27 of the Best WordPress Themes for Photographers
Published in WordPressMost photographers need a website that they can update easily and frequently as they add new photos and sets to their portfolio. WordPress is a great platform for that, in part because there are already a number of well-designed photography templates available. Photography websites often use a minimal design style to keep the focus on the photos, and for this reason templates and pre-made themes can be more appropriate for photographers than for some other types of businesses.
In this post we’ll showcase 27 WordPress themes from various designers that are created especially for photographers.
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Photocrati ($89)
Photocrati is one of the best options for photography websites because it comes with almost endless customization options. There are so many different options that you have a lot of control over the look of your site. The screenshot below is just one example of a sample site using Photocrati. If you visit the Photocrati website you can see many more examples and details of the customization options.
Carousel ($50)
Carousel is a very stylish theme from Obox. It uses a simple, but elegant, design and layout and it comes with 8 different color schemes.
Work ($49)
Work is another photo theme with a simple design that helps to make your photos look great. It is developed by ThemeTrust and includes features like a custom options panel, 2 color schemes, button shortcodes, multiple page templates, and more.
Kin ($30)
Kin is an elegant photo theme sold at ThemeForest that comes in two colors (white and black) and features an impressive horizontal scrolling image slider on the homepage.
Sideways ($35)
Sideways is a unique horizontal portfolio theme sold at ThemeForest. If you want your portfolio site to stand out from the crowd, this is a great option.
deLucide (39€)
deLucide, by ThemeShift, is a beautiful dark portfolio theme. It includes features like a jQuery image slider, jQuery toggle view (list and grid view), custom menus, custom backgrounds, and more.
DeepFocus ($39 per year membership)
DeepFocus is just one of many themes that is available with a membership to ElegantThemes, which happens to be one of my favorite theme shops. DeepFocus comes in 5 color schemes and uses a responsive design, plus it includes standard ElegantThemes features like shortcodes, page templates, and more.
Photocraft (no longer available)
Landscape ($79.95)
Landscape is a nice, simple photo theme from StudioPress. It uses a stylish minimalist design to ensure that your photos are the focus of the site.
Photobox ($39)
Photobox is a feature-rich theme from Themify. It comes with 7 different skins, 7 layout options, configurable slider, and more.
Manhattan ($79.95)
Manhattan is another photo theme from StudioPress. It features 6 layout options, threaded comments, and more.
Aperture ($70)
The Aperture theme from WooThemes comes with a homepage slider, 6 widgetized areas, 7 custom Woo widgets, 12 color schemes, and more.
Filtered ($49)
Filtered is a beautiful theme from ThemeTrust that features a responsive design, excellent typography and spacing, column shortcodes, button shortcodes, and much more.
Photo Graphic (no longer available)
L’Image ($45)
L’Image is a simple dark photo theme from Viva Themes. It includes a custom options panel, shortcodes, and more.
Photolist ($60)
Photolist from Obox features a unique custom slider, galleries and filters, 7 color schemes, and more.
Through the Lens ($60)
Through the Lens is another option from Obox. It is suitable as a photography website or a normal blog. It includes a voting feature that allows visitors to vote your work up or down.
Photonic ($35)
Photonic is a photo blogging theme from NattyWP. It features 6 different styles and 3 widget-ready areas.
Photography ($68)
Photography is a basic, but stylish, option from ThemeFoundry. It comes with light and dark color schemes and many other features.
deFolio (39€)
deFolio, from ThemeShift, includes features like a jQuery image slider, multiple layout options, shortcodes, custom widgets, and more.
Photoland ($69)
Photoland, by WPZoom, is a nice theme that will showcase your photos. It comes with a custom options panel, custom font replacement, threaded comments, custom widgets, and more.
PhotoPro (no longer available)
Art Kid (no longer available)
Photo Nexus ($35)
Photo Nexus, sold at ThemeForest, comes with light and dark color schemes, a theme options panel, shortcodes, and more.
Photoshot ($40)
Photoshot is another stylish theme available at ThemeForest. It comes in light and dark versions, features a unique favorite box, 3 homepage variations, and more.
PhotoPurePress ($35)
PhotoPurePress, from ThemeForest, uses a horizontal gallery slider, and advanced options panel, 3 color schemes, and more.
PhotoMe (no longer available)
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So nice collections..and price is not expensive! Thanks for sharing…
i love
Manhattan theme looks pretty
Thanks for including Filtered and Work!
Hi, great list, never used WordPress, more or a Joomla user myself, wondered if i a list of joomla photography templates could be planned for the future, cheers
Carlo,
It’s possible, but not very likely. WordPress is much more popular with our readers and it’s a CMS that we use very frequently in our own work.
You’re welcome Henry!
thanks for those good themes.
cool, no problem i may have to start learning to use WordPress to benefit from these templates, thanks
Wow! those were lovely. I really like them … I love wordpress power.
thanks for including l’Image theme. Cheers
Great collection of WP templates. I really like de folio
I love the “sideways” theme, it has a direct and arresting layout, especially if the chosen opening photo would be quite undeniably stunning. And it doesn’t hurt that it’s affordable as well.
Great collection here but I do like Photoland.
all are paid. any free themes?
dambovita,
You can find free themes if you search for them. However, the purpose of this post is to show themes that are good for professional photographers, and free themes are almost always a bad fit for professional websites.
Free templates are not as good as paid, sometimes it pays to pay for quality.
*thumbs up*
I absolutely love my photocrati website! So easy to use and update! Only wish i could import my own fonts *hint hint*
Yeah! It is better to buy a theme, then to download it for free, these are of much more high quality and I like that everyone can get the tech support every time they need quickly. I use the themes of the oQey sites. Though I don’t see their themes in this collection, I tend to say about them because I use them for a long period of time and they work perfectly. I bought the theme Brittania for $49 and even if I had some little problems with its installing, it works now great. If you got interested you can take a look at their themes. Good luck and good job!