What makes a theme worthy of being considered the best premium WP theme? To better understand this, it’s critical to know everything WordPress has to offer in terms of website creation and design.
WordPress has the distinct honor of being a highly configurable Content Management System (CMS), which was originally designed to address the needs of bloggers but eventually evolved into a platform that accommodates plugins and design widgets – adding not only aesthetic value, but also functionality. There are numerous Premium WP Themes available on the Web designers’ market, including the themes ThemeForest offers, and it can be difficult to pinpoint the optimum one – especially when people’s needs and business demands are constantly evolving. In addition, technology continues to develop, creating additional themes which better respond to changing user needs.
When it comes to content, it’s no longer sufficient to use random, non-thematic images or to have a wall of text populating a website. To attract traffic, additional multimedia such as video and audio, links and quotes are often made a part of the site’s content. Text has also been given a fresh treatment and the more concise the text is, the better it engages the site’s users. Finally, design elements are sharper – reflecting the fast development of design technology.
Here are some of the best premium WordPress themes for 2016, categorized according to their specific and relative fields and yours for grabs! This latest collection of the best WordPress themes has recently been updated and includes some exciting new additions.
UPDATE – March 5th 2016:
We’ve updated this collection of the best recent WordPress themes, adding popular templates and removing some outdated ones.
Category: eCommerce, Business, Portfolio, Gallery
It’s called the X Theme and they’re dubbing it as the theme of 2016 – combining elements of premium design and functionality, enabling you to create unlimited websites using the same core theme. Introduced in early 2014, the theme became an instant success in the Themeforest marketplace receiving positive reviews by many high profile internet marketers. The X Theme really has it all! Check out the 30 demos they’ve created by visiting the preview below.
Category: Multi-purpose (special events, portfolio, business, special interests, eCommerce, IM)
Although Divi could be regarded as a multi-purpose premium WP theme, it’s especially recommended for use for life marker events such as weddings, or special interest sites such as those created for parenting advice and tips. It’s also excellent for promoting products and services through its custom post types. This theme has two homepage layouts available, together with multi-page templates.
Category: Photography, Portfolio, Gallery
Photocrati is a leading theme platform specialising in the photography niche. It provides a platform of themes & templates which include a built-in gallery system, a photography options panel and much more. Ideal for photographers and highly customizable, Photocrati has a great record! Check out the multiple demos by clicking below.
Category: eCommerce, Business, Portfolio, Gallery
Boundless is a modern layout with parallax effects. Utilising the power of HTML5 and CSS3, it brings you a beautiful design with an extremely lightweight code, which enables fast loading times. The Revolution slider will astonish your visitors, and you’ll be amazed by its numerous features: animations, custom icons, pricing tables, and much more.
Category: Multipurpose, Portfolio, Business, Photography
BeTheme is a modern multipurpose theme with a responsive and very beautiful design. When we say multipurpose, we mean it! BeTheme is one of the most complete themes and gives you a large array of options for building your next website. One indication of this is that over 55 different demos are included on purchase of the theme. A sample of the subjects included in the demos are: charity, loans, business, vet, author, DJ, restaurant, portfolio – and much more! This theme is extremely popular on Themeforest and receives rave reviews for design, functionality and support.
Category: Portfolio, Creative, Business
A stunning, simple portfolio & blog theme from the creators of CSSigniter. Enjoy multiple options on your portfolio dashboard and be sure to use the flexible homepage, which allows you to modify your website’s look in no time at all, while choosing column numbers, layout, contact forms and so much more. Grab a look and enjoy a full range theme company which offers a $39 bundle.
Category: Blog, News, Corporate
A versatile magazine styled template with numerous content modules, short-codes and styles allowing you to fully control your theme’s front & back end easily. Created by the brilliant guys over at Elegant Themes, Nexus makes it simple to blog a great amount of content in a magazine, hassle free style, which in addition to old print-style design, brings edge to the table. With a grid layout, responsiveness and abundance of features, Nexus is the ultimate choice for a magazine type website.
Category: Creative, Multipurpose, Trending
Bridge is a leading WP layout currently leading the top 5 templates on ThemeForest. The unique twist of multi purpose features with a creative touch is surely refreshing! Add to this the ability to choose from 100 pre made demos, having 24 design concepts, 84 professionally made shortcodes and all the necessities – great support & documentation, responsiveness and much more.
Category: Portfolio, One page, Corporate
Inception is the perfect one-page portfolio theme, with beautiful CSS3 animations, smooth section transitions, a customizable footer, and Google Maps integration. All of this means that you can easily showcase yourself and your business, regardless of whether it’s online or offline. And with its beautiful design, Inception is a theme that will leave a fantastic and lasting first impression on your visitors.
Category: Design, Minimal, Photography
Beyond its pretty cool name, Skylab certainly has the features to back up its functionality. The demo neatly portrays a fashion photographer’s work; but there’s really no reason why any type of photographer couldn’t enjoy the benefits. The images can be customized, the design simply oozes style, the layout is both mobile responsive and search engine optimize-able, and there’s a great range of demo content included within the package to get the ball rolling.
Category: Business, Minimal
As its name might suggest, the uDesing template is all about you and your preferences. Every single element can be customized; from the typefaces used on any particular page, all the way to uniquely colored header bars or sectioned areas. It fully supports dozens of international languages, it comes with its very own visual composition tool for effects, and it’s entirely e-commerce ready. Overall, this theme allows a business to showcase what it does best and gets its message across perfectly; all while allowing you to sit back as the audience rolls in
----------------------------------- Advertisment -----------------------------------