Introduction
WordPress has become one of the most popular blogging tools available today. It is a powerful Content Management System (CMS) that is great for blogging, building websites, and much more. Another key point is that WordPress has search engine optimization (SEO). Content is easily managed and updated without having extensive knowledge of HTML. Admin interference is no longer restricted to webmasters.
Developers were quick to recognize the potential of WordPress and are now creating plug-ins, themes and widgets for even more variety in your website or blog. Below are some of some of the top premium themes that we recommend. Paid themes are more advantageous because of the customer support, upgrades and of course premium features, not to mention top-of-the-line design.
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Note: Responsive themes are good for mobile phones and other handheld devices, but there are enough plugins that can turn any, or at least help with alternative themes for your WordPress site, for mobile and other device users.
Some themes from this list are great for Photo and Video in same time. Check list of features and check live preview to see which theme suit your needs the best. Check video theme top list: Top 15 WordPress Themes for Video (vlog)
1. Photorific
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Photorific is a neat WordPress theme that features unlimited sidebars and three widgets, namely Recent, Popular, Flickr, among many others. It is a premium WordPress theme that is particularly appealing for photographers because of the wide space allotted for photo posts. Its sleek design and video support makes it a viable choice for photographers of all kinds.
List of Features – Photorific
Fullscreen Background Image Slideshow (Upload unlimited images for each page/post/portfolio item)
Custom Background Image(s) for every page/post/portfolio item
Black and White Navigation Style (Choose the style you want from the admin panel)
Slideshow Options
Slideshow On/Off
Display images randomly or in order
Slide effect (fade, slide right, slide left, slide top and more)
Slide Interval Time
Slide Transition Time
Pause On Hover On/Off (pauses slideshow when user hovers image if set to on)
Image Protect On/Off (disable right clicks and image dragging)
Keyboard Nav On/Off (use keys to navigate through images)
Set slideshow performance options
Lightbox OptionsCustom Post Type for Portfolio
Easily Change Lightbox Theme From Within Admin Panel
Lightbox Gallery (go through images through lightbox by clicking arrows/thumbnaills)
Allow/Dissallow Image Resize
Show/Hide Lightbox Title
Change Opacity
Default Image Width
Default Image Height
Custom Post Type for Gallery
4 Portfolio Layouts (1, 2, 3 and 4 columns)
Choose Your Own Colors With Color Picker
Navigation Links Colors
Search bar background/text color
Logo Color
Text color, link color, headings color (h1, h2, h3)
Much more..
Font Settings7 Cufon Fonts Installed
Choose font family for text
Choose font for navigation/headings (cufon)
Change font sizes for text, header items and more
30+ Shortcodes (Blog, Buttons, Columns, etc)
3 Custom Widgets (Recent Posts, Popular Posts, Flickr)
prettyPhoto Lightbox (with video support) for portfolio
Unlimited Sidebars
Compatible on all major browsers
Threaded Comments
Enable/Disable Footer
Enable/Disable search bar
Google Analytics
PSDs Included for easy editing
2. Viewfinder
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Viewfinder comes in two options for you to choose from: dark and light — great for those who have difficulty choosing between “on white” or “on black” backgrounds. It is minimal in design, which paves the way for the visual impact of your photos. There is plenty of room to maneuver the different settings to better suit your preferences, whilst still retaining its simplicity.
List of Features – Viewfinder
Minimalistic Design & Valid HTML
2 Homepage Layouts: Slider (user defined width) or Grid
2 Colour Variations: Light & Dark
Create Unlimited Galleries
Optional EXIF Data Display
Small, Medium or Large Thumbnail Display (small in demo)
Full Localisation Support (contains .po/.mo files)
3 Custom Widgets (Twitter, Flickr, Video Embed)
Extensive Theme Options (Unbranded!)
WordPress 3.0+ Ready (Menus & Featured Images)
jQuery Magic (Dropdown Menus, Homepage Slider, Filterable Galleries)
Page Templates (Archives, Full Width, jQuery Contact Form)
Custom Login Logo & Custom Default Gravatar Support
Column Shortcodes
Layered PSDs for Customisation
Extensive Documentation
3. Panorama
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It doesn’t get much better than full screen space for a photographer looking to showcase his work to the wide, wide web. Not all people are confident enough to post their work at this size, but for those who do, check out Panorama by themeforest. Knowledge of programming [particularly PHP5] is required to fully utilize this theme, and when you do, you’ll be amazed at how far you can customize your website. Content is viewed in slide form, providing a seamless and professional feel to your galleries.
