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If you need to complete quick project and you are ready to spend some money for it, this premium WordPress portfolio theme showcase will definitely interest you! This is follow-up article to previous one about free themes, check it out – 24 Free Portfolio And Photo Gallery WordPress Themes.
I think it’s okay to spend few bucks for great theme with full support and many features for fast projects. I just bought one as well, just because I needed to set up site rapidly fast, but I had specific requirements for that blog. I visited several premium theme sites and found good looking theme I was happy with in 30 minutes.
It was interesting experience for me and this research was quite exciting as well – when I went through these themes I found out several modern jquery features many sites do not offer just yet, interesting designs..really premium like! Even if I didn’t buy anything this time, I got a lot of inspiration and new ideas just while browsing! Enjoy and let us know which was your favorite theme?
Theme Features (few of them):
DISPLAY is a WordPress Theme, best suited for Business and Portfolio sites. It comes with a fantastic 3D Image slideshow that can be controlled from your backend with a custom tool. The Theme has a huge wordpress custom backend (8 additional Admin Pages) that make customization of the Theme easy for those who dont know much about coding or wordpress.
The Theme also comes with a more subtle fading image slider. You can use this slider as your main slider, otherwise it will be used as a fallback if the users browser doesnt support flash.
Cubit is a clean and flexible wordpress theme with 6 different cholor schemes(see preview Pics), which is best used for portfolio and business sites.
Main Features(few of them):
Bluelight is a mash-up of a 2.0 business website and a personal portfolio site. It can be used for either, or both. This template will get you up and running in no time!
Included Features(few of them):
Levitation is a WordPress Template, best suited for Business and Portfolio sites. It comes with 5 sleek skins and 2 different front page designs (if the WordPress Live Preview is not enough for you, please check out the html templates that are already available, the look stays the same in the WordPress version).
Key features of the template (few of them):
Photo Nexus wordpress gallery is a 2 column , 2 color variation ( Bright and Dark) theme.
This theme is great for those who need a convenient way to publish and showcase a self managed Gallery of Photos, Artworks or Designs. The theme features modern yet minimalistic style so that your work will be guaranteed to be on focus. The theme comes added with Admin theme options so you won’t need to manually edit the files to get it running.
This theme is a complete WordPress Theme, designed from the ground up to function as a comprehensive WordPress theme that can be used for just about any site that needs a beautiful layout. While the frontend design has been popular as a HTML template, the real highlight of this template is a professionally built admin panel that let’s you edit every major content block in the layout quickly and easily without ever opening up a template file.
Theme features (just some of them):
Sensor is a Premium WordPress Theme suitable for photoblogs, portfolios, showcases, galleries, personal sites and other blogging topics!
Theme features (just some of them):
Professional is a theme which can be used as a CMS/Portfolio or as a blog.
The very light and flexible layout is based on the “Golden Ratio” principle, having 2 columns. The design mainly emphasizes the content.
Theme features (just some of them):
GALLERY is a premium WordPress theme which can be used for many purposes, including a Photoblog, Portfolio, Personal Blog, Product Reviews, and more!
Theme features (just some of them):
Impulse is a Premium WordPress Theme suitable for portfolios, showcases, galleries, photoblogs, personal sites, endless possibilities!
Theme features (just some of them):
PhotoBlog is an unique portfolio theme for Photographers, Graphic Designers, Architects, etc. With an intuitive layout and a fully widgetized sidebar, it offers the flexibility required in modern blogs.
Theme features (just some of them):
WordPress + Portfolio = Wordfolio, a wordpress theme which is suitable for graphic & web designers.
Theme features (just some of them):
London Creative + comes with fully working contact form, awesome slider for your featured images, nasty spinning slider buttons (never saw them anywhere else, so you can call it unique), 2 message buttons under the slider and PrettyPhoto plugin (better clone of Lightbox).
You will also have user-friendly dropdown navigation with infinite dropdown levels where you can style every even list item via Jquery, so no more hassle, it’s automatic, you can just add posts and you are ready to go!
Folio is a theme designed with the intent of being platform for your personal portfolio showcase as well as working blog. The themes homepage highlights your most recent featured project as well as posts in an easy to navigate format.
In the sidebar you will find flickr photos being syndicated, a widgetized sidebar allowing room for easy additions, as well as a brief about section highlighting yourself. You can tie in your flickr feed, and showcase your photos from your flickr account.
This theme comes with 5 different color accent options.
Pandora is a WordPress Template, designed to promote anything from a corporate business to a portfolio site.
More than 10 professionally-designed and easy customisable themes comes as standard: Aqua, Crimson, Eco, Egypt, Modern, Mystery, Nebula, Ocean, Olive, Parquet, Podium, Startup.
Theme features (just some of them):
Portfolious is the profesional Fulll WordPress CMS functioning theme for, well anyone!
Because the name is Portfolious; it doesn’t mean you have to only use for portfolio blog, because you can change that in Portfolious!
