50+ Best Premium WordPress Themes of 2016

The best WordPress themes of the year for businesses, creatives, portfolios, and more.

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two thousand sixteen has been a big year for websites, and for WordPress.

The WordPress community has hundreds of thousands of designers and developers all contributing to pushing WordPress forward, and this is most evident on our WordPress theme marketplace, Themeforest. Users love WordPress themes for their ease of set up, while being unique and customizable. These WordPress themes can be used to create a website for businesses, private projects, blogs, or portfolios (to name but a few), and there are innumerable WordPress tutorials online. So how do you cut through the ems of thousands of themes available to find the best one for you?

This list features the best selection of WordPress Themes, as judged by sales from ThemeForest, trending items, and the expertise of our review team. Here`s the sections we`re featuring for this best-of-2016 recap:

• Best free WordPress themes 2016
• The top twenty five bestselling themes of the year
• Five Best Fresh Blog & Magazine Themes of 2016
• Five Best Fresh Corporate WordPress Themes of 2016
• Five Best Fresh Creative WordPress Themes for 2016
• Five Best Fresh eCommerce WordPress Themes for 2016
• Five Best Fresh Education WordPress Themes for 2016
• Five Best Fresh Non Profit WordPress Themes for 2016
• Five Best Fresh Real Estate WordPress Themes for 2016
• More resources for building your best website

Top twenty five bestselling themes of this year:

1. Avada

“Avada is the swiss army knife of WordPress Themes ' it does everything!” Collis Ta’eed (Envato CEO)

Avada is a versatile, effortless to use and multi-purpose WordPress theme. This premium theme has been the #1 seller on ThemeForest for four years, with almost 300,000 sales ' can it ever be trumped?

Two. X Theme

X Theme was built with the input of industry-leading experts with the aim of being on the cutting edge of WordPress development. Numerous individuals were consulted and asked what sort of features they dreamed to see in a theme from an SEO, design and feature-set perspective. The proof of success is obviously demonstrated in sales. Did we mention that X customers can choose inbetween Cornerstone, X’s own front-end page builder, or the very powerful Visual Composer? Both plugins are included with each verified purchase.

Three. Enfold

Enfold Theme describes itself as clean, super nimble, fully responsive and suited for business and shop websites alike as well as for users who want to showcase their work on a neat portfolio site. The theme is built on top of the Avia Framework and offers support for the WPML multi language plugin ' who doesn’t want to internationalise their site?

Four. Bridge

Bridge is another WordPress theme that comes with a one click import feature for their demo themes. Choose your dearest design or style, import pages and settings and in moments you can have a fully tooled website up and running. Bridge is also built on the lithe QODE framework.

Five. Salient

With over 50,000 total sales to date, Salient is certainly a deserving best in any WordPress theme list. Salient is designed to support any blog and website and is unique in it’s beautiful capability to display movies as backgrounds. The Salient team have also taken the time to build very effortless to use shortcodes that fresh and experienced WP customisers alike will love.

6. BeTheme

BeTheme is another long time best seller on ThemeForest. With an advanced options panel combined with a haul & drop builder device there is unlimited possibilities with this WordPress theme. BeTheme also comes with a Large range of pre-built websites so you can lightly import any demo website with one click. Be’s catalogue of ready to go demos include everything from themes for accountants, ad agencies, bands, bars, carpenters, charities, freelancers, hotels, jewellers and record stores.

7. Jupiter

Jupiter WordPress theme has 45,000 active users worldwide ' an epic endorsement!

Jupiter’s creator Artbees describes the theme as the fastest and lightest business WordPress theme on the market which is super significant in an age when search engines will rank or not rank your website over page flow time.

Jupiter is a superb option particularly for petite businesses, enterprises and online shop owners and comes tooled with the WooCommerce plugin.

8. uDesign

uDesign is a responsive theme that`s mobile-ready, with an effortless to use drag-and-drop page builder. With dedicated support specialists and an off the hook support forum with over 20,000 questions answered, the tech support for this theme is top notch.

9. The7

The7 is one of the most customizable themes on the market, and it seamlessly integrates with visual composer. There`s almost eight hundred options for this theme, and it has twenty six pre-built websites ' all with a different look, making this a versatile and adaptable purchase. It`s also WooCommerce-compatible!

Ten. Flatsome

Flatsome is a best selling WooCommerce integrated theme which can create super prompt websites with unlimited options using a very neat responsive page builder. This them also comes with 500+ Google fonts built in!

11. Newspaper

Supporting YouTube movie integration and YouTube rating system, Newspaper is the top selling WordPress theme specifically for content, articles and blogging.

This theme also integrates lightly with bbPress Forum, BuddyPress and WooCommerce, plus responsive Google Ads and AdSense.

12. Karma

One customer says that this theme is the “best one I have used out of a good one hundred themes on this marketplace.” With built-in karma page builder, visual composer, layerslider, revolution slider, woocommerce, and wpml certification, you save $90 by purchasing this theme.

13. Brooklyn

One of the bestselling themes in the creative category, Brooklyn has a one-click install and a unique design that features big pictures and bold typography.

14. Sahifa

One of the best in blog & news themes, Sahifa is a five-star theme. The grid-based layout highlights your content in an effortless to navigate way, and features like social widgets make it interactive for users. It also includes $74 worth of free plugins!

15. KALLYAS

A versatile, visual website builder with over 20,000 positive reviews. This theme comes with lifetime free updates, movie tutorials, and fresh demos each month. We`ve featured the ‘jewelry` demo, but it has many more, including layouts for portfolio, photographers, creative agencies, travel, and more.

16. Total

“It`s called Total for a reason,” claims this theme ' because it can do it all. Haul & drop page building, live customizations, premium sliders, unlimited color options, and effortless setup. It`s also tested with popular plugins, like Yoast SEO, Contact Form 7, W3 Total Cache, and WPML Translations.

17. Impreza

Impreza has a gallery of real websites made with Impreza, and they`re all stunning ' a good reference to gather inspiration for building your own site.

Legal. Striking MultiFlex

Striking Multiflex theme is a theme that`s adaptable for any business need. Their support is often commented on as being some of the best in the business! It`s effortless to see why this theme has Nineteen,000 sales and counting.

Nineteen. KingSize

Kingsize is a 100% responsive theme that`s a bestseller as a photo WordPress template. The color customization is unlimited, with seven unique galleries, fullscreen backgrounds, and widget-ready footer and sidebars. It also has language localization and it`s tested for numerous browsers.

20. Modernize

Want three hundred fifty font choices and fifteen background patterns? Modernize has a modern design, and it`s SEO-optimized.

21. Stockholm

Clean, white space and clear grid lines are just one defining feature of Stockholm, a ‘genuinely multiconcept theme`. It has customizable header styles, 600+ Google fonts, and all of the elements can be mixed-and-matched to create a unique website practice.

22. Uncode

This theme offers a 30-days money back ensure, which is unique for our market. It`s a detail-oriented, modern layout with an advanced grid system, 6+ menu styles, and numerous variations. It also has a media library that connects seamlessly with Spotify, Vimeo, Twitter, Flickr, and more.

23. Inovado

A multipurpose theme that`s effortless to use and retina-ready, this theme also includes many high-value plugins, useful shortcodes, and pre-configured page layouts.

24. Core Minimalist Photography Portfolio

With over 100,000 customers, this theme is one of the most trusted on the site. Three homepage styles, eight custom-built widgets, four portfolio styles, and shortcodes means it`s elementary to use and good for showcasing photography.

25. Real Homes

Real Homes is the #1 Real Estate Theme on Themeforest. It has customizable fields for property searches, and anything a real estate business might need for their online presence.

Fresh & Notable

In addition to the top bestsellers, we`d also like to highlight the most popular fresh themes of the year. Here`s a list of the top five in a few of our most popular categories across the Themeforest marketplace, and the bestselling fresh (January two thousand sixteen ' December 2016) themes in each category:

Five Best Fresh Blog & Magazine Themes of 2016

1. Bimber ' Viral & Whirr WordPress Theme

“Bimber is a viral magazine theme, that lets you launch a fully functional viral site in no more than twenty four hours. It comes with powerful sharing buttons; popular, hot, trending listings and numerous ad locations. Everything in a lightweight and easy-to-use package. Just browse the web, pick what’s hot, embed on your site and let it spread virally.”

Two. GoodLife ' Responsive Magazine Theme

Three. Publisher ' Magazine, Blog, Newspaper and Review WordPress Theme

Four. Flow ' A Fresh Creative Blog Theme

Five. BoomBox — Viral & Whirr WordPress Theme

Five Best Fresh Corporate WordPress Themes of 2016

1. Consulting ' Business, Finance WordPress Theme

“Based on in-depth research into the field of business, finance and consulting, we have developed this comprehensive consultant WordPress theme to produce everything you’re looking for from a website. Consulting WP is a premium finance, consulting and broker WordPress theme, tailored to your needs and to the expectations of your clients. Use custom-built Pie Charts, Graphs and Progress bars to present & describe your services or case studies to potential customers.”

Two. Massive Dynamic ' WordPress Website Builder

Trio. Motors ­- Automotive, Cars, Vehicle, Boat Dealership & Classifieds WordPress Theme

Four. EasyWeb ' WP Theme For Hosting, SEO and Web-design Agencies

Five. Infinite ' Responsive Multi-Purpose WordPress Theme

Five Best Fresh Creative WordPress Themes for 2016

1. TheGem ' Creative Multi-Purpose High-Performance WordPress Theme

“TheGem is a versatile, responsive, high-performance WordPress theme with a modern creative design to suit a multitude of creative uses for building websites.”

Two. Grand Portfolio | Responsive Portfolio

Trio. Heli ' Creative Multi-Purpose WordPress Theme

Four. Waxom ' Clean & Universal WordPress Theme

Five. Grafik ' Portfolio, Design & Architecture Theme

Five Best Fresh eCommerce WordPress Themes for 2016

1. XStore ' Responsive WooCommerce Theme

“This elegant and intuitive theme is cautiously developed and includes that set of pages, devices and settings that will help you create a professional looking and trustworthy online shop. Also, XStore comes with several widgets that will help you improve the user’s perception of your shop.The Theme Options is user-friendly and requires no special skill, adding value to a beautifully responsive theme.”

Two. Basel ' Responsive eCommerce Theme

Three. Electro Electronics Store WooCommerce Theme

Four. Suprema ' Multipurpose eCommerce Theme

Five. ShoppyStore ' WooCommerce WordPress Theme

Five Best Fresh Education WordPress Themes for 2016

1. TechEdu – Education WordPress Theme

“TechEdu – Education WordPress Theme is a responsive, clean and modern designed WordPress Theme. Techedu is premium education theme for academia, academy, campus, course, courses, e-learning, education, laboratory, learn, learning, school, student, students, teacher, university etc.”

Two. Solar Zone | Clean Energy WordPress Theme

Three. Edukado ' Responsive Education & LMS WordPress Theme

Four. RedApple ' Education WordPress Theme

Five. EduPress | Responsive LMS, University Education WordPress Theme

Five Best Fresh Non Profit WordPress Themes for 2016

1. Born To Give ' Charity Crowdfunding Responsive WordPress Theme

“Born to Give” is a total functional WordPress Theme designed & developed for Crowdfunding, Charity or Non Profit Websites and comes handy for Corporate Business Websites as well.”

