10 great WordPress themes for your online magazine
Earlier this week, I suggested Flavors.me has the edge over WordPress, when it comes to creating a visually unique portfolio website for journalists.
But, when it comes to doing something more complex – such as creating a new online magazine, then WordPress still wins hands down (in fact, don’t even try using Flavors, it wasn’t designed for it!).
If you are starting an online magazine, or a complex blog, you’ll need a theme with the flexibility to create new articles and arrange them, create featured posts and media galleries. Luckily, hundreds of WordPress theme designers have come to the rescue with some awesome themes – many of which, won’t cost you a thing!
After a several weeks lost in theme galleries, I have picked out 10 really exceptional themes. I won’t describe each one – you can see for yourself whether it suits your purposes. Remember, don’t just pick themes based on their colours or fonts – those can be changed by editing the theme’s CSS file.
Free wordpress themes
(A NOTE about free themes: these themes come from trusted producers (such as WPShower), or via a trusted curator, such as Smashing Magazine. However there are dangers with using any old free theme you can find, as highlighted in this article. Thanks to @mike_rawlins for the tip)
Suburbia by WPShower | Demo
Magazeen by WeFunction | Demo
Sight by WPShower | Demo
Imbalance by WPShower | Demo
Premium wordpress themes
The Style by Elegant Themes $39 per year | Demo
Magazine Theme by Organic Themes $69 | Demo
Le News by Mrmema $35 | Demo
FolioStudio by BeanTheme $42 | Demo
Blogazette by Readactor $30 | Demo
Bulldog by SweetThemes $33| Demo
Why pay for a theme? Some of the benefits of a premium theme are better support, often better coding, and more flexibility. I have used both free and premium themes in the past; the free ones can have bugs and be a lot harder to understand for a novice web designer.
Any more to add? Stick ’em in the comments!
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