List of Features – Panorama Full Screen
EXIF Data
Valid HTML
Background pattern theme option
YouTube video fullscreen background option
YouTube video mute sound option from theme option
Fullscreen photo slideshow auto-paginated background (for Home Page, Categories, Search results, Posts, Tags)
jQuery custom events calendar solution
Premium MP3 Player integrated
2 WordPress custom menu positions (left / right)
Scrolling tags menu option (right position)
Standard sliding menu for 2 positions (left / right)
Theme option to disable unwanted standard menu buttons
7 rooms for your own social links (flexible width container) editable via theme options
Blog
Working contact form with validator
Google Analytics
Google Web Fonts
Cross browser
OptionTree
4. Gallerific 2
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Gallerific 2 is a must-try for any serious photographer. It’s complete without seeming cluttered; sophisticated but not coming across as too much. It boasts some great features like custom post types, widgets and a custom-built homepage slider. Best of all, it’s totally free to all Gallerific customers!
List of Features – Gallerific 2
Clean code and fancy jQuery makes this theme a blast to browse through.
Post Format Support (Images, Quotes, Standard, Video)
4 custom widgets (Child Page List, Recent Posts, Flickr, and PhotoDune Photos)
Simple, non-branded theme options
WordPress 3.2+ ready (menus, featured images, custom post types, post formats)
Page templates (Archives, Full Width, Galleries)
Layered PSDs for easy customization
Extensive documentation
5. Momento (responsive)
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Momento is another well-designed theme out of the Obox factory. It is a WordPress Theme on a seemingly basic design, but with a scalable layout (responsive). One of the most important things in showcasing photos is the compatibility of the theme with the dimensions of both landscape and portrait-oriented photos. No more stress figuring out how to re-size your photos to fit your theme! Momento takes care of this problem with its full-width slider. You can also use this theme to incorporate your blog into your website.
List of Features – Momento
Unlimited Color Schemes
Adjust the header background to any transparency
Full Width Slider along with a second optional slider
Page-Title Background Image can also be a slideshow (see About page for example)
Video Support in the 1, 2, & 3 column portfolios
Video Documentation with a detailed written help file
Demo Content included in an XML Import file for quick setup
Easily adjust the default heading sizes and colors from the options panel
Shortcodes built into the WordPress Visual Editor for ease of use
Support for WordPress custom navigation menus
Flickr, Twitter, & Social Media Widgets built-in to the theme
Includes layered PSDs
Responsive Design
OCMX Live Features:
Custom Logo Input
Page Templates
Menu Management
Advert Management
Automatic Image Resizin
Ajax Comments
6. Knead (responsive)
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Knead is simple way to show your work with portfolio template page. The template offers three different column layouts to choose from. Knead theme has that simple (minimal design) look, it’s incredibly easy to navigate without having to sacrifice the design aspect of your site. You can use it as standard blog with side widgets as well. Knead offers two color options for you to choose from (light or dark).
List of Features – Knead
Portfolio Section with 3 different column layouts to choose from
Services Section – allows you to list all your latest work
Adding a service with a short title, icon and detailed copy including images and video
Includes some slick jQuery effects
Include a feature slider, services, portfolio items and blog posts!
Widgetized Home Page – change home page layout to suit your needs
Slogan Widget
Option to work like standard blog
Two color schemes
Responsive Design
OCMX Live Features:
Custom Logo Input
Page Templates
Menu Management
Advert Management
Automatic Image Resizin
Ajax Comments
Note: Somewhat lower rating from users on Themeforest, but we believe support solved issues members had, after changes this theme is 5 star as well.
7. Photolist
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Photolist is yet another sleek design theme. It features a unique photo slider that extends across the full width of your screen, without detracting from the overall minimalist impact. A new gallery plugin lets you drag and drop your photos for faster customization. It also has built-in filters like negative, brightness, Gaussian blur, contrast, grayscale and colorize for you to choose from. The quotes custom post type feature is useful for showcasing positive feedback about your work on your homepage, to pique clients’ interests. It comes in seven different colors that are all equally attractive should you decide to change things up a bit once in a while.
List of Features – Photolist
Includes a unique custom slider
Galleries and Filters
Quotes Custom post type
Seven color schemes
Responsive Design
OCMX Live Features:
Custom Logo Input
Page Templates
Menu Management
Advert Management
Automatic Image Resizin
Ajax Comments
8. Azione (mobile compatible) – New
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Azione takes a very modern approach to online portfolios because of Obox Mobile. Obox Mobile is a WordPress plugin that converts your site and makes it compatible with mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Azione also allows unlimited videos in a categorized format. 940 pixels of viewing space is more than enough for showcasing photos and HD videos.
List of Features – Azione
Widgetized Home Page – change home page layout to suit your needs
Short URL Support
oEmbed Support
Self Hosted Video Support
Works as Standard Blog too
Light and Dark Color Scheme
Obox Mobile Compatible
OCMX Live Features:
Custom Logo Input
Page Templates
Menu Management
Advert Management
Automatic Image Resizin
Ajax Comments
9. Blocco (responsive)
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Blocco is a cool, almost retro style photography theme that utilizes a “block” style to showcase your blogs, portfolios, medias and much more. Links are placed as tabs on the right hand portion of the page, customizable to include your social media links. Not only is it a great way to showcase your photos, it is optimized for videos as well. Its “responsive design” which adheres the site to suit your chosen device (laptop, tablet, mobile).
