Monday, June 23rd, 2008 12:01 am by
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Nowadays, in order to get yourself a decent Wordpress theme, it seems like you need to pay for it. And some of these premiums will cost you a pretty penny. But besides alliteration, what advantage do they have? Well, I am glad you asked. I plan on answering that as well as showing my picks for the creme of the crop.
Why Pay For Wordpress Themes?
This is in fact the million dollar question. With such a vibrant theme making community within Wordpress (including my very own creations), why should anyone bother paying? Well, the answer lies in market forces. When there is proper incentive like a price, more times than not, the end product will be of higher quality. Now, this is not always true and in some cases there are superior free themes (something I may have to post about later…). But my point is that you usually get what you pay for. Not only are you buying a better designed theme, but you usually also get support, free updates, and sometimes even the original PSD’s for your editing pleasure. So without further ado, lets get to the themes.
The Best Premium Wordpress Themes
Polaroid Press $49
Quommunication Video $39
Portfolio Press $49
Omni $80
Blubs $49
Magazine News $49
Mimbo Pro $90
Fresh News $100
The Market Theme $55
Would you consider using a premium theme? Are they even worth the premium to you?
102 Responses to “ Premium Wordpress Themes That Are Worth It ”
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Good post. Quality does cost and its better everyone understands that before. The only problem is that the same template is bought by so many others. Wish the paid for templates retained an exclusivity, that would be so much better.
Usually, I like to hire someone to make me a custom theme for each website i make. I like my themes custom so i won’t have the same theme as 20 other people. It makes my websites more unique. It’s not that expensive either. You just gotta find the right person =)
And in free theme you can receive commercial add that will spoil you? site
The revolution theme is definitely worth it. I run the theme on most of my blogs.
Wow some of those themes are really clean. I have to check them out!
great theme. and more expensive
I would also say originality. Once a free template gets popular, it can be seen around a few times. Granted I half live online, so maybe I am seeing them more but still.
@moserw - The exclusivity would be great, but you can edit most of the themes so they don’t look alike. Like Mike, I like the Revolution themes and if you look at their samples, most of them do not look like the original template.
I finally just started a WP blog, took me long enough, and I died at the amount of themes available. Took me forever ust to sift through…quite a few once installed didn’t work in some fashion though…
I was looking for a nice video theme and havent found any good free ones, might need to spring for a pay one because there are a couple of really nice premium ones.
When we can see one of these themes on the blog?
though these themes look gr8…but everybody cant afford it..
It’s sad that we can’t have so many themes for other blog engines.
It sometimes can take a while to find a great theme. Personally, if I like what I see then I am more than happy to pay for it especially if it doesn’t mean hours of fiddling around with it to get it to look the way you want it to.
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Donwload????
I have noticed that most blogs use similar/same themes. So finding the right unique wordpress theme will take quite some time and thorough searching.
I awyas support idea that premium themes are worth paying. At least they has support, what is so important for beginners
I definitely feel that it is for the commercial use only. Individual bloggers that aren’t trying to get rich won’t fall into paying for what you can get for free.
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tj
thanks
thank you
Thank you, it works. Great theme
The bad thing about payed themes is that somebody else is gonna buy them too, then you are not all that exclusive. I like to grab some good theme and then rewrite it a little, just to get a style that suits me best.
I just have to edit this theme, to makes my websites more unique
These are some nice themes. I really like Mimbo!
Just wanted to say this is a very slick looking theme. Nice work Keep it up amigo
Are they unique? Anyway, sometime I wonder why pay for a non-unique wordpress theme …
Yeah I agree, paying for a theme that isn’t unique just isn’t worth it =/
@reese : Buy the theme, edit it by your self or if you can’t do it by your self pay someone to do it and viola you’ll have unique theme
On one of my blogs I use Omni. Very good theme
Wordpress always introduce new and very attractive theme.
I’ve used both Revolution (now free for the unsupported versions) and WooThemes, and have largely been happy with both.
Revolution is good
yes i totally agree @Stress Relief Tips
@ George Nobles
i don t agree.. not always
@game-girl
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Otomobil is right . i said that http://www.otomobilsehri.com/
@otomobil
what is that.
@ Katya
i dont understand you
@ live work
i understand thanks…
booo it isn ‘t ?
On one of my blogs I use Omni. Very good theme
Thank’s
Thanks for this list, my favorite one is Fresh News… I’m surprised you didn’t list the Revolution theme, as I think it’s one of the best premium themes.
It is really a good themes.
I’ve used Fresh News on a couple of sites and like it very much … good theme.
awesome themes.
