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10 WordPress Plugins Every Photographer Should Be Using

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WordPress the most popular open source CMS in the market. In fact, it’s so popular that 22% of all the websites in the world are built using it. Part of its attraction is the massive developer community supporting it. Developers create plugins, and plugins extend WordPress, letting you take it in whatever direction suits your needs.

There are some plugins that turbo-charge any WordPress installation, taking it from blogging platform to powerful CMS. They enhance WordPress, making it faster and more powerful. Chances are that your competitors are using these plugins so maybe its time that you thought about using them too. Read More

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The Best WordPress Contact Form Plugin & 14 Free Ones

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Gravity Forms

Gravity Forms takes the cake when it comes to WordPress contact form plugins. It’s a paid plug-in with features such as in line html content, import/export forms, conditional form fields, email notification routing, enhanced custom fields, validation for multiple forms, form scheduling, limit form entries, post image field, post category field, integrate with other forms using hooks, visual form editor and many more features.

Official site can be found here.

Gravity Forms is the only form plugin I use and recommend others use.  It’s super easy to use and advanced.  You can build complex forms easily by dragging and dropping form functions ajax-style, so it literally takes a minute to build a form.

Features I really like:

Schedule Forms - Only want a form available for a limited period of time? Set a start and end date to limit form access and display a custom message when the form has expired.

Pricing Fields – Gravity Forms makes it’s easy to create order forms. Order forms can incorporate pricing specific fields to allow your users to make selections and generate a total based on product and option selections.

Form Builder – Quickly build and design your WordPress forms using the form editor. Select your fields, configure your options, and easily embed forms on your WordPress powered site using the built in tools.

Another reason I use Gravity Forms is because it saves every form submission inside your wp database so you can easily access and answer every query.

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14 Free WordPress Contact Form Plugins

 

Contact Form 7

Manages multiple contact forms. Form and mail has a flexible layout for easy customization with simple markup. Supports Ajax-powered submitting, CAPTCHA, Akismet spam filtering and more.

Official site can be found here. Also comes as a widget that can be downloaded here.

 

Fast Secure Contact Form

This plug-in will let visitors email the site’s admin. Features an easy-to-use admin panel, multi-form feature, auto-responder and an option to redirect visitors to any URL. Supports CAPTCHA and Akismet for spam prevention. Any type of extra fields can be added to your liking.  Official site here.

 

Clean-Contact

Simple contact form option. Advanced spam bot protection, out-of-the-box install, short code support, no external Javascript libraries required, supports custom styling using CSS, multi-language.

 

ONW Simple Contact Form

Simple form that can be added to any page or post through the editor or short code. Non-customizable form, though appearance can be altered using CSS. reCAPTCHA integration possible. Also supports use with multiple sites.

 

Scaleable Contact Form

Highly customizable. Uses CAPTCHA. Required and non-required fields can be configured. 5 different field types, all labels and buttons can be modified, optional confirmation-mail to user. Can be used as a regular send form or Ajax driven.

 

SimpleModal Contact Form (SMCF)

Ajax-powered modal contact form. Utilizes the jQuery library and the SimpleModal jQuery plug-in. Has options to include certain form elements such as subject field and sending a copy to the user.

 

FormBuilder

This plug-in allows you to build complex forms in the admin interface without needing to know PHP or HTML. Features premade forms for quick setup, forms can be placed anywhere, multiple forms on one page, split forms into multiple pages, personalized auto-responses, built-in anti spam and much more.

Official site here.

 

ContactBuddy

Add a simple contact form to widgets, posts and pages. Contains the following fields: name, email, subject, message. A reCAPTCHA validator can be added. Submissions sent to any email specified by the administrator of the site.

Contact WP

This plug-in is very easy to use, and lets you create a simple feedback submission form that is secure, quick and easy for any user to use. Multiple text fields are generated, which can be edited from the admin panel. Extra fields are easy to add.

 

MM Forms Pro

Comes as both free and Pro version. Some features include: set number of submissions, limit who can see it, make time-limited forms, redirect after submissions, multiple forms, CAPTCHA, send HTML formatted emails and much more.

 

Grunion Contact Form

Add a contact form to any widget, post or page. Choose which emails forms are being sent to.

 

TDO Mini Forms

Add highly customizable forms that allow non-registered and/or registered users to submit and edit posts and pages. It’s easy to keep any new posts as drafts and edits as revisions until approved by admin (customizable). Many settings and options available.

 

Formidable Forms

It’s quick and easy to build forms with the drag and drop interface and in-place editing. Make your own custom forms or use one of the templates. You can also use short codes and spam catching services if wanted.

 

Contact Form (by contactme.com)

Contact form and button. Part of an online suite with many more tools. Features include: custom fields (text, dropdown menus, radio buttons, checkboxes and more), editable through your admin panel, include your logo/contact info or social links on the form, many languages supported and more.

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WordPress 2011 Themes – 105 New Themes

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The WordPress theme development community is alive and well as we’ve seen a ton of new themes released this year.  This is only a partial list of what has been released in the last few months.  Too keep this post not getting too large we’ve limited it to 105 themes.  Like other posts we’ll be keeping this updated so look out for a part two soon.  Enjoy.

January 2011 WordPress Theme Releases

Classica

2 portfolio detail page layouts, 4 custom widgets, extensive theme options, dropdown menus, multiple sliders, filterable portfolio, page templates (including contact form), custom login logo, column shortcodes.

Layered PSD, jpg, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Paradise

16 color schemes, JavaScript improved drop down menus, breadcrumbs navigation, social networking, 7 sliders, Cufon font replacement, post thumbnail/featured image support, nested comments, multiple page templates, Timthumb auto thumbnails, custom post types for portfolio items, site gallery with filtering, Lightbox with video support and many more features.

Layered PNG, layered PSD, jpg, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

JingJang

Unlimited colors, multiple image upload, horizontal slider for photo gallery, 30 header fonts, flexible homepage content, 8 custom widgets, styled typography and flexible page columns, shortcodes, custom post type support for portfolios, Timthumb auto thumbnails, unlimited sidebar, contact us page.

Layered PNG, layered PSD, jpg, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

London Live

2 different navigation styles, feature videos, 2 slider options, content slider, options panel, 2 different listing styles, contact form, auto image resizer, PrettyPhoto, 5 custom widgets, jQuery drop down menus.

Layered PNG, layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Versatile

Unlimited colors, customizable typography, extensive theme options, portfolio page with shortcodes, custom post type for slider and portfolio, 50+ custom style shortcodes, Cufon font replacement, 8 custom widgets, custom sidebars, homepage content editor, custom Ajax contact form, widgetized footer, custom logo replacement, threaded comments and much more.

Layered PSD, jpg, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Galleria

12 color schemes, powered by wizypanel, drag & drop image uploader, custom navigation, shortcodes, SEO optimized, image uploader with auto resize, autoplay and more.

Layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Adventure

100% liquid layout, 2 skins, no plugins needed, Lightbox for image & video, image uploader, integrated version of OptionTree, unlimited galleries, fullscreen slideshow, CSS theme options with color picker, social icons manager, multiple shortcodes, Ajax contact form.

Layered PNG, layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Creativo

Sortable portfolio, shortcodes, 3 different slideshows, portfolio galleries with Lightbox, drag & drop homepage, PHP contact form, portfolio templates, jQuery drop down menu, Cufon font replacement and many additional jQuery powered effects.