List of Features – Blocco
Cross Browser & SEO Friendly
Social Media Integration
Widgetized Content Areas
Custom Menus Support
Optimized for Video
100% Valid HTML and/or HTML5
100% Valid CSS and/or CSS3
10. Folio Elements
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The Folio Elements is a minimalistic theme, featuring a slider to showcase your photos. Viewers simply need to click on the arrow buttons to browse through your photos. The black background provides a good contrast to your photos. Links on the upper right hand portion of the page are customizable. Each video or photo has details on mouse over.
Easy way to show your work with no extra stuff that gets on the way, very minimalistic design that points out what is most important, and that is your work. Each post can contain either 1 video or up to 6 images within a photo set.
List of Features – Folio Elements
Cross Browser & SEO Friendly
Custom Menus Support
Custom Color Options
Optimized for Photo
Optimized for Video
Social Media Integration
100% Valid HTML and/or HTML5
100% Valid CSS and/or CSS3
11. DeepFocus
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The DeepFocus WordPress theme by elegantthemes was created as a CMS with Page-Based structure; however, it can be used as a regular blog as well. Thumbnails are re-sized automatically to create a uniform look. For ads and announcements, a 125×125 and a 468×60 space are allotted. This space is modified through wp-admin and can easily be turned on and off. With the gallery layout, robust blog and CMS-style homepage as well, making a DeepFocus an amazing solution for artists/photographers looking to build an online presence.
List of Features – DeepFocus
Opera compatible
Netscape compatible
Safari compatible
WordPress 3.3 compatible
Five Color Schemes
Gallery Section
Threaded Comments
Optional Blog-style Structure
Gravatar ready
Firefox compatible
IE8 + IE7 + IE6 compatible
Advertisement Ready
Widget ready sidebars
Theme Options Page
Custom thumbnail images
PSD files
Valid XHTML + CSS
Smooth tabless design
Advanced Features:
ePanel theme options
Shortcodes collection
Page Templates
Complete Localization
Support and Updates
12. Envisioned
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Envisioned comes in five color schemes (blue, gray, green, purple, brown). What’s great about this theme is how easily you can control it with the ePanel theme options. The use of shortcodes can help shorten your workflow in dealing with functionality and the variety of your content. The theme’s MO and PO files enable you to translate the theme’s design without the hassle of hunting through PHP files. Easy to use, nice effects, makes it one of the best themes for photographs out there.
List of Features – Envisioned
Opera compatible
Netscape compatible
Safari compatible
WordPress 3.3 compatible
Five Color Schemes
Gallery Section
Threaded Comments
Optional Blog-style Structure
Gravatar ready
Firefox compatible
IE8 + IE7 + IE6 compatible
Advertisement Ready
Widget ready sidebars
Theme Options Page
Custom thumbnail images
PSD files
Valid XHTML + CSS
Smooth tabless design
Advanced Features:
ePanel theme options
Shortcodes collection
Page Templates
Complete Localization
Support and Updates
13. ePhoto
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ePhoto is a fabulous theme for those who wish to convert their blog into a gallery, most especially photographers. Other artists can also make us of this theme, as it is an efficient way of showcasing digital imagery. The content will be image-based, but there is a separate page where normal text blog posts can be integrated alongside photo posts. It comes in two skins — black and blue — that can be accessed at the Theme Options page. Its smooth, tabless design is something to consider.
List of Features – ePhoto
Opera compatible
Netscape compatible
Safari compatible
WordPress 3.3 compatible
Two Color Schemes
Integrated Blog Section
Threaded Comments
Optional Blog-style Structure
Gravatar ready
Firefox compatible
IE8 + IE7 +IE6 compatible
Advertisement Ready
Widget ready sidebars
Theme Option Pages
Custom thumbnail images
PSD files
Valid XHTML + CSS
Smooth tabless design
Advanced Features:
ePanel theme options
Shortcodes collection
Page Templates
Complete Localization
Support and Updates
14. Statua
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Statua is theme from Woothemes that is incredibly easy to customize. It features a minimalist style that is attractive to many. Photography-wise, it allows a variety of options that can alter the look of your photography portfolio or photoblog, whether it is single image posts or image galleries for bulk images. There are three layouts for the homepage for you to choose from. Statua also has a layout for photos in a grid style as an overview of a number of photos all at once. Another homepage layout worth mentioning is the one emphasizing the photo sliders. Overall the theme is very flexible, with many layouts and settings that photographers would have fun combining to produce different effects to showcase their work.
