Top 10: Best Magazine WordPress Themes
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They give your blog a professional appearance and allow readers to skim through new posts and photos quickly when they reach your site. Granted, not all blogs are suitable for the magazine style theme; but if you are writing on a specific niche for your business or hobby you might consider using one.
1. Black Aperture (Live Demo)
Black Aperture is modern, sleek and bold. The simple navigation, minimalist banner and photo links at the top of the page make it both eye-catching and highly functional. This theme would work great for a gaming blog or any kind of tech industry blog.
2. Misty Morning (Live Demo)
Misty Morning is another simple, yet powerful blog theme; however it is softer in its use of a teal-lit background. The flash navigation bar at the top is a wonderful way to get visitors to stop and read. It also features a cool Flickr widget at the bottom for bloggers who use heavy photography in their work.
3. Our Magazine (Live Demo)
It’s professional enough to be taken seriously, but grungy enough to still be cool. An excellent theme for a music writer or book reviewer; Our Magazine has a dark wood textured background that gives the blog an edgy, yet natural appearance.
4. Game Press (Live Demo)
With the Game Press theme, all you’ll see is content. This is one of the least-obtrusive themes due to its neutral color scheme. But don’t let the simplicity of design fool you—Game Press is widget ready and fully customizable. It’s got clean, easy navigation and is one of the most versatile blog themes out there.
5. Groovy (Live Demo)
Most blogging experts agree that the future of blogging is video. Bloggers need to be able to create video blog posts as well as share popular videos on all kinds of topics. Groovy is one of the few magazine themes designed to highlight video clips. It’s got a hip green and black color scheme that manages to be interesting without distracting from the media on the page.
6. Live Wire (Live Demo)
Check out Live Wire for one of the most versatile magazine themes you’ll ever find. It’s a simple three column design that lets you switch easily between color schemes for more design options. It features an image gallery page that is particularly useful if you use a lot of visual media on your site.
7. Papercut (Live Demo)
Papercut is a unique magazine theme that stays away from the polished, technical look and goes with a softer, more natural graphic background. It literally looks like soft, handmade paper, yet it manages to avoid coming off as too “crafty.” Even a serious writer can benefit from the gentle approach of this theme.
8. Cherry Truffle (Live Demo)
This theme is just as scrumptious as the name suggests: deep, rich, textured brown combined with soft gray and highlights of brilliant turquoise blue make Cherry Truffle gorgeous and memorable. It’s ad-ready, easy to navigate, and has a handy (and attractive) Web 2.0 navigation widget embedded in the fully customizable header.
9. Cold Stone (Live Demo)
Cold Stone is texturally exquisite—you really feel like you can reach through the monitor and touch the rock-hard surface on the background of this blog theme. It combines dark, charcoal gray; a neutral tan; and crimson headers and accents for a bold, dramatic look that is suitable for any writer who wants to make a visual impact.
10. Cion (Live Demo)
This theme combines stark simplicity of design with a brilliant color choice: royal purple! It’s at once both feminine and masculine, providing readers with a soothing visual that still demands to be taken seriously. Despite the fact that purple dominates the page, it is a versatile theme that can be used for a wide range of blogging topics and writers.