Layered PSD, jpg, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

PureVision

5 home page sliders, 5 custom widgets, home page columns with widget areas, 8 custom sidebars, contact page, unlimited portfolio sections with many options, 960 grid system, multiple page templates, shortcodes.

Layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Bolder

15 skins, 3 sliders, 3 portfolio pages, extensive admin panel, shortcodes, PrettyPhoto, Cufon font replacement, multiple page templates, contact page with contact form, Google map, threaded comments.

Layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Innocente

TS Display & TS Thinkbox plugins, slider post type, testimonials post type, menu manager, auto image resizing, 2 sidebar positions, 4 page templates, custom widget, jQuery cycle, jQuery PrettyPhoto, multi level dropdown menu, Cufon font replacement.

Layered PSD, jpg, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Widezine

2 skins, fluid/liquid layout, SEO ready, 9 custom widgets, fully widgetized homepage, jQuery news slider, enhanced dropdown menus, Cufon font replacement, PrettyPhoto lightbox, colorpicker, page templates.

Layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Visual

Modular layout, 11 widget areas, 4 custom widgets, full width page, 3 blog pages, unlimited portfolio pages, contact page with contact form, 28 social icons, colorpicker, custom checkboxes and radiobuttons, built-in video player, Lightbox gallery, jQuery post slider, drop-down menu, extensive options panel and more.

Layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Sideways

Theme requires PHP5. Horizontal scrolling layouts, fullscreen background images, PrettyPhoto lightbox, contact form, multiple flexible page templates, 20+ shortcodes, custom widgets, unlimited sidebars, theme options.

Jpg, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Itworx

Unlimited colors, 60+ shortcodes, unlimited slideshows, 5 portfolio layouts, 5 gallery layouts + slider, video support, extensive admin panel, 6 custom post types, FAQ module, 10 sidebars, 20+ widgetized areas, 5 custom widgets, SEO optimized and much more.

CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Sabuy

Unlimited colors, flexible homepage photo wall, 30 header fonts, flexible homepage content, 4 portfolio page styles, 10 custom widgets, shortcodes, styled typography and flexible page columns, shortcode generator plugin, Timthumb auto thumbnails, unlimited sidebar, contact us page, many jQuery powered effects.

Layered PNG, layered PSD, jpg, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Pleng

Extensive admin panel, unlimited colors, 8 homepage slider styles, 30 header fonts, flexible homepage content, 4 portfolio page styles, 10 custom widgets, portfolio list and detail page, built-in image gallery, flexible pricing page, shortcodes, Timthumb auto thumbnails, unlimited sidebars, contact us page.

Layered PNG, layered PSD, jpg, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Nesnel

CloudFw admin panel, configuration wizard, 90+ shortcodes and shortcode generator, slider management system, 3 slider types, auto thumbnail support, video support, custom widgets, Ajax contact form, nested comments, Cufon font replacement, dynamic sidebars, breadcrumbs and more.

Layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Lifeline

Drag & drop widgetized homepage, 10 custom widgets, many shortcodes, unlimited widget sections, custom portfolio pages, 7 custom page templates, custom made theme options panel, 4 color schemes.

Layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Telegraph

Advanced options panel, custom page templates, featured slider, custom menu, multiple custom widgets, threaded comments, SEO options section, custom logo input, auto image resizing, banner management section, custom background support.

Wumblr

15 color presets, 3 column layouts, 9 post types, up to 4 footer widget columns, 7 theme skins, threaded comments, custom menu builder, multi-level dropdown menus, custom footer text, child theme support.

Focusfolio

Extensive options panel, maintenance mode, customizable options for each post, header & footer scripts, 6 colorstyles, 3 custom widgets, ads widget, smart theme panel.

Additional images, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Vibrant Media

30+ shortcodes, extensive admin panel, slider manager, 3 customizable sliders, portfolio custom post type, unlimited colors, multiple custom heading fonts.

Layered PNG, layered PSD, jpg, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

MyNews

Layout builder, up to 32 customizable widget positions, 2 layout options, 4 custom widgets, 10 color variations, 6 widget styles.

Html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

HD Photographer

2 custom post type galleries, 30+ jQuery powered animations, extensive options panel, customizable footer, fullscreen background, dummy content included, Cufon font replacement, 40+ theme options, custom write panels, contact form.

Layered PNG, layered PSD, images, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Skylight

Extensive options panel, colorpicker, Cufon font replacement, shortcodes and more.

Layered PSD, layered PNG, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

ImagiX

Darg & drop features, content style boxes, customizable sliding image, unlimited portfolio, full width, widgetized sidebars & footer, threaded comments, Gravatar support, extensive admin theme options, custom footer text, Google analytics and many more features.

Html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Discipline

Customizable header, changeable grid colors, content slider, footer with contact form, 2 portfolio page layout options.

Html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

iFocus

Blog or custom homepage layout, 2 included colorstyles, multiple sidebar layout choices, upload your own logo, full width templates, jQuery PrettyPhoto popup, 4 sidebar layout modes, up to 4 widgetized footer areas, Google analytics and many more included features.

Html, CSS and JS files included.

Lucid

Unlimited color schemes, shortcodes, extensive admin panel, jQuery enhanced, optional welcome message, sliding portfolio, portfolio lightbox with video support, Google analytics, Cufon font replacement, 7 page format options and more.

Html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

February 2011 WordPress Theme Releases

Chalong

Extensive admin panel, unlimited colors, 7 homepage slider styles, 30 header fonts, customizable homepage content, 3 portfolio page styles, 10 custom widgets, built-in image gallery, multiple ready made pages, flexible pricing page, styled typography and flexible page columns, shortcodes, unlimited sidebars, contact us page.

Layered PNG, layered PSD, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Alyeska

15 colors, 15 textures, 30 menus, flexible homepage setup, 4 slideshow choices, 11 custom widgets, many portfolio options, widgetized footer, built-in SEO, shortcodes, font control, 7 page templates, flash enhancement, jQuery enhancement and more.

Layered PSD, jpg, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Videoline

2 WP3 menus, 3 custom post types, multiple page templates, 4 portfolio types, 14 shortcodes, 3 widgetized areas, 3 theme widgets, video slider management, 23 backgrounds, drop menus, contact form.

Layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Superb

Unlimited colors, 5 plugins, 80+ shortcodes, advanced theme installer, billboard options, sitemap, optional tagline display, Google analytics, custom logos, configurable footer sidebars, social networks integration, ads management plugin, TimThumb and Lightbox integration, unlimited sidebars and much more.

Layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Tranzparency

Contact form, jQuery powered, valid xHtml/CSS, slideshow, jQuery lightbox clone, 6 portfolio pages.

Layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

theDawn

10 skins, powerful backend options panel, multiple layouts, 3 sliders, 4 homepage layouts, 7 portfolio layouts with video support, multiple widgetized sidebars, nested comments, 60+ shortcodes, ajax contact form, optional breadcrumbs navigation, Lightbox, TimThumb automatic thumbnails, price boxes, visual admin editor, Cufon font replacement.

Layered PSD, jpg, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Brainstorm

Content composer (modules), 29 fonts for headings, 4 custom widgets, powerful theme options panel, 10+ shortcodes, image gallery slider, contact form, author box, nested comments, 10 skins, jQuery drop-down menu and more.

Jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Redux

14 custom widgets, extensive theme options, jQuery sliders, dropdown menus, multiple sliders, filterable portfolio, page templates including contact form, shortcodes, pricing tables & feature tour, video support.

