For many professions, especially ones that rely on creativity and aesthetic sense, a website can make or break your business. WordPress portfolio themes are a good way to showcase your creatives to your clients. It is important to select a perfect theme which complements your work. Photographers, designers, Illustrators, artists, and business professionals can select from any number of portfolio themes online as long as it offers the desired site layout and is mobile responsive. So here is a list of the 10 best portfolio themes according to me.
Mineral
This new theme is a fully responsive portfolio theme which makes it easier to access the website from various devices. It also offers features such as AJAX gallery, parallax design, unlimited themes, advanced content editor, font management and more. It supports various kinds of post formats such as standard post, video post, gallery post, aside post, and quote post. In addition to this, it provides the users with a sticky header function.
Conexus
A theme that has built-in Search Engine Optimization (SEO) can help you maximize your site’s reach. Conexus is a responsive WordPress theme with built-in SEO. It also comes with advanced layout options and features like colour variation. The best thing about this theme is that it is easy to install and use.
Farad
This is a minimalistic WordPress theme that is best suited for corporations and businesses. The clean layout makes it easier to navigate on the page. Farad is a responsive theme with retina display that is accessible via a wide range of devices. This theme gives a lot of scope for customization with its custom widgets, fonts, and colour variations.
Cartel
This theme is best suited for designers and photographers. It comes with a vast number of options to customize every aspect of the theme. It is a completely responsive portfolio theme and with its Masonry grid you can display your work in a grid layout. Portfolio filter, unlimited skins to customize your look, hover effects, and AJAX forms are some of the best features in this theme.
Nordic
This theme is a full AJAX site which makes load times faster. It is highly recommended for photographers, artists and designers. Nordic is a minimalistic theme which lets you choose from three types of home pages and black and white variations. It is also a fully responsive theme for all kinds of devices. Moreover, it is retina ready and compatible with all browsers.
Hempstead
Its unique layout and minimal style make Hempstead one of the best themes of 2015. It does not require you to write any additional code to customize the website. Its layout, different concepts, and design makes it best suited for freelancers, photographers, illustrators, artists, etc. This theme is fully responsive on all devices and is also SEO optimized. In addition to all these features, it is easy to use and navigate.
Doctype
Doctype is a fully responsive, retina ready theme. Those inclined towards flat designs will be impressed with this theme. This theme is also translation ready and comes with .po and .mo files. There is a lot of scope for customization with its widgets homepage, colours, and themes. The support desk will help you out in case of any difficulty and will get you started immediately.
The7
This new theme is ideally suited for creative agencies and freelancers. It provides stunning layouts and designs. No coding is required to customize and set this theme up. You can choose from various pre-designed layouts and schemes. It is armed with a plugin called Visual Composer which makes designing layout and content way easier and the support desk is there to help you out if you need any help.
Salient
Salient is a fully responsive, SEO optimized, and retina ready theme. It gives you the ease of customization with a drag-and-drop page builder. You can easily customize this theme with the help of layouts, theme options, and unlimited colours. The options panel allows you to change important aspects of your site without any coding. Moreover, you will have the support from the helpdesk.
Bedford
This theme is perfectly suitable for photographers, designers, artists, and small scale businesses. Bedford is easily customizable with its drag-and-drop page builder. It is responsive and retina ready, which makes it easy to use on any device plus, it is a translation enabled theme. Once you import the demo content, you are ready to use your website.
These are some of the best portfolio themes to be released this year. No two themes are alike, and you should choose one based on the requirements of your website and the kind of work it is supposed to display.
There are a lot of great portfolio themes out there. If you think I missed a great one that should be on this list please let me know in the comments below!