Jon Holato

There are countless bloggers out there who make posts about the “Top x WordPress Themes” or “Best WordPress Themes.” Some of them even split their posts into parts 1 and 2 because they have so many themes they want to share with people. While that is very thoughtful and nice of them, the bitter reality of all their efforts is that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, and conversely, one man’s treasure is another man’s trash. What does that mean? It’s simple, not everyone has the same taste.

Rather than contribute to the pot of said postings, I have decided to take a different route. Since I don’t know what your taste is how can I tell you which themes are the best? I can’t, so why not show you all of the themes and you can decide which ones you like.

Here are my five essential WordPress theme resources:

1. Official WordPress Theme Viewer
This one comes first because it is the best of them all. At the time of this writing there are nearly 3,000 themes listed here. Thus, chances are if you are looking for a theme it will be here, as theme authors know this is the place to submit their themes if they want exposure.

2. weblog tools collection
An excellent WordPress resource all-around. They post daily theme and plugin releases with links directly to the theme creators’ sites. Additionally, the site is also available in Spanish and German for non-English speakers.

3. themesBase
A great site featuring over 1,000 WordPress themes. You can see how many people have downloaded the themes plus the rating of each theme based upon the number of individuals that have voted for it on a scale of 1 to 10.

4. ThemeVibes
A vBulletin site dedicated to promoting free WordPress themes. Each theme can be demoed as well as discussed in a typical forum style discussion.

5. WordPress Deutschland Themebrowser
Who says only English-speaking sites have good themes? This German site is a wonderful WordPress theme resource where you so can select a theme via drop down menu and it will be demoed for you on the bottom half of the screen.

These are just five of my favorite WordPress theme resources, please feel free to contribute any of your favorites below.