New Theme: Rusty Grunge
It is time to introduce a new free theme which goes by the appropriately evocative name of Rusty Grunge. It goes without saying, this theme has all the rusty and grungy elements needed to appeal to all those who embrace grunginess in themes. It has a light content area over a dark background, and some color splashes around on its design.
The Rusty Grunge Theme
The theme comes equipped with options for Custom Background, Menus, Post Formats, and Header Image. It also bears two distinct widget areas, making this theme not only grungy but also highly customizable.
As usual, find more about what it has to offer on the Theme Showcase.
Designed by Chris Wallace, Rusty Grunge is also available for self-hosted WordPress.org sites via the WordPress.org Themes Directory.
March 25th, 2011 at 5:15 pm
“Not only grungy but also highly customizable”, I love it.
March 25th, 2011 at 5:19 pm
I like it; though I’d much prefer if the header wasn’t red. Still, it’s nice looking.
March 25th, 2011 at 5:26 pm
Another grunge theme. Love it!
March 25th, 2011 at 5:57 pm
Work of Excellence, it seems creativity has gone Rampant, beautiful work by Rusty.
March 25th, 2011 at 5:59 pm
Very nice theme but not my cup of tea… There is always a theme for everyone… Thanks!
March 25th, 2011 at 6:05 pm
I think it looks awesome, although I would have preferred more red as opposed to blue and green. However that’s just my personal preference. Great theme!
March 25th, 2011 at 6:18 pm
The themes look quite similar with each other, especially the new ones.
This one looks hip, though.
March 25th, 2011 at 6:29 pm
Looks awesome, love how it’s so customizable too.
March 25th, 2011 at 6:37 pm
Great way to start off the day! Thanks, WP team!
March 25th, 2011 at 6:52 pm
Looks nice! Love this one
March 25th, 2011 at 6:59 pm
Looks like the nicest one I have seen. Now how do I use it?
March 25th, 2011 at 7:06 pm
You can activate the theme from your dashboard, in Appearance > Themes, or on the Theme Showcase page.
March 25th, 2011 at 7:05 pm
Nice and Beautiful theme… But I would appreciate if you add “Like Box” feature of Facebook in WordPress.com
Regards
March 25th, 2011 at 7:08 pm
Just when I thought I had found the theme I liked the best, this one comes along! Now I don’t know which one to choose!
March 25th, 2011 at 7:31 pm
Good job… The more customizable the best.
March 25th, 2011 at 7:33 pm
Decent theme. I might check it out.
March 25th, 2011 at 7:35 pm
Tasty…
March 25th, 2011 at 8:14 pm
Adorably coloured! Wonderful theme and, did I say adorably coloured?
March 25th, 2011 at 8:22 pm
Love it! A bit more moody and dark…with some fun color!
March 25th, 2011 at 8:25 pm
I feel like a lot of the themes are grungy and darker though? It would be nice to have something that’s very customizable but also bright and appealing – like many of the “bigger” blog themes out there.
March 25th, 2011 at 8:37 pm
Not bad… not bad at all. Might even revamp the blog with it!
March 25th, 2011 at 8:37 pm
I like it very much.
March 25th, 2011 at 8:38 pm
Aww yeah! I love it! Seriously, you guys are awesome.
March 25th, 2011 at 8:38 pm
Very Nice I’m happy that WP is making good blog themes for the web
I hope you guys actually make more things like “Vigilance” though because I think it is one of the most preferred themes on the site and one of the most beautiful and professional looking ones. It allows one to have minimalistic design but at the same time a very sophisticated approach to blogging. ^_^
March 25th, 2011 at 9:03 pm
OK I love this theme! I’ve been using vigilance on 2 blogs and I love that one and I was going to switch to Liquirice on another blog which is using Bueno–also very nice but now I think Rusty Grunge it is for at least one of my blogs!!
March 25th, 2011 at 9:15 pm
This looks like fun! It seems like there’s no end to the Theme Team’s creativity these days. I’m jealous of the new themes that have the various post formats. I wish all the themes could be update to have these formats. I agree with obsidianfactory though ~ more themes like Vigilance would rock. I love the clean design and sophisticated touches of Vigilance. It would be nice if it had bottom widgets or some of the features like the child theme. Thanks Theme Team.
March 25th, 2011 at 9:50 pm
I will try it because the Contact form appears to be built-in. If it’s not I go back to my old theme.
March 28th, 2011 at 3:41 pm
You should be able to add contact to any of our themes. See: http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact-form/
March 25th, 2011 at 9:53 pm
Love the extra colour!
