Top 10 Premium WordPress Themes

If you ever spent any time looking at the numerous free wordpress theme sites you have probably come to understand that free themes are  free for a reason. Of course, you can always hire a web designer to create a nice looking website, but designers can be expensive. Premium wordpress themes that can be customized according to your website needs and design requirements are definitely an affordable alternative solution.

Here we take a look at ten premium theme clubs that comply with the highest aesthetic standards and offer a wide variety of features for customization.

1. Premium Themes

   Premium wordpress themes are among the most expensive ones on the market. The price is justified in that their themes are designed by SEO experts to ensure that your sites get maximum benefit out of the theme. Some of the major benefits are these: page load time is very less compared to other themes, it reduces the load of the server, and most importantly, as the premium wordpress themes are already developed taking search engine optimization factors into consideration, theme helps your site to get listed in search engine automatically.

   You can request your own customized premium wordpress theme with all the above features. New premium wordpress themes are released every moth giving you a huge verity to choose from. Every theme comes with tips, how to use guide and very easy to install feature. Apart from these advantages, Premium wordpress themes come optimized with many features that are easy to run from the control panel even if you are a beginner. It’s easy to upload videos and other multimedia materials, ad rotators are already implemented for you to use, etc.

   We especially recommend their restaurant themes Gourmet and Restaurant, and the tourist related theme called Destination.

   Premium Themes

2. Thesis

   Thesis is without doubt one of the most popular wordpress themes, and it is so for many reasons. First and foremost, it is a theme that allows for an easy customization and design and offers a wide variety of features which can be configured from within the WP control panel. You don’t have to know any html in order to set up your thesis blog, and you are pretty much free to do anything. Aside from being a theme, Thesis is also a framework ideal to build upon, which makes it a great tool for developers.

   Here is a video that explains the basics.

   Thesis

3. Headway

   Headway is another Do-It-Yourself theme that attracts creative bloggers and developers. It allows you to drag and drop your website or blogs layout to easily rearrange content and customize the colors, fonts, and features included in the theme.

   Headway Themes

4. StudioPress Themes

   Attractive looking, Studio Press themes are easy to use, with widgets that you simply drag and drop to create the look you want. They are ready for advertising, have integrated comment functionality, and developed for easy translation into different languatges. Yet the biggest advantage of Studio Press themes is that they have been fully SEO’d by one of the leading SEO specialists, Joost de Valk, and will help your blog rank higher in the search engines.

   Our favorite StudioPress themes are Agent related to real estate, Church – a beautifully designed magazine theme, Streamline – video related, and Education.

   StudioPress

5. Rich WP Themes

   Rich WP Themes have several very good themes related to news and magazine sites. Check out their Big News, Blog Beast, Daily News, and Magazine themes. Rich WP Themes are easy to install and maintain, and let you build your website in minutes. You can change the colors, the fonts, modify the content of the front page, all from the options page.

   This video will walk you through the installation process and the option page.

   Rich WP Themes

6. PageLines

   Pagelines offer three simple, professionally designed CMS themes, designed for marketing (SEO tuned and customizable), fully browser compatible, support for ads, photos, videos and forms, plus every theme has a variety of features and page templates. We recommend their Station Pro theme for professional marketing websites, and iBlog Pro 3 as it offers a wide variety of features and is ideal for large showcase sites.

   PageLines

7. Woo Themes

   This is a place where you can find some really great themes. Our favorites are Headlines, a magazine theme, Suite and Tie – a neat business theme, Aperture and Forward Thinking related to portfolios, and WooTube – a beautiful multimedia theme. Woo Themes are built on a solid code framework with a backend that lets you easily access theme options and styles. You also get access to theme documentation, tutorials, knowledge base and a very active support forum. They deliver 2 new themes every month.

   Woo Themes

8. Press75

   Press75 showcases some of the most elegant themes on the net. If you are looking for some neat business themes, Work Space and Office Space are the top recommendation. We also like theme Cafe Press, ideal for small business like bars and coffee shops, and On Demand, a powerful video content theme, inspired by Hulu. Whichever theme you choose, Press75 provides you with a detailed installation, setup and usage instructions. Furthermore, they offer full technical advice through support forums.

   Press 75

9. PhotoPressPro

   This is a well developed theme for professional photographers. There are many handy features, such as customizable header image and slide show, the ability to post images 960 pixels wide, inline comments with Ajax plugin, etc. PhotoPressPro comes in three versions: basic, platinum, and platinum works.

   PhotoPressPro

10. Theme Spinner

    Theme Spinner offers a wide range of professional looking widget-ready, customizable WordPress themes, integrated with AdSense for quick monetization. When you purchase a Spinner theme, you are given all the required PhotoShop files, fonts, images, etc, in case you want to further customize the pre-defined theme. Also available are extensive FAQs for every theme, to help you with the setup process.

    We recommend Chimera Pro and Tauren Pro, with an integrated professionally looking flash slide show. Both themes are very well suited to magazine and news websites.

    Theme Spinner

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