UPDATED May 4, 2012: WordPress Themes will see several key advancements this year thanks to the two terms you can expect to hear a lot: HTML5 and Responsive.
With tens of millions of websites powered by WordPress, programmers are constantly innovating their themes to keep pace with the development cycles of WordPress. Responsive design and HTML5 are on the cutting edge of features, and we expect to see a heavy focus on these two options this year.
To help you navigate the world of WordPress Themes, we are pleased to present you with the our 4th annual Best WordPress Themes – this time for 2012.
Instead of creating a huge list of random themes, our 2012 Themes will be broken down by category. Throughout the year we will not only keep this list updated with the latest and greatest in the world of WP Themes, we will also add one new WordPress Theme daily to our homepage calendar (and if it makes the cut for being BEST OF quality, we’ll add it here as well). BloggingExperiment.com is your #1 source for WordPress Themes 2012.
For your convenience, we’ve broken down the themes on this page by categories including: Responsive, Portfolio, Magazine, Business, eCommerce, BuddyPress, Frameworks, HTML5, Real Estate, Free, and Premium.
We will be updating this page several times each month all throughout 2012, so be sure to click the social links to your left to share with others. If you are looking for our absolute top pick in WordPress Themes for 2012, it is without a doubt Elegant Themes.
Best Responsive WP Themes 2012
Responsive design will be the “theme” of 2012 for WordPress Themes. Providing your visitors with a single design that responds to the myriad of devices in which people can access your site (desktop, laptop, tablet, phone) should be a primary focus as you search for WordPress Themes 2012.
Best Portfolio WP Themes 2012
Portfolio WordPress Themes are great for photographers, videographers, or anybody who needs to showcase creative work. Below you will find our favorite Portfolio and Photography WordPress Themes for 2012.
Best Magazine WP Themes 2012
WordPress Magazine Themes are great for sites that produce a lot of information and want a way to feature it in an easy to consume manner. Whether this is for your personal blog or a large corporation, these Magazine Themes are some of the best of the best!
Best Business WP Themes 2012
If you or your client run a business and need a professional web presence, allow us to introduce you to these amazing Business Themes for WordPress.
Best Ecommerce WP Themes 2012
Selling something online has never been easier. Thanks to these amazing WordPress Ecommerce Themes, you can quickly and easily setup your online store in 2012 using WordPress.
Best BuddyPress WP Themes 2012
Are you looking to build a community online? Want to have a social network or forum built right into WordPress? BuddyPress (from the creators of WordPress) is just the (free) tool to do that…and these are the WP Themes you’ll want to use.
Best WordPress Frameworks 2012
Looking to get into WordPress Theme development in 2012? Here are some of the most poupular Theme Frameworks. (ThemeShaper and Skelton are starter themes). Save time and money by using one of these wonderful frameworks or starter themes for your next development project.
ThemeShaper HTML5 Starter WordPress Theme
Skeleton Responsive Starter WordPress Theme
Best HTML5 WP Themes 2012
HTML5 is no longer the future – it’s the here and now. While we feel that Responsive Design will be the primary focus of WordPress Theme development in 2012, HTML5 will be hot on it’s tails. Check out some of the best HTML5 WordPress Themes currently available.
Best Real Estate WP Themes 2012
Are you in the real estate profession and looking for a top-notch design to show off your listings? Use one of these Real Estate WordPress Themes, and leave your competition in the dust!
WP Pro Real Estate (Responsive Real Estate WordPress Theme).
Best Free WP Themes 2012
Finding quality Free WordPress Themes can be nearly impossible. These themes are not only free…they are free from encrypted links and a lot of the other garbage found in 99% of “free” WordPress Themes.
The BEST WordPress Themes
Throughout the years we’ve had the chance to review thousands of different WordPress Themes. Some are good, many are bad, but Elegant Themes has remained at the top of the pack. Providing both the best deal in WordPress (70+ Themes for just $39) and some of the most cutting edge functionality (responsive theme, ecommerce functionality, etc) – Elegant Themes continues to be our absolute favorite place for WordPress Themes in 2012.
