhopi·3 years ago·1 reply

It is an excellent theme. Easily customizable, it offers many options and possibilities. The support and assistance service is excellent, professional, fast and kind. For me it is one of the best themes for WordPress. Congratulations! Great job!

Simon

Excellent theme in dozens of installations

by doffine·4 years ago·1 reply

We are using this theme in several dozens of installations for very heterogenous websites and we are really happy with the theme’s speed, usability and flexibility.

Thanks for the great and ongoing work,
-doffine

Theme Options is not working

by vouchercreates·5 years ago·1 reply

In the Recash dashboard of my admin panel theme options is not working.