I’ve been collecting links to good WordPress templates for a long time. Because I’ve been asked a few times recently if I can recommend some templates, I’m putting them together here.

Huge, isolated, animated slideshow

I really like these themes for focusing almost exclusively on one’s portfolio. They feature a massive, animated slideshow that keeps the visitor’s attention on the images. In some cases, a shadow underneath the slideshow, combined with the animation, creates a 3-D effect to put the portfolio right in the visitor’s face.

• http://themeforest.net/item/black-eve-wordpress-version/full_screen_preview/93185
• http://themeforest.net/item/novatorix-10-in-1-business-portfolio-and-blog/full_screen_preview/111717
• http://themeforest.net/item/iportfolio/full_screen_preview/75877
• http://themeforest.net/item/display-3-in-1-business-portfolio-wordpress-/full_screen_preview/74542
• http://themeforest.net/item/7-in-1-business-success-wordpress-theme/full_screen_preview/88463
• http://themeforest.net/item/flexolio-porfolio-blog-business-cms-wp-theme-/full_screen_preview/81146
• http://themeforest.net/item/discovery-wordpress/full_screen_preview/83792
• http://themeforest.net/item/assurance-wordpress-cms-theme/full_screen_preview/84092

Confined slideshow

These themes are a bit more modest than the first collection. They still accentuate a portfolio of images, but in a less flashy way. The slideshow exists within a defined banner area, so the look is a little more traditional. These templates would be a better fit for businesses.

• http://themeforest.net/item/vulcan-minimalist-business-wordpress-theme-4/full_screen_preview/111625
• http://themeforest.net/item/creation-minimalist-business-wordpress-theme/full_screen_preview/113734
• http://themeforest.net/item/corporate-business-portfolio-wordpress-theme-/full_screen_preview/81507
• http://themeforest.net/item/luxury-wordpress-template/full_screen_preview/83220
• http://themeforest.net/item/tylium-premium-wordpress-theme/full_screen_preview/68229
• http://themeforest.net/item/shapeshifter-one-page-infinite-possibilities/full_screen_preview/75759
• http://themeforest.net/item/delericon-businessportfolio-template-wordpress/full_screen_preview/76635
• http://themeforest.net/item/twicet-business-portfolio-wordpress-5-in-1/full_screen_preview/49773
• http://themeforest.net/item/benzo/full_screen_preview/50977
• http://themeforest.net/item/creative-wordpress-theme-9-in-1/full_screen_preview/84549
• http://themeforest.net/item/levitation-wordpress-business-portfolio-4-in-1/full_screen_preview/60299
• http://themeforest.net/item/mapollo/full_screen_preview/60268
• http://themeforest.net/item/elite-force-premium-wordpress-theme/full_screen_preview/84456

Partial-banner image rotation

These themes use only part of the banner to display a rotating group of images, leaving an area for text next to the images. This allows a short message or tagline to get equal placement. These are the most conservative themes.

http://themeforest.net/item/designer-portfolio-elegant-template-wordpress/full_screen_preview/96810
• http://themeforest.net/item/bluelight-wordpress-20-portfolio-and-blog/full_screen_preview/40433
• http://themeforest.net/item/quadro-wordpress-version/full_screen_preview/79966
• http://themeforest.net/item/concept-wordpress-a-premium-wp-theme/full_screen_preview/53845
• http://themeforest.net/item/lightcorners/full_screen_preview/82046
• http://themeforest.net/item/concise/full_screen_preview/66396
• http://themeforest.net/item/spotlight-portfolio-theme-wordpress-edition/full_screen_preview/80959
• http://themeforest.net/item/transformer/82402
• http://themeforest.net/item/scroller-wordpress-theme/full_screen_preview/83162
• http://themeforest.net/item/advantage-wordpress-theme-4-in-1/full_screen_preview/88112
• http://themeforest.net/item/durable-5-in-1-business-portfolio-wordpress/full_screen_preview/84440
• http://themeforest.net/item/equator-global-community-wordpress-theme/full_screen_preview/65549
• http://themeforest.net/item/oxygene-clean-environment/full_screen_preview/62657
• http://themeforest.net/item/foliothemes-portfolio/full_screen_preview/66448
• http://themeforest.net/item/eclectic-premium-wordpress-theme/full_screen_preview/63212
• http://themeforest.net/item/bitwork-portfolio-and-business-wordpress-theme/full_screen_preview/87092
• http://themeforest.net/item/business-showcase-corporate-layout-html/full_screen_preview/50191
• http://themeforest.net/item/corpomino/full_screen_preview/63883
• http://themeforest.net/item/photography-and-portfolio-wordpress-theme/full_screen_preview/82048
• http://themeforest.net/item/kava-wp-theme-for-cms-business-portfolio-blog/full_screen_preview/82551

Creative themes

This last group of themes break with the conventions of the above themes and use full-screen-width or otherwise larger-than-normal images that rotate behind the other elements of the site. Undeniably attention-grabbing, but also slower to load.

• http://themeforest.net/item/the-architect-wp-edition/full_screen_preview/113414
• http://themeforest.net/item/photome-photography-and-portfolio-template-wp/full_screen_preview/113474
• http://themeforest.net/item/wp-portfolius-v9/full_screen_preview/81863
• http://themeforest.net/item/photo-graphic-studio-wordpress/full_screen_preview/36070
• http://themeforest.net/item/desktop-press-creative-wordpress-theme/full_screen_preview/87968
• http://themeforest.net/item/luna-premium-wordpress-theme/full_screen_preview/85233

Single page

These are single-page web sites. These types of pages are great as business cards or resumes, or as place holders while a larger site is developed.

• http://themeforest.net/item/galeria-single-page-wordpress-portfolio/full_screen_preview/105848
• http://themeforest.net/item/path-finder-keyboard-navigation-wordpress-theme/full_screen_preview/109983

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