For a mere $39 (yes, just $39) you get access to ALL of their premium themes + access to their support forums which are second to none. More importantly, we’re not just fans of Elegant Themes, we’re a paying customer.
They provide the highest quality WordPress Themes of 2012, and they come at a price you simply won’t find anywhere else! While most individual themes cost $40 to $100 each, for a fraction of that you can download ALL of the 70+ premium themes from Elegant Themes for $39. If you do anything with WordPress, this is the membership you simply must have!
Updated: May, 2012
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Updated: May, 2012
Hi,
Could you tell me if WordPress.org has released its 2012 WordPress theme yet? I only found the 2011 and 2010 WordPress themes in the WordPress theme archives for download.
Hey Lee,
Technically speaking, there won’t be any WordPress Themes for 2012 until at least January of 2012. We are going to keep this page updated throughout the year with the Best WordPress Themes, so be sure to check back here as well as the WordPress repository after January 1.
Just saw your list from 2011 and Cant wait to see this list. I just created my own best themes for internet marketers. Great way to kick off the new year for WP fans and newbies.
Thanks
nice website and good themes
This page has very good wordpress themes
Wow those are some great themes thanks for putting them together. I really need to update my blog.
very nice web design.
Awesome collection..thank you so much for you effort. I’m going to recommend few of these themes to my clients.
You got some awesome collection of sites there, bookmarked for the use of inspiration
Awesome collection and very good inspiration. i have bookmark this.
i can say it is best ever themes collection on one plateform. Thank you very much for such wonderful collection.
awesome collection boss
Thanks for the list and saving me the work of looking further
The Swatch theme looks nice and clean.
Modernize is not a Magazine Theme
I wouldn’t call it a standard looking Magazine Theme, but definitely still useful for those type of sites. Check out some of the extensive Theme options to accomplish a more magazine type functionality. We’ve also moved it to the Responsive Theme category since it most definitely is a Responsive WordPress Theme
A good collection of some very nice themes
This is a great list, so many resources, themes, and sites. Thx for doing all the research on this – the Elegant Themes ones are great, but you had some new ones in this list we hadn’t seen before as well.
Great group of themes thanks!
nice website and good themes.This page has very good wordpress themes. Thank owner keepit up man …
Great list! Have to warn that the Huddle theme is very hard to work with. I’m using it but only for the home page, LOL.
Good to know, Thomas. It’s a great looking theme, and I’ve actually used a theme by this developer before so I’m wondering what you found so difficult? Let us know if you make your way back.
Wow those are some great themes thanks for putting them together. I really need to update my blog.
Hi, very nice and awesome template collection. Been searching for cool templates over google search and found your coolest template collection website. Thanks for share these templates mate!
These are great themes, thank you so much for sharing, i dont mind paying for a premium theme if it is a good design, themeforest is a great way to find new themes and wordpress is such a well known and well used blogging platform now.
Thats a pretty big list and nice collection of theme. I like themeforest themes alot. As they have pretty explaining documentation with there themes. The top 3 from above list are 1. TheStyle Theme 2. Magazinum Theme
3. U-Design Theme
Nice…
great designs, cool themes. thanks… (:
How long has the provider Elegant Themes number 1? He may be cheap, but so too is the quality. Number 1 and remains ThemeForest.
those are some awesome themes I have a few new sites to put up this year and I can’t wait to try some of these out.
Really nice collection of themes, I like especially those magazine ones!
Thanks Paul….there have been some great Magazine WordPress Themes so far this year…I’m sure more are on the way
Pagelines and Natural themes are really good… This is the best post for those who are looking for WP themes, bookmarked it…
Great themes indeed! As I see it the most reliable templates are the simplest ones, but highly customizable. If you use flexible enough tools and you know some CSS and you keep an eye on what’s new in design I think you can make your own premium themes without spending too much money. I use Lubith for example and I gained a lot from learning to make my own designs.
Awesome collection of really amazing WordPress themes
Thanks
Thanks Ahmad! There have been some great WordPress Themes so far in 2012, although I have a feeling the second half of this year will produce even more high-end WordPress designs.
I am looking forward to seeing the new ones like you said I think they will be more impressive than this last batch.