Theme features (just some of them):
Previous Monofactor blog design, now Gold mine WordPress theme. This theme stands out with it’s quality and it has been featured in most CSS Design galleries with highest rating before some time.
Theme features (just some of them):
This is a wordpress theme suitable for photographers and graphic & web designers.
Theme features (just some of them):
Theme features (just some of them):
This is a fun, bold, portfolio theme for WordPress. This theme allows you to showcase your work, while adding subtle personal touches. With a large billboard featured area on the homepage, to large bold, list and post views on the interior pages this theme will enable you to showcase the best of your work.
This theme comes with 4 color options available through the theme settings in the admin section, as well as the ability to post a project and determine whether you want it to be feature in the homepage Javascript billboard area.
Theme features (just some of them):
Theme features (just some of them):
Theme features (just some of them):
Contrast, a wordpress theme which is suitable for photographers, graphic & web designers, corporates with a kickass features.
Theme features (just some of them):
ourAgency WordPress theme is a fully customizable CMS theme – you can easily create a whole site with a homepage, subpages and a blog. I wanted to make it as user friendly as possible while still giving you full control over your content.
Theme features (just some of them):
This theme is perfect for anyone looking to launch a site right away. It’s perfect for businesses, creatives, and individuals who want to quickly publish their portfolio or image galleries, individuals who want a streamlined site without too many bells or whistles, and anyone else who’s serious about having a simple, well designed website with a full powered content manager.
Theme features (just some of them):
FolioTheme is a WP Portfolio Style Theme ideal for photographers, artists or designers.
Theme features (just some of them):
Theme features (just some of them):
Ambiguous Portfolio WordPress theme was developed to showcase your work. Ambiguous has a large featured portfolio items area well placed on the homepage showcasing the best of your work. Also on the homepage are your most recent blog posts. In the sidebar there is a custom twitter feed feature, about widget displaying brief info about yourself, and a site search feature.
Gateway Studios, Simplicity Overhaul features a simple yet beautiful design, that will impress your visitors with its delicate form. The theme comes with many great features that just work out of the box, without the need for plugins, making Gateway a very smart decision with everything Integrated.
A lot of flexibility has been integrated into the theme, so you can use it from a Personal Site, to a Photography Blog to a complete Studio Website. You have an arsenal of Features and Customization at your disposal, and also a Clean Design created with usability and typography in mind.
This is an excellent site also offering some nifty premium WordPress themes, where you can pay 19.95$ and get access to all of their commercial themes for one year. Here I also find my own pick for personal project, so I am saying from personal experience, that I was positively surprised about their great admin panel with big list of modifiying features, so I didn’t even had a need to touch the code at first.
Okay, let me finish here and also share your opinions – do you need this type of commercial articles, at least I don’t think anymore that the best stuff is for free, I don’t mind paying for quality and this article definitely proves it! If you buy something please use this site affiliate links to help us improve 1stwebdesigner blog quality! Thank you!
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Monday, June 6th, 2011 17:32
very very good themes. All excellent. Thanks…
Friday, May 27th, 2011 09:08
Hi,
I was chasing a great WP theme for a client and landed here. thanks for putting so many helpful resources in the one place. I ended up buying a subscription to Elegant themes. As a non coder, I love their control panel!
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010 00:26
I think Gallery is the best in all :)
Sunday, August 1st, 2010 02:47
In this post, my WordPress theme favorites:
-Concept
-PhotoBlog
Thanks for review this themes.. :)
Saturday, July 24th, 2010 16:36
Great collection. Was looking for a business theme and you have some great choices. I think I’m going to go with one of them.
Friday, January 29th, 2010 13:10
wow i love gateway studio… Perfect!
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 06:04
I have purchased Pandora for my site and it is really awesome!
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 13:59
thanks for sharing, I am Brain Storming with ideas by looking @ this awesome web site collection I really benefited from the list.
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 18:49
Great recommendations. No.2 Display looks really cool ;)
Monday, January 25th, 2010 18:28
Awesome Share.. I am Brain Storming with ideas by looking @ this awesome web site collection..
I really benefited from the list.
Monday, January 25th, 2010 19:57
Great collection, exactly what i’ll need fairly soon!
Monday, January 25th, 2010 09:30
i think #12 and #17 are cool designs and fair for their respective price tags. and btw, the idea of very wide space for the header does not seem to appeal on me, i like the direct to the content design and style.
Monday, January 25th, 2010 17:25
excellent work! thanks for sharing! tough will help my sister to find a nice and smooth photo blog theme :)
Monday, January 25th, 2010 07:54
Nice roundup of commercial wordpress themes. I personally like some of the themes and I have to research over a little over to find out which one matches close to my website needs. Thanks for sharing this roundup. Keep up the good work!