Two. Alone – Charity Multipurpose Non-profit WordPress Theme

Three. Charity WordPress Theme | Charity WP

Four. Sports Club ' Football, Soccer, Sport News Theme

Five. Charitable ' Charity Nonprofit Organization WordPress Theme

Five Best Fresh Real Estate WordPress Themes for 2016

1. Houzez ' Real Estate WordPress Theme

“Houzez is a professional WordPress theme designed for real estate agents and companies. Engage visitors and potential clients with custom-built Visual Composer modules, header options, different listings and property templates.”

Two. Realtyspace ' Real estate WordPress Theme

Trio. Wish LAND- Single Property Real Estate WordPress Theme

Four. DreamVilla ' Real Estate WordPress Theme

Five. FullHouse ' Real Estate Responsive WordPress Theme

More resources for building your best website

If you`re still looking for a theme, check out all of the options on our marketplace. We also have a list of our bestselling & dearest WordPress plugins of two thousand sixteen to add even more customization options to your website.

For inspiration on web design, read latest articles for design ideas, or keep up-to-date on the latest trends from our design experts.

About the Author Envato

Envato is a creative ecosystem of sites and services, including Envato Market, Envato Studio, Elements, and Tuts+. Every month millions of people use our sites to get creative and learn fresh abilities. View all posts by Envato

50 Best Premium WordPress Themes of two thousand sixteen

50+ Best Premium WordPress Themes of 2016

The best WordPress themes of the year for businesses, creatives, portfolios, and more.

• Share this post

two thousand sixteen has been a big year for websites, and for WordPress.

The WordPress community has hundreds of thousands of designers and developers all contributing to pushing WordPress forward, and this is most evident on our WordPress theme marketplace, Themeforest. Users love WordPress themes for their ease of set up, while being unique and customizable. These WordPress themes can be used to create a website for businesses, individual projects, blogs, or portfolios (to name but a few), and there are innumerable WordPress tutorials online. So how do you cut through the ems of thousands of themes available to find the best one for you?

This list features the best selection of WordPress Themes, as judged by sales from ThemeForest, trending items, and the expertise of our review team. Here`s the sections we`re featuring for this best-of-2016 recap:

• Best free WordPress themes 2016
• The top twenty five bestselling themes of the year
• Five Best Fresh Blog & Magazine Themes of 2016
• Five Best Fresh Corporate WordPress Themes of 2016
• Five Best Fresh Creative WordPress Themes for 2016
• Five Best Fresh eCommerce WordPress Themes for 2016
• Five Best Fresh Education WordPress Themes for 2016
• Five Best Fresh Non Profit WordPress Themes for 2016
• Five Best Fresh Real Estate WordPress Themes for 2016
• More resources for building your best website

Top twenty five bestselling themes of this year:

1. Avada

“Avada is the swiss army knife of WordPress Themes ' it does everything!” Collis Ta’eed (Envato CEO)

Avada is a versatile, effortless to use and multi-purpose WordPress theme. This premium theme has been the #1 seller on ThemeForest for four years, with almost 300,000 sales ' can it ever be trumped?

Two. X Theme

X Theme was built with the input of industry-leading experts with the objective of being on the cutting edge of WordPress development. Numerous individuals were consulted and asked what sort of features they dreamed to see in a theme from an SEO, design and feature-set perspective. The proof of success is obviously demonstrated in sales. Did we mention that X customers can choose inbetween Cornerstone, X’s own front-end page builder, or the very powerful Visual Composer? Both plugins are included with each verified purchase.

Three. Enfold

Enfold Theme describes itself as clean, super nimble, fully responsive and suited for business and shop websites alike as well as for users who want to showcase their work on a neat portfolio site. The theme is built on top of the Avia Framework and offers support for the WPML multi language plugin ' who doesn’t want to internationalise their site?

Four. Bridge

Bridge is another WordPress theme that comes with a one click import feature for their demo themes. Choose your dearest design or style, import pages and settings and in moments you can have a fully tooled website up and running. Bridge is also built on the lithe QODE framework.

Five. Salient

With over 50,000 total sales to date, Salient is certainly a deserving best in any WordPress theme list. Salient is designed to support any blog and website and is unique in it’s beautiful capability to display movies as backgrounds. The Salient team have also taken the time to build very effortless to use shortcodes that fresh and experienced WP customisers alike will love.

6. BeTheme

BeTheme is another long time best seller on ThemeForest. With an advanced options panel combined with a haul & drop builder contraption there is unlimited possibilities with this WordPress theme. BeTheme also comes with a Hefty range of pre-built websites so you can lightly import any demo website with one click. Be’s catalogue of ready to go demos include everything from themes for accountants, ad agencies, bands, bars, carpenters, charities, freelancers, hotels, jewellers and record stores.

7. Jupiter

Jupiter WordPress theme has 45,000 active users worldwide ' an amazing endorsement!

Jupiter’s creator Artbees describes the theme as the fastest and lightest business WordPress theme on the market which is super significant in an age when search engines will rank or not rank your website over page blast time.

Jupiter is a fine option particularly for puny businesses, enterprises and online shop owners and comes tooled with the WooCommerce plugin.

8. uDesign

uDesign is a responsive theme that`s mobile-ready, with an effortless to use drag-and-drop page builder. With dedicated support specialists and an off the hook support forum with over 20,000 questions answered, the tech support for this theme is top notch.

9. The7

The7 is one of the most customizable themes on the market, and it seamlessly integrates with visual composer. There`s almost eight hundred options for this theme, and it has twenty six pre-built websites ' all with a different look, making this a versatile and adaptable purchase. It`s also WooCommerce-compatible!

Ten. Flatsome

Flatsome is a best selling WooCommerce integrated theme which can create super rapid websites with unlimited options using a very neat responsive page builder. This them also comes with 500+ Google fonts built in!

11. Newspaper

Supporting YouTube movie integration and YouTube rating system, Newspaper is the top selling WordPress theme specifically for content, articles and blogging.

This theme also integrates lightly with bbPress Forum, BuddyPress and WooCommerce, plus responsive Google Ads and AdSense.

12. Karma

One customer says that this theme is the “best one I have used out of a good one hundred themes on this marketplace.” With built-in karma page builder, visual composer, layerslider, revolution slider, woocommerce, and wpml certification, you save $90 by purchasing this theme.

13. Brooklyn

One of the bestselling themes in the creative category, Brooklyn has a one-click install and a unique design that features big pictures and bold typography.

14. Sahifa

One of the best in blog & news themes, Sahifa is a five-star theme. The grid-based layout highlights your content in an effortless to navigate way, and features like social widgets make it interactive for users. It also includes $74 worth of free plugins!

15. KALLYAS

A versatile, visual website builder with over 20,000 positive reviews. This theme comes with lifetime free updates, movie tutorials, and fresh demos each month. We`ve featured the ‘jewelry` demo, but it has many more, including layouts for portfolio, photographers, creative agencies, travel, and more.

16. Total

“It`s called Total for a reason,” claims this theme ' because it can do it all. Haul & drop page building, live customizations, premium sliders, unlimited color options, and effortless setup. It`s also tested with popular plugins, like Yoast SEO, Contact Form 7, W3 Total Cache, and WPML Translations.

17. Impreza

Impreza has a gallery of real websites made with Impreza, and they`re all stunning ' a fine reference to gather inspiration for building your own site.

Eighteen. Striking MultiFlex

Striking Multiflex theme is a theme that`s adaptable for any business need. Their support is often commented on as being some of the best in the business! It`s effortless to see why this theme has Nineteen,000 sales and counting.

Nineteen. KingSize

Kingsize is a 100% responsive theme that`s a bestseller as a photo WordPress template. The color customization is unlimited, with seven unique galleries, fullscreen backgrounds, and widget-ready footer and sidebars. It also has language localization and it`s tested for numerous browsers.

20. Modernize

Want three hundred fifty font choices and fifteen background patterns? Modernize has a modern design, and it`s SEO-optimized.

21. Stockholm

Clean, white space and clear grid lines are just one defining feature of Stockholm, a ‘genuinely multiconcept theme`. It has customizable header styles, 600+ Google fonts, and all of the elements can be mixed-and-matched to create a unique website practice.

22. Uncode

This theme offers a 30-days money back assure, which is unique for our market. It`s a detail-oriented, modern layout with an advanced grid system, 6+ menu styles, and numerous variations. It also has a media library that connects seamlessly with Spotify, Vimeo, Twitter, Flickr, and more.

23. Inovado

A multipurpose theme that`s effortless to use and retina-ready, this theme also includes many high-value plugins, useful shortcodes, and pre-configured page layouts.

24. Core Minimalist Photography Portfolio

With over 100,000 customers, this theme is one of the most trusted on the site. Three homepage styles, eight custom-built widgets, four portfolio styles, and shortcodes means it`s plain to use and superb for showcasing photography.

25. Real Homes

Real Homes is the #1 Real Estate Theme on Themeforest. It has customizable fields for property searches, and anything a real estate business might need for their online presence.

Fresh & Notable

In addition to the top bestsellers, we`d also like to highlight the most popular fresh themes of the year. Here`s a list of the top five in a few of our most popular categories across the Themeforest marketplace, and the bestselling fresh (January two thousand sixteen ' December 2016) themes in each category:

Five Best Fresh Blog & Magazine Themes of 2016

1. Bimber ' Viral & Whirr WordPress Theme

“Bimber is a viral magazine theme, that lets you launch a fully functional viral site in no more than twenty four hours. It comes with powerful sharing buttons; popular, hot, trending listings and numerous ad locations. Everything in a lightweight and easy-to-use package. Just browse the web, pick what’s hot, embed on your site and let it spread virally.”

Two. GoodLife ' Responsive Magazine Theme

Three. Publisher ' Magazine, Blog, Newspaper and Review WordPress Theme

Four. Flow ' A Fresh Creative Blog Theme

Five. BoomBox — Viral & Whirr WordPress Theme

Five Best Fresh Corporate WordPress Themes of 2016

1. Consulting ' Business, Finance WordPress Theme

“Based on in-depth research into the field of business, finance and consulting, we have developed this comprehensive consultant WordPress theme to produce everything you’re looking for from a website. Consulting WP is a premium finance, consulting and broker WordPress theme, tailored to your needs and to the expectations of your clients. Use custom-made Pie Charts, Graphs and Progress bars to present & describe your services or case studies to potential customers.”

Two. Massive Dynamic ' WordPress Website Builder

Three. Motors ­- Automotive, Cars, Vehicle, Boat Dealership & Classifieds WordPress Theme

Four. EasyWeb ' WP Theme For Hosting, SEO and Web-design Agencies

Five. Infinite ' Responsive Multi-Purpose WordPress Theme

Five Best Fresh Creative WordPress Themes for 2016

1. TheGem ' Creative Multi-Purpose High-Performance WordPress Theme

“TheGem is a versatile, responsive, high-performance WordPress theme with a modern creative design to suit a multitude of creative uses for building websites.”