March 25th, 2011 at 10:02 pm
I like the layout of this theme. The colors… not so much.
March 25th, 2011 at 10:14 pm
Terrible name!
March 25th, 2011 at 10:26 pm
Looks great!
March 25th, 2011 at 10:38 pm
Best grunge theme I’ve seen so far! I’m going to switch right now!
March 25th, 2011 at 11:38 pm
I like Rusty very much, ( sorta matches these old rusty parts of mine) *laughing* Nice to have someone there working away in the background to make things even nicer for us all. Thank you theme team..
March 25th, 2011 at 11:56 pm
Looks fantastic, can’t wait to use it!
March 26th, 2011 at 12:48 am
Nice, colorful, but not too loud. Neverless, I’m quite happy with my current theme.
March 26th, 2011 at 1:15 am
Color Yeehaw!
Thank-y thanks!
March 26th, 2011 at 1:56 am
I like you always introduce simple and cool theme! Thanks
March 26th, 2011 at 2:12 am
Very, very nice. My fav is the post options!
March 26th, 2011 at 3:18 am
I also like it very much ^_^
March 26th, 2011 at 3:27 am
Very cool!
March 26th, 2011 at 3:37 am
You guys never ran out of new themes! I love this one.
March 26th, 2011 at 3:45 am
I like it very much.
March 26th, 2011 at 3:50 am
Wow, this is very good
Thank for you sir 
March 26th, 2011 at 4:08 am
Looks nice but would like to be able to change the side bar color.
March 26th, 2011 at 4:47 am
One of my favourite themes.
March 26th, 2011 at 7:21 am
More with link-blogroll page template, please.
March 26th, 2011 at 9:14 am
It could be better if it’s more rusty.
March 26th, 2011 at 9:53 am
I love that, very masculine in a sense. I like all the new themes that are coming out recently, progress.
March 26th, 2011 at 10:05 am
I like the theme but I didn’t like the colors.
March 26th, 2011 at 10:52 am
It’s real nice! Does it come in blue?
March 26th, 2011 at 11:20 am
I do like it. The only problem is the red header: I’m not sure if that suits me. The two sidebars, though, are incredible!
March 26th, 2011 at 11:33 am
Nice one!
March 26th, 2011 at 1:30 pm
Simple and attractive design… I love it
March 26th, 2011 at 2:09 pm
Like it. It’s easy on my eyes. May switch to it soon. Keep up the excellent work! I really appreciate the creativity that goes into WordPress to make our sites unique.
March 26th, 2011 at 2:11 pm
Cool, but I like my present one more
March 26th, 2011 at 2:47 pm
Lovely!
March 26th, 2011 at 2:49 pm
Looks like an interesting theme
March 26th, 2011 at 3:30 pm
It may be “grungey,” but the content certainly lays out nice and clean. A very fine theme. Well done. Cheers, Kevin
March 26th, 2011 at 3:45 pm
like it but kinda grim I think for the colour so I keep using choco.
March 26th, 2011 at 5:30 pm
Love it! I keep changing my favorite one and yet another to add to the list. Thanks for all the new templates!
March 26th, 2011 at 6:25 pm
Like this theme. Want it!
March 26th, 2011 at 6:59 pm
This is a really theme — it has a lot of art built in to it
But I dont like the way it handles the “recent posts” widget. The post links are too close to one another and at first glance it looks like a paragraph! Also I really wish most of the themes would handle tags better like how Vigilance does, instead of making the font very large !
Thanks for the new themes anyway !!
March 26th, 2011 at 7:05 pm
I like it, but I prefer more pixels between item. Especially in rss item, recent comments, and those with more lines contents. right?
March 28th, 2011 at 3:17 pm
Improved.
March 26th, 2011 at 8:10 pm
Wow. It is similiar to “Elegant Grunge”, isn’t it?
Looks pretty cool, but I prefer theme zBench
March 26th, 2011 at 8:51 pm
Ooh, that is very nice looking theme! Still very clean while a little edgily colored.
March 26th, 2011 at 10:06 pm
Thanks, please keep the new themes coming!
March 26th, 2011 at 10:09 pm
A very beautiful theme, I like the way you put colors together.
March 26th, 2011 at 10:21 pm
Has that nice artistic feel to it, with a bit of an edge accounted for by the uneven patterns. Very well done!
Sports a great deal of personality in and of itself, a fairly stand-alone theme.
March 27th, 2011 at 12:11 am
Love it. I describe it as redeveloped inner city… blight begone.
March 27th, 2011 at 2:16 am
This theme is the best of all out there… Finally I found what I would to love stick to….
