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5 Premium WordPress Themes Which Have Definitely Nailed It
Let’s face it, finding the perfect WordPress theme that fits your requirements can be a tiresome task. The burden of creating a great website is not limited only to the actions “purchase” and “transfer domain name”. Choosing the right theme to go with your site can be an exhausting undertaking and there’s a reason why. Sometimes, it’s almost impossible to discover a theme that suits your client’s ideas and makes a statement with a stylish appearance and user-friendly layout. WordPress themes, as any other product on the market, be it physical or digital, tend to suit only specific purposes, without paying better attention at the big picture.
Premium WordPress Themes: Great Design and High Functionality In A Single Package
Allured by the idea of quick success, most web developers endeavour to create digital products which fit a certain target group and focus either a clean code or deliver a great looking product with less flexibility. Yet, customization is one of the most important features of website templates and this leads us to our first pick.
Sk8ter
The Sk8ter theme is hands-down one of the most featured-packed WordPress themes that can be found in the digital marketplace.
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The ability to change a theme’s appearance determines the make-it-or-break-it point for customers. Truth is, fixed designs don’t suit web developers for a number of reasons. Knowing that, the guys at AVA Themes have developed this theme to suit each and every requirement of the modern customer, starting from the necessity of specific customizations and delivering a web project which offers high functionality and good looks without making compromises on user-friendliness.
Sk8er is a multi-purpose theme which offers a bundle of features, from an extended amount of pre-made homepage designs, Bootstrap and Woocommerce to simplifying customization via a visual composer and offering more than 70 blocks which make modification easy as a breeze.
The need of WordPress themes which aim at excellent performance and good looks has resulted in the creation of some of the most widely appreciated design products that can be found online.he need of WordPress themes which aim at excellent performance and good looks has resulted in the creation of some of the most widely appreciated design products that can be found online.
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Vira introduces a whole new approach to creative web development. The sleek design of this fabulous one-page WordPress theme will make any web designer awe with inspiration. Vira is a gorgeous theme, created by a team of dedicated developers and it promises a 100% user satisfaction by offering a number of unique layouts.
Have you ever dreamed of created a website design that rather compliments photography instead of mindlessly shuffling gallery containers with the hope of more exposure. Truth is, photography requires space and having a stuffed design will only add to its complexity and move the focus away from the site’s main purpose.
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The crew behind ThemeGoods has managed to take away the most important lessons from minimalist web design. They have built a photography theme which ideally blends the breath-taking beauty of photography with the humble elegance of modern minimalism. Photome comes with 8 demo pages and 50+ gallery templates which make customizing this theme a true delight.
Kalium
This gorgeous WordPress theme, found over the Envato marketplace, embraces and celebrates minimalism.
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Created by Laborator, the Kalium theme features a clean design refracted through the prism of a unique concept. Laborator’s WordPress theme projects revolve around the idea of creating a periodic table of website templates, each of which represents a different concept.
What makes Kalium stand out from the crowd is the theme’s crisp design which features clean minimalism. The theme has a monochromatic layout and uses typewriter font to create the perfect minimalist appearance. The theme’s clean look is a perfect solution for blogs and portfolios. Kalium’s sleek appearance and simple style help great content shine.
Oshine
Seeking a multi-layout team with a beautiful interface and a multi-purpose functionality? Oshine has won a grand price in many theme rankings as being one of the leading website templates that can be found in the digital marketplace.
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Oshine offers 18 unique page template demos which combine different layout options. The theme uses user-friendly page builders and has powerful customization properties. The team at BrandExponenets has aimed at creating a striking balance between delivering high-end design and flexible functionality.Oshine has a unique design and offers limitless possibilities portfolio design. The theme comes with Master Slider and has great image sections, from parallax overlays to background videos.
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The Best White Minimal WordPress Themes
The best themes are the minimal white ones, they allow for more and easier customization. You can go for any second color you like without taking other elements in account. Changing other details like content width, etc. is more painless than with a non-minimal design.
Here you will find the top best white free and premium minimal themes.
Free minimalist themes
Manifest
A wonderful minimal design and layout that can easily be customized. This theme lends itself very well to use beautiful typography using @font-face which will give your website an unique brand even though using a free theme.
Modern
When I see this theme the word “delicate” comes to mind. The gray tones and the small type really gives this theme the minimalist look. Except for the logo there are no “hard” colors or elements that distract from the whole. A great theme for short to mid length content.
Modern Clix
A free theme that should be premium, that’s the only thing I can say about Modern Clix. With features like: grids, elastic design and standards compliant, heck it validates XHTML strict. This one is worth having in your WordPress theme folder.
Grid Focus
The theme that made Grid designs popular and mainstream. It inspired many other themes out there and is still a classic since being released a few years ago. Grids designs are still popular and if you have difficulty creating your own then Grid Focus is the way to go.