Two. Grand Portfolio | Responsive Portfolio

Trio. Heli ' Creative Multi-Purpose WordPress Theme

Four. Waxom ' Clean & Universal WordPress Theme

Five. Grafik ' Portfolio, Design & Architecture Theme

Five Best Fresh eCommerce WordPress Themes for 2016

1. XStore ' Responsive WooCommerce Theme

“This elegant and intuitive theme is cautiously developed and includes that set of pages, instruments and settings that will help you create a professional looking and trustworthy online shop. Also, XStore comes with several widgets that will help you improve the user’s perception of your shop.The Theme Options is user-friendly and requires no special skill, adding value to a beautifully responsive theme.”

Two. Basel ' Responsive eCommerce Theme

Three. Electro Electronics Store WooCommerce Theme

Four. Suprema ' Multipurpose eCommerce Theme

Five. ShoppyStore ' WooCommerce WordPress Theme

Five Best Fresh Education WordPress Themes for 2016

1. TechEdu – Education WordPress Theme

“TechEdu – Education WordPress Theme is a responsive, clean and modern designed WordPress Theme. Techedu is premium education theme for academia, academy, campus, course, courses, e-learning, education, laboratory, learn, learning, school, student, students, teacher, university etc.”

Two. Solar Zone | Clean Energy WordPress Theme

Three. Edukado ' Responsive Education & LMS WordPress Theme

Four. RedApple ' Education WordPress Theme

Five. EduPress | Responsive LMS, University Education WordPress Theme

Five Best Fresh Non Profit WordPress Themes for 2016

1. Born To Give ' Charity Crowdfunding Responsive WordPress Theme

“Born to Give” is a total functional WordPress Theme designed & developed for Crowdfunding, Charity or Non Profit Websites and comes handy for Corporate Business Websites as well.”

Two. Alone – Charity Multipurpose Non-profit WordPress Theme

Trio. Charity WordPress Theme | Charity WP

Four. Sports Club ' Football, Soccer, Sport News Theme

Five. Charitable ' Charity Nonprofit Organization WordPress Theme

Five Best Fresh Real Estate WordPress Themes for 2016

1. Houzez ' Real Estate WordPress Theme

“Houzez is a professional WordPress theme designed for real estate agents and companies. Engage visitors and potential clients with custom-built Visual Composer modules, header options, different listings and property templates.”

Two. Realtyspace ' Real estate WordPress Theme

Three. Desire LAND- Single Property Real Estate WordPress Theme

Four. DreamVilla ' Real Estate WordPress Theme

Five. FullHouse ' Real Estate Responsive WordPress Theme

More resources for building your best website

If you`re still looking for a theme, check out all of the options on our marketplace. We also have a list of our bestselling & dearest WordPress plugins of two thousand sixteen to add even more customization options to your website.

For inspiration on web design, read latest articles for design ideas, or keep up-to-date on the latest trends from our design experts.

About the Author Envato

Envato is a creative ecosystem of sites and services, including Envato Market, Envato Studio, Elements, and Tuts+. Every month millions of people use our sites to get creative and learn fresh abilities. View all posts by Envato

50 Best Premium WordPress Themes of two thousand sixteen

50+ Best Premium WordPress Themes of 2016

The best WordPress themes of the year for businesses, creatives, portfolios, and more.

• Share this post

two thousand sixteen has been a big year for websites, and for WordPress.

The WordPress community has hundreds of thousands of designers and developers all contributing to pushing WordPress forward, and this is most evident on our WordPress theme marketplace, Themeforest. Users love WordPress themes for their ease of set up, while being unique and customizable. These WordPress themes can be used to create a website for businesses, private projects, blogs, or portfolios (to name but a few), and there are innumerable WordPress tutorials online. So how do you cut through the ems of thousands of themes available to find the best one for you?

This list features the best selection of WordPress Themes, as judged by sales from ThemeForest, trending items, and the expertise of our review team. Here`s the sections we`re featuring for this best-of-2016 recap:

• Best free WordPress themes 2016
• The top twenty five bestselling themes of the year
• Five Best Fresh Blog & Magazine Themes of 2016
• Five Best Fresh Corporate WordPress Themes of 2016
• Five Best Fresh Creative WordPress Themes for 2016
• Five Best Fresh eCommerce WordPress Themes for 2016
• Five Best Fresh Education WordPress Themes for 2016
• Five Best Fresh Non Profit WordPress Themes for 2016
• Five Best Fresh Real Estate WordPress Themes for 2016
• More resources for building your best website

Top twenty five bestselling themes of this year:

1. Avada

“Avada is the swiss army knife of WordPress Themes ' it does everything!” Collis Ta’eed (Envato CEO)

Avada is a versatile, effortless to use and multi-purpose WordPress theme. This premium theme has been the #1 seller on ThemeForest for four years, with almost 300,000 sales ' can it ever be trumped?

Two. X Theme

X Theme was built with the input of industry-leading experts with the purpose of being on the cutting edge of WordPress development. Numerous individuals were consulted and asked what sort of features they wished to see in a theme from an SEO, design and feature-set perspective. The proof of success is obviously demonstrated in sales. Did we mention that X customers can choose inbetween Cornerstone, X’s own front-end page builder, or the very powerful Visual Composer? Both plugins are included with each verified purchase.

Trio. Enfold

Enfold Theme describes itself as clean, super nimble, fully responsive and suited for business and shop websites alike as well as for users who want to showcase their work on a neat portfolio site. The theme is built on top of the Avia Framework and offers support for the WPML multi language plugin ' who doesn’t want to internationalise their site?

Four. Bridge

Bridge is another WordPress theme that comes with a one click import feature for their demo themes. Choose your dearest design or style, import pages and settings and in moments you can have a fully tooled website up and running. Bridge is also built on the supple QODE framework.

Five. Salient

With over 50,000 total sales to date, Salient is certainly a deserving best in any WordPress theme list. Salient is designed to support any blog and website and is unique in it’s beautiful capability to display movies as backgrounds. The Salient team have also taken the time to build very effortless to use shortcodes that fresh and experienced WP customisers alike will love.

6. BeTheme

BeTheme is another long time best seller on ThemeForest. With an advanced options panel combined with a haul & drop builder instrument there is unlimited possibilities with this WordPress theme. BeTheme also comes with a Meaty range of pre-built websites so you can lightly import any demo website with one click. Be’s catalogue of ready to go demos include everything from themes for accountants, ad agencies, bands, bars, carpenters, charities, freelancers, hotels, jewellers and record stores.

7. Jupiter

Jupiter WordPress theme has 45,000 active users worldwide ' an awesome endorsement!

Jupiter’s creator Artbees describes the theme as the fastest and lightest business WordPress theme on the market which is super significant in an age when search engines will rank or not rank your website over page flow time.

Jupiter is a fine option particularly for petite businesses, enterprises and online shop owners and comes tooled with the WooCommerce plugin.

8. uDesign

uDesign is a responsive theme that`s mobile-ready, with an effortless to use drag-and-drop page builder. With dedicated support specialists and an sensational support forum with over 20,000 questions answered, the tech support for this theme is top notch.

9. The7

The7 is one of the most customizable themes on the market, and it seamlessly integrates with visual composer. There`s almost eight hundred options for this theme, and it has twenty six pre-built websites ' all with a different look, making this a versatile and adaptable purchase. It`s also WooCommerce-compatible!

Ten. Flatsome

Flatsome is a best selling WooCommerce integrated theme which can create super quick websites with unlimited options using a very neat responsive page builder. This them also comes with 500+ Google fonts built in!

11. Newspaper

Supporting YouTube movie integration and YouTube rating system, Newspaper is the top selling WordPress theme specifically for content, articles and blogging.

This theme also integrates lightly with bbPress Forum, BuddyPress and WooCommerce, plus responsive Google Ads and AdSense.

12. Karma

One customer says that this theme is the “best one I have used out of a good one hundred themes on this marketplace.” With built-in karma page builder, visual composer, layerslider, revolution slider, woocommerce, and wpml certification, you save $90 by purchasing this theme.

13. Brooklyn

One of the bestselling themes in the creative category, Brooklyn has a one-click install and a unique design that features big pictures and bold typography.

14. Sahifa

One of the best in blog & news themes, Sahifa is a five-star theme. The grid-based layout highlights your content in an effortless to navigate way, and features like social widgets make it interactive for users. It also includes $74 worth of free plugins!

15. KALLYAS

A versatile, visual website builder with over 20,000 positive reviews. This theme comes with lifetime free updates, movie tutorials, and fresh demos each month. We`ve featured the ‘jewelry` demo, but it has many more, including layouts for portfolio, photographers, creative agencies, travel, and more.

16. Total

“It`s called Total for a reason,” claims this theme ' because it can do it all. Haul & drop page building, live customizations, premium sliders, unlimited color options, and effortless setup. It`s also tested with popular plugins, like Yoast SEO, Contact Form 7, W3 Total Cache, and WPML Translations.

17. Impreza

Impreza has a gallery of real websites made with Impreza, and they`re all stunning ' a excellent reference to gather inspiration for building your own site.

Eighteen. Striking MultiFlex

Striking Multiflex theme is a theme that`s adaptable for any business need. Their support is often commented on as being some of the best in the business! It`s effortless to see why this theme has Nineteen,000 sales and counting.

Nineteen. KingSize

Kingsize is a 100% responsive theme that`s a bestseller as a photo WordPress template. The color customization is unlimited, with seven unique galleries, fullscreen backgrounds, and widget-ready footer and sidebars. It also has language localization and it`s tested for numerous browsers.

20. Modernize

Want three hundred fifty font choices and fifteen background patterns? Modernize has a modern design, and it`s SEO-optimized.

21. Stockholm

Clean, white space and clear grid lines are just one defining feature of Stockholm, a ‘genuinely multiconcept theme`. It has customizable header styles, 600+ Google fonts, and all of the elements can be mixed-and-matched to create a unique website practice.

22. Uncode

This theme offers a 30-days money back ensure, which is unique for our market. It`s a detail-oriented, modern layout with an advanced grid system, 6+ menu styles, and numerous variations. It also has a media library that connects seamlessly with Spotify, Vimeo, Twitter, Flickr, and more.

23. Inovado

A multipurpose theme that`s effortless to use and retina-ready, this theme also includes many high-value plugins, useful shortcodes, and pre-configured page layouts.

24. Core Minimalist Photography Portfolio

With over 100,000 customers, this theme is one of the most trusted on the site. Three homepage styles, eight custom-built widgets, four portfolio styles, and shortcodes means it`s elementary to use and fine for showcasing photography.

25. Real Homes

Real Homes is the #1 Real Estate Theme on Themeforest. It has customizable fields for property searches, and anything a real estate business might need for their online presence.