March 27th, 2011 at 4:00 am
Very nice theme.
March 27th, 2011 at 6:33 am
You guys have been putting out some pretty sweet themes lately. Keep up the awesome work!
March 27th, 2011 at 8:10 am
It’s great to have your team inventing NEW themes! But how exactly do you find out if it’s worth it? Because you may think it’s absolutely great… but how do you know if the public think anything of it? It’s a test I personally think you should do. Thanks for your creativity!
April 1st, 2011 at 1:28 am
We didn’t invent this one, as Matías noted in the post it was designed by Chris Wallace. It’s been on the WP.org theme directory for a few years: http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/rusty-grunge. It caught our eye and we decided to port it over to WP.com for you.
As far as what you like, it seems you like everything, so we’re continuing to launch all kinds of different themes. As far as grungy themes go, they’re the most popular themes on WordPress.com right now.
March 27th, 2011 at 9:04 am
Very ugly theme!
March 27th, 2011 at 9:21 am
It’s a good theme for funny blogs.
March 27th, 2011 at 10:14 am
Nice one! It’s be really good for a music photographers blog!
March 27th, 2011 at 10:25 am
It is suitable for young people
Thank you so much.
March 27th, 2011 at 11:10 am
Hm….very…very…very nice!
March 27th, 2011 at 1:08 pm
Wow, you guys outdid yourselves with this one. Red and blue happen to be my favorite colors! I’m in love with Under the Influence, but I think I’ll try this one out.
March 27th, 2011 at 1:27 pm
It’s good but I don’t like it (Everyone has different ideas.) : )
March 27th, 2011 at 2:05 pm
Nice going, Rusty.
Very cool color combo.
March 27th, 2011 at 3:45 pm
Looks promising. Keep ‘em coming.
March 27th, 2011 at 4:13 pm
How do I change the text at the top of the site? (Not the header.) I’m sick of the site saying my site’s name, then “Just another WordPress.com blog.” Because that’s kinda unprofessional and I’ve always been able to change that top text, except not now. How do I change the “subtitle?”
March 28th, 2011 at 2:54 pm
That is your site Tagline. You may change it anytime in Settings > General on your Dashboard.
March 27th, 2011 at 4:48 pm
Nice – I tried Greyzed for a while and quite like it, although my readers preferred Freshy. Maybe it’s time for another trip back to the world of grunge! Thanks again
March 27th, 2011 at 5:31 pm
I love it especially the customization options. I’m not activating it though. I’m happy with my current theme.
March 27th, 2011 at 6:51 pm
I was hesitant to check this out based on the name, but it’s not that bad! Not a style for my blog but I do like it. Nice add to the Theme Vault, WordPress!
March 27th, 2011 at 8:06 pm
Using it now, I seem to change the theme every time there’s a new one
March 27th, 2011 at 8:22 pm
That one does look pretty cool! I have worked pretty hard getting mine to look like it does…would hate to change it now, but will sure keep this one in mind!
March 27th, 2011 at 10:09 pm
I thought I had left the, “grunge thing” behind when I left Seattle, yet like a loyal friend and shadow, it’s appearance is welcomed.
April 1st, 2011 at 1:28 am
The grunge will follow you, wherever you might wander.
March 27th, 2011 at 10:41 pm
Great looking theme. Thanks!
March 27th, 2011 at 11:11 pm
Oh that’s really interesting
March 28th, 2011 at 1:48 am
Thanks for creating new themes, please keep them coming!
March 28th, 2011 at 1:49 am
When you said rust I was looking for a burnt rust look. Something with dark red and burgundy.
This is more like Tea Time. Dissappointing.
May I propose something of a rusted metal theme?
March 28th, 2011 at 2:02 am
Beautiful theme, I love the colour scheme!
March 28th, 2011 at 3:10 am
Love the theme! You guys are freakin’ awesome.
March 28th, 2011 at 4:52 am
It’s kinda weird. Don’t look grundge to me. Not that it’s bad but I just wouldnt use it.
March 28th, 2011 at 5:02 am
Wow, cool! I like its red color… ^-^
March 28th, 2011 at 5:24 am
Nice. But I think, there’s too much color in it for me. Also, is there a widget-ready footer?
I guess, I’ll have to find out about that myself.
March 28th, 2011 at 6:42 am
Great WP ‘grungy’ theme!
March 28th, 2011 at 7:48 am
This theme is really me! Love it!
March 28th, 2011 at 10:55 am
This reminds me of another theme on WordPress. I want something new… a photo theme for example!
But still… you’re great.