Pico
Modicus
Theme page – Demo Screenshot only
DePo Square
By Derek Powazek – Demo
Crispp
F8 Lite
Textback
Inuit types
Carrington
Oulipo
Post Press
Premium Minimalist themes
Here is a list of the best premium minimalist themes. While there are some great free ones you get more when paying, think about an extensive theme admin to adjust everything from within WordPress admin, support from the makers of the theme and regular updates. Great for people who don’t have time or expertise to customize everything manually.
Minimal
Min
ProBlog
Canvas
Demo – Price: Standard: $70, Developer: $150
Clean Home Pro
Nautilius
Minimaliste
Basic Maths
Press
Demo – Price: Single: $50, Developer: $100
Clean Slate
10 Premium WordPress Themes Worth Paying For
As a custom theme developer, I’ve seen a lot of so-called “Premium” WordPress themes, and the truth is that a lot of them are simply not “worthy”. In many cases, a few hours on the WordPress Theme Repository will bring forth one or two similar themes for free.
So why bother? What makes a Premium WordPress theme worth paying cold, hard cash (or, perhaps more realistically, PayPal dollars) for?
Here are ten paid WordPress themes that truly deserve to be called “Premium”- and why I believe they’re worth every penny.
Market Theme ($55 Standard, $150 Developer)
I’ve built a few WordPress eCommerce websites from scratch, and know how complex it can be. Market Theme, which I had the pleasure of utilizing on a project recently, takes all those complexities and simplifies them. The “Product Manager” is easy to use, the shopping cart is quick and painless to set up, and the default design- while not exactly sexy- is easily customized for good branding. For online stores selling tangible goods, you simply can’t go wrong with this one.
The Local ($69 Single, $169 Multi)
Created for local news sites (hence the name), The Local is actually an add-on theme to the same designers’ Elemental theme, and the price includes both Elemental and The Local, so it’s two excellent themes for the price of one here. Some special “local” features include the ability to add and manage weather statistics, and define your “news radius”. Journalists or small news publishers, particularly, will appreciate how simple it is to learn and use.
Mimbo Pro ($79 Single, $169 Multi)
From the same designers comes Mimbo Pro, a Premium WordPress theme that’s been around for quite a while now. It’s basically a magazine theme, but anyone who’s had the pleasure of using Mimbo Pro knows it can be so much more. Features everything from animated drop-down menus to an image “carousel” with variable speed to a built-in contact form with CAPTCHA support. Recommended for text-heavy blogs and sites.
Phototastic ($49 Single, $179 Multi)
I know from experience how complicated it can be to design a good photo-themed WordPress theme, which is why I appreciate how detailed and beautifully coded Phototastic is. Created specifically for artists and photographers, this is the one to turn to for image-heavy blogs and sites.
Simply ($37)
Most of the themes I’ve listed so far are “themed” themes, usually catering to a specific type of blog or site. Here’s one that’s quite a bit more flexible. Simply is- yes- simple, but it’s also quite powerful, and features a 10-page tabbed admin panel to prove it! 16 built-in color schemes and 5 header designs make it easy to get started right away, and there are a host of other cool elements to choose from, including slideshows, a lightbox, and the option to go full-width.
Revoltz ($37)
Also from ThemeForest is the lovely Revoltz, another theme with options o rama, which are always a good sign, imho. Delicious features range from a slideshow gallery to multiple page templates to dual (normal or full-width) layout choices- plus PSD files, and- my favorite- step-by-step instructions on using and troubleshooting the theme. Now that’s how you do it.
Social Life ($75)
Love Tumblr-like “lifestreams”? This theme stands out because of the way it integrates feeds and information from your various social media services- so your friends / family / customers just need to check one place for everything “you”.
Super CMS ($75)
WordPress is definitely more a “CMS” (Content Management System) to me than just some “blogging software”. The Super CMS theme affirms this, proving just how powerful little ole WordPress can be. Built on PrimoThemes’ own framework, it includes very comprehensive theme options, support for Gravatars, threaded comments, and some nice pre-installed plug-ins.
One Theme (From $99)
“One theme to rule them all…”? This one’s a little different, because- as I understand it- you purchase a license (single is $60) to use their “One Panel” plug-in, then select from four available themes: Default (shown above), Fun, Modern, and Professional at $39 each (which explains the “from $99” pricing I’ve listed above). A lot of work has obviously been put into this One Panel, as well as into each theme, with features so numerous I’ll just link to them.
Thesis ($87 Personal, $164 Developer)
And finally, saving best for last yet again, is Thesis, an absolute gem of a Premium theme, and my favorite of the bunch. This may or may not be due to my tendency towards control-freak-iness, but I love the theme’s attention to detail and numerous features, which include SEO and accessibility elements. What really wins the prize, however, has to be Thesis’ support forums, which features thousands of posts on everything from basic getting-started questions to almost painfully specific theme customization topics.
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