Layered PSD, jpg, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Genesis

6 color variations, slider post type, menu manager, auto image resizing, 8 sidebar positions, 4 page templates, jQuery Nivo slider, jQuery PrettyPhoto, multi level dropdown menu, Cufon font replacement.

Layered PSD, jpg, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Eekon Photoblog

Extensive admin panel options, shortcodes, dummy content, threaded comments, portfolio template, jQuery powered gallery, slider for images and captions, two.level jQuery dropdown menu, contact form, Cufon font replacement, several plugins included.

Layered PNG, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

CircloSquero

13 color skins, 6 custom widgets, 40+ shortcodes, 2 sliders, 3 homepage layouts, 2 blog layouts, 2 portfolio layouts, admin panel, SEO optimized, @Font-face font replacement, pricing table, gallery.

Layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

RT-theme

5 premium skin options, 16 pre-defined backgrounds, background slider features, WPML plugin support, custom shortcodes, custom home page posts, widgetized homepage, many layout possibilities, 3 sliders, product showcase with many options, portfolio pages with video support, unlimited custom sidebars, custom admin panel, auto thumbnails and much more.

Layered PNG, layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Shine

20+ page templates, 50+ shortcodes, 35 custom fonts, 5 sliders (+ 3D flash slider), 70+ transition effects, animated portfolio with custom filtering, drag & drop sidebar and footer, Cufon font replacement, CSS font replacement, ajax contact form, unlimited sidebars, auto image resize and crop, videos in image slider and many more features.

Layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

SideWinder

Extensive control panel options, 8 custom page templates, traditional blog + grid blog, 10 Cufon fonts, driven by the Dynamic vGrid plugin, social media widgets, widgetized sidebars.

Layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Anolox

5 color schemes, 3 home page layouts, custom image slider, custom post type, custom menu, featured image, contact form with auto-responder option, jQuery dropdown menu, portfolio with video support, Lightbox with video support, 5 custom widgets, threaded comments, social links/icons.

Layered PNG, layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Sulaco

Google fonts, unlimited color schemes, 10 custom widgets (including portfolio and ads), 13 widget-ready areas, configurable homepage blocks, Twitter feed, 5 page templates, contact form, featured posts slider, column and portfolio shortcodes, SEO friendly, multiple theme options, dropdown menus, nested comments.

Layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Tarnished

7 skin variations, 5 background variations, many shortcodes, video support, multiple page layouts, individual page/post customization, built-in video player with commercial licence included (worth $80), custom widget, improved PrettyPhoto lightbox, Cufon support, contact form, dropdown menus, unlimited sidebars and much more.

Layered PSD, jpg, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

ExcelsiorWP

Fully tableless design, several sections, multiple slideshows with many effects, PrettyPhoto, PHP contact form, Cufon fonts, dark or light layout and more.

Layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

BusinessTime

Unlimited color options, sortable portfolio with paging support, Cufon font replacement, auto sized images, 3 sliders, static featured promo area with video support, dynamic sidebars, 40+ shortcodes, 4 custom widgets, breadcrumb navigation, SEO optimized, Lightbox with video support, full width page template, contact page template, ++.

Layered PSD, jpg, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Multimedia

7 theme styles, Option Tree (Wp Envato admin panel), easy install and ready shortcode, full ajax control, 50+ buttons, 20+ shortcodes, custom fields, 7 ready widgets.

Layered PNG, layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Blanche

Multiple backgrounds, 8 custom widgets, 8 page templates, 50+ shortcodes, unlimited custom sidebars, 3 slideshows, multiple homepage variations, Timthumb resize script integrated, featured image option, contact form, extensive theme options.

Layered PSD, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

deShadow

Unlimited background colors, 11 background patterns, dark + light frame style, image slider, jQuery dropdown menu, 2/3 or 4 columnd portfolio layout, 13 page layouts, 28 shortcodes, Timthumb auto thumbnails, contact us page, custom widgets, multiple jQuery effects.

Layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

FreshStart

5 color schemes, light/dark background options, 9 custom widgets, 2 jQuery slider homepage options, completely widgetized, shortcodes, drop down menu, contact form, jQuery lightbox.

Layered PNG, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Sophis

5 color styles, unlimited background color options, tableless design, narrow/stretched layout, many jQuery effects, several sliders.

Jpg, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Factory

Tableless design, multiple page templates, jQuery powered sliders, dropdown menus, filterable portfolio, PHP contact form, Cufon font replacement.

Jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Cult

3 custom widgets, custom Nivo post slider, integrated ad options, unlimited color variations, multiple custom theme options, contact form.

Layered PNG, layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Child Care Creative

Various header options, 2 home page layouts, slide show, news/blog summary, simple shopping cart, newsletter system, 7 custom widgets, several custom post types, Google map, contact form.

Layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Temptastic

6 different styles, 20 custom widgets, 13 different frontpage sliders, slideshow post thumbnails, video post thumbnails, advanced theme options panel, custom URL shortener and sharing tool, popular posts, widget ready areas, 20+ shortcodes, 15+ Google custom fonts.

Layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

SuperCMS

30+ shortcodes, 3 homepage layout options, 4 widget areas, 6 color schemes, 8 custom widgets, 17 page templates, 3 sliders, multiple lightboxes, tabs, accordions, extensive theme options, multiple custom post types, 3 portfolio overview templates.

Layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

JAI

Extensive admin panel, unlimited colors, 7 homepage slider styles, 3 header fonts, 5 portfolio page styles, 4 blog page styles, 10 custom widgets, image gallery, flexible pricing page, shortcodes, TimThumb auto thumbnail support, unlimited sidebar, contact us page.

Layered PNG, layered PSD, jpg, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Sovereign

1 minute automatic template setup, powerful theme options panel, flexible home page layout, unlimited portfolio with 4 layouts, unlimited sidebars, 20+ theme styles, 10+ color schemes, 5+1 home page slider with video support and staged content, drop down menu, 7+ custom widgets, threaded comments and many more features.

Layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

CleanSlide

jQuery portfolio with filtering, jQuery accordion, 8 color schemes, valid xhtml strict/CSS3.

Layered PNG, layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Hostme

Unlimited colors, extensive admin options panel, customizable typography, SEO optimization, custom post type for slider and portfolio, 80+ shortcodes, Cufon font replacement, 10 custom widgets, custom sidebars, homepage content editor, custom ajax contact form, widgetized footer, threaded comments and much more.

Layered PSD, jpg, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Ebiz

11 pre-defined skins, 26 background patterns, 4 slideshow types, Cufon font replacement, multi level dropdown menu, custom page templates, custom shortcodes, widgetized sidebar and footer, 9 custom widgets, ajax contact form, threaded comments, extensive admin panel.

Layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

March 2011 Theme Releases

Set in Stone

20+ @font-face fonts available, extensive theme options, jQuery enhanced, multiple page templates, custom widgets, shortcodes, and 1, 2 & 3 column filterable portfolios with categories.

Layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Lotus

Extensive admin panel, unlimited colors, 17 background patterns, drag & drop homepage contents manager, 5 different portfolio page styles, 10 custom widgets, built-in image gallery, flexible pricing page, multiple page styles, shortcodes, unlimited sidebar and much more.

Layered PSD, jpg, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Amplus

30+ shortcodes, 5 widgets, flexible layout, adjustable colors, cufon support, @font-face support, numerous post and page options, 4 footer widget areas, unlimited blog and portfolio pages, different gallery types, lightboxed videos, comment form with validation, Ajax uploader support and much more.

Layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Karma

Robust admin panel, 3D sliders, 70+ shortcodes, 20 color variations, 20 page templates, point and click shortcode manager, unlimited sidebars, 5 portfolio layouts, form builder, ++.

Layered PNG, layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Utopian

4 homepage layouts, 6 page layouts, 5 color style variations, homepage slider, 3 custom built-in widgets, custom style options, social icon support, CSS3 dropdown menus and CSS3 styles & gradients.

Layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

PicTree

2 themes, custom post type for photos, lightbox, extensive admin menu, custom image scroller, shortcode collection, TimThumb image crop and resize, jQuery effects, all scripts included – no plug-ins needed.

Jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Oceanic

Multiple page templates, html editor shortcode buttons, 12 widget areas, custom ad widget, custom post types, custom admin panel, sortable portfolio items.

Layered PSD, jpg, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Hulk

Unlimited color variations, 10 built-in color schemes, 10+ background patterns, 37 Google fonts, multi-level dropdown menu, 2 sliders, 6 widget areas, 10 custom widgets, 20+ shortcodes, pricing grid & product tour, theme options panel, 4 portfolio templates, custom blog template, PrettyPhoto image display and Javascript fallback functionality.

Layered PSD, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Anan

Fullscreen slideshow, unlimited colors, 30 header fonts, built-in font manager, extensive galleries admin, 4 portfolio styles, 8 custom widgets, styled typography and flexible page columns, shortcodes, unlimited sidebar, jQuery powered effects.

Layered PSD, jpg, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Photorific

Fullscreen image slideshow, custom background images, multiple slideshow options, 4 portfolio layouts, unlimited colors, 7 Cufon fonts installed, 30+ shortcodes, 3 custom widgets, PrettyPhoto lightbox, unlimited sidebars, threaded comments and Google Analytics.

Layered PSD, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Attique

Light & dark skins, custom page layout composer, drag & drop gallery manager, jQuery slider, unlimited sidebars, custom shortcode generator, social icons manager, 5 portfolio types, 7 custom widgets, 404 custom page, Lightbox, 20+ shortcodes.

Layered PNG, layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Dice

3D slider, accordion slider, cycle slider, unlimited skin possibilities, work/product/client showcase, theme options, 4 custom post types, special custom taxonomy, 40+ shortcodes, 20+ custom widgets, unlimited sidebars.

Layered PSD, jpg, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Glance

Html5 & CSS3, unlimited color elements, different background styles, 30+ shortcodes, shortcode generator, different header styles, sidebar generator, AJAX contact form, Cufon font replacement, custom widgets, Google map integration, jQuery drop down menu.

Layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Thinker

Extensive admin panel, unlimited colors, 33 built-in fonts, fonts manager, drag & drop homepage contents manager, 3 different portfolio page styles, 10 custom widgets, built-in image gallery, multiple page styles, styled typography, flexible page columns, built-in shortcodes, shortcode generator plugin, automatic thumbnail support and unlimited sidebar.

Layered PNG, layered PSD, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Invictus

2 themes, 8 portfolio styles, full-size background gallery with thumbnail scroller, lightbox, extensive admin menu, shortcodes, tag support, customizable sidebars, custom widgets, auto image cropping and resizing, multiple jQuery effects, no plugins needed.

Layered PNG, layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Highlight

Unlimited skins, 35 pattern backgrounds, extensive admin options, sidebar generation functionality, colorpicker, flexible slider image management, Cufon font replacement, 4 jQuery image sliders, portfolio showcase template, portfolio gallery template, jQuery tabs, AJAX contact form, widgetized footer, pricing table design and much more.

Layered PSD, jpg, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

King Size

5 different gallery styles, fullscreen image background, advanced theme options, threaded comments, custom contact page template & widget and more.

Layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

BroadScope

Dummy content install for fast setup, multiple layout and font options, portfolio custom post types, portfolio filtering, Cufon font replacement, jQuery effects, image preloader, ajax/php contact form.

Layered PSD, jpg, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Gallant

Unlimited backgrounds, multiple sidebar options, 4 homepage sliders and static image, 8 fonts, 11 page templates, social icons pack included, ajax contact page, shortcodes, 9 custom widgets.

Layered PSD, jpg, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Rend

2 custom widgets, custom post type for slider, 4 color variations, 3 sliders, 3 portfolio templates, image resizing, custom theme options, contact form.

CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Royalty

8 skins, 6 layout templates, 40 admin options, 2 frontpage layouts, 2 portfolio types, 5 custom widgets, 8 widget areas in sidebars, widgetized footer, custom 404 page, 60 shortcodes, jQuery contact form, breadcrumbs navigation, custom styled archives and search pages, custom styled lightbox and much more.

Layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Rokko

5 color styles, 2 layered slider, in post slider, video integration in portfolio, gallery, widgetized mainpage, unlimited sidebars, shortcodes, custom premium widgets for mainpage and sidebars, contact form in footer area.

Layered PSD, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Conference

2 homepage templates, 8 theme skins, custom web font with @font-face, widget-ready, 18+ shortcodes, tweet button for blog posts, social media URLs, jQuery functionality, custom page templates.

Layered PNG, jpg, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

New Business

Unlimited colors, 17 fonts, custom frontpage, sidebar options, custom gallery page template, custom gallery post template, custom widgets, multiple shortcodes, jQuery slider, 8 slideshow effects, Fancybox on gallery page, extensive options admin panel, CSS layout, Cufon font replacement.

Layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Oxygen

3 portfolio styles, own photo gallery, highly customizable homepage, thumbnail generation and resizing, 5 custom widgets, 30+ shortcodes, drop down manu with 2 color options, 2 sliders, powerful configuration page, contact form plug-in included, SEO optimized, full width page template, easy logo replacement.

Layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Mini Lab

15 styles options, multiple homepage slideshow options, 2 blog templates, 5 custom widgets sidebars, menu manager, 2 gallery page templates, portfolio pages, 12 shortcodes, full width page template, breadcrumbs navigation, extensive admin options, ajax contact form.

Layered PSD, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Graffiti

Cufon font replacement, 7 page templates, custom portfolio posts, custom theme options, 11 custom widgets, custom footer with 4 widgets, multiple shortcodes.

Layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Da Vinci

One page portfolio theme. 12 color variations, shortcodes, dynamic image resizing, animated scrolling with jQuery, header slider, vertical scroll modules, ajax php newsletter form, scrollable slider, overlay window, portfolio window, Google Map, ajax php contact form, Cufon font replacement.

Layered PNG, layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Miniml Press

6 custom layouts, 3 skins, TimThumb image resizing & post thumbnail auto resizing, PrettyPhoto integration, new post metaboxes, custom post types for portfolio/media, jQuery toggle, full width custom page template, Google fonts, shortcodes, custom widgets.

Layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Fashion Design

5 color layouts, showcase portfolio with video support, Google maps integration, ajax contact form, Sifr font replacement, custom Twitter widget, nested comments, custom logo replacement, breadcrumbs navigation.

Layered PNG, layered PSD, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Redminton

Logo replacement, background image/pattern and repeat option, unlimited color options (colorpicker), custom article widget, social integration, Google Analytics, Google map, advertisement ready, shortcodes and more.

Layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Frailespatique

14 widget areas, featured sliders for posts, customizable top carousel animation, many templates (404 page, image, gallery, interview, archive ++), 2 styles, drop down menus, 3 custom widgets, custom background options, Google analytics, font manager with Cufon support, post thumbnail/featured image, tableless code, jQueryeffects.

Html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Percivale

3 jQuery sliders, auto sized thumbnails, Cufon font replacement, multiple shortcodes, typography options, unlimited colors, full or fixed width site layout, 3/4/5 column footer, 5 custom widgets, 10 portfolio styles, popular post module, integrated social media sharing, portfolio video support, ajax contact form, nested comments and much more.

Layered PSD, jpg, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Mono-tone

Extensive options panel, unlimited color options, custom typography options, Cufon font replacement, one click post display settings, related posts, jQuery image slider, jQuery portfolio, jQuery lightbox, drop down menu, multiple shortcodes, jQuery/ajax contact form, Google analytics, SEO options.

Jpg, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Powerplay

Mega submenus, 70+ shortcodes, 6 custom post types, unlimited backgrounds, 20 fonts, 10 skins, 5 portfolio layouts, 3 slideshow types, 5 gallery layouts, 2 blog layouts, modular homepage, custom user registration/profile/login pages, WPML support, full with layout, 5 custom widgets, 11 sidebars, video support.

CSS, JS and PHP files included.

E-Shopper

Plugin-free E-commerce theme. Extensive theme options panel, flexible homepage layout, skin editor, semi-function user purchase/registration system, front end profile editor, front end new user registration, latest products homepage slider carousel, 2 homepage sliders, video support, automatic thumbnails, ajax newsletter and contact form, 60+ shortcodes, many shopping cart features and much more.

Layered PSD, jpg, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Americana

8 custom widgets, extensive options panel, 3 custom post types, 50+ custom shortcodes, 6 custom pages, ajax contact form, jQuery Quicksand integration, 2 sliders, full width and fixed width layouts, 8 background patterns, 90 fonts, unlimited sidebars.

Layered PSD, jpg, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Welcome Inn

3 different styles, one click auto install, shortcodes, Fuse framework, auto image resizing, jQuery image/video lightbox, custom widgets, powerful admin options, feedburner ready, font-face custom fonts, JavaScript enabled tabs.

Maximus

Unlimited colors, Cufon font replacement, multiple sliders, filterable portfolio/gallery, Colorbox lightbox, drop down menus, Ajax contact form, Twitter widget, footer widgets, social integration, Google analytics, SEO options.

Additional images, html, CSS, JS and PHP files included.

Inova

3 sliders, video support, many shortcodes, unlimited sidebars, powerful admin panel, 10 page templates, custom widgets, threaded comments, skin constructor, contact page, lightbox with video support, Cufon font replacement, table generator.

Layered PSD, layered PNG, images, CSS, html, JS and PHP files included.

Red Fred

11 color schemes, Cufon font replacement, powerful typography settings, 30+ shortcodes, social media icons, slideshow banner, html banners, posts featured image, threaded comments, movable sidebar area, additional sidebars, 3 page templates, grid-based design, Google analytics.

Html, CSS and JS files included.

wpbundle

WPBundle – WooThemes Discount WordPress Theme Bundle

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[dropcap1 color="blue"]A[/dropcap1] brand new WP Bundle has been released today containing 10 amazing themes – ranging from personal blogging to business to photography to niche – and is available for only $250. That’s an very awesome $25 per theme, which offers you great value in my opinion. The themes included are: (View screenshots below)

  • Personalize: A minimalistic & sophisticated personal blogging theme that perfectly highlights and publishes your content.
  • SnapBlog: A breathtaking, full width photoblogging theme that will be the envy of many photographers.
  • KnowledgeBase: A knowledgebase theme to automate FAQ’s & Q&A in a very sexy way.
  • Diverse: The perfect magazine / news theme to handle a variety of rich media articles.
  • Nimble: A stylish & arty tumblogging theme that works really well with our iPhone app, Express.
  • Work & Play: A theme for freelancers / designers to showcase their work and do a bit of writing on the side.
  • Focused: A single column blogging theme that publishes beautiful, full-width photography.
  • Roaming: Geolocation awesomeness comes to this city guide theme.
  • Practical: Get all DIY about promoting your business online with this beautiful theme.
  • Essence: A must-have theme for any creative agency that wants to show off their work online.

What’s in the Bundle?

As it currently stands, on launch day. There’s 10 core themes with unique designs and functionality. Shipped with that are a handful of variations, the very tip of what we have in store for you. There’s also a custom made Icon set, and a few discount codes from a few close friends with amazing products. Everything in the Bundle includes free updates and support for life.

What’s Still to Come?

There’s still a huge deal of content still to come, which anybody who buys the bundle will have free access to. A lot of the build time on this Bundle has been spent making 70+ unique variations of the 10 core themes. All of these additional themes are going to be released incrementally. The reason they’re not being released at launch? Quite honestly we just felt it was time you guys got to get your hands on something.

Essence Theme

Focused Theme

Knowledgebase WP Theme

Nimble Theme

Personalize

Practical

Roaming

Snapblog

Work & Play Theme

Icons

First Impressions

I was really impressed when I saw these themes. The designs are really outstanding. And I immediately saw how I could use a few of the themes for personal projects, specifically the photography and knowledgebase theme.

The Nitty Gritty

All 10 themes have been built on the awesome, functional & stable WooFramework, so it’s got our stamp of approval as well as all the goodies that you normally associate with Woothemes themes. So not only do the designs look pretty, but you can be assured of amazing code & functionality underneath the bonnet as well. In addition, support & theme documentation will be available via WooThemes.com and again we’ll be making sure that everything is on par with the quality that you expect from us.

These 10 themes are also only available via WPBundle and the $250 package; i.e. it is impossible to purchase these themes separately. These themes are also not available via our club subscriptions, but we are making them available to existing WooThemes users at a massive discounted rate:

  • If you have purchased a Standard or Developer Package before, you are eligible to pick up WPBundle for only $150; or
  • If you are an active Standard or Developer Club Subscriber, you can get WPBundle for only $100.

To take us up on this offer, simply log into your account and purchase WPBundle from there. :)

Again, it’s not possible to purchase these themes separately. They are only available through from WPBundle and include tons of variations as well.

estate

New (IDX enabled) Real Estate WordPress Theme

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A new real estate wordpress theme from Woothemes has been released called Estate and all I can say is that I am quite impressed.  Not only does it look very professional and clean but it has some cool advanced features that should make real estate agents very happy.  And I’m talking about the integrated IDX feature which allows you to include searchable and indexable property pages on your site.  The indexable content is very important for SEO and I think if you’re an agent and you’re not using something like this that you’re at a disadvantage  to those that do.  If you care about SEO then it’s quite important to have lots of content on your site.  Basically having IDX listings that are found by search engines and are able to be indexed means you expand your site’s size.  It now has a better chance at being found for the keywords that are included in your listings.  Think “bigger net”.

Screen Shot of Estate

Estate Theme

Estate is not your ordinary real estate theme. It is more advanced, yet simple to manage real estate theme built specifically for real estate agencies. Built on the WooFramework it boasts advanced SEO controls, clean code and advanced styling features.

Making use of WordPress 3.0′s custom post types and taxonomies the theme unleashes a new “Properties” management facility when installed – proving it’s far more than just a WordPress real estate theme, it’s a web solution. With flexible page templates, an advanced search facility that allows you to drill down into properties based on very specific criteria, Google Maps integration and smart property images management you’ll find huge value in the modest price tag.

dsIDXpressNEW: Now with IDX functionality thanks to dsIDXpress plugin integration.

