What sites offer WordPress themes to download? (Can be paid-for or free)
It’s community wiki so if we had one site per answer, and with a little additional detail on each site, what sort of themes they generally offer, whether their themes are paid-for or free etc.
WordPress Offical Repository
http://wordpress.org/extend/themes
Official repository hosted by WordPress. Hosts several free themes and offers automatic updates.
ThemeForest
http://themeforest.net
ThemeForest hosts several premium themes for WordPress, Joomla, and other CMS platforms. They also sell a few standalone scripts. Check out the WordPress-specific category for just WP stuff, though.
Smashing Magazine
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/tag/wordpress/
I like to use Smashing Magazine. While they don’t have themes directly. They are constantly doing reviews on themes and even a Top 40 / Top 100 etc. The link above is the tag for WordPress on their site, so you there will be a few other WP related articles, but a great source for some high quality themes.
Woo Themes
http://www.woothemes.com/
Premium WordPress theme developers with a lot of stellar options. Just keep in mind that there’s no one-off theme purchase option. A single fee will buy you 3 themes … or you can subscribe by the month for multiple themes over that. Details are on their pricing page.
StudioPress
http://www.studiopress.com/
StudioPress offers the premium Genesis framework, along with several child themes.
Elegant Themes
http://www.elegantthemes.com
Elegant Themes is a really good deal too, subscription-based but you get access to all his themes (and there are a lot of really nice ones)
Theme Hybrid
http://themehybrid.com/themes
Free child themes for Hybrid parent theme.
Frugal
http://frugaltheme.com
Frugal is a highly flexible Premium Theme. It provides an admin interface with over 600 options for precise control over a site’s Design, Performance & SEO. Frugal has a number of License Options ranging from $89-$499
Top WordPress Themes
http://topwpthemes.com
I’ve used the Top WordPress Themes site.
RocketTheme
http://www.rockettheme.com/
Another premium theme resource that hosts themes for WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, and phpBB. The themes are high-quality, feature several customizable features, and sometimes come with multiple pre-set color scheme “skins.” Membership is both time-based and entitlement-based (meaning you get a set number of theme downloads).
Press75
http://www.press75.com/
Press75 is mostly premium themes, but there are a few free ones in there too.
Many are optimized for video content.
Performancing Themes
http://performancing.com/wordpress-themes/
Somewhat oldish, but clean and nice free themes.
Simplethemes
http://www.simplethemes.com
Simplethemes has a couple of free themes, but offers mostly premium themes on a membership basis. Prices range from $39 for membership and includes access to a strong support community.
Commercially Supported GPL Themes
http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/commercial/
WordPress.org maintains a directory of Commercially Supported GPL Themes. Let me quote what they say about those themes…
BlogOhBLog!
http://www.blogohblog.com/category/wordpress-themes/
Free themes (as well as premium). Don’t know about current but older one were under CC license (for those who care).
WP-Mojo.com
http://wp-mojo.com
It’s a comprehensive collection of the best WordPress (premium and free) themes. You can browse, search and test drive over 800 themes form the most popular WP themes providers.
ColorVila WordPress Themes
http://colorvila.com/category/themes/
It’s a quality and affordable WordPress Theme Club.