Fresh & Notable

In addition to the top bestsellers, we`d also like to highlight the most popular fresh themes of the year. Here`s a list of the top five in a few of our most popular categories across the Themeforest marketplace, and the bestselling fresh (January two thousand sixteen ' December 2016) themes in each category:

Five Best Fresh Blog & Magazine Themes of 2016

1. Bimber ' Viral & Hum WordPress Theme

“Bimber is a viral magazine theme, that lets you launch a fully functional viral site in no more than twenty four hours. It comes with powerful sharing buttons; popular, hot, trending listings and numerous ad locations. Everything in a lightweight and easy-to-use package. Just browse the web, pick what’s hot, embed on your site and let it spread virally.”

Two. GoodLife ' Responsive Magazine Theme

Trio. Publisher ' Magazine, Blog, Newspaper and Review WordPress Theme

Four. Flow ' A Fresh Creative Blog Theme

Five. BoomBox — Viral & Hum WordPress Theme

Five Best Fresh Corporate WordPress Themes of 2016

1. Consulting ' Business, Finance WordPress Theme

“Based on in-depth research into the field of business, finance and consulting, we have developed this comprehensive consultant WordPress theme to supply everything you’re looking for from a website. Consulting WP is a premium finance, consulting and broker WordPress theme, tailored to your needs and to the expectations of your clients. Use custom-built Pie Charts, Graphs and Progress bars to present & describe your services or case studies to potential customers.”

Two. Massive Dynamic ' WordPress Website Builder

Trio. Motors ­- Automotive, Cars, Vehicle, Boat Dealership & Classifieds WordPress Theme

Four. EasyWeb ' WP Theme For Hosting, SEO and Web-design Agencies

Five. Infinite ' Responsive Multi-Purpose WordPress Theme

Five Best Fresh Creative WordPress Themes for 2016

1. TheGem ' Creative Multi-Purpose High-Performance WordPress Theme

“TheGem is a versatile, responsive, high-performance WordPress theme with a modern creative design to suit a multitude of creative uses for building websites.”

Two. Grand Portfolio | Responsive Portfolio

Trio. Heli ' Creative Multi-Purpose WordPress Theme

Four. Waxom ' Clean & Universal WordPress Theme

Five. Grafik ' Portfolio, Design & Architecture Theme

Five Best Fresh eCommerce WordPress Themes for 2016

1. XStore ' Responsive WooCommerce Theme

“This elegant and intuitive theme is cautiously developed and includes that set of pages, implements and settings that will help you create a professional looking and trustworthy online shop. Also, XStore comes with several widgets that will help you improve the user’s perception of your shop.The Theme Options is user-friendly and requires no special skill, adding value to a beautifully responsive theme.”

Two. Basel ' Responsive eCommerce Theme

Three. Electro Electronics Store WooCommerce Theme

Four. Suprema ' Multipurpose eCommerce Theme

Five. ShoppyStore ' WooCommerce WordPress Theme

Five Best Fresh Education WordPress Themes for 2016

1. TechEdu – Education WordPress Theme

“TechEdu – Education WordPress Theme is a responsive, clean and modern designed WordPress Theme. Techedu is premium education theme for academia, academy, campus, course, courses, e-learning, education, laboratory, learn, learning, school, student, students, teacher, university etc.”

Two. Solar Zone | Clean Energy WordPress Theme

Trio. Edukado ' Responsive Education & LMS WordPress Theme

Four. RedApple ' Education WordPress Theme

Five. EduPress | Responsive LMS, University Education WordPress Theme

Five Best Fresh Non Profit WordPress Themes for 2016

1. Born To Give ' Charity Crowdfunding Responsive WordPress Theme

“Born to Give” is a total functional WordPress Theme designed & developed for Crowdfunding, Charity or Non Profit Websites and comes handy for Corporate Business Websites as well.”

Two. Alone – Charity Multipurpose Non-profit WordPress Theme

Trio. Charity WordPress Theme | Charity WP

Four. Sports Club ' Football, Soccer, Sport News Theme

Five. Charitable ' Charity Nonprofit Organization WordPress Theme

Five Best Fresh Real Estate WordPress Themes for 2016

1. Houzez ' Real Estate WordPress Theme

“Houzez is a professional WordPress theme designed for real estate agents and companies. Engage visitors and potential clients with custom-made Visual Composer modules, header options, different listings and property templates.”

Two. Realtyspace ' Real estate WordPress Theme

Trio. Wish LAND- Single Property Real Estate WordPress Theme

Four. DreamVilla ' Real Estate WordPress Theme

Five. FullHouse ' Real Estate Responsive WordPress Theme

More resources for building your best website

If you`re still looking for a theme, check out all of the options on our marketplace. We also have a list of our bestselling & dearest WordPress plugins of two thousand sixteen to add even more customization options to your website.

For inspiration on web design, read latest articles for design ideas, or keep up-to-date on the latest trends from our design experts.

About the Author Envato

Envato is a creative ecosystem of sites and services, including Envato Market, Envato Studio, Elements, and Tuts+. Every month millions of people use our sites to get creative and learn fresh abilities. View all posts by Envato

50 Best Premium WordPress Themes of two thousand sixteen

50+ Best Premium WordPress Themes of 2016

The best WordPress themes of the year for businesses, creatives, portfolios, and more.

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two thousand sixteen has been a big year for websites, and for WordPress.

The WordPress community has hundreds of thousands of designers and developers all contributing to pushing WordPress forward, and this is most evident on our WordPress theme marketplace, Themeforest. Users love WordPress themes for their ease of set up, while being unique and customizable. These WordPress themes can be used to create a website for businesses, individual projects, blogs, or portfolios (to name but a few), and there are uncountable WordPress tutorials online. So how do you cut through the ems of thousands of themes available to find the best one for you?

This list features the best selection of WordPress Themes, as judged by sales from ThemeForest, trending items, and the expertise of our review team. Here`s the sections we`re featuring for this best-of-2016 recap:

• Best free WordPress themes 2016
• The top twenty five bestselling themes of the year
• Five Best Fresh Blog & Magazine Themes of 2016
• Five Best Fresh Corporate WordPress Themes of 2016
• Five Best Fresh Creative WordPress Themes for 2016
• Five Best Fresh eCommerce WordPress Themes for 2016
• Five Best Fresh Education WordPress Themes for 2016
• Five Best Fresh Non Profit WordPress Themes for 2016
• Five Best Fresh Real Estate WordPress Themes for 2016
• More resources for building your best website

Top twenty five bestselling themes of this year:

1. Avada

“Avada is the swiss army knife of WordPress Themes ' it does everything!” Collis Ta’eed (Envato CEO)

Avada is a versatile, effortless to use and multi-purpose WordPress theme. This premium theme has been the #1 seller on ThemeForest for four years, with almost 300,000 sales ' can it ever be trumped?

Two. X Theme

X Theme was built with the input of industry-leading experts with the purpose of being on the cutting edge of WordPress development. Numerous individuals were consulted and asked what sort of features they desired to see in a theme from an SEO, design and feature-set perspective. The proof of success is obviously demonstrated in sales. Did we mention that X customers can choose inbetween Cornerstone, X’s own front-end page builder, or the very powerful Visual Composer? Both plugins are included with each verified purchase.

Three. Enfold

Enfold Theme describes itself as clean, super nimble, fully responsive and suited for business and shop websites alike as well as for users who want to showcase their work on a neat portfolio site. The theme is built on top of the Avia Framework and offers support for the WPML multi language plugin ' who doesn’t want to internationalise their site?

Four. Bridge

Bridge is another WordPress theme that comes with a one click import feature for their demo themes. Choose your dearest design or style, import pages and settings and in moments you can have a fully tooled website up and running. Bridge is also built on the lithe QODE framework.

Five. Salient

With over 50,000 total sales to date, Salient is undoubtedly a deserving best in any WordPress theme list. Salient is designed to support any blog and website and is unique in it’s beautiful capability to display movies as backgrounds. The Salient team have also taken the time to build very effortless to use shortcodes that fresh and experienced WP customisers alike will love.

6. BeTheme

BeTheme is another long time best seller on ThemeForest. With an advanced options panel combined with a haul & drop builder contraption there is unlimited possibilities with this WordPress theme. BeTheme also comes with a Enormous range of pre-built websites so you can lightly import any demo website with one click. Be’s catalogue of ready to go demos include everything from themes for accountants, ad agencies, bands, bars, carpenters, charities, freelancers, hotels, jewellers and record stores.

7. Jupiter

Jupiter WordPress theme has 45,000 active users worldwide ' an incredible endorsement!

Jupiter’s creator Artbees describes the theme as the fastest and lightest business WordPress theme on the market which is super significant in an age when search engines will rank or not rank your website over page geyser time.

Jupiter is a superb option particularly for puny businesses, enterprises and online shop owners and comes tooled with the WooCommerce plugin.

8. uDesign

uDesign is a responsive theme that`s mobile-ready, with an effortless to use drag-and-drop page builder. With dedicated support specialists and an sensational support forum with over 20,000 questions answered, the tech support for this theme is top notch.

9. The7

The7 is one of the most customizable themes on the market, and it seamlessly integrates with visual composer. There`s almost eight hundred options for this theme, and it has twenty six pre-built websites ' all with a different look, making this a versatile and adaptable purchase. It`s also WooCommerce-compatible!

Ten. Flatsome

Flatsome is a best selling WooCommerce integrated theme which can create super swift websites with unlimited options using a very neat responsive page builder. This them also comes with 500+ Google fonts built in!

11. Newspaper

Supporting YouTube movie integration and YouTube rating system, Newspaper is the top selling WordPress theme specifically for content, articles and blogging.

This theme also integrates lightly with bbPress Forum, BuddyPress and WooCommerce, plus responsive Google Ads and AdSense.

12. Karma

One customer says that this theme is the “best one I have used out of a good one hundred themes on this marketplace.” With built-in karma page builder, visual composer, layerslider, revolution slider, woocommerce, and wpml certification, you save $90 by purchasing this theme.

13. Brooklyn

One of the bestselling themes in the creative category, Brooklyn has a one-click install and a unique design that features big photos and bold typography.

14. Sahifa

One of the best in blog & news themes, Sahifa is a five-star theme. The grid-based layout highlights your content in an effortless to navigate way, and features like social widgets make it interactive for users. It also includes $74 worth of free plugins!

15. KALLYAS

A versatile, visual website builder with over 20,000 positive reviews. This theme comes with lifetime free updates, movie tutorials, and fresh demos each month. We`ve featured the ‘jewelry` demo, but it has many more, including layouts for portfolio, photographers, creative agencies, travel, and more.

16. Total

“It`s called Total for a reason,” claims this theme ' because it can do it all. Haul & drop page building, live customizations, premium sliders, unlimited color options, and effortless setup. It`s also tested with popular plugins, like Yoast SEO, Contact Form 7, W3 Total Cache, and WPML Translations.

17. Impreza

Impreza has a gallery of real websites made with Impreza, and they`re all stunning ' a good reference to gather inspiration for building your own site.

Legitimate. Striking MultiFlex

Striking Multiflex theme is a theme that`s adaptable for any business need. Their support is often commented on as being some of the best in the business! It`s effortless to see why this theme has Nineteen,000 sales and counting.

Nineteen. KingSize

Kingsize is a 100% responsive theme that`s a bestseller as a photo WordPress template. The color customization is unlimited, with seven unique galleries, fullscreen backgrounds, and widget-ready footer and sidebars. It also has language localization and it`s tested for numerous browsers.