Estate Theme Advanced Features:

Advanced Search

Search all the property listings based on any combination of it’s location, property type, price, number of bedrooms, to name but a few!

Featured Slider

The home page scroller can feature any noteworthy property listings you wish to highlight in the most prominent home page space. Simply add a tag to the featured posts to enable them in the scroller.

Custom Post Types

Blog posts and pages are typical post types – this theme adds properties, with custom entry fields to populate it’s property listing.

Multiple Layouts

Choose whether you want a widgetized sidebar on the home and other page. Intelligent page templates determine if you have included a virtual tour, Google Map or property images and adjusts the listing layout accordingly.

On Show Properties

On Show properties get prominent styling, and all the “On Show” properties can be viewed on their own unique archive page template.

Google Maps

Associate a Google Map address to your property listing and enable street view and location maps allowing your site visitors to browse the neighbourhood.

Theme Pricing:

This theme currently costs $200 which in my mind is a steal.  But for some that might seem like a lot for a wordpress theme.  But how I look at it is that you are paying for the advanced features.  The IDX feature alone makes this theme stand out.  If you care about SEO and getting more traffic the IDX is really a must have.

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50 Most Popular WordPress Themes on TF

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Here are 50 of the most popular WordPress themes on TF (Themeforest).  They are ranked most popular by highest number of sales. Clicking on any of the thumbnails will take you to the theme. There’s more info at the end of this post about how knowing what themes are most popular can help your business.

1. In Focus

Infocus

inFocus comes with an impressive fully customizable jQuery homepage slider with 3 different staging effects. The theme also has 10 skins and a huge custom back end area with many customization options for both beginners and pros.

2. Display

Display Theme

Display is best suited for Business and Portfolio sites and comes with a 3D Image slideshow that can be controlled from your backend with a custom tool. 8 additional Admin Pages make customization of this theme quick and easy.

3. Big Feature

Big Feature Theme

Clean and flexible. Big article images and typography. Many settings available, several templates, 5 custom widgets.

4. Twicet

Twicet Theme

For Business and Portfolio sites. It comes with 5 sleek skins and is very flexible. All -psd files are also included.

5. Unite

Unite Theme

This theme has 5 pre-made skins. The theme is easy to modify and the PSD files included have been customized to allow fast skinning.

6. London creative

London Creative WP Theme

This theme comes with fully working contact form, featured images slider, unique spinning slider buttons, PrettyPhoto plugin and more. The dropdown navigation is very user-friendly.

7. Photo Nexus WordPress gallery

Nexus Theme

This is a 2 column , 2 color variation theme. Suitable for creating a gallery of Photos, Artworks or Designs. A modern yet minimalistic style will give your content focus.

8. WPA Storefront

WPA WP Storefront Theme

This theme uses the existing WP-E-Commerce code combined with some new custom coding to display your products and product groups. Many different options for displaying your products. A video tutorial is also available.

9. Newscast

Newscast Theme

This theme is best suited for Magazines and Blogs. It comes with 3 Image and News slideshows, multiple Page templates and 4 skins.

10. ShapeShifter

Shapeshifter WP Theme

This single-page WordPress template that has been designed to be as simple and easy as possible. Ready in minutes. Jquery lightbox, unlimited color-options and many more features.

11. Cubit

Cubit

Cubit is a clean and flexible wordpress theme with 6 different cholor schemes. The theme is best suited for portfolio and business sites. The javascript image transition at the mainpage suports an unlimted number of images.

12. Awake

Awake Theme

Awake has an easy to use admin panel to givie you full control over every major design element. If you need to add custom sidebars, edit your homepage content or change your footer column layout the options are easy to find.The theme also comes with an impressive easy to customize homepage slider with two transition effects and five staging options.

13. Convergence

Convergence Theme

Convergence is a WordPress theme with focus on creating a community site. This theme includes many popular features seen in today’s industry leading community sites. Some of the included features are feedburner integration, gravatar ready, flickr showcase, social linking and more.

14. Luxury

Luxury Theme

This clean-looking 960 grid-based theme has drop down menus, auto post thumbnails, is jQuery enhanced and has many more features available.

15. Levitation

Levitation Theme

Levitation is best suited for Business and Portfolio sites. It comes with 5 skins, 2 different front page designs, multiple page templates, jQuery support and extensive documentation.

16. Sansation

Sansation Theme

Many features available including video tutorials, 3D slider, many different color schemes, 14 unique page templates, AJAX contact form.

17. Contrast

Contrast Theme

Contrastis a theme suitable for photographers, graphic & web designers. Umlimited theme colors, fullscreen backgrounds, social icons and more.

18. Bluelight

Bluelight Theme

The theme makes use of the new Menu Manager, lightbox portfolio items, 1-level drop down menu, along with giving many customization options and a video screencast to help with the installation process.

19. Atlantica

Atlantica

This theme is designed to function as a portfolio. The theme is ideal for artists, designers, photographer, and other creatives that are in need of a portfolio template. Some of the features included are 6 unique themes, custom admin panel, jQuery lightbox and templates for all core pages.

20. Prosto

Prosto WP Theme

Teme suited for personal portfolio, blog, or business website. Easy to customize with extended admin panel. Setup layout and custom sidebar possible for each page. Unlimited number of portfolios in 3 different layouts and a lot of flexibility.

21. Concept

Concept Theme

The frontend design has become very popular as a HTML template. One of the strong features of this template is a professionally built admin panel letting you edit every major content block in the layout quickly and easily without opening up any template files.

22. Avisio

Avisio Theme

This theme takes advantage with of the WordPress 3 features and is best suited for Portfolio and Business Websites. Create unique skins right from your backend without the need to edit anything within your css files. Install content automatically when setting up the theme.Easy to customize as you can take a look first how its done at the dummy posts and pages.

23. Studio Box

Studio Box

This theme simplifies the building of your online portfolio. Packed with useful showcases to have your creative work displayed for customers and clients.

24. Vulcan

Vulcan Theme

The Vulcan template is modern and minimalistic for any kind of website. The theme is available in five colors and comes with three variations slider. Other features include jQuery image slideshow, six custom page templates, 8 widget places.

25. The clothes shop

Clothes Shop

eCommerce theme. Some features include shopping cart, SEO optimization, widgets and widget ready areas.

26. Centita

Centita Theme

Minimalist and elegant look suitable for professional corporate websites. Easy to customize and many features, such as customizable homepage and sidebar areas.

27. MiniBuzz

Minibuzz Theme

Simple, clean and minimalist business wordpress theme suitable for business, portfolio, company, corporate – or even for a personal or blog site. Unlimited color, homepage slider, jQuery PrettyPhoto and more.

28. Synthetik

Synthetik Theme

Theme developed for users who want visual browsing and a minimal layout. The theme can been used to create everything from e-commerce sites to portfolio sites. 7 color schemes and Lightbox gallery.

29. Echoes

Echoes Theme

Echoes has 11 Skins, 3 mainpage styles, 5 Portfolio Page Styles, 19 Shortcodes, working Contact Page Ajax Validated Template and more.

It features numbered , thumbnail slides , content objects/elements, carousels, full-width pages, on hover icons with light-box supported images and videos, drop-down menus, multi-column footers and more to make it easy to customize.