Great list of themes i cant wait to try some of these out! might cost but will be worth it!
nice collection of premium theme, but basically price is still a major factor on purchasing.
Awesome.
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Hope in the New Year aw all will read new stuff and find new friends.
Ultimately I can pay for the theme if I really need it just today. It depends on the situation.
The only way I’d pay for a theme is if it adds significant features beyond a normal Wordpress theme. Most of them don’t do this unfortunately.
AS for the REVolution theme, what does he mean? The technical or social revolution? The first is a prgress,the second doesn’t make any sence.
How annoying to have someone try and hijack my name … I think this should solve the problem.
I’m using Fresh News Theme on my blog, and seriously love it. It’s totally worth buying.
There are some great looking premium themes out there, but it’s actually also possible to find free WP themes that are quality.
Your collection really needs more themes.
i prefer to make it my own though it looks sux lol :D, anyway, your collections are almost complete
Very nice collection..the polaroid one is specially nice and clean theme..
i like mimbo pro theme.
but i don’t have money to buy it
I think fresh news is the great one. However, all looks good with reasonable price.
I agree that premium themes are worth it for the professional look.
I absolutely agree. Not only does your site look professional, it looks credible too. And I think viewers/readers/visitors pay more attention to sites that look better.
Thanks for the great post. The quality of the the theme are real good. But recently, there are many more themes comming up in the market
i prefer to make it my own though it looks sux lol :D, anyway, your collections are almost complete
i like themes “Fresh News $100″ design by woothemes
I am playing with VibrantCMS by WOOTHEMES. It is my first experience of WordPress and of using a Theme, so the progress is sometimes slow, with many a retracing of my steps, etc. All told I’ll pass a final verdict once the final product is live and functioning on the internet.
Well we all should know that theme is probably a one time deal. So dont be hard fisted on themes. You wont probably change them every month or year?
So spend a little more money over the theme which you truly like it. Trust me its worth.
Nice themes. Don’t usually get them like this for free. I found a nice free one recently though:
http://wp.istalker.net/
This is good themes. Nice layouts and user (SE) friendly.
IMHO, You can also get free ones and maximize the hell out of it. I mean, just dont be lazy on your blog and you can get what the paid one offers.
If you’re going to use your blog for branding/business purposes then I think it’s worth spending money either on a premium theme or a custom coded theme.
At the end of the day, it depends on what your blog is being used for as to whether or not you should spend money on a theme.
Just my 2c
Chris
They are definitely worth the bucks and that’s why they are being developed. And I too may have to look at one shortly as my site is doing good these days
I really like the Revolution themes, although I never knew that the Diggnation boys had their own wordpress themes too! I always liked watching Kevin Rose on TechTV and G4
Thank you, it works. Great theme
very nice
i like Fresh News but $100 is much if we compare them with Unique blog designs ” they have a good new offer ” i don’t say that this designs bad , it is great but maybe they make any discount !
Or wait for few days, when the authors release the theme under a GPL license
Thank you, this is one of the Great Page i ever found.
I only like using premium themes for sites that i’m planning to flip, as for long term blog, i like to custom design them.
-Bill
The art culture template is very beautiful and not really expensive.
The other are good too.
Yes, I uploaded all the files that came in the zip folder. I just uploaded them in the same folder that they come out of the zip in though. Am I supposed to upload them individually or doe’s it not matter.
Nice themes. It’s looks really good. Thanks.
Amazing work I like it very much.
Awesome themes! But some are really expensive for me.
I prefer fresh news. but overall all of them are quite good.
Good wordpress themes but little expensive.
Wow, I want them all.
Unfortunately, it’s to expensive for me.
I like it.
great themes. but even some are expensive, loads slowly. im looking for a simple one
Personally, I am ready to pay for quality …
i like the market theme.
this templates are great, it ok to pay for quality templates.
I prefer the free templates outside..
He,he
since i dont have enough balance in my paypal.:D
I have been thinking of signing up for WOO themes for pro Wordpress themes. I agree it is worth it to pay for a great team, and don’t need to keep the link at the bottom.
Hi
This is collection of great List.Nice theme.I really like the Revolution theme.Omni is more cost.i like Omni theme.but i don’t have money to buy it. Your collection really needs more themes.
Thank u
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Yeah I agree that without exclusivity in a theme, you do end up being run of the mill just by the fact that there may be ten other sites looking near identical no matter how good the theme is.
Free designs are never as good as paid designs. Like the article stated, it is true you get what you pay for. If you are hoping to capitalize from your website, it is best to either hire a professional designer, or to pay for a theme.
Great Work I like it.
great theme, Thank You!