OK, lengthy post title but I think it pretty much sums up this post. There are a ton of articles on the internet that point to free WordPress themes, but I though I’d post up a few links that helped me out whilst I was searching for the best ad ready themes to use.

Bit of background first. I was specifically looking for free ad-ready WordPress themes. I wanted to be able to set up a couple of blogs quickly and have them running adsense instantly – I also wanted a few free themes that supported 125×125 ad slots also.

Searching around on Google will throw up hundreds of links, and if you want to go through them the experience can be rewarding (and sometimes frustrating) and you will learn a lot. However, if you want a few short-cuts and pointers, then keep reading as I’ve listed the links that I found most helpful when searching for ad ready WordPress Themes in this post.

Before I list the links, I will provide a bit of background on one specific theme that I’ve found really useful, easy to install and realy easy to configure – ProSense Theme.

Prosense Ad-Ready WordPress Theme:

This blog utilises the Prosense Theme. Prosense is an adsense ready WordPress Theme that is simple to set up and start using almost instantly. In order to make the most of it and start running adsense you will need to have an adsense account (which will give you your ‘adsense id’ that you will need for this).

Prosense was created by the guys from Dosh Dosh and is an excellent generic, adsense ready, blog theme which lends itself really well to niche markets, and to bloggers who are looking for a simple but effective design that can be easily customised. Prosense comes in 3 basic colour schemes – Prosense Blue, Prosense Brown, and Prosense Grey

The image below shows Prosense Blue:

Prosense Features:

What makes Prosense so useful?:

• adsense_homepage_banner.php (adsense_homepage_banner.php)
• adsense_homepage_linkunit.php (adsense_homepage_linkunit.php)
• adsense_sidebar.php (adsense_sidebar.php)
• adsense_singlepost_bottom_banner.php (adsense_singlepost_bottom_banner.php)
• adsense_singlepost_bottom_square.php (adsense_singlepost_bottom_square.php)
• adsense_singlepost_top_banner.php (adsense_singlepost_top_banner.php)
• adsense_singlepost_top_square.php (adsense_singlepost_top_square.php)

The adsense ads are already optimised to the blogs colour scheme, so there is no need for you to change any of the colours after installation (unless you want to that is)

Where can I get Prosense?:

If the info above has inspired you to want to check out Prosense further or install it, then he links below should provide you with all you need:

1) Prosense Info and background from the creators of the theme: Dosh Dosh and The Wrong Advices.

2) Link to download Prosense Brown Theme: Prosense Brown

3) Link to download Prosense Grey Theme: Prosense Grey

4) Link to download Prosense Blue theme: Prosense Blue

After searching around for ad ready WordPress themes I chose to install Prosense on a couple of sites that I was experimenting with (including this one) as the points above ticked all the boxes that I was looking for. I appreciate that you may want to see what else is out there, so I’ve thrown together some links below of some other useful free ad ready wordpress resources I found:

13 links to the best ad-ready and free wordpress themes:

• WPThemesPlugin.com -  WPThemesPlugin.com has a ton of useful WordPress themes with most supporting 125×125 ad slots. Also included on this page is the theme called Vestique , which is a great theme that includes adsense as well as 125×125 ad slots, a 468×60 banner in the header, and adsense incorporated into all post pages. Vestique covers most of the ad needs for most bloggers.
• WPHacks.com – Another good source of ad ready wordpress themes. Most themes focus on supporting 125×125 ad slots. You’ll find a blend of 2 column and 3 column themes here.
• Sem-Pros.com – Sem-Pros.com has 6 adsense ready themes ready for download.
• Golod.com – Jason Golod’s ‘clean’ adsense ready theme.
• Almost Spring – Almost Spring is a very simple and adsense ready theme that can be a very effective and simple design. It may not be the prettiest out there, but it’s a good starting point and if money is your goal then there are a ton of adsense placements on this theme waiting to be exploited.
• AdsMinded – An ad ready theme that would lend itself well to ‘technical’ niches. Supports adsense prominently and has space for other banners and ads.
• ProBlogger Clean – As it says, clean theme and adsense ready.
• SEOAdsense Theme – Pretty basic looking, but effective and comes adsense ready with 3 units per page, and one linkunit.  A good starting base theme that can be modified as your experience increases.
• Themey – A simple but aggressive adsense ready theme – the content is almost blended in to the structure of the blog whilst the adsense placements are given priority in placement and visibility.
• BlixKrieg – Easily customised adsense ready theme with a good active community ready to leand a helping hand should you have issues.
• MonetisingtheWeb.com – Customisible theme incorporating adsense
• Elegantwpthemes.com – A site that is regularly updated with a large amount of free wordpres themes in 2 columns and 3 columns. Not all are ad ready, but there is plenty here to be getting on with.
• DoshDosh – As well as being the co-creator of the Prosense theme, Dosh Dosh has also drawn together 18 of the most popular ad ready WordPress themes.