30. Breeze

Breeze Theme

SEO friendly, automatic thumbnail generation, AdSense ready, jQuery integration and many more features. This theme is developed with corporate businesses in mind.

31. Dark Atlantica

Dark Atlantica Theme

This theme suits best as a portfolio, or any other site that needs a beautiful layout. Ideal for artists, designers, photographer, and other creatives that are in need of a portfolio template that has a professional look.

32. RT-theme 6

RT WP Theme

This theme is best suited for business, corporate or service websites. A highly customizable theme with many backend options. Widgetized slider, 7 widget areas, 5 skin options, custom admin panel and auto thumbnails are some of the features.

33. The jewelry shop

Jewelry Shop WordPress Theme

The second eCommerce theme on the list. Shopping cart, SEO optimization, widgets and widget ready areas are some of the included features.

34. Design agency

Design Agency

This clean design is suitable for studio, design or communication agencies. Includes a full-featured custom administrator panel, working contact form with live validation and unlimited color variations.

35. Wordfolio

Wordfolio

WordPress + Portfolio = Wordfolio, a wordpress theme suitable for graphic & web designers. Includes the full layered psd-files, jQuery based transparent showcase, editable auto cycle and speed + more.

36. Deadline

Deadline Theme

Deadline is a News/Magazine theme with many available custom options and widgets. Easily control content layout, manage advertising, show Twitter updates, display photos and much more.

37. Pacifica

Pacifica Theme

Portfolio theme with 8 Color Styles, custom admin panel. The included Installation & Usage Instructions are comprehensive.

38. RT-theme 9

RT Theme

RT-Theme 9 is best suited for business, corporate, service or portfolio websites.

The theme comes with 5 premium skin options, sliced PSD files, 2 alternative homepages, a product showroom, widgetized sliders, custom admin panel and many more options.

39. DynamiX

Dynamix Theme

Designed to suit almost any use – with carefully selected colour skins and the ability to switch an inner skin between light and dark to get a number of different personal results. Every page also has the ability to display an Image Gallery with 3 different styles. Many available options to customize your site.

One can also easily switch layouts from full width to 3 columns, turn off main borders and much more.

40. Minimal

Minimal Theme

A minimal theme with many features; custom fading tagline, custom admin page, 2 custom widgets, 4 sidebar options and more.

41. RT-theme 5

RT Theme 5

Highly customizable theme with many backend options. 9 widget areas, jQuery improved and sliced PSD-files included.

42. QualiFire

Qualifire

SEO has been made a priority in this theme. The theme is widgetized with 9 preset styles. Three home page sliders available, contact page, custom sidebars and more.

43. Los Angeles

Los Angels Theme

4 Color Styles, make your own color style if wanted, custom admin panel,widgetized Sidebar, image gallery and more.

44. The PaperCore

Papercore Theme

Elegant and minimal business style template. Some of the features included are 4 different styles, 2 jQuery image sliders, dynamic sidebars, 8 page templates and 3 bonus plugins.

45. Deluxe

Deluxe Theme

Mainly suitable for portfolios and businesses. Includes 20 shortcodes, contact form, gallery video support, 7 help videos, multi-level drop-down menu support and more.

46. Pandora

Pandora Theme

Suits anything from a corporate business to a portfolio site.

More than 10 professionally-designed and easy customisable themes, portfolio /mainpage item fader, news ticker, portfolio page with lightbox, php/js contact form and much more.

47. Showtime

Showtime

A theme made for business or portfolio websites. Many available options. Unlimited widget areas, both body and footer. Custom built FreshPanel.

48. Flex

Flex Theme

Portfolio and blog theme. 12 skins included and more than 15 custom options in the admin panel. Grid-based layout that suits photographers, motion artists and others wanting to display their work.

49. Creative

Creative Theme

Creative template is a clean and professional theme, that suits business, companies and personal web sites. 9 color variations, 2 different homepages, 12 different pages, jQuery dropdown menu, php contact form, 2 widgets and more.

50. WP Pro real estate

WP Real Estate Theme

Clean and simple theme that it lets you to create a dynamic content managed site for the real estate business. Includes many features allowing for complete customization, like custom write post panel, built-in google maps, dynamic image resizing, multiple images per listing and searchable listings.

So there you have it… the most popular wordpress themes on Themeforest. Knowing what themes that are popular gives you quite a wealth of information. If you are a theme developer it would make sense to use any of these themes as inspiration or a jumping off point for your next theme. If you are a business owner it will help you understand what people like, thus allowing you to make maybe a better choice if you are picking a theme yourself.

Popularity does matter in this world (sadly) and I can tell you first hand that if you are using a generic theme for your business website, that switching to a more professional theme that has proven to be popular can improve your business. I know first hand. For a long time I was using the Thesis theme for this site. And it really made this site look more like a blog than a business. So I decided to change that once I found a theme on TF that I liked. I chose the display theme and decided I should at least test it out. Well it turns out that people really liked the way my site looked after that because I received a lot more leads than I normaly did. So doing something as simple as changing my sites wordpress theme improved my business. Of course changing themes is pretty simple if you know how to do it, but overal you’re changing your entire look… so the implications go a lot deeper than just switching your theme. It’s probably something that deserves it’s own post. Might be something I will write about soon. Anywho,

Hope you like this list of the most popular themes on Themeforest!

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54 Sites to Find WordPress Themes

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54 Websites to browse for finding your next WordPress theme. This list includes both free and premium themes and includes developers who keep their themes up to date. These are listed in no particular order.

Studiopress

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Pagelines

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DIY Themes

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iThemes

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Photocrati

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RichWP

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Templatic

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ThemeShift

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WPZoom

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Themeforest

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WooThemes

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FrogsThemes

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Graph Paper Press

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Solostream

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WP Mojo

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Theme Lab

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CamelGraph

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Padd solutions

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WP Now

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Bizz themes

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Skinpress

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Headway

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WordPress Madness

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Viva Themes

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Zidalgo

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UP Themes

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Headway

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WPBest

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WP Count

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Empire Themes

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Organic themes

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Wpshower

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Obox design

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Web2Feel

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DynamicWP

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Top WordPress Themes

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Free WP Themes

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WP crunchy

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Blog oh blog

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WordPress.org Theme Depository

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Themes-WP

Themes-WP[divider_line]

Themes Rock Kitty

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Wpskins

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Unique Blog Designs

Unique Blog Designs[divider_line]

Wpthemes press

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Site5 Free Themes

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Premium WP

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Gabfire

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Themify

Themify[divider_line]

BlogPerfume

BlogPerfume[divider_line]

Press75

Press 75[divider_line]

Gorilla Themes

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There you have it… 54 different sites where you can find a theme for your WordPress powered site.

16 WordPress Plugins for Better SEO

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WordPress is pretty SEO Friendly out-of-the-box but there are some things that aren’t built in and that’s why SEO plugins are necessary.  This list of wordpress SEO plugins do some cool things that will help you increase how effective your wordpress site is to search engine rankings.  Little things like using correct title tags for your posts make a lot of difference.  These plugins below will further extend wordpress to be even more SEO friendly.  And they should all be compatible with WordPress 3.0+.

Here’s a list of 16 SEO plugins for WordPress.

1. All in one SEO pack

(Visit Site) Automatically optimizes your WordPress blog for Search Engines and gives you many options for customizing things such as Meta data like page titles.