20. Modernize

Want three hundred fifty font choices and fifteen background patterns? Modernize has a modern design, and it`s SEO-optimized.

21. Stockholm

Clean, white space and clear grid lines are just one defining feature of Stockholm, a ‘genuinely multiconcept theme`. It has customizable header styles, 600+ Google fonts, and all of the elements can be mixed-and-matched to create a unique website practice.

22. Uncode

This theme offers a 30-days money back assure, which is unique for our market. It`s a detail-oriented, modern layout with an advanced grid system, 6+ menu styles, and numerous variations. It also has a media library that connects seamlessly with Spotify, Vimeo, Twitter, Flickr, and more.

23. Inovado

A multipurpose theme that`s effortless to use and retina-ready, this theme also includes many high-value plugins, useful shortcodes, and pre-configured page layouts.

24. Core Minimalist Photography Portfolio

With over 100,000 customers, this theme is one of the most trusted on the site. Three homepage styles, eight custom-built widgets, four portfolio styles, and shortcodes means it`s plain to use and good for showcasing photography.

25. Real Homes

Real Homes is the #1 Real Estate Theme on Themeforest. It has customizable fields for property searches, and anything a real estate business might need for their online presence.

Fresh & Notable

In addition to the top bestsellers, we`d also like to highlight the most popular fresh themes of the year. Here`s a list of the top five in a few of our most popular categories across the Themeforest marketplace, and the bestselling fresh (January two thousand sixteen ' December 2016) themes in each category:

Five Best Fresh Blog & Magazine Themes of 2016

1. Bimber ' Viral & Whirr WordPress Theme

“Bimber is a viral magazine theme, that lets you launch a fully functional viral site in no more than twenty four hours. It comes with powerful sharing buttons; popular, hot, trending listings and numerous ad locations. Everything in a lightweight and easy-to-use package. Just browse the web, pick what’s hot, embed on your site and let it spread virally.”

Two. GoodLife ' Responsive Magazine Theme

Trio. Publisher ' Magazine, Blog, Newspaper and Review WordPress Theme

Four. Flow ' A Fresh Creative Blog Theme

Five. BoomBox — Viral & Whirr WordPress Theme

Five Best Fresh Corporate WordPress Themes of 2016

1. Consulting ' Business, Finance WordPress Theme

“Based on in-depth research into the field of business, finance and consulting, we have developed this comprehensive consultant WordPress theme to produce everything you’re looking for from a website. Consulting WP is a premium finance, consulting and broker WordPress theme, tailored to your needs and to the expectations of your clients. Use custom-made Pie Charts, Graphs and Progress bars to present & describe your services or case studies to potential customers.”

Two. Massive Dynamic ' WordPress Website Builder

Three. Motors ­- Automotive, Cars, Vehicle, Boat Dealership & Classifieds WordPress Theme

Four. EasyWeb ' WP Theme For Hosting, SEO and Web-design Agencies

Five. Infinite ' Responsive Multi-Purpose WordPress Theme

Five Best Fresh Creative WordPress Themes for 2016

1. TheGem ' Creative Multi-Purpose High-Performance WordPress Theme

“TheGem is a versatile, responsive, high-performance WordPress theme with a modern creative design to suit a multitude of creative uses for building websites.”

Two. Grand Portfolio | Responsive Portfolio

Trio. Heli ' Creative Multi-Purpose WordPress Theme

Four. Waxom ' Clean & Universal WordPress Theme

Five. Grafik ' Portfolio, Design & Architecture Theme

Five Best Fresh eCommerce WordPress Themes for 2016

1. XStore ' Responsive WooCommerce Theme

“This elegant and intuitive theme is cautiously developed and includes that set of pages, implements and settings that will help you create a professional looking and trustworthy online shop. Also, XStore comes with several widgets that will help you improve the user’s perception of your shop.The Theme Options is user-friendly and requires no special skill, adding value to a beautifully responsive theme.”

Two. Basel ' Responsive eCommerce Theme

Trio. Electro Electronics Store WooCommerce Theme

Four. Suprema ' Multipurpose eCommerce Theme

Five. ShoppyStore ' WooCommerce WordPress Theme

Five Best Fresh Education WordPress Themes for 2016

1. TechEdu – Education WordPress Theme

“TechEdu – Education WordPress Theme is a responsive, clean and modern designed WordPress Theme. Techedu is premium education theme for academia, academy, campus, course, courses, e-learning, education, laboratory, learn, learning, school, student, students, teacher, university etc.”

Two. Solar Zone | Clean Energy WordPress Theme

Three. Edukado ' Responsive Education & LMS WordPress Theme

Four. RedApple ' Education WordPress Theme

Five. EduPress | Responsive LMS, University Education WordPress Theme

Five Best Fresh Non Profit WordPress Themes for 2016

1. Born To Give ' Charity Crowdfunding Responsive WordPress Theme

“Born to Give” is a utter functional WordPress Theme designed & developed for Crowdfunding, Charity or Non Profit Websites and comes handy for Corporate Business Websites as well.”

Two. Alone – Charity Multipurpose Non-profit WordPress Theme

Three. Charity WordPress Theme | Charity WP

Four. Sports Club ' Football, Soccer, Sport News Theme

Five. Charitable ' Charity Nonprofit Organization WordPress Theme

Five Best Fresh Real Estate WordPress Themes for 2016

1. Houzez ' Real Estate WordPress Theme

“Houzez is a professional WordPress theme designed for real estate agents and companies. Engage visitors and potential clients with custom-built Visual Composer modules, header options, different listings and property templates.”

Two. Realtyspace ' Real estate WordPress Theme

Three. Wish LAND- Single Property Real Estate WordPress Theme

Four. DreamVilla ' Real Estate WordPress Theme

Five. FullHouse ' Real Estate Responsive WordPress Theme

More resources for building your best website

If you`re still looking for a theme, check out all of the options on our marketplace. We also have a list of our bestselling & beloved WordPress plugins of two thousand sixteen to add even more customization options to your website.

For inspiration on web design, read latest articles for design ideas, or keep up-to-date on the latest trends from our design experts.

About the Author Envato

Envato is a creative ecosystem of sites and services, including Envato Market, Envato Studio, Elements, and Tuts+. Every month millions of people use our sites to get creative and learn fresh abilities. View all posts by Envato

50 Best Premium WordPress Themes of two thousand sixteen

50+ Best Premium WordPress Themes of 2016

The best WordPress themes of the year for businesses, creatives, portfolios, and more.

• Share this post

two thousand sixteen has been a big year for websites, and for WordPress.

The WordPress community has hundreds of thousands of designers and developers all contributing to pushing WordPress forward, and this is most evident on our WordPress theme marketplace, Themeforest. Users love WordPress themes for their ease of set up, while being unique and customizable. These WordPress themes can be used to create a website for businesses, individual projects, blogs, or portfolios (to name but a few), and there are uncountable WordPress tutorials online. So how do you cut through the ems of thousands of themes available to find the best one for you?

This list features the best selection of WordPress Themes, as judged by sales from ThemeForest, trending items, and the expertise of our review team. Here`s the sections we`re featuring for this best-of-2016 recap:

• Best free WordPress themes 2016
• The top twenty five bestselling themes of the year
• Five Best Fresh Blog & Magazine Themes of 2016
• Five Best Fresh Corporate WordPress Themes of 2016
• Five Best Fresh Creative WordPress Themes for 2016
• Five Best Fresh eCommerce WordPress Themes for 2016
• Five Best Fresh Education WordPress Themes for 2016
• Five Best Fresh Non Profit WordPress Themes for 2016
• Five Best Fresh Real Estate WordPress Themes for 2016
• More resources for building your best website

Top twenty five bestselling themes of this year:

1. Avada

“Avada is the swiss army knife of WordPress Themes ' it does everything!” Collis Ta’eed (Envato CEO)

Avada is a versatile, effortless to use and multi-purpose WordPress theme. This premium theme has been the #1 seller on ThemeForest for four years, with almost 300,000 sales ' can it ever be trumped?

Two. X Theme

X Theme was built with the input of industry-leading experts with the purpose of being on the cutting edge of WordPress development. Numerous individuals were consulted and asked what sort of features they desired to see in a theme from an SEO, design and feature-set perspective. The proof of success is obviously demonstrated in sales. Did we mention that X customers can choose inbetween Cornerstone, X’s own front-end page builder, or the very powerful Visual Composer? Both plugins are included with each verified purchase.

Three. Enfold

Enfold Theme describes itself as clean, super pliable, fully responsive and suited for business and shop websites alike as well as for users who want to showcase their work on a neat portfolio site. The theme is built on top of the Avia Framework and offers support for the WPML multi language plugin ' who doesn’t want to internationalise their site?

Four. Bridge

Bridge is another WordPress theme that comes with a one click import feature for their demo themes. Choose your dearest design or style, import pages and settings and in moments you can have a fully tooled website up and running. Bridge is also built on the supple QODE framework.

Five. Salient

With over 50,000 total sales to date, Salient is undoubtedly a deserving best in any WordPress theme list. Salient is designed to support any blog and website and is unique in it’s beautiful capability to display movies as backgrounds. The Salient team have also taken the time to build very effortless to use shortcodes that fresh and experienced WP customisers alike will love.

6. BeTheme

BeTheme is another long time best seller on ThemeForest. With an advanced options panel combined with a haul & drop builder instrument there is unlimited possibilities with this WordPress theme. BeTheme also comes with a Massive range of pre-built websites so you can lightly import any demo website with one click. Be’s catalogue of ready to go demos include everything from themes for accountants, ad agencies, bands, bars, carpenters, charities, freelancers, hotels, jewellers and record stores.

7. Jupiter

Jupiter WordPress theme has 45,000 active users worldwide ' an awesome endorsement!

Jupiter’s creator Artbees describes the theme as the fastest and lightest business WordPress theme on the market which is super significant in an age when search engines will rank or not rank your website over page explosion time.

Jupiter is a superb option particularly for petite businesses, enterprises and online shop owners and comes tooled with the WooCommerce plugin.

8. uDesign

uDesign is a responsive theme that`s mobile-ready, with an effortless to use drag-and-drop page builder. With dedicated support specialists and an special support forum with over 20,000 questions answered, the tech support for this theme is top notch.

9. The7

The7 is one of the most customizable themes on the market, and it seamlessly integrates with visual composer. There`s almost eight hundred options for this theme, and it has twenty six pre-built websites ' all with a different look, making this a versatile and adaptable purchase. It`s also WooCommerce-compatible!

Ten. Flatsome

Flatsome is a best selling WooCommerce integrated theme which can create super rapid websites with unlimited options using a very neat responsive page builder. This them also comes with 500+ Google fonts built in!

11. Newspaper

Supporting YouTube movie integration and YouTube rating system, Newspaper is the top selling WordPress theme specifically for content, articles and blogging.

This theme also integrates lightly with bbPress Forum, BuddyPress and WooCommerce, plus responsive Google Ads and AdSense.

