I am on the hunt, once again, for the “perfect” WordPress theme for my Renovator blog. The current theme, while beautiful and colorful, is a little bulky and I sometimes get CPU exceeded errors from it. Sigh. I have been on a major, major quest for some good themes.
The thing that always attracted me to WordPress is the sheer quantity and quality of classy themes, but that was 2-3 years ago. A lot of those old themes I’d admired are now outdated. I now like the functional little things– tabs, search bars, etc. So I’ve been doing a LOT of hunting. Here’s a list I made of some great places to find WordPress themes. I may update this post from time to time as I discover new sites.
WordPress.org Official Theme Site
Top WP Themes
Natty WP Themes
WP Zoom
WordPress Theme Archive
WP Themer
Kate’s Theme Viewer
Theme Forest
ThemeBot
Advance Science
WordPress Themes
WordPress Themes by Sadish
WP Themes Press
Brian Gardner (some free themes at the bottom)
Smashing Magazine’s 100 Excellent Free WP Themes
Smashing Magazine’s 83 Beautiful WordPress Themes You Probably Haven’t Seen Yet
Skinpress
Template Panic (they have Blogger templates, too)
The UK Map’s WordPress Themes
Amazing WordPress Themes
Free WordPress Themes
WordPress Themeland
Best WordPress Themes
Free WP Themes
ThemeLab
Free WordPress Themes
Daily Blog Tips
Theme Viewer
SiteGround
Pro WordPress Themes
Themes-WP
Sutra Skins
WordPress2u
Gecko & Fly
Free WordPress Themes
WP4Themes
Andreas Viklund Themes
WP Skins
Smashing Apps Mind-Blowing Free Themes
WordPress Theme Review
Download at your own risk! Always check the files before uploading them into your FTP. I have visited every one of the sites I listed, but have not tried every theme.
I’m really amazed at the beauty of some of these themes, they are like themes on orovo detox or something! The problem is, I need a theme that I can customize, because I really like the personal touch. I’m being very picky. Maybe too picky, because I haven’t found one yet after searching through all these themes!
October 25, 2008 at 3:49 am
I’m quite surprised not to see this one on the list:
http://new-wordpress-themes.net
There are a lot of great themes here.
November 1, 2008 at 7:40 pm
I hadn’t seen that site before, thanks for mentioning it.