Features

  • Support for Custom Post Types
  • Advanced Canonical URLs
  • Fine tune Page Navigational Links
  • Built-in API so other plugins/themes can access and extend functionality
  • ONLY plugin to provide SEO Integration for WP e-Commerce sites
  • Nonce Security
  • Support for CMS-style WordPress installations
  • Automatically optimizes your titles for search engines
  • Generates META tags automatically
  • Avoids the typical duplicate content found on WordPress blogs
  • For beginners, you don’t even have to look at the options, it works out-of-the-box. Just install.
  • For advanced users, you can fine-tune everything
  • You can override any title and set any META description and any META keywords you want.
  • Backward-Compatibility with many other plugins, like Auto Meta, Ultimate Tag Warrior and others.
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2. WordPress SEO

(Visit Site) WordPress SEO is an all in one solution to search engine optimize your WordPress blog, featuring titles, meta descriptions, optimized breadcrumbs, XML.

Features

  • Post title and meta description meta box to change these on a per post basis.
  • Taxonomy (tag, category & custom taxonomy) title and meta description support.
  • Google search result snippet previews.
  • Focus keyword testing.
  • Meta Robots configuration: o Easily add noodp, noydir meta tags. o Easily noindex, or nofollow pages, taxonomies or entire archives.
  • Improved canonical support, adding canonical to taxonomy archives, single posts and pages and the front page.
  • RSS footer / header configuration.
  • Permalink clean ups, while still allowing for, for instance, Google Custom Search.
  • Breadcrumbs support, with configurable breadcrumbs titles.
  • XML Sitemaps with: o Images o Configurable removal of post types and taxonomies o Pages or posts that have been noindexed will not show in XML sitemap.
  • XML News Sitemaps.
  • .htaccess and robots.txt editor.
  • Basic import functionality for HeadSpace2 and All in One SEO.
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3. ScribeSEO

(Visit Site) ScribeSEO takes all the guesswork out of SEO for your wordpress site.  It basically does the majority of the SEO work for you and helps you:

  • Discover the correct profitable keywords
  • Stay automatically up to speed on SEO best practices
  • Optimize your content better and faster
  • Avoid content that reads like it was written by a robot
  • Build quality links with less hassle and confusion

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4. SEO smart links

(Visit Site) SEO Smart Links provides automatic SEO benefits for your site in addition to custom keyword lists, nofollow and much more.

Description

SEO Smart Links provides automatic SEO benefits for your site in addition to custom keyword lists, nofollow and much more. SEO Smart Links can automatically link keywords and phrases in your posts and comments with corresponding posts, pages, categories and tags on your blog. Further SEO Smart links allows you to set up your own keywords and set of matching URLs. Finally SEO Smart links allows you to set nofollow attribute and open links in new window. It is a perfect solution to get your blog posts interlinked or add affiliate links to other sites. Everything happens completely transparent, and you can edit the options from the administration settings panel.
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5. Google XML sitemaps

(Visit Site) This plugin will generate a special XML sitemap which will help search engines to better index your blog.

Description

This plugin will generate a special XML sitemap which will help search engines like Google, Bing, Yahoo and Ask.com to better index your blog. With such a sitemap, it’s much easier for the crawlers to see the complete structure of your site and retrieve it more efficiently. The plugin supports all kinds of WordPress generated pages as well as custom URLs. Additionally it notifies all major search engines every time you create a post about the new content.
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6. Platinum SEO pack

(Visit Site) Platinum SEO Plugin offers Complete onsite SEO solution for your WordPress blog.

Features

  • Automatic 301 redirects for any permalink changes
  • Canonical URLs
  • Optimized Post and Page Titles for search engines
  • Generates all SEO relevant META tags automatically
  • Option to specify meta description and meta keywords tag for categories and tag pages.
  • Option to turn off Page title or Post title rewrites for any particular post or page
  • Option to turn off Page title or Post title format for any particular post or page
  • Helps you avoid duplicate content
  • Lets you override any title and set any META description and META keywords, for any post or page
  • Support for custom taxonomies in version 1.3.4
  • Compatible with most other plugins, like Auto Meta, Ultimate Tag Warrior and others.However you may have to disable All in One SEO pack
  • You don’t have to fear changing permalinks. If you are not satisfied with the current permalink, change it through Settings>Permalinks in your admin panel, without worrying about loss of Page rank or google penalty.Platinum SEO plugin will take care of issuing a 301 redirect to the new location.This is a new essential feature, not present in All in one SEO
  • Add index, noindex, follow or nofollow, noodp, noydir, noarchive, nosnippet meta tags to any post/page.These options are not available in All in one SEO Pack.Find out why this option to set post/page level Meta Robots Tag useful?
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7. SEO friendly images

(Visit Site) SEO Friendly Images is a WordPress optimization plugin which automatically updates all images with proper ALT and TITLE attributes.

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8. Redirection

(Visit Site) Redirection is a WordPress plugin to manage 301 redirections, keep track of 404 errors, and generally tidy up any loose ends your site may have.

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9. SEO No Duplicate

(Visit Site) This plugin helps you manage your search engine duplicate content, by setting your post page’s canonical to the permalink.

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10. Headspace 2

(Visit Site) HeadSpace is a powerful all-in-one plugin to manage meta-data and handle a wide range of SEO tasks.

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11. I Love Social Bookmarking

(Visit Site) I Love Social Bookmarking is a simple WordPress plugin that allows your readers to submit your content to social media services via a clutter-free drop-down list. SEO optimised by using the “nofollow” tag.

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12. Robots meta

(Visit Site) This plugin makes it easy to add the appropriate meta robots tags to your pages, disable unused archives, nofollow unnecessary links and more.

Features

  • Prevent indexing of your search result pages, while still allowing the search engines to follow the links on them, by adding noindex, follow robots meta tags.
  • Disallow indexing of subpages to your homepage, category pages, author pages and tag pages, to prevent duplicate content.
  • Prevent indexing of your login, register and admin pages by adding noindex robots meta tags.
  • Add noodp an noydir meta robots tags, allowing you to opt out of DMOZ and Yahoo! Directory descriptions.
  • Prevent Yahoo! and Google from indexing your feeds by adding a meta tag to their head-section.
  • Prevent indexing of just your comment feeds.
  • Disable author and date-based archives.
  • Prevent attachment pages from ranking in the search results over your articles.
  • Enforce a trailing slash on archives.
  • Edit your .htaccess and your robots.txt from within WordPress.
  • Assign robots meta tags to individual posts & pages.
  • Verify your site with Google Webmaster Tools, Yahoo! Site Explorer and Bing Webmaster Tools.
  • Add noarchive tags to your blog (Thanks to Henryk Gerlach).
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13. WP super cache

(Visit Site) This plugin generates static html files from your dynamic WordPress blog.  After a html file is generated your webserver will serve that file instead of processing the comparatively heavier and more expensive WordPress PHP scripts.  This plugin makes your site faster and faster loading sites rank better in SERPS.

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14. WP-Paginate

(Visit Site) A simple paging navigation plugin for users and search engines. Instead of next and previous page it shows numbers and arrows.  In addition to increasing the user experience for your visitors, it has also been widely reported that pagination increases the SEO of your site by providing more links to your content.

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15. Nofollow Blogroll SEO

(Visit Site) A simple plugin that adds rel=”nofollow” attribute to non-homepage Blogroll Links. Improves SEO while still providing some link love to your favorite sites.

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16. WP SEO Tags

(Visit Site) This Plugin logs incoming queries from searchengines like Bing, Google and Yahoo. The last requests can be displayed via a sidebar widget.

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