List of Features – Statua
Custom Post Type for Photos
Alternative Layouts
Photo Sliders
Custom Typography
Custom Widgets
Alternative Styles
WooFramework:
Custom Shortcodes
Sidebar Manager
Custom Navigation
Built-in SEO options
Backend theme options
Cross-browser compatible
Auto-sizing thumbnails
Localized for translations
Custom page templates
15. ClearPhoto
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ClearPhoto is a theme designed for photography enthusiasts and anyone with a portfolio wishing to showcase their work. It features a clean and elegant layout with a variety of features that also make it a good choice for business websites and blogs, or even online magazines.
List of Features – ClearPhoto
Theme Settings Page for Easy Customization
Alternate Home Page Template for Business Sites
Quick and Easy Logo Integration
Multiple Background Patters/Colors
Featured Content Slider
Featured Galleries/Projects Slider
Multiple Home Page and Archive Post Layouts
Multiple Page Layout Options
Featured Page Widget
Featured Category Posts Widget
Optional Custom Welcome Message
Subscription Form Widget With Social Networking Integration
Footer Widgets
Multiple Banner Ad Locations
Automatic Post Thumbnails
Built-In Author Page
And More….
Providers of above listed themes
There are plenty of other themes that could help you build amazing site. You might check providers of themes and find what you like the most:
Elegantthemes
Elegantthemes is one of the popular WordPress theme provider because themes are made very user-friendly, even without knowledge and skills in designing and programming. The ‘ePanel’ or options page lets you customize your site in many unique combinations. Each theme comes equipped with a widget-ready sidebar, custom thumbnail images, search bar and gravatar ready feature among others. Unlimited access to all of their themes for only $39, great value. They offer Handheld Theme, HandHeld works in tandem with your normal theme, and is only used when the plugin detects that your visitor is using a mobile phone.
Woothemes
Woothemes is a provider of themes developed using CSS, PHP and WordPress. These themes cater to a variety of functions such as magazine, portfolio, business and personal types. The backend part of the theme allows you to customize your page the way you like it without having to code it. You can also combine features from more than one theme. Resizing thumbnails and size of text is made easy with the auto-sizing feature. The unique Woo framework allows for custom page templates and even translation features. However, Woothemes is not as compatible cross-browser unlike Elegantthemes and Obox-design.
You have two options, buy themes separately and get 2-3 bonus themes, cheapest solution but you don’t get PSD files. Or the club participation which is perfect for multi-site owners, freelancers, and web agencies needing access to ALL their themes.
Themeforest
Themeforest is one of the most popular marketplace for template developers such as WordPress, Joomla, Magento and many more. Themes have excellent functionality with an extensive network of tools that provide you a great number of options so that you can fine-tune every detail of you site. There are three main categories for Themeforest WordPress themes: blog, e-commerce and CMS or Content Management System. With over 750 premium WP themes to choose from and counting, customers will have a lot to consider.
Themeforest is part of big company name envato, and under same page you can easily browse and buy from other envato markets such as audiojungle, themeforest, videohive, codecanyon, photodune and others. Great thing about this market is that you can get all on one place.
Press75
Press75 is among the known theme providers of clean, unique and efficient WordPress themes. Users are faced with an interface with excellent content management options and features. One of the downsides to this provider is their rather limited selection of themes. At 17, they are behind other providers such as Woothemes, Elegantthemes, etc; however, they do release a new theme every month. Press75 Themes are also not SEO-friendly, but that problem is easily solved with free WordPress SEO plug-ins, like All in One Seo, or Platinum SEO.
Press75 has three very interesting packages:
Single – get 1 theme by your choice with lifetime updates and support
Essential - get all themes + all themes for 1 year
Lifetime – get all themes for lifetime
Obox-design
Obox-design themes were developed with both websites and blogs in mind, particular for business, news, portfolio and entertainment. Like Press75, their selection is considerably smaller than other providers; however, the diversity of themes is sufficient. Obox themes are good across browsers and are search engine optimized.
Themeforest include Obox themes in their marketplace.
Very interesting package from Obox:
Single Pack – 3 themes included
Developer Pack – 2 themes included with PSD and Obox Mobile
Membership Pack – all themes with everything
Solostream
Solostream is not so known WordPress theme provider, but they offer themes that are easy to customize and search engine optimized. Multiply page templates allow for variety within your site. Expect great support via forums, tutorials and videos. It’s relatively cheap, at $79 for 21 professionally designed themes.
May be cheapest from above:
Basic - get all themes with free update 1 month, free support 1 month
Silver – get whole package with everything, PSD included, 3 months updates and 3 months support, 1 theme each month, revenue is Quarterly
Gold – get everything as above with 12 months support, 12 months updates, revenue is annually
Solostream is different from others cause they have videos to help you get going with your site, and can help you how to generate more traffic and make better content on your site.
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