12. Karma

One customer says that this theme is the “best one I have used out of a good one hundred themes on this marketplace.” With built-in karma page builder, visual composer, layerslider, revolution slider, woocommerce, and wpml certification, you save $90 by purchasing this theme.

13. Brooklyn

One of the bestselling themes in the creative category, Brooklyn has a one-click install and a unique design that features big pics and bold typography.

14. Sahifa

One of the best in blog & news themes, Sahifa is a five-star theme. The grid-based layout highlights your content in an effortless to navigate way, and features like social widgets make it interactive for users. It also includes $74 worth of free plugins!

15. KALLYAS

A versatile, visual website builder with over 20,000 positive reviews. This theme comes with lifetime free updates, movie tutorials, and fresh demos each month. We`ve featured the ‘jewelry` demo, but it has many more, including layouts for portfolio, photographers, creative agencies, travel, and more.

16. Total

“It`s called Total for a reason,” claims this theme ' because it can do it all. Haul & drop page building, live customizations, premium sliders, unlimited color options, and effortless setup. It`s also tested with popular plugins, like Yoast SEO, Contact Form 7, W3 Total Cache, and WPML Translations.

17. Impreza

Impreza has a gallery of real websites made with Impreza, and they`re all stunning ' a good reference to gather inspiration for building your own site.

Legitimate. Striking MultiFlex

Striking Multiflex theme is a theme that`s adaptable for any business need. Their support is often commented on as being some of the best in the business! It`s effortless to see why this theme has Nineteen,000 sales and counting.

Nineteen. KingSize

Kingsize is a 100% responsive theme that`s a bestseller as a photo WordPress template. The color customization is unlimited, with seven unique galleries, fullscreen backgrounds, and widget-ready footer and sidebars. It also has language localization and it`s tested for numerous browsers.

20. Modernize

Want three hundred fifty font choices and fifteen background patterns? Modernize has a modern design, and it`s SEO-optimized.

21. Stockholm

Clean, white space and clear grid lines are just one defining feature of Stockholm, a ‘genuinely multiconcept theme`. It has customizable header styles, 600+ Google fonts, and all of the elements can be mixed-and-matched to create a unique website practice.

22. Uncode

This theme offers a 30-days money back assure, which is unique for our market. It`s a detail-oriented, modern layout with an advanced grid system, 6+ menu styles, and numerous variations. It also has a media library that connects seamlessly with Spotify, Vimeo, Twitter, Flickr, and more.

23. Inovado

A multipurpose theme that`s effortless to use and retina-ready, this theme also includes many high-value plugins, useful shortcodes, and pre-configured page layouts.

24. Core Minimalist Photography Portfolio

With over 100,000 customers, this theme is one of the most trusted on the site. Three homepage styles, eight custom-made widgets, four portfolio styles, and shortcodes means it`s elementary to use and superb for showcasing photography.

25. Real Homes

Real Homes is the #1 Real Estate Theme on Themeforest. It has customizable fields for property searches, and anything a real estate business might need for their online presence.

Fresh & Notable

In addition to the top bestsellers, we`d also like to highlight the most popular fresh themes of the year. Here`s a list of the top five in a few of our most popular categories across the Themeforest marketplace, and the bestselling fresh (January two thousand sixteen ' December 2016) themes in each category:

Five Best Fresh Blog & Magazine Themes of 2016

1. Bimber ' Viral & Whirr WordPress Theme

“Bimber is a viral magazine theme, that lets you launch a fully functional viral site in no more than twenty four hours. It comes with powerful sharing buttons; popular, hot, trending listings and numerous ad locations. Everything in a lightweight and easy-to-use package. Just browse the web, pick what’s hot, embed on your site and let it spread virally.”

Two. GoodLife ' Responsive Magazine Theme

Trio. Publisher ' Magazine, Blog, Newspaper and Review WordPress Theme

Four. Flow ' A Fresh Creative Blog Theme

Five. BoomBox — Viral & Hum WordPress Theme

Five Best Fresh Corporate WordPress Themes of 2016

1. Consulting ' Business, Finance WordPress Theme

“Based on in-depth research into the field of business, finance and consulting, we have developed this comprehensive consultant WordPress theme to supply everything you’re looking for from a website. Consulting WP is a premium finance, consulting and broker WordPress theme, tailored to your needs and to the expectations of your clients. Use custom-built Pie Charts, Graphs and Progress bars to present & describe your services or case studies to potential customers.”

Two. Massive Dynamic ' WordPress Website Builder

Trio. Motors ­- Automotive, Cars, Vehicle, Boat Dealership & Classifieds WordPress Theme

Four. EasyWeb ' WP Theme For Hosting, SEO and Web-design Agencies

Five. Infinite ' Responsive Multi-Purpose WordPress Theme

Five Best Fresh Creative WordPress Themes for 2016

1. TheGem ' Creative Multi-Purpose High-Performance WordPress Theme

“TheGem is a versatile, responsive, high-performance WordPress theme with a modern creative design to suit a multitude of creative uses for building websites.”

Two. Grand Portfolio | Responsive Portfolio

Trio. Heli ' Creative Multi-Purpose WordPress Theme

Four. Waxom ' Clean & Universal WordPress Theme

Five. Grafik ' Portfolio, Design & Architecture Theme

Five Best Fresh eCommerce WordPress Themes for 2016

1. XStore ' Responsive WooCommerce Theme

“This elegant and intuitive theme is cautiously developed and includes that set of pages, contraptions and settings that will help you create a professional looking and trustworthy online shop. Also, XStore comes with several widgets that will help you improve the user’s perception of your shop.The Theme Options is user-friendly and requires no special skill, adding value to a beautifully responsive theme.”

Two. Basel ' Responsive eCommerce Theme

Three. Electro Electronics Store WooCommerce Theme

Four. Suprema ' Multipurpose eCommerce Theme

Five. ShoppyStore ' WooCommerce WordPress Theme

Five Best Fresh Education WordPress Themes for 2016

1. TechEdu – Education WordPress Theme

“TechEdu – Education WordPress Theme is a responsive, clean and modern designed WordPress Theme. Techedu is premium education theme for academia, academy, campus, course, courses, e-learning, education, laboratory, learn, learning, school, student, students, teacher, university etc.”

Two. Solar Zone | Clean Energy WordPress Theme

Three. Edukado ' Responsive Education & LMS WordPress Theme

Four. RedApple ' Education WordPress Theme

Five. EduPress | Responsive LMS, University Education WordPress Theme

Five Best Fresh Non Profit WordPress Themes for 2016

1. Born To Give ' Charity Crowdfunding Responsive WordPress Theme

“Born to Give” is a utter functional WordPress Theme designed & developed for Crowdfunding, Charity or Non Profit Websites and comes handy for Corporate Business Websites as well.”

Two. Alone – Charity Multipurpose Non-profit WordPress Theme

Three. Charity WordPress Theme | Charity WP

Four. Sports Club ' Football, Soccer, Sport News Theme

Five. Charitable ' Charity Nonprofit Organization WordPress Theme

Five Best Fresh Real Estate WordPress Themes for 2016

1. Houzez ' Real Estate WordPress Theme

“Houzez is a professional WordPress theme designed for real estate agents and companies. Engage visitors and potential clients with custom-made Visual Composer modules, header options, different listings and property templates.”

Two. Realtyspace ' Real estate WordPress Theme

Trio. Desire LAND- Single Property Real Estate WordPress Theme

Four. DreamVilla ' Real Estate WordPress Theme

Five. FullHouse ' Real Estate Responsive WordPress Theme

More resources for building your best website

If you`re still looking for a theme, check out all of the options on our marketplace. We also have a list of our bestselling & dearest WordPress plugins of two thousand sixteen to add even more customization options to your website.

For inspiration on web design, read latest articles for design ideas, or keep up-to-date on the latest trends from our design experts.

About the Author Envato

Envato is a creative ecosystem of sites and services, including Envato Market, Envato Studio, Elements, and Tuts+. Every month millions of people use our sites to get creative and learn fresh abilities. View all posts by Envato

50 Best Premium WordPress Themes of two thousand sixteen

50+ Best Premium WordPress Themes of 2016

The best WordPress themes of the year for businesses, creatives, portfolios, and more.

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two thousand sixteen has been a big year for websites, and for WordPress.

The WordPress community has hundreds of thousands of designers and developers all contributing to pushing WordPress forward, and this is most evident on our WordPress theme marketplace, Themeforest. Users love WordPress themes for their ease of set up, while being unique and customizable. These WordPress themes can be used to create a website for businesses, private projects, blogs, or portfolios (to name but a few), and there are innumerable WordPress tutorials online. So how do you cut through the ems of thousands of themes available to find the best one for you?

This list features the best selection of WordPress Themes, as judged by sales from ThemeForest, trending items, and the expertise of our review team. Here`s the sections we`re featuring for this best-of-2016 recap:

• Best free WordPress themes 2016
• The top twenty five bestselling themes of the year
• Five Best Fresh Blog & Magazine Themes of 2016
• Five Best Fresh Corporate WordPress Themes of 2016
• Five Best Fresh Creative WordPress Themes for 2016
• Five Best Fresh eCommerce WordPress Themes for 2016
• Five Best Fresh Education WordPress Themes for 2016
• Five Best Fresh Non Profit WordPress Themes for 2016
• Five Best Fresh Real Estate WordPress Themes for 2016
• More resources for building your best website

Top twenty five bestselling themes of this year:

1. Avada

“Avada is the swiss army knife of WordPress Themes ' it does everything!” Collis Ta’eed (Envato CEO)

Avada is a versatile, effortless to use and multi-purpose WordPress theme. This premium theme has been the #1 seller on ThemeForest for four years, with almost 300,000 sales ' can it ever be trumped?

Two. X Theme

X Theme was built with the input of industry-leading experts with the aim of being on the cutting edge of WordPress development. Numerous individuals were consulted and asked what sort of features they wished to see in a theme from an SEO, design and feature-set perspective. The proof of success is obviously demonstrated in sales. Did we mention that X customers can choose inbetween Cornerstone, X’s own front-end page builder, or the very powerful Visual Composer? Both plugins are included with each verified purchase.

Trio. Enfold

Enfold Theme describes itself as clean, super supple, fully responsive and suited for business and shop websites alike as well as for users who want to showcase their work on a neat portfolio site. The theme is built on top of the Avia Framework and offers support for the WPML multi language plugin ' who doesn’t want to internationalise their site?

Four. Bridge

Bridge is another WordPress theme that comes with a one click import feature for their demo themes. Choose your dearest design or style, import pages and settings and in moments you can have a fully tooled website up and running. Bridge is also built on the nimble QODE framework.

Five. Salient

With over 50,000 total sales to date, Salient is undoubtedly a deserving best in any WordPress theme list. Salient is designed to support any blog and website and is unique in it’s beautiful capability to display movies as backgrounds. The Salient team have also taken the time to build very effortless to use shortcodes that fresh and experienced WP customisers alike will love.

6. BeTheme

BeTheme is another long time best seller on ThemeForest. With an advanced options panel combined with a haul & drop builder device there is unlimited possibilities with this WordPress theme. BeTheme also comes with a Thick range of pre-built websites so you can lightly import any demo website with one click. Be’s catalogue of ready to go demos include everything from themes for accountants, ad agencies, bands, bars, carpenters, charities, freelancers, hotels, jewellers and record stores.