Monday, January 25th, 2010 11:59
the designs of wordpress themes are good, the price is okay for the works, nice article
Monday, January 25th, 2010 11:51
ohhh no doubt its really an excellent collection of wordpress themes.. and i guess “Briefcase Portfolio Theme” is an excellent theme… i m thinking to take this one…
Monday, January 25th, 2010 03:43
I didn’t really like the earlier designs in this post, they were a little barren. However, some of the later designs were amongst my favorite themes :).
Monday, January 25th, 2010 11:48
We’re all different and we enjoy different designs everybody, but I tried to mix up styles :) But if I got your favorite themes, then I guess I did something right here :)
Sunday, January 24th, 2010 21:27
Lovely collection, even though i have seen some of them before.
Monday, January 25th, 2010 11:51
Thank you! These are all the most popular ones, not newest and promising ones, that would be the reason why most of collection features aren’t new for you..:)
But I may do more research for fresh ones :)
Sunday, January 24th, 2010 07:12
great list. Haven’t seen a couple of these. Thanks for the share.
Sunday, January 24th, 2010 06:25
thanks for the premium collection, the sensor is too high , but the design is good.
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 20:42
It is really a nice collection.
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 20:41
Looks good but right now I would instead go for some free ones out there.
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 19:31
This is another great collection of WordPress themes! 1st Web Designer always has some of the best designs and collections, keep up the awesome posts.
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Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 19:31
This is another great collection of WordPress themes! 1st Web Designer always has some of the best designs and collections, keep up the awesome posts.
Real estate investing
Monday, January 25th, 2010 11:51
ohhh no doubt its really an excellent collection of wordpress themes.. and i guess “Briefcase Portfolio Theme” is an excellent theme… i m thinking to take this one…
BigM75
Monday, January 25th, 2010 11:59
the designs of wordpress themes are good, the price is okay for the works, nice article
Tom Ross
Monday, January 25th, 2010 03:43
I didn’t really like the earlier designs in this post, they were a little barren. However, some of the later designs were amongst my favorite themes :).
Dainis Graveris
Monday, January 25th, 2010 11:48
We’re all different and we enjoy different designs everybody, but I tried to mix up styles :) But if I got your favorite themes, then I guess I did something right here :)
Nimit kashyap
Sunday, January 24th, 2010 21:27
Lovely collection, even though i have seen some of them before.
Dainis Graveris
Monday, January 25th, 2010 11:51
Thank you! These are all the most popular ones, not newest and promising ones, that would be the reason why most of collection features aren’t new for you..:)
But I may do more research for fresh ones :)
Sushant @ Techooze
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 20:41
Looks good but right now I would instead go for some free ones out there.
Rajib Roy
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 20:42
It is really a nice collection.
sriganesh
Sunday, January 24th, 2010 06:25
thanks for the premium collection, the sensor is too high , but the design is good.
mupet
Sunday, January 24th, 2010 21:06
Nice collections Dainis, i like concept, clean and elegant
Matthew Heidenreich
Sunday, January 24th, 2010 07:12
great list. Haven’t seen a couple of these. Thanks for the share.
Rafi
Monday, January 25th, 2010 07:54
Nice roundup of commercial wordpress themes. I personally like some of the themes and I have to research over a little over to find out which one matches close to my website needs. Thanks for sharing this roundup. Keep up the good work!
ken the tech
Monday, January 25th, 2010 17:25
excellent work! thanks for sharing! tough will help my sister to find a nice and smooth photo blog theme :)
Mike
Saturday, July 24th, 2010 16:36
Great collection. Was looking for a business theme and you have some great choices. I think I’m going to go with one of them.
Arslan
Sunday, August 1st, 2010 02:47
In this post, my WordPress theme favorites:
-Concept
-PhotoBlog
Thanks for review this themes.. :)
Jonas
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010 00:26
I think Gallery is the best in all :)
Murat Han
Monday, June 6th, 2011 17:32
very very good themes. All excellent. Thanks…
Anthony
Friday, May 27th, 2011 09:08
Hi,
I was chasing a great WP theme for a client and landed here. thanks for putting so many helpful resources in the one place. I ended up buying a subscription to Elegant themes. As a non coder, I love their control panel!
blackgown
Friday, January 29th, 2010 13:10
wow i love gateway studio… Perfect!
healthyman
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 06:04
I have purchased Pandora for my site and it is really awesome!
dimaks
Monday, January 25th, 2010 09:30
i think #12 and #17 are cool designs and fair for their respective price tags. and btw, the idea of very wide space for the header does not seem to appeal on me, i like the direct to the content design and style.
Indianapolis Web Designer
Monday, January 25th, 2010 19:57
Great collection, exactly what i’ll need fairly soon!
New York Web Design
Monday, January 25th, 2010 18:28
Awesome Share.. I am Brain Storming with ideas by looking @ this awesome web site collection..
I really benefited from the list.
evdeneve
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 13:59
thanks for sharing, I am Brain Storming with ideas by looking @ this awesome web site collection I really benefited from the list.
Johnson Koh
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 18:49
Great recommendations. No.2 Display looks really cool ;)