7. Jupiter

Jupiter WordPress theme has 45,000 active users worldwide ' an epic endorsement!

Jupiter’s creator Artbees describes the theme as the fastest and lightest business WordPress theme on the market which is super significant in an age when search engines will rank or not rank your website over page flow time.

Jupiter is a superb option particularly for petite businesses, enterprises and online shop owners and comes tooled with the WooCommerce plugin.

8. uDesign

uDesign is a responsive theme that`s mobile-ready, with an effortless to use drag-and-drop page builder. With dedicated support specialists and an special support forum with over 20,000 questions answered, the tech support for this theme is top notch.

9. The7

The7 is one of the most customizable themes on the market, and it seamlessly integrates with visual composer. There`s almost eight hundred options for this theme, and it has twenty six pre-built websites ' all with a different look, making this a versatile and adaptable purchase. It`s also WooCommerce-compatible!

Ten. Flatsome

Flatsome is a best selling WooCommerce integrated theme which can create super quick websites with unlimited options using a very neat responsive page builder. This them also comes with 500+ Google fonts built in!

11. Newspaper

Supporting YouTube movie integration and YouTube rating system, Newspaper is the top selling WordPress theme specifically for content, articles and blogging.

This theme also integrates lightly with bbPress Forum, BuddyPress and WooCommerce, plus responsive Google Ads and AdSense.

12. Karma

One customer says that this theme is the “best one I have used out of a good one hundred themes on this marketplace.” With built-in karma page builder, visual composer, layerslider, revolution slider, woocommerce, and wpml certification, you save $90 by purchasing this theme.

13. Brooklyn

One of the bestselling themes in the creative category, Brooklyn has a one-click install and a unique design that features big photos and bold typography.

14. Sahifa

One of the best in blog & news themes, Sahifa is a five-star theme. The grid-based layout highlights your content in an effortless to navigate way, and features like social widgets make it interactive for users. It also includes $74 worth of free plugins!

15. KALLYAS

A versatile, visual website builder with over 20,000 positive reviews. This theme comes with lifetime free updates, movie tutorials, and fresh demos each month. We`ve featured the ‘jewelry` demo, but it has many more, including layouts for portfolio, photographers, creative agencies, travel, and more.

16. Total

“It`s called Total for a reason,” claims this theme ' because it can do it all. Haul & drop page building, live customizations, premium sliders, unlimited color options, and effortless setup. It`s also tested with popular plugins, like Yoast SEO, Contact Form 7, W3 Total Cache, and WPML Translations.

17. Impreza

Impreza has a gallery of real websites made with Impreza, and they`re all stunning ' a excellent reference to gather inspiration for building your own site.

Legitimate. Striking MultiFlex

Striking Multiflex theme is a theme that`s adaptable for any business need. Their support is often commented on as being some of the best in the business! It`s effortless to see why this theme has Nineteen,000 sales and counting.

Nineteen. KingSize

Kingsize is a 100% responsive theme that`s a bestseller as a photo WordPress template. The color customization is unlimited, with seven unique galleries, fullscreen backgrounds, and widget-ready footer and sidebars. It also has language localization and it`s tested for numerous browsers.

20. Modernize

Want three hundred fifty font choices and fifteen background patterns? Modernize has a modern design, and it`s SEO-optimized.

21. Stockholm

Clean, white space and clear grid lines are just one defining feature of Stockholm, a ‘genuinely multiconcept theme`. It has customizable header styles, 600+ Google fonts, and all of the elements can be mixed-and-matched to create a unique website practice.

22. Uncode

This theme offers a 30-days money back ensure, which is unique for our market. It`s a detail-oriented, modern layout with an advanced grid system, 6+ menu styles, and numerous variations. It also has a media library that connects seamlessly with Spotify, Vimeo, Twitter, Flickr, and more.

23. Inovado

A multipurpose theme that`s effortless to use and retina-ready, this theme also includes many high-value plugins, useful shortcodes, and pre-configured page layouts.

24. Core Minimalist Photography Portfolio

With over 100,000 customers, this theme is one of the most trusted on the site. Three homepage styles, eight custom-made widgets, four portfolio styles, and shortcodes means it`s elementary to use and excellent for showcasing photography.

25. Real Homes

Real Homes is the #1 Real Estate Theme on Themeforest. It has customizable fields for property searches, and anything a real estate business might need for their online presence.

Fresh & Notable

In addition to the top bestsellers, we`d also like to highlight the most popular fresh themes of the year. Here`s a list of the top five in a few of our most popular categories across the Themeforest marketplace, and the bestselling fresh (January two thousand sixteen ' December 2016) themes in each category:

Five Best Fresh Blog & Magazine Themes of 2016

1. Bimber ' Viral & Hum WordPress Theme

“Bimber is a viral magazine theme, that lets you launch a fully functional viral site in no more than twenty four hours. It comes with powerful sharing buttons; popular, hot, trending listings and numerous ad locations. Everything in a lightweight and easy-to-use package. Just browse the web, pick what’s hot, embed on your site and let it spread virally.”

Two. GoodLife ' Responsive Magazine Theme

Trio. Publisher ' Magazine, Blog, Newspaper and Review WordPress Theme

Four. Flow ' A Fresh Creative Blog Theme

Five. BoomBox — Viral & Whirr WordPress Theme

Five Best Fresh Corporate WordPress Themes of 2016

1. Consulting ' Business, Finance WordPress Theme

“Based on in-depth research into the field of business, finance and consulting, we have developed this comprehensive consultant WordPress theme to produce everything you’re looking for from a website. Consulting WP is a premium finance, consulting and broker WordPress theme, tailored to your needs and to the expectations of your clients. Use custom-made Pie Charts, Graphs and Progress bars to present & describe your services or case studies to potential customers.”

Two. Massive Dynamic ' WordPress Website Builder

Trio. Motors ­- Automotive, Cars, Vehicle, Boat Dealership & Classifieds WordPress Theme

Four. EasyWeb ' WP Theme For Hosting, SEO and Web-design Agencies

Five. Infinite ' Responsive Multi-Purpose WordPress Theme

Five Best Fresh Creative WordPress Themes for 2016

1. TheGem ' Creative Multi-Purpose High-Performance WordPress Theme

“TheGem is a versatile, responsive, high-performance WordPress theme with a modern creative design to suit a multitude of creative uses for building websites.”

Two. Grand Portfolio | Responsive Portfolio

Three. Heli ' Creative Multi-Purpose WordPress Theme

Four. Waxom ' Clean & Universal WordPress Theme

Five. Grafik ' Portfolio, Design & Architecture Theme

Five Best Fresh eCommerce WordPress Themes for 2016

1. XStore ' Responsive WooCommerce Theme

“This elegant and intuitive theme is cautiously developed and includes that set of pages, implements and settings that will help you create a professional looking and trustworthy online shop. Also, XStore comes with several widgets that will help you improve the user’s perception of your shop.The Theme Options is user-friendly and requires no special skill, adding value to a beautifully responsive theme.”

Two. Basel ' Responsive eCommerce Theme

Three. Electro Electronics Store WooCommerce Theme

Four. Suprema ' Multipurpose eCommerce Theme

Five. ShoppyStore ' WooCommerce WordPress Theme

Five Best Fresh Education WordPress Themes for 2016

1. TechEdu – Education WordPress Theme

“TechEdu – Education WordPress Theme is a responsive, clean and modern designed WordPress Theme. Techedu is premium education theme for academia, academy, campus, course, courses, e-learning, education, laboratory, learn, learning, school, student, students, teacher, university etc.”

Two. Solar Zone | Clean Energy WordPress Theme

Trio. Edukado ' Responsive Education & LMS WordPress Theme

Four. RedApple ' Education WordPress Theme

Five. EduPress | Responsive LMS, University Education WordPress Theme

Five Best Fresh Non Profit WordPress Themes for 2016

1. Born To Give ' Charity Crowdfunding Responsive WordPress Theme

“Born to Give” is a total functional WordPress Theme designed & developed for Crowdfunding, Charity or Non Profit Websites and comes handy for Corporate Business Websites as well.”

Two. Alone – Charity Multipurpose Non-profit WordPress Theme

Trio. Charity WordPress Theme | Charity WP

Four. Sports Club ' Football, Soccer, Sport News Theme

Five. Charitable ' Charity Nonprofit Organization WordPress Theme

Five Best Fresh Real Estate WordPress Themes for 2016

1. Houzez ' Real Estate WordPress Theme

“Houzez is a professional WordPress theme designed for real estate agents and companies. Engage visitors and potential clients with custom-made Visual Composer modules, header options, different listings and property templates.”

Two. Realtyspace ' Real estate WordPress Theme

Three. Desire LAND- Single Property Real Estate WordPress Theme

Four. DreamVilla ' Real Estate WordPress Theme

Five. FullHouse ' Real Estate Responsive WordPress Theme

More resources for building your best website

If you`re still looking for a theme, check out all of the options on our marketplace. We also have a list of our bestselling & beloved WordPress plugins of two thousand sixteen to add even more customization options to your website.

For inspiration on web design, read latest articles for design ideas, or keep up-to-date on the latest trends from our design experts.

About the Author Envato

Envato is a creative ecosystem of sites and services, including Envato Market, Envato Studio, Elements, and Tuts+. Every month millions of people use our sites to get creative and learn fresh abilities. View all posts by Envato

50 Best Premium WordPress Themes of two thousand sixteen

50+ Best Premium WordPress Themes of 2016

The best WordPress themes of the year for businesses, creatives, portfolios, and more.

• Share this post

two thousand sixteen has been a big year for websites, and for WordPress.

The WordPress community has hundreds of thousands of designers and developers all contributing to pushing WordPress forward, and this is most evident on our WordPress theme marketplace, Themeforest. Users love WordPress themes for their ease of set up, while being unique and customizable. These WordPress themes can be used to create a website for businesses, private projects, blogs, or portfolios (to name but a few), and there are innumerable WordPress tutorials online. So how do you cut through the ems of thousands of themes available to find the best one for you?

This list features the best selection of WordPress Themes, as judged by sales from ThemeForest, trending items, and the expertise of our review team. Here`s the sections we`re featuring for this best-of-2016 recap:

• Best free WordPress themes 2016
• The top twenty five bestselling themes of the year
• Five Best Fresh Blog & Magazine Themes of 2016
• Five Best Fresh Corporate WordPress Themes of 2016
• Five Best Fresh Creative WordPress Themes for 2016
• Five Best Fresh eCommerce WordPress Themes for 2016
• Five Best Fresh Education WordPress Themes for 2016
• Five Best Fresh Non Profit WordPress Themes for 2016
• Five Best Fresh Real Estate WordPress Themes for 2016
• More resources for building your best website

Top twenty five bestselling themes of this year:

1. Avada

“Avada is the swiss army knife of WordPress Themes ' it does everything!” Collis Ta’eed (Envato CEO)

Avada is a versatile, effortless to use and multi-purpose WordPress theme. This premium theme has been the #1 seller on ThemeForest for four years, with almost 300,000 sales ' can it ever be trumped?

Two. X Theme

X Theme was built with the input of industry-leading experts with the objective of being on the cutting edge of WordPress development. Numerous individuals were consulted and asked what sort of features they dreamed to see in a theme from an SEO, design and feature-set perspective. The proof of success is obviously demonstrated in sales. Did we mention that X customers can choose inbetween Cornerstone, X’s own front-end page builder, or the very powerful Visual Composer? Both plugins are included with each verified purchase.

Three. Enfold

Enfold Theme describes itself as clean, super pliable, fully responsive and suited for business and shop websites alike as well as for users who want to showcase their work on a neat portfolio site. The theme is built on top of the Avia Framework and offers support for the WPML multi language plugin ' who doesn’t want to internationalise their site?

Four. Bridge

Bridge is another WordPress theme that comes with a one click import feature for their demo themes. Choose your beloved design or style, import pages and settings and in moments you can have a fully tooled website up and running. Bridge is also built on the supple QODE framework.

Five. Salient

With over 50,000 total sales to date, Salient is undoubtedly a deserving best in any WordPress theme list. Salient is designed to support any blog and website and is unique in it’s beautiful capability to display movies as backgrounds. The Salient team have also taken the time to build very effortless to use shortcodes that fresh and experienced WP customisers alike will love.

6. BeTheme

BeTheme is another long time best seller on ThemeForest. With an advanced options panel combined with a haul & drop builder contraption there is unlimited possibilities with this WordPress theme. BeTheme also comes with a Fat range of pre-built websites so you can lightly import any demo website with one click. Be’s catalogue of ready to go demos include everything from themes for accountants, ad agencies, bands, bars, carpenters, charities, freelancers, hotels, jewellers and record stores.

7. Jupiter

Jupiter WordPress theme has 45,000 active users worldwide ' an exceptional endorsement!

Jupiter’s creator Artbees describes the theme as the fastest and lightest business WordPress theme on the market which is super significant in an age when search engines will rank or not rank your website over page blast time.

Jupiter is a fine option particularly for puny businesses, enterprises and online shop owners and comes tooled with the WooCommerce plugin.

8. uDesign

uDesign is a responsive theme that`s mobile-ready, with an effortless to use drag-and-drop page builder. With dedicated support specialists and an special support forum with over 20,000 questions answered, the tech support for this theme is top notch.

9. The7

The7 is one of the most customizable themes on the market, and it seamlessly integrates with visual composer. There`s almost eight hundred options for this theme, and it has twenty six pre-built websites ' all with a different look, making this a versatile and adaptable purchase. It`s also WooCommerce-compatible!

Ten. Flatsome

Flatsome is a best selling WooCommerce integrated theme which can create super swift websites with unlimited options using a very neat responsive page builder. This them also comes with 500+ Google fonts built in!

11. Newspaper

Supporting YouTube movie integration and YouTube rating system, Newspaper is the top selling WordPress theme specifically for content, articles and blogging.

This theme also integrates lightly with bbPress Forum, BuddyPress and WooCommerce, plus responsive Google Ads and AdSense.

12. Karma

One customer says that this theme is the “best one I have used out of a good one hundred themes on this marketplace.” With built-in karma page builder, visual composer, layerslider, revolution slider, woocommerce, and wpml certification, you save $90 by purchasing this theme.

13. Brooklyn

One of the bestselling themes in the creative category, Brooklyn has a one-click install and a unique design that features big photos and bold typography.

14. Sahifa

One of the best in blog & news themes, Sahifa is a five-star theme. The grid-based layout highlights your content in an effortless to navigate way, and features like social widgets make it interactive for users. It also includes $74 worth of free plugins!

15. KALLYAS

A versatile, visual website builder with over 20,000 positive reviews. This theme comes with lifetime free updates, movie tutorials, and fresh demos each month. We`ve featured the ‘jewelry` demo, but it has many more, including layouts for portfolio, photographers, creative agencies, travel, and more.

16. Total

“It`s called Total for a reason,” claims this theme ' because it can do it all. Haul & drop page building, live customizations, premium sliders, unlimited color options, and effortless setup. It`s also tested with popular plugins, like Yoast SEO, Contact Form 7, W3 Total Cache, and WPML Translations.

17. Impreza

Impreza has a gallery of real websites made with Impreza, and they`re all stunning ' a good reference to gather inspiration for building your own site.

Legal. Striking MultiFlex

Striking Multiflex theme is a theme that`s adaptable for any business need. Their support is often commented on as being some of the best in the business! It`s effortless to see why this theme has Nineteen,000 sales and counting.

Nineteen. KingSize

Kingsize is a 100% responsive theme that`s a bestseller as a photo WordPress template. The color customization is unlimited, with seven unique galleries, fullscreen backgrounds, and widget-ready footer and sidebars. It also has language localization and it`s tested for numerous browsers.

20. Modernize

Want three hundred fifty font choices and fifteen background patterns? Modernize has a modern design, and it`s SEO-optimized.

21. Stockholm

Clean, white space and clear grid lines are just one defining feature of Stockholm, a ‘genuinely multiconcept theme`. It has customizable header styles, 600+ Google fonts, and all of the elements can be mixed-and-matched to create a unique website practice.

22. Uncode

This theme offers a 30-days money back assure, which is unique for our market. It`s a detail-oriented, modern layout with an advanced grid system, 6+ menu styles, and numerous variations. It also has a media library that connects seamlessly with Spotify, Vimeo, Twitter, Flickr, and more.

23. Inovado

A multipurpose theme that`s effortless to use and retina-ready, this theme also includes many high-value plugins, useful shortcodes, and pre-configured page layouts.

24. Core Minimalist Photography Portfolio

With over 100,000 customers, this theme is one of the most trusted on the site. Three homepage styles, eight custom-made widgets, four portfolio styles, and shortcodes means it`s ordinary to use and excellent for showcasing photography.

25. Real Homes

Real Homes is the #1 Real Estate Theme on Themeforest. It has customizable fields for property searches, and anything a real estate business might need for their online presence.

Fresh & Notable

In addition to the top bestsellers, we`d also like to highlight the most popular fresh themes of the year. Here`s a list of the top five in a few of our most popular categories across the Themeforest marketplace, and the bestselling fresh (January two thousand sixteen ' December 2016) themes in each category:

Five Best Fresh Blog & Magazine Themes of 2016

1. Bimber ' Viral & Whirr WordPress Theme

“Bimber is a viral magazine theme, that lets you launch a fully functional viral site in no more than twenty four hours. It comes with powerful sharing buttons; popular, hot, trending listings and numerous ad locations. Everything in a lightweight and easy-to-use package. Just browse the web, pick what’s hot, embed on your site and let it spread virally.”

Two. GoodLife ' Responsive Magazine Theme

Three. Publisher ' Magazine, Blog, Newspaper and Review WordPress Theme

Four. Flow ' A Fresh Creative Blog Theme

Five. BoomBox — Viral & Whirr WordPress Theme

Five Best Fresh Corporate WordPress Themes of 2016

1. Consulting ' Business, Finance WordPress Theme

“Based on in-depth research into the field of business, finance and consulting, we have developed this comprehensive consultant WordPress theme to supply everything you’re looking for from a website. Consulting WP is a premium finance, consulting and broker WordPress theme, tailored to your needs and to the expectations of your clients. Use custom-built Pie Charts, Graphs and Progress bars to present & describe your services or case studies to potential customers.”

Two. Massive Dynamic ' WordPress Website Builder

Three. Motors ­- Automotive, Cars, Vehicle, Boat Dealership & Classifieds WordPress Theme

Four. EasyWeb ' WP Theme For Hosting, SEO and Web-design Agencies

Five. Infinite ' Responsive Multi-Purpose WordPress Theme

Five Best Fresh Creative WordPress Themes for 2016

1. TheGem ' Creative Multi-Purpose High-Performance WordPress Theme

“TheGem is a versatile, responsive, high-performance WordPress theme with a modern creative design to suit a multitude of creative uses for building websites.”

Two. Grand Portfolio | Responsive Portfolio

Trio. Heli ' Creative Multi-Purpose WordPress Theme

Four. Waxom ' Clean & Universal WordPress Theme

Five. Grafik ' Portfolio, Design & Architecture Theme

Five Best Fresh eCommerce WordPress Themes for 2016

1. XStore ' Responsive WooCommerce Theme

“This elegant and intuitive theme is cautiously developed and includes that set of pages, devices and settings that will help you create a professional looking and trustworthy online shop. Also, XStore comes with several widgets that will help you improve the user’s perception of your shop.The Theme Options is user-friendly and requires no special skill, adding value to a beautifully responsive theme.”

Two. Basel ' Responsive eCommerce Theme

Three. Electro Electronics Store WooCommerce Theme

Four. Suprema ' Multipurpose eCommerce Theme

Five. ShoppyStore ' WooCommerce WordPress Theme

Five Best Fresh Education WordPress Themes for 2016

1. TechEdu – Education WordPress Theme

“TechEdu – Education WordPress Theme is a responsive, clean and modern designed WordPress Theme. Techedu is premium education theme for academia, academy, campus, course, courses, e-learning, education, laboratory, learn, learning, school, student, students, teacher, university etc.”

Two. Solar Zone | Clean Energy WordPress Theme

Three. Edukado ' Responsive Education & LMS WordPress Theme

Four. RedApple ' Education WordPress Theme

Five. EduPress | Responsive LMS, University Education WordPress Theme

Five Best Fresh Non Profit WordPress Themes for 2016

1. Born To Give ' Charity Crowdfunding Responsive WordPress Theme

“Born to Give” is a utter functional WordPress Theme designed & developed for Crowdfunding, Charity or Non Profit Websites and comes handy for Corporate Business Websites as well.”

Two. Alone – Charity Multipurpose Non-profit WordPress Theme

Trio. Charity WordPress Theme | Charity WP

Four. Sports Club ' Football, Soccer, Sport News Theme

Five. Charitable ' Charity Nonprofit Organization WordPress Theme

Five Best Fresh Real Estate WordPress Themes for 2016

1. Houzez ' Real Estate WordPress Theme

“Houzez is a professional WordPress theme designed for real estate agents and companies. Engage visitors and potential clients with custom-built Visual Composer modules, header options, different listings and property templates.”

Two. Realtyspace ' Real estate WordPress Theme

Trio. Wish LAND- Single Property Real Estate WordPress Theme

Four. DreamVilla ' Real Estate WordPress Theme

Five. FullHouse ' Real Estate Responsive WordPress Theme

More resources for building your best website

If you`re still looking for a theme, check out all of the options on our marketplace. We also have a list of our bestselling & dearest WordPress plugins of two thousand sixteen to add even more customization options to your website.

For inspiration on web design, read latest articles for design ideas, or keep up-to-date on the latest trends from our design experts.

About the Author Envato

Envato is a creative ecosystem of sites and services, including Envato Market, Envato Studio, Elements, and Tuts+. Every month millions of people use our sites to get creative and learn fresh abilities